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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1924
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co. at Winchester Virginia lists post office rates and schedule details for mail and carrier subscriptions. The notice notes consolidation with several local papers and outlines pricing for yearly six month and monthly terms with advance payments.
Walt Mason lampoons health fads and aged life with a rhythmic verse about fat and exertion. The poem contrasts desire for ease with the inevitability of aging and death, ending with a tongue in cheek critique of gym culture.
The article notes a Sunday Baptist gathering with both morning and afternoon sessions deemed instructive despite attendance waning from bad weather. The home church provided refreshments for visiting representatives from other churches and various local figures attended events and sermons across communities.
A woman and two children visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, while Mr. M. J. Dunlap spends several days at Stanley with his son, Mr. William H. Dunlap.
In Rockbridge County Virginia on June 2 1924 Democrats adopted resolutions endorsing Carter Glass Claude Swanson and Harry St George Tucker for national posts and H F Byrd for state chair. They back Glass for president and direct the Rockbridge delegation to vote as a unit at the Norfolk convention, with Sproul and Tucker supported as delegates and Mrs F C Davis as alternate. Delegates are empowered to cast the county’s full vote and select alternates, with unit rule guiding actions.
Mrs Rebecca Byrd Walters of Shepherdstown Virginia died last week at age 66 after a long illness. A sister of the late John Mullian, longtime maintenance foreman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, she prepared her funeral in advance with calm patience describing precise wishes to the end.
Mrs. Walters, born Murfian of Winchester, Va., died after a lengthy illness in Shepherdstown. A devoted wife and mother, she valued faith and helped others. Survived by husband, son George W. Walters of Roanoke, daughter Miss Lillie Walters, four grandchildren, and sisters Mrs. Wm. M. Sheetz and Mrs. Claggett Keplinger of Martinsburg.
Gov Alfred E. Smith, now seeking the Democratic nomination, calls for a Volstead act revision to let states legalize light wine and beer and favors tighter federal controls on interstate liquor. He condemns the Ku Klux Klan and urges Congress to strengthen laws on interstate commerce and liquor importation.
Mr. Phillips of Winchester Virginia credits Vendol with curing severe back pains indigestion dizziness and abdominal gas. He says Vendol improved his stomach liver and overall health and urges others to try the herbal remedy sold by Franck Baker and Sons Company in Winchester.
In Harrisonburg Virginia on June 9 a mayoral race between John W Morrison and Sheffey L Devier draws one of the largest municipal votes as Klan influence looms in local politics The Morrison camp backs the administration and predicts a tight contest while the Devier forces rely on the Klan and white party sentiments to rally support
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