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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1925
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR lists Evening Star Publishing Co. at Winchester Virginia as owner of various publications including Evening Star and Weekly Mirror. Mentions second class matter and daily editions with Sunday inserts, indicating a local newspaper publishing operation and related periodicals.
The text notes that dispatches are credited to it or not edited to the paper and all local news published. The fragment reflects editorial operations and publication scope without clear specifics. The item appears as a generic note on sourcing and local coverage in the newspaper.
The Byrd gubernatorial bid is marked by personal criticism and attacks from rivals, including two embittered ex-candidates. Supporters say the campaign will remain dignified, focusing on Byrd’s merits while opponents press alleged missteps and integrity questions.
Atlantic City tests reveal sensational mischaracterizations about public figures. Reporters recount how students and examiners mingle schoolboy tone with adult worldliness, naming Owen D Young and Charles G Dawes in unlikely roles.
A fragment from Walt Mason’s Rippling Rhymes notes neighbors aiding a sick man with soup and pies. The verse depicts goodwill through small acts of kindness and simple humor amid a community scene.
A speaker pleads for neighbors to stop visiting a ill man Jabez seeking peace and sleep. They describe the harm from well meant gifts and social pressure, noting many would still live if left alone to recover. The piece condemns intrusive aid and urges respecting rest and solitude.
A narrator recalls a craving for Uncle Hiram’s fortune as he grows old and see the hoard as a promised reward. The piece riffs on debt, poverty, and time, with a grim tone about mortality and the lure of inherited wealth. Historical voice and weary narrator convey longing and inevitability.
P J BumGardner painting contractor advertises services with a phone number 884-W and a P O Box mailing address for inquiries and estimates. The brief notice emphasizes local home exterior and interior painting offerings.
Citizens are urged to enlist as workers for the Confederate Memorial Association to sell certificates for a government minted half dollar honoring southern soldiers. Volunteers collect one dollar per certificate, with funds deposited to support the Stone Mountain monument project and a nationwide memorial effort.
Advertisement for home purchase plan offering ownership with $635 cash and $8 weekly for 6 years. No interest taxes or insurance. Property features six rooms water sewer lights paved street and sidewalks. For full particulars contact H. R. Mc Neany at 414 Braddock St. (6-2-lwk)
Practical six room house with bath on Monmouth street near manufacturing area. Good garage and well located. Price five thousand. Also a six room house with bath on large lot with double garage at rear alley. Sound investment at three thousand six hundred or a fine home nearby. Several desirable small farms at right prices along highways. Watch our ad, changes and come to see us.
Local wholesale prices quoted by buyers cover wheat corn corn meal butter fat creamery butter country butter hens eggs calves and other staples. Prices for flour barrels spring wheat flour shelled corn standard middlings and mixed feed appear with scattered figures and units, reflecting a typical daily market snapshot.
Mrs L Ginericu of Baltimore recounts using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease the change of life and a run-down system. She reports feeling better after a bottle and continued use through the critical time, noting benefits for herself and her daughters in bearing babies. The ad promotes the Vegetable Compound as a dependable medicine for midlife women.
Mrs. John B Larry of Logansport Indiana calls on President Coolidge Secretary Mellon and Attorney General Sargent to enforce the Prohibition Amendment and the Volstead Act. She urges no tampering and cites Lincoln on slavery as a model for action while aboard the Zeeland en route to a W C T U world conference.
An 48 acre property offers 40 acres good timber and open land, a 1 1/2 story house, barn and outbuildings. Includes growing crops, team wagon, buggy, harnesses and implements. 58 percent A outfitted firm 83. m.¢s from Winchester. For particulars write M Star Office.
Desirable ten room brick residence with modern conveniences and excellent repair. Corner lot facing public alley. Contact via phone 3583 for details. Listing appears in a local classified style with distant garbled lines.
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