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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
4
By mail and carrier rates listed in advance for year and months with emphasis on Associated Press dispatches. The Star Publishing Company publishes local news and accepts communications from readers and affiliated individuals.
Poem urges safe driving at year start warning against reckless speed. Writer, Walt Mason, condemns fast driving that wastes lives and calls for drastic plans to curb unsafe behavior on crowded roads.
The report shows limited trading on apples in New York with ample supply but cold weather reducing activity. Prices for Imperial apples range roughly from 3.00 to 6.00 with averages around 4.25, and sellers note weak demand and no large sales.
In Harrisburg the Boy Scout basketball team left for Harris Pa to play two games with Troops 8 and 18 at the station. About fifty scouts plan a spirited time for the boys of Winchester. The trip is led by J H Baker G F Captain Paul Anderson Gus Stanley Smoot and R Rogers. They recently entertained a large number of Harrisburg scouts and visitors.
Native grocery and meat store planned for Harrison near future aims to draw city and surrounding residents by offering reduced prices on meats and groceries. A monthly membership fee is reportedly to be charged in addition.
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the best gentle laxative for children with fruity taste and full bottle directions. The copy repeats branding while warning of misleading labeling and urges satisfaction with the product for stomach and bowels.
Dr. R. B. Mitchell to preach morning and evening next Sunday January 23 at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. Bring your Bible and come with us for guidance and good.
Market prices quoted today by local buyers across wholesale and retail sections. Text lists dairy butter eggs flour oats hay and feed values, with scattered figures for wheat barley corn and livestock prices. notes visiting relative in West Virginia and includes miscellaneous price ranges.
Roanoke World News reports shoppers believe food prices drop slowly in Roanoke, while wages rise slowly. Consumers may organize a buyers strike, seek fair pricing, and demand more reductions as wholesale costs ease. Local retailers face scrutiny over justified versus unjustified pricing.
Winchester and Frederick County Red Cross Executive Board meets at Handley Library on January 17. Miss Gertrude Higgins reports nursing care for 23 patients and 75 well babies under supervision. Mary Strickler visits 25 schools inspecting 444 pupils and promoting health rules and sanitation literature.
Washington January 20 The Senate foreign relations committee approved a resolution accepting J Piermont Morgans offer to give his London home as a permanent American embassy building. The committee action clears the way for a full Senate vote and final acceptance of the gift.
A motion picture theater for Trinidad's leper colony opened today in Port of Spain with an orchestra of girl lepers providing music. The fund to build the theater started a year ago by visiting Americans and was completed through Fleury D. Maker, the American consul.
The undersigned railroads and ship line ask the State Corporation Commission in Richmond on February 1, 1921 at 10 AM to approve canceling W. L. Pratts L. J. & J. Tariffs Conv. Nox R-1 Nos. 52 and 124 covering one and one third fare for round trips for conventions and other occasions and to file Master Tariffs providing one and one half fare for round trips to draw 250 to 350 attendees.
For sale a 30 acre bearing apple orchard with convenient railroad, storage and city access. Includes 150 acres limestone land, 6 acre apple orchard, 7 room dwelling, 5 room tenant house, two large barns, silo and outbuildings. Suitable for cereal crops or dairy. Also city lots and small limestone tracts adjoining city offered from $300.00.
Divine service at 11 a m with the sermon titled Where Do You Live. Evening service at 7 30 features the subject Weigh? Bt.
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