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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1923
Page
4
Fragmented OCR notes from a January 27 1923 press page discuss Henry Co. Stuart and a broad political question. The text hints at opposition figures and suggests an important upcoming decision. The garbled lines obscure clear facts or dates beyond the year.
Readers report on a church meeting where a controversial world play was discussed. The pastor and congregants debated its moral messages and the potential impact on worship, with some urging caution while others defended artistic expression.
The 1922 federal horticultural board report details 22 foreign and 15 domestic quarantines to curb pests and diseases. It highlights pink bollworm, European corn borer, gypsy and brown-tail moths, Japanese beetle, potato wart, blister rust, and citrus canker, urging continued eradication efforts despite signs of progress. The report notes limited spread of the corn borer and warns the Japanese beetle may threaten widespread losses, while outlining actions on gypsy moth eradication, brown-tail moth reduction, and new quarantines in Washington and British Columbia with 19 shipper convictions under plant quarantine laws.
The piece warns that neglecting orchards and leaving refuse crops increases San Jose scale plum curculio apple worm and shothole borer over winter. It argues tidy gardens reduce pest homes and notes hens produce excellent flavored eggs with Runner ducks yielding perfectly white eggs sold in the city.
At the Kiwanis luncheon a traditional singing event yielded uneven results as Walter Cox Asbury Wimley and others performed a duet and readings. Phil W chose leaders and the group failed to find tenors while noting several members are not suited for song. President Bob Barton received the ceremonial button from Andy Bell.
February is the heaviest shipping month for hay. The buyer, S. G. Runkle & Co. of Woodstock Virginia, asks farmers to bale Timothy and light Clover-Mixed hay of good quality and to write as soon as they bale for sale.
The United Kingdom remains the only European country where traffic drives on the left. In contrast the United States France Germany and Belgium drive on the right.
The piece asserts wigs preceded civilization, used by savages to intimidate on the battlefield, framing wigwork as an early form of disguise and display in ancient combat.
The passage presents a proverb about half the world laughing at the other half and being fools, followed by a note on per capita egg consumption of half an egg daily. It concludes with a Biblical promise reference to the earth’s continual cycles of growth and seasons.
A quirky collection from the Boston Transcript features playful mishearings and mis-spellings of common proverbs. It reflects on happiness, hesitation, alimony, and social advice with humorous twists and remembered lines from poets and writers.
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