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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1922
Page
2
A fragmented dialogue presents two sorority sisters and a judge in a terse scene. The exchange hints at a third party and a light social tension, framed by garbled interjections and partial phrases.
Uncle Eben muses that perhaps the entities are ghosts, insisting he has never hunted around for a cause and that any such presence would be a very poor company. The remark frames a rural vignette about belief and wit in a close community.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin compares dairy cows. Association members averaged 6 077 pounds of milk and 248 pounds butterfat yearly, about 50 percent above national averages. Higher butterfat yields raise income over feed costs, especially for top producers, with figures drawn from 18 014 cow records.
Professor William Samsell, formerly with Winchester Public Schools and last year at Stephens City High School, will leave Stephens City late this month to take a position 40 miles south of Baltimore. He is a skilled teacher and musician who helped organize Winchester’s Citizens Band, playing cornet for several years.
A compilation of varied entries notes on phrases like down a peg for dignity, ship flag salutes, and a Hindu bungalow origin. It also reports a French sergeant's jaw reconstruction after World War I and a remark on gasoline evaporation losses in crude oil handling.
Fifteen fashionable Atlantic City cafes were raided by prohibition agents. Wines and liquors valued at 10,000 dollars were seized. Several well known social figures were present, causing consternation.
In Los Angeles on July 31 Marilyn Miller and Jack Pickford married at the Fairbanks home. The couple, soon to honeymoon, declined to reveal their destination. The ceremony drew a large crowd as the minister was among the first to kiss the bride.
The piece lists five US mints Carson City New Orleans San Francisco Denver Philadelphia noting marks C C O 8 and D with Philadelphia coins unmarked. It also includes a stray quote about a girl's hair and housework from Atchison Globe.
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