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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1922
Page
4
The Columbus column salutes Walborn who ran a fair clean state fair with no midway gambling and strict decorum. His leadership kept concessions honest and the grounds free of deceptive tactics, earning praise from papers noting his staunch old school standards.
The article notes rising divorce activity in Virginia with figures indicating 18 060 cases and 557 bills in Washington tied to Alexandria and the state. It discusses an average rate of divorce affecting about one in thirty two families and the impact on men and women in the community.
Limestone Farm on Pike offers 60 acres 1.5 miles from railroad six miles from Winchester with running water 24 acre orchard four bearing 20 acres young trees 20 acres woodland two dwellings bargain priced at 4500 dollars for quick sale
The article reports many divorces drawn from outside Virginia via fake residency in Alexandria. A lodging-house keeper testified that 300 people stayed a year in one nine room dwelling with six beds, used as proof of bona fide residence, a claim the court rejected. The Alexandria Bar Association seeks to end the scandal near the national capital.
The piece images General Lee contemplating postwar national unity. It argues the Muscle Shoals power and nitrate project embodies renewed national cooperation, showing the United States pursuing a massive munition plant in the former Confederacy. Lee would see sectional questions fading as a united nation emerges.
Veterans group announces Winchester as the next Grand Camp meeting site with dates August 29 30 and 31 1922. The accompanying letter from Gen Thomas E West grand commander notes the Winchester Board of Trade arranged the timing to coincide with the citys annual agricultural fair.
Shenandoah Valley Academy lost 23 to 22 to Penn State Forestry School Mont Alto in the local gym. Anderson W led the cadets with 12 points while Forsyth and Lott of Penn State impressed, in a hard fought contest billed as the season's most exciting.
A verse poem condemns reckless drivers who ignore speed laws. It contrasts a speeding man with his fate as dust and wreckage trail behind him, noting the dangers of fast driving and the funeral ending. It mocks the driver’s disregard while warning readers of fatal consequences.
In Roanoke Virginia a farmer Josiah Weaver reports his pet groundhog vanished on November 3 and is rumored to reemerge February 2. A large delegation from the Back Creek area plans to visit the animal’s retreat to verify the tale. The groundhog reportedly weighed fourteen pounds and was once fed with a spoon when first acquired.
The Star reports daily wholesale quotations including creamery butter, country butter, young chickens, hens and roosters, hams, turkeys, local flour and corn, rye, oats, hay, straw, middlings and bran with price ranges. Prices vary by item and unit.
Mr Charles P Kremer who fell on the ice at his home No 11 South Kent Street is still confined to his room. His injuries are healing slowly as neighbors report families tended the birds and farmers nearby.
An old advertisement urges women with backache and fatigue to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It promises relief from misery and promotes household vitality through the natural tonic.
The American Gas Improvement Company asks Winchester residents to express interest in gas service by sending name and address for homes not yet supplied. No obligation. Citizens urged to convince neighbors and mail forms to Hotel Jack in Winchester Virginia.
Market prices list various poultry and grain items including young chickens 28 to 39 cents, flour products, screenings, shelled corn, cotton seed meal, and eggs. Regional figures show fluctuating rates with notes of corrections from the preceding day and dairy butter quoted at 26 cents per pound.
Catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. The remedy is advertised as a constitutional treatment that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. Free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
Winchester Rotary Club invites members to an illustrated talk by Frederick E. Clerk superintendent of Handley Schools. The lecture at Handley Library Hall starts at 8 30 p m on Thursday February 2. Clerk, long familiar with China, will share insights from his years there.
Bernard M. Sullivan, real estate dealer of Pirana in Washington, spent Sunday at the Kline Theater site after a catastrophe that killed over 100 people during a motion picture showing. He described the exterior as intact but the interior a wreck, with crowds blocked by police and witnesses reporting panic and distress.
Frederick County Virginia public auction offers three Clarke County tracts totaling about 185 acres on the Blue Ridge. Sale begins 11 a.m. with one third cash and rest in two annual installments. Bonds secured by deeds of trust. Officials include T Russell Cather and R Gray Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gaylord welcomed a son Sunday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The mother and child are doing well. Mrs. Gaylord, formerly Miss Isabel Baker, is the daughter of Mrs. Baker and the late H. H. Baker. Mrs. M. Showalter has returned home after a short stay in Washington and plans to settle there.
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