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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1919
Page
2
A thrift exhortation cites savings figures from Thrift Magazine. Saving 10 cents daily for ten years at 4 percent yields 445.36 dollars, 15 cents 668.18, 20 cents 890.99, 50 cents 2,277.73, and one dollar daily 4,455.74. The piece urges self honesty about past savings and discipline to improve future finances.
The article recalls a famous prima donna whose town house had two rooms decked with mementos of fame. The bedroom used opera scores as wallpaper while the dining room displayed hotel bills from around the world. A wealthy woman also filled a sanctum with love letters and hosted readings as a society spectacle. The London club featured rooms decorated with 6000 playing cards and theater tickets with champagne corks crowning a cork-filled cornice.
A six year old Joseph Haydn learns drum beating when the drummer is missing. He improvises with a meal tub and a cloth, overturns a stool, and delights spectators as a hunchback bearer carries the drum in a Hamburg church procession. The original drum is kept in the Hamburg church choir.
Will G. Steel notes in Steel Points that Ne wan nah in Clatsop County Oregon drew its name from a pioneer who had a daughter named Hannah and workers taunting a man with Oh Hannah. The stream name likely evolved to O Hannah then Newannah. The Wort may be Indian for wa but is probably a coincidence.
A playful exchange between a hopeful suitor and his love ends with mutual encouragement. The man admits he acted foolishly and the woman responds that effort will bring progress, signaling a turning point in their rapport.
A fragmented note indicates a job opening at The Star office for printing work. Details are incomplete but suggest an employment listing and call for applicants through the Star's offices.
The Winchester Council last night approved the 1919 budget, keeping the lowest tax rate and no tax rise. New state tax shifts raise approximately $2,000 in revenue from the earthen tax. banks keep the same rate but pay all taxes to the city. The council also voted appropriations for police communications, and to hire counsel to defend city interests before the State Corporation Commission regarding Northern Virginia Power rates.
Partial financial text shows expenditures of 971,07.91 with a balance of 466.08 and an unexpended amount of 11,182.91. Mentions improve atneas servers and fecal leave but lacks coherent context or dates.
Public auction to be held at the County Court House in Winchester Virginia beginning at 11 o clock am Tuesday January 23 1919 of a farm and orchard near Stephens City about 9 miles southeast of Winchester including 35 acres bearing orchard 26 acres wheat with 16 feet right of way. The sale secures a debt of 19500 with credit of 494.82 under deeds of trust dated 1917 and assignment 1918. Terms one third cash with balance in two equal annual installments supported by purchaser bonds and deeds of trust. Trustees M M Lynch and Harry R Kern.
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