This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1923
Page
4
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason contemplates the rewards of thrift. It paints a satirical vision of future comfort through savings, bonds, and prudent living, urging readers to work earnestly and plan for old age while warning against laziness.
Reality told police he went to the Goodrell estate to haul a load of slaoe contracted by Adams. Goodrell lived alone in a mud hut near the Benjamin tract. Adams was found slain, his body sent to a Pumphrey establishment. Inquest to be held by Magistrate Riggs.
Kenneth meets his brother in Yompers and is astonished by his changed look. The baby no longer seems like a baby and Ike is taken to be a child due to the striking improvement.
In 1882 Herbert Spencer noted London as slow to adopt the telephone with one million telephones in the British Isles versus over fourteen million in the United States. By 1922 the Bell System added 684 370 stations, with 14 279 exchanges from other companies. France, Great Britain, and Germany show wide rural gaps and varying per capita use, while Italy Poland and Czecho Slovakia lag far behind.
The Brooklyn Citizen reports Tonga has installed a tiny telephone network by New Zealand’s International Western Mission Company. It serves about 100 subscribers on the main island with plans to expand to outlying isles in the 360 island group as familiarity grows.
The first railroad telephone line for regular commercial use was installed by Thomas A. Bell assistant and Gardiner Hubbard on May 21, 1877 at Altoona Pennsylvania for the railroad's division superintendent. Earlier, on May 18, Watson laid the first New York City line from Hilbourne Jailice to his home. The Altoona line connected over the Allegheny summit, marking the start of telephones in railroad operations.
Washington July 18 officials considered the chance Grover Bergdoll would return to the United States to serve a five year sentence for draft evasion. Discussions with his lawyers raise hope he may surrender and restore part of his estate as a condition. The alien property office holds about 1.3 million dollars in Bergdoll assets.
Manuel Quezon and Wood administration critics react amid cabinet resignations and a senate walkout. Quezon urges calm to avoid clashes. officials say government continues with acting undersecretaries taking charge and asserts no attack on U S sovereignty.
The Associated Press reports a major fire destroyed Erie Railroad terminal freight office in Jersey City on July 18. Flames spread to the grain elevator and round house but these were ultimately saved.
Montreal July 18 The Ancient Order of Hibernians urged broad exposure of the Ku Klux Klan. President James Derry said tolerance is the keystone of liberty in Canada and the United States and urged public endorsement of tolerance in universities across the continent.
At a July 10 1923 meeting in Winchester Virginia the Hicks Motor Company Board of Directors approved dissolving the company and called a special stockholders meeting for August 2 1923 at 2 PM in Winchester to vote on the resolution. W I Hicks President.
Telegraphic notice reports rapid growth of telephone service in Constantinople run by a British private company. About 8 000 telephones exist, with expectations of material business growth as locals adopt the service. Operators must speak Turkish and French, with some multilingual staff.
Private sale of a dresser iron bedstead adjustable coil spring and mattress feather bed comforts rugs eight feet oak dining table chairs portieres clock porch seat silverware 50 feet hose glass sealers range cooking utensils large oil painting other items blue and white coverlet antique like new Chestnut and E National Ave 16 3 8t
Fragmentary note discusses misfortunes and personal fortunes, contrasting taking a tome again with drawing a proportion from the common stock. The lines suggest a reflective, philosophical musing without clear event or named persons.
A passerby muses about the new moon and asks if an airplane caused a piece to be knocked out of it. The remark frames a humorous reflection on the sky and a child's question about the night orb.
The passage ponders a person's role as just, a traveler, or a prince by divine will. It casts the subject as a dicant figure guided by fate and vocation, invoking George Sand as a contextual touchstone.
The ceremony proceeded despite a brief pause when a revolver was casually set on the rating in front of the couple. The officiating clergyman invited any objectors and none spoke, allowing the wedding of Gulch residents to go ahead.
A historical religious quote attributed to Miguel Molinos, asserting that tribulation brings one closer to God as God permits it for the purification and uplifting of the soul.
A mishmash of quotes appears from the Boston Transcript and Indianapolis News. It mentions John White Chadwick and a London woman who has photographed herself monthly for two years to note age-related changes.
The Citizens' Band thanks the South End Hose Company and the Ladies' Auxiliary for a generous donation for music at a yard party. Also a humorous note about a friend nicknamed Louis the Fourteenth due to a dinner invitation story.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.