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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co. announces the Win or Virginia post office is filed as second-class matter and published daily except Sundays. It is associated with Morning News Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror in the local paper network.
A stray OCR fragment shows unusual charges and abbreviations for advance payments. Figures include 3.50 and 1.75 months in advance with scattered decimals and words like year and cee appear, suggesting a misread text from a vintage rate card.
The document states that Associated Press material is used solely for republication dispatches credited to AP or locally credited items. It confirms that all local news published follows this attribution rule and media rights guidelines.
Halifax Gazette weighs Senator Harry Flood Byrd as a potential Virginia governor candidate. The paper questions his depth and executive readiness while noting his business success and stance on the road bond issue. It argues for prudent judgment and favors a businesslike administration over personal politics.
Roanoke Times notes strong public stance against magazines sold at newsstands that appeal to salacious interests. It argues such publications insult women and girls and deserve to lose circulation. The Indianapolis News reports similar concerns and calls for action to curb these titles.
A brief excerpt shows a farmer's daily grind with pigs and ducks under the sun. The speaker notes earning ten bucks monthly and ends with an unfinished evening scene, reflecting a wartime or rural labor mood. The fragment hints at Walt Mason style verse and rural working life.
The narrator recalls a bygone rural life filled with horses, almanacs, and fatigue while contrasting it with a modern scene where a phonograph plays uplifting music, children plan outings, and the world seems to move forward. The tone is reflective and nostalgic.
An advertisement promotes Allenrho as a proven cure for rheumatism, asserting rapid relief from swollen joints and pain. James H. Allen of Rochester guarantees satisfaction and will refund, with Baker's Drug Store named as the local agent, offering free details to buyers.
State Democratic Club of the District of Columbia at the Shoreham Hotel hosted a June barbecue with over a hundred members. They invited three Democratic gubernatorial candidates Harry F. Byrd Walter Mapp and C Lee Moore to speak. Committees were named to arrange the event and to revise the by laws. James R Baker addressed in favor of Byrd while H R Davis supported Moore. New officers for the year were elected including General H Oden Lake as president and James R Baker as first vice president.
A vintage ad promises quick relief for nervous, overworked people through Evans' Triple Phosphates. It claims to restore confidence, sharpen the mind, and renew energy within two weeks with a money back guarantee, urging purchases at Baker's Drug Store and other druggists.
An old advertisement touts P D Q as a chemical to eradicate bed bugs roaches ants and moths in hotels hospitals railroads and other public institutions It claims eggs and live insects are killed without harming clothing and notes a 35¢ package yields a quart with a patent spout for hard to reach nests Also available in sealed bottles double strength from Bakers Drug Store and Boyds Drug Store.
A period advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health to thousands of women across neighborhoods in cities towns and hamlets. It urges women suffering from ailment to try the remedy and notes its long history of helping American women regain strength.
Real estate ad urges readers to visit and inspect affordable small farms located not far from highways, highlighting favorable prices and inviting potential buyers to watch the ad for changes and updates.
Commander Byrd of the MacMillan party outlines plausible scenarios for Amundsen’s fate near the pole. He discusses navigation errors from compass variation, possible plane breakdowns, and the chance Amundsen reached land near Grantland or Cape Columbia, arguing the expedition is likely alive within distance of the pole.
Advertisement-style notice offering home ownership for $635 cash plus $8 weekly for six years with no interest taxes or insurance. Highlights include six rooms water sewer lights paved street and sidewalks. For full particulars contact H R McEn 414 Braddock St. details dated June week.
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