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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
3
Manchester January 15 A P item notes a shift in the Lancashire cotton trade once clouded by the recent depression after a boom era. Executors and mills face reduced operator numbers as demand stabilizes and production adjusts to current markets.
Labor shifts force loom operators to migrate to other industries. Manufacturers seek new methods once foreign to the trade as they recruit children from schools into weaving sheds, paying them to learn the business and adapt to renewed production demands.
The text notes that workers receive additional pay to train the younger generation in the trade. It says employers extend training to municipal colleges for technical instruction so the industry remains efficient as new workers arrive.
The first Paris Grand Prix in Europe will forbid mechanics riding with drivers. Only constructors from the nations invited may participate. Cars must have two side by side seats but the driver rides alone. The race covers 1000 kilometers or 80 laps, weight limited to 650 kilograms, with prizes of 150000, 50600, and 20000 francs for the top three.
Fashion notes call for women to wear heirloom earrings from 160 years past. Long golden chains and drop designs with pearls or precious stones are described, emphasizing color contrasts and the costly look. The style echoes trends seen during earlier revival periods and again appears in fashion circles.
Tacoma Jan. 15 Professor Carl J. Arnell famed as master of 53 languages from Wikamo to African Metten totS and other worlds. He served as secretary to ambassadors and studied Japanese and Chinese, with a course in German at Tokyo. Health collapsed last year, prompting a return to the United States aboard a battleship. He traveled the Orient researching the Serir rar cure for a Senate report.
Attendance at the special meeting rose as Dr. McFaden preached on God’s love and eternal life through belief in Jesus. The sermon emphasized the omni potent, everlasting love of God and the gift of salvation, with a well-attended singing section and a finale by local church members. Evening services were set for 7:30.
A reader from Winchester describes chronic back and kidney pains easing after using Doan's Pills. She bought them at Miller's Drug Store, noting improved strength and relief from torturing sensations within a short time.
Danville report notes Virginia’s new weights and measures act, effective January 1, explained by L. R. Travers of Richmond, state director of weights and measures. Public awareness appears mixed as officials detail enforcement and policy.
Travers explained the Virginia General Assembly’s weights and measures law requiring city and county sealers, standard equipment, and that grocery scales show net weight. The old practice of weighing with the receptacle is banned, and the law aims to reduce annual losses by accurate ounce fractions.
A new oriental balsam claims to remove hair including roots with ease, unlike painful electric methods. It promises skin that is clear and soft, with no regrowth, endorsed by beauty specialists and sold with satisfaction guarantees by Franck Baker and Son Drug Store and Peoples Drug Store.
The Star provides daily market corrections noting possible errors in previous listings. Readers are advised to rely on updated figures and confirm figures with the latest edition.
Market notes show corrected closing prices for prior day across corn and spring chickens. The feed and livestock terms appear garbled but indicate wholesale activity and price adjustments for lambs, hay, and related commodities in Baltimore markets.
A vintage ad urges readers to use Marmola Prescription to reduce fat without dieting or intense exercise. It claims thousands endorse the product and directs readers to ask their druggist or order by mail from Marmola Co at Detroit, Michigan.
Garbled text from a Virginia notice mentions Groceries and Law, Justice Quefee, Pulaski district, and an election selecting a peace officer. It cites Test Quesenberry praising electing by peace while noting challenges in running a grocery store and upholding public order.
A notice from Dunlora Farm advertises guaranteed White Leghorn chicks with bulk options of 100 or more and 500 or more at favorable terms. The fragment references a date window near January and highlights pricing or guarantees for poultry stock.
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