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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1921
Page
4
Advertisement lists mail subscription prices for the Winchester Virginia Evening Star and affiliated papers. Rates shown include one year 400, six months 200, three months 100, one month 40, with publication days noted and second class mail designation.
A partial AP note states the Associated Press content is for republication by the paper and local news communications are published through The Star Publishing Company and its affiliates. The fragment references duties and crediting procedures for dispatches and local notices.
Local police and health officials warn of danger from mad dogs in the community. After a suspected rabid dog was shot, other penned dogs are watched and kept off streets for at least 30 days to prevent rabies spread.
The piece argues that arrogance alienates both people and heaven, noting that pride reveals inner worth or lack of virtue. It contrasts a confident ruler with a boastful athlete and a self-made man, suggesting arrogance exposes moral frailty and social disapproval.
An advertisement extols Dr Careys Marshroot for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims 40 years of use, a money back guarantee, and wide pharmacist availability. It urges checking symptoms and notes prescription No 777.
The quoted remarks critique vanity and self hypocrisy, noting that recognizing one’s own flaws leads to harsher judgment of others. The speaker likens personal failings to embryos of foolishness and condemns public arrogance.
Local shooters from Winchester represented the Winchester Gun Club at Roanoke during the twenty second annual Trapshooters Association event. Scores for 150 targets show Frank L Buckley 135 Claude B Stickley 144 Arthur Seabright 132 F W Pinsley 138 W D Wisecarver 138 B J Hillidge 144.
Mr H L Ferguson of Newport News Virginia spent the Fourth at Winchester with Mr and Mrs Joseph A Massie and left for Washington. He is identified as a Dalesident officer in the island navy and is described in the fragment as returning to duties.
Philadelphia mother shares sixteen year old daughter’s monthly pains and backache. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the daughter became regular and well. Letter endorses the product for women with similar symptoms and urges a trial.
A reflective poem contrasts the brave who persevere with the faint hearted who quit when fortune falters. It praises resilience among artists who toil, endure hardship, and push toward success, while noting many gifted creators fail to find lasting fame. Copyright.
Mrs Maury Middleton and Mr Edmund P Hunter of Washington hosted a house party with Mr Richard Stuart Hunter of Baltimore and Mrs Hunter of Martinsburg West Virginia. Bessie Dickhaut traveled to Washington after visiting Capt and Mrs Lewis F Cooper on North Washington Street.
On Saturday evening unusually heavy passenger traffic forced Baltimore and Ohio Train No. 1 to arrive in two sections from Harpers Ferry to Winchester at 6.02 p.m. Both sections were delayed about half an hour by transfers and junction point confusion, but no mishap occurred.
Winchester bread bakers say they did not follow Martinsburg West Virginia in recent price cuts. Local bakers had reduced prices about two months earlier, and Martinsburg cut prices last week following Winchester’s lead.
Daily wholesale quotes list from local buyers includes hens roosters hams eggs and creamery and country butter prices plus commodities like corn wheat flour and screenings. The scattered figures show butter at 0.25 to 0.30 per unit and wheat flour around 0.55 to 0.85 per 12 pound bag with other items noted in fluctuating ranges.
Announcements from Boyd R Richards and W Miller Fletcher pledge runs for House of Delegates and Winchester City Treasurer subject to the Democratic Primary on August 2 1921. Richards seeks Winchester Broderick County seat. Fletcher pledges personal attention if elected.
All persons owing the estate of E. E. Barr are urged to settle promptly. Anyone with accounts against the estate should present them at once. Settle all accounts with Walter Barr at store 459.
Property listing offers 50 acres four miles from Winchester with a five room dwelling cellar porch stabling outbuildings and blue grass. Also city dwellings priced from 1000 with easy payments and city lots for 100 cash plus quarterly payments.
Market notes list prices and corrections for hay corn young chickens wheat and butter at Baltimore wholesale markets. Entries show per unit terms and daily closing adjustments with scattered garbled lines in the excerpt.
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