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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1923
Page
4
The Winchester Virginia Evening Star publishes daily except Sunday with consolidated partners Morning News Weekly News Weekly Mirror. Subscription rates listed for one year six months three months and one month. Associated Press membership noted for exclusive use of dispatches. Local news coverage advertised.
The piece argues that despite large corporate growth, individual life is central to business. It cites Chicago figures showing extensive life insurance for beneficiaries, noting the insured person remains vital to enterprise and that destruction of individualism is unlikely. The author notes life value exceeds mere policy sums and stresses the enduring importance of the individual in corporate decisions.
The Roanoke Times notes banker Vanderlip says the Bok Peace Prize aims to stimulate thinking on world affairs and international accord. It recalls Woodrow Wilson as the true Apostle of World Peace whose legacy transcends any award.
A humorous verse about a man named Jimcrack riding in a fine sedan while merchants complain he owes for bread, beans, pies, and other goods. The poem portrays debt and dissatisfaction in a playful, rustic tone with exaggerated dialect.
Winchester Star editorials attack fear driven by Harry Flood and Mr Byrd urging courage on Virginia bond issue. Columns frame opposition as timid and alarmist, noting how the Star has influenced public sentiment.
The Suffolk News and Suffolk editorials clash with The Star and Harrisonburg News Record over Virginia road bond issues. Proponents argue bonds fund roads with shift to motorists and future generations paying interest, while opponents urge pay-as-you-go taxes and warn of debt costs and political fear tactics.
The piece notes uncertainty over bond retirement timing and interest costs. It contrasts bond leaders in Virginia fearing road financing with pay as you go advocates who support building roads without paying large interest, aiming to use funds as they become available.
A fragmented market roundup lists wholesale and retail prices for staples. It notes flour, meal, corn, and seed meals with scattered figures, plus butter and eggs, chickens, and standard middlings from Baltimore wholesale markets.
Rockingham County apple crop seen moderate this year with 60 to 75 carloads about 35 percent of normal. Losses blamed mainly on late frosts, though well sprayed orchards fare better. Some varieties like Imperial and Golden are poor. Ben Davis and other varieties fair. Berry crop largely a failure due to dry weather. peaches scarce near Timberville. Local prices expected mid August with better outlook than last year.
Eugene Criqui of France and Johnny Dundee finished training for their 15 round featherweight title bout set for Thursday night at Polo Grounds. Dundee walked eight miles from West Orange and boxed six rounds, while Criqui, lighter and closer to the 126 pound limit, followed a lighter routine.
Public invited to an all day picnic at Brown's Woods on Apple Pie Ridge road in Bethel this Saturday August 4. Committed to hosting community event with food activities and fellowship. 18-6
Eleanor Everest Freer, national cochairman of the opera department, National Federation of Music Clubs, urges increased American opera production. She advocates using American language for foreign operas to elevate US opera and foster study of local productions, noting America’s own opera magic and need to realize it. She emphasizes indigenous subjects as important but not exclusive.
A plea stresses supporting artists and publishing modern works alongside timeless classics. The speaker urges Americans to promote contemporary composers and ensure art treasures endure for future generations, noting many works have already been published and deserve presentation.
Letters calling for a five cent assessment on each labor union member in Massachusetts would raise 156000 dollars to aid striking telephone operators in five New England states. 2064 locals to receive mailings. officials say no new talks and service remains near normal.
Cleveland July 24 Plans for the reunion of the Northern and Southern divisions of the Methodist Episcopal Church were reviewed by the joint unification committee after initial approval by Northern members. The sixteen member panel drafted and unanimously adopted the plan. Southern members suggested wording changes and resubmitted it. If approved, a united church could emerge by 1925, potentially making the Methodist Episcopal Church the first major Protestant body to reconcile over slavery split.
The Shipping Board rejected a plan from the American Ship Owners Association for private operation of the fleet without board supervision. Chairman Farley said the board aims to soon publish a plan for direct government operation and dismissed the private proposal as effectively yielding control to operators with losses and profits handled by a special fund.
The Vine Virginia Conference of the United Lutheran Synod of North Carolina will convene with Zion congregation five miles west of Edinburg from Thursday to Sunday. Rev. W. L. Carr leads preparations. The program includes sermons at 11 a m and 2 p m with discussions on timely topics. Forenoon sessions run 9:30 a m to 4:30 p m on weekdays. Sunday sessions start earlier with planned events.
New York July 24 Informal call on Mayor Hylan and luncheon at the National Senate fed the mood around Senator Hiram Johnson of California. His return from Europe yesterday stirred friends who see it as a prelude to launching a candidacy for the presidency. Johnson refused to discuss the situation.
Notice from Virginia authorities orders a Democratic primary in Winchester on Tuesday August 7 1923 to nominate candidates for the Senate and House of Delegates. The election will be held at the city’s regular polling places between sunrise and sunset. Adam Forney Sergeant of the City of Winchester issues the notice.
An advertisement extols a healthy home led by a contented wife and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. It claims the product helps 98 of 100 women and targets backache headaches and other conditions.
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