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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
6
A London Observer column critiques a culture of grievance and self-promotion in media and society. It argues people enjoy complaining, fueling newspaper circulation, while personal health woes become grand narratives. It highlights vanity in illness and the lure of grievance as entertainment.
John Wilkins, a Royal Society founder and 17th century thinker, proposed four aviation ideas in a book. He favored a flying chariot driven by an intelligent mover and capable of carrying people, aided by perhaps suns or springs, to propel motion through the air.
A reader recounts a tale from Youth's Companion about a wily fox in November at Shinnecock Bay. As a neighbor watched from tall grass, the fox waded ~40 feet, waved its tail to lure ducks, and would have seized a duck if not shot by the observer.
Real estate notice touts Haddox area lots to buyers including women customers. Offers 50 by 150 feet lots at easy terms and predicts price increases. Also advertised are a 6 room Main Street house near the courthouse for 1400 dollars and brick 7 room houses on Braddock Street around 4250 dollars.
The timetable lists connections from Norfolk and Western lines with routes to Bristol Roanoke Shenandoah Winston-Salem and Memphis via Pullman sleepers and parlor cars. Highlights include Elkton Hagerstown Philadelphia New York services with specific times and transfers at Shenandoah Junction. Additional agents W C Saunders and W B Revill are noted for inquiries.
A gaunt Missdurian speaks of the bright side as Old-Lute-Lathers rides a hay load through muddy lanes. A wheel sinks into a chuck hole near Jay shed, dumping him into a deep puddle but leaving him unharmed. He notes a hard surfaced road would have broken his neck.
A Scientific American note describes a lens cleaning method using pith from sunflower rush or elder. Dry pith strips are glued to cork, arranged in rows with small gaps, and rubbed gently on the lens to remove marks.
In Mexico City the Avenida de San Francisco forms a short two foot wide parade ground from the Mexican White House to the Alameda. As weight approaches the street slows to a slow walk and a procession moves along each curb side while onlookers watch.
The excerpt recalls a young reader’s immersion in books aided by a small neighborhood circulating library. It notes the early value placed on reading and memory, citing the Spectator and the lasting influence of reading on later oratory and self-education.
The Detroit News outlines theBook of the Dead also called the Book of the Manifestation of Light dating to the fourth dynasty and written in hieroglyphics. It contains prayers and exorcisms for the soul and guidance against monsters on its journey to Osiris with moral statements such as not intoxicated, not theft, and aiding the hungry.
The excerpt contrasts Ferrero arguing Christianity fosters mutual aid in weakness with the nineteenth century’s claim that all men are destined to rule the world. It suggests nations, driven by conquest, abandon brotherhood and instead clash with arms in conflict.
The passage discusses Edmund Burke as a model reader who treats each book as a lasting possession. It argues that true reading requires deep engagement and sustained attention, while noting some works are for amusement. The idea that all worth reading must be read well reflects Porter’s reflections on books and memory.
The Marquesas islands stand as a distant archipelago where tattooing peaked as a celebrated art. A man with intricate facial stars was valued, while a bare face marked cowardice. Frederick O'Brien notes in Century Magazine that a full body tattoo required months of intense pain and great expense.
The Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on March 3 1520 records Lewis F Gruber plaintiff against Bessie Swartz Gruber defendant seeking a mensa et theren divorce on grounds of cruelty and desertion. An affidavit states the defendant is not a Virginia resident and she must appear within ten days after publication to protect her interest. A copy of the order is to be published weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Star and posted at the county courthouse front door by June 23 next Rule Day.
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