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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1922
Page
2
The Montague Hall Stock Farm announces Step Brino Lad a well bred stout hearted race horse for 1922 season at a fee of $20 for a live foal. Mentioned are his brave campaigns and relation to the great driver Aubrey S. Rodney, from the Star Pointer lineage.
Uncle Eben quips that most people who think they know enough to run the world do not truly know enough to drive a mule or fix a flivver, underscoring practical limits and common hubris.
A family exchange reveals a man whose single original joke sparked a vaudeville sketch a musical comedy and a film scenario. Last month it appeared as a three thousand word humorous story in a popular magazine while the conversation notes the parents’ lingering rheumatic gout and neuralgia as a theme, and the household greeting Johnny.
A London Tit-Bits gag features a vain clergyman asking an elderly man about his sermon. The elder recalls liking a final passage from the pulpit to the vestry, delivering a quiet quip on church affairs.
A famished tragedian refuses to perform Macbeth before twenty people as the hungry star debates staging. A manager urges he think of art while a stage hand snacks on a hot dog in the wings.
Mrs White orders aspirin from Antoinette as preparations unfold. She fears the departure of a person who weighs on her mood. The London Mail notes the moment of need and tension.
A light quip notes family members taking up golf after a wife begins playing. The line playfully labels the children as golf orphans, reflecting a domestic joke about hobbies taking over.
A collection of witty exchanges on flattery and gender roles. Millicent notes men resist flattery differently from women while William jokes about married versus single men's susceptibility to compliments. The Scotsman mood frames social dynamics with humor.
A salesman asks the conductor if the train is fast and implies he may alight to verify its speed. The conductor affirms the train is fast, prompting the humorous exchange about checking what it is fast to.
A witty exchange on a quarrelling couple features a husband skilled in languages who has abdicated temporarily. The dialogue shifts to a light Royal-era aside about aging as Giles humorously contemplates becoming an octagonal or diagonal with more years.
A witty exchange likens friendship to a woman and her mirror with a remark that any other friend would soon cease to be as candid. The dialogue emphasizes honesty and the fragility of closeness in a playful tone.
An actor in a new play plays the misleading man to outfox a detective, keeping the lead from uncovering the plot and revealing the villain’s accomplice as the show unfolds tonight.
A quirky sculpture prompts wonder as observers ask where a sphinx figure was sourced. The exchange highlights fascination with ancient motifs in modern display.
Judge notes no current action beyond plans for relief as Parker confirms nothing afoot aside from ad plans. Subtext suggests hurried, empty public activity with focus on forthcoming relief measures and commerce.
67 farms offered from 4 to 850 acres with stone land and timber tracts. Several estates, orchards, and stock of goods along with multiple houses and city lots. Prices range from 650 to 10 000 dollars with immediate possession and Bailey Bros Store inviting visits.
Sealed bids requested for about one million feet of timber including white oak red oak chestnut and poplar on the 1250 tract near Mountain Falls Frederick County Virginia owned by The Handley Board of Trustees. Right to reject bids reserved. Bid terms cash and notes maturing as agreed. Address bids to John I Sloat Chairman Commercial and Savings Bank Ledhoarampe Virginia.
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