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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1925
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists publisher Byrd as publisher and notes entry at Win Virginia as second class matter. It shows consolidation with several sister papers and provides subscription rates for various terms, though portions are garbled.
The Associated Press dispatches are exclusive for republication and all local news published on Thursday July 16 1925. The AP credits apply unless otherwise noted to this paper.
A church item presents Jesus saying a new commandment to love one another as I have loved you. The prayer asks God to show love beyond measure and for believers to follow and comprehend this call to discipleship.
The Richmond Dispatch editorial argues Mapp forces Byrd to defend his character, diverting attention from issues, while U S farm population falls with a shift to cities due to higher city wages and machinery. It warns of a future with small farms or factory farming, urging保 preservation of individual farmers and rural values.
The Eastville Virginia paper argues that Senator Mapps proposed tax board would raise real estate and personal property taxes in Accomac and Northampton Counties fourfold by shifting assessment to the state. It cites a 1924 Commission report valuing Accomac land at 40.4 million and Northampton at 20.8 million, noting untaxed securities and intangible stock would escape proper taxation under the plan. The piece stresses equalization should consider hidden assets and notes that a prominent woman owned two notes for every four years and used them for taxation.
The passage argues that if Richmond's tax board lowers the average assessment below constitutional 100 percent, city valuations cannot be cut due to debt limits. To match city values Hopewell would require 82 percent and Richmond 67 percent, prompting concern that Accomac and Northampton counties would surrender taxation power to three men in Richmond.
The piece concedes Senator Mapp’s moral character while denying any attack on his business reputation. It argues that disagreement with Mapp on moral issues does not imply that a rival senator is wicked, emphasizing the legitimacy of political-factional difference.
A reflective poem traces a gangster's tormented arc from sharp wit and potential to crime driven life. It weighs remorse, fear, and the hollow gains of violence, ending with a note on a man nursing grudges as his fate.
A Turtle Lake Wisconsin reader endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for weakness backache and nervousness. She cites relief after years of prior medicines and notes use before each of six births and after childbirth for dizzy headaches and poor appetite. She also mentions Liver Pills for constipation.
A distorted excerpt describes a man driven by anger toward his fellows and the crowd, bent on crime until judges sentence him to prison. The text labels him dietempered and misguided, hating the wholesome crowd while he confronts a bargain counter.
The American Tree Association announced plans for a World Forestry Congress to be held in Rome from April 29 to May 5, 1926. Professor Arrigo Sperieri of Florence will preside. Sponsoring bodies include the International Institute of Agriculture and the Italian government. An accompanying exhibition of woodworking machinery and forest products will take place in Milan to boost international trade and product awareness.
A testimonial from Mrs. L. Babcock of Appleton Wisconsin claims McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets rebuilt wasted tissues in her nine year invalid daughter. The letter asserts seven pound gain after eight boxes and urges buying only McCoy’s, offering a thirty day money back guarantee and listing Baker’s Drug Store and Boyd’s Drug Co. as sellers.
Two lots 50 by 150 feet on Franklin Street with a small rented dwelling at $6 per month. Quick sale for $500. Also a six room dwelling on Main Street listed at $1,700. A six room dwelling with basement and porches, hall, bath, six living rooms with water sewer and electric fixtures offered at $3,500. Fire Life and Indemnity Insurance available.
A complete furniture sale is announced with no reserve at 401 Handley Ave Shryock West Clifford Street above the hospital first left turn. The listing includes a walnut dining room suite several bedroom suites a breakfast set a new kitchen range a 6 burner Star oil stove rugs Victrola 70 records floor lamps a complete porch set piano pictures and more. Inspect prior to sale.
An advertisement announces Ball's Catarrh Medicine as an ointment that acts in the blood to treat catarrh. It claims quick relief and is sold by F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio through all druggists.
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