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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1921
Page
4
The Morning News and Weekly Mirror lists subscription prices by mail and by carrier. Rates include nine year advance at 4.00 and various three month and monthly options. carrier delivery offers different terms. The paper credits the Associated Press for news dispatches and notes mailing details.
James Wright Brown of York argues newspapers must be self supporting and serve the public good rather than profit alone. He warns publishers who treat papers as mere commodities risk failure, insisting a newspaper is a pillar of government church and civic life.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Good and Mr. and Mrs. Carson Allamong with their young son visited Mr. J. I. White last Sunday, sharing a quiet afternoon together.
Moundsville West Virginia resident Mrs George Tegarden credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending years of pain from bearing down and regularity. She urges other young women to seek help and writes that confidential letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. are kept private.
Bloom notes report Miss Mar cet O Wright has returned home after visiting relatives in Washington and Falls. The column lists other locals visiting kin in Winches, Frederick, Shenandoah and nearby areas, including Mrs H E H Sloop and Mrs Ruben Long.
Trinkle Headquarters presents ten claims in support of election as governor. Highlights include tax relief, populist governance, business and farming experience, state senate service, opposition to one man rule, support for education health and prosperity, balance of human rights and states rights, highway system reform, and no tax increase under current conditions.
A spoof poem in which the speaker with Aunt Lillian counts swatted flies up to fourteen million then quits the crusade. The narrator recalls health board condemnations, urges others to help, and laments wasted toil as he gives up swatting flies. Copyright.
The article contrasts Greek and Roman church doctrines including the Holy Spirit, papal supremacy, sacraments and practice. It notes the Greek church separated from Rome in 1504 and mentions two rural Mississippi preachers, a white and a colored man, with the colored man earning more. The white preacher questions payments while the colored says sermons rely on voluntary subscriptions and expelling members for nonpayment.
The text notes camels travel 25 miles daily for three days without water, some go 50 miles daily for five days, and trained camels can carry riders 100 miles in a day. They lift legs on the same side like pacing horses. A mature camel bears about 1000 pounds, and full growth occurs at sixteen or seventeen years.
The article explains simple distinctions between moths and butterflies. It notes that butterflies have knot-ended antennae and rest with wings upright, while moths have tapering antennae and rest with wings spread flat.
A Virginia editor threatened to publish the name of a young man seen hugging a girl in the park unless he paid his subscription within a week. Fifty-nine young men paid up the next day, and two prepaid for a year.
A commencement speaker argues that if men fulfilled their duties and did their best, society would improve despite odd conduct. He warns against the conceit of learning, noting that greater knowledge deepens awareness of unlearned fields, urging humility and effort.
The British mint turns out seven million coins each week. If laid in a single layer, one week’s output would form a gold silver and copper carpet ten yards wide and over a quarter mile long.
The British and Foreign Bible Society reports over 200 million Bibles distributed in 528 languages. Yet regions such as Thibet Nepaul Abyssinia parts of Arabia and Afghanistan remain closed to the society.
The text notes that seeing a flag flying in the wind denotes trouble, carrying one yourself foretells a general improvement in affairs, and seeing a flag at half mast denotes trouble.
A historical note recalls that Swedish and Norwegian law once required both parties in a marriage to show genuine vaccination marks. The excerpt also includes a playful aside from a Boston Transcript remark about Norah’s cookies and singing while baking.
A fragment from the New York Sun notes that a wife who uncovers a husband’s forgotten incident is not a goddess but a nemesis. The aphorism contrasts marital dynamics with public myth.
Atchison Globe notes the challenge of sharing constructive ideas while warning how quickly diseases like measles mumps smallpox chicken pox and leprosy can spread within a community.
The United States public health service urges better hygiene noting germs commonly transfer from hands to the mouth. Emphasizes washing hands to prevent illness and promote health.
Cartoon caption from Cartoons Magazine hints at the jury as life’s trials. Wry line on rendering verdicts evokes everyday judgment and personal justice in a concise gag.
A Boston Transcript note comments on public appetite for candy praise, outlining how sugar coated language colors local discourse and shaped perception. The piece hints at media influence on opinion and community sentiment.
Fragmentary lines speak of a man formed of dust enduring pain and loss while pursuing a deeper purpose beyond aging. The texture hints at existential struggle and a longing for meaning.
Schedule lists trains serving Berryville and intermediate stations with times for northbound and southbound runs. Notable services include No 13 at 9 07 am to Bristol with Pullman parlor car, No 1 2 30 am to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton, and sleepers to Wilson Winston-Salem. Evening No 27 5 55 pm to Shenandoah with connecting routes and northbound services No 28 8 39 am to Hagerstown Philadelphia New York with sleeper connections. Contact agents Saunders and Revill for details.
Uncle Sam taxes incomes but home ownership yields non taxable personal dividends. Real estate bonds pay high yields yet a home provides 100 percent yearly value to the family. Inflation eased, now may be time to act with practical home planning advice available.
A Democratic primary prospect, a Senate 35th District veteran with House of Delegates service and State Commonwealth's Attorney tenure, appeals to party voters for prudent state leadership. The piece endorses him as safe and experienced, notes opposition to a $50 million bond, and favors farm to market road construction. contact through Julien Gunn Campaign Com. in Richmond.
The search for Monroe S. Doc Payton, alleged negro rapist, wanted at Martinsburg, failed to reveal his whereabouts in Jefferson County. Sheriff Dean checked Hancock after a message claimed a suspect was being held there, but it was not the targeted man.
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