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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1921
Page
4
Fragmentary text notes Associated Press licensing and republication rules, mentions The Star publishing company and local communications. Lacking clear events, people, or places due to damaged text.
A letter to The Bre and Emma Ho Wight argues that a statue honoring John Wilkes Booth erected after the Civil War should be removed. The writer condemns Booth as Lincoln's brutal killer and decries any southern reverence, calling the statue a libel on the South.
Walt Mason comments on small town life in Main Street and laments the fading boom and the fuss of city fame. He notes country towns hold true salt of the land in simple, hardworking residents while criticizing pretentious crowds and gentrified tastes.
Flaker & Go. and T. J. Cooper & Sea announce a closing sale at 1 o'clock, with details incomplete in the fragment. The notice references Azores and a specific time but lacks full context or location.
Virginia Auditor C Lee Moore clarifies tax payment and registration rules for women in 1921. Women not yet assessed may pay the $1.50 capitation tax by August 2 to vote in the Democratic primary, and again before thirty days before the November general election if otherwise qualified.
Kernstown Virginia June 14 Miss Colwell and Mrs Brown of near Stauyton visited Rev and Mrs Coffin. Maude Wisecarver and children of Winchester stayed with her sister in law Mrs Leo Wisecarver. Mamie Dean of Mount Crawford returned home after a year with sister Mrs Jacob Metz. Viola Cooper and Ethel Coverstone and children of near Winchester were guests of Mrs Holmes Lewis. Women’s Bible Class lawn party June 23 and 24 fundraiser for church. Various local residents visited and returned from travels including Epworth League delegate Jesse Cammer. Several families hosted relatives from Hagerstown Clarke County Front Royal and Alder son.
Miss Bridget Foley died at the residence of her half-brother Maurice M. Lynch at 814 South Washington Street, after several years of illness.
The Winchester Corporation Court designates James P. Reardon as Special Commissioner to assess Valley of Va Taka Kola Bottling Corp assets and creditors. He will publish notices and report on liens and distribution, with a hearing set for June 18 1921. Also notes obituary for Miss Foley and visiting relatives at Gift Hill.
Young men and women nationwide travel to Cleveland for a summer course aimed at teaching the value of play. Registration opens at Case Reserve University on June 20 with 10 000 enrollments anticipated. Rowland Haynes leads the faculty, with experts from Columbia University and Cleveland schools providing practical field experience on local playgrounds.
A physician claims many would find relief from suffering by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before considering surgery. He cites the Indians and early settlers recognizing the value of roots and herbs and says countless women worldwide have been saved from operations by taking it timely.
Milton E Ailes, who began in the Treasury as a boy, was elected president of Riggs National Bank in Washington. Ailes rose from shelby county Ohio to chief treasury operations including Spanish war financing, after serving as private secretary and assistant secretary. He is brother to Eugene Ailes of Washington and related by marriage to Susan Cornwell.
An old remedy claims to boost energy strength and endurance by increasing blood oxygen use and digestion. It touts organic iron named Nuxated Iron as a proven remedy for run down nervous or tired people, warning to avoid metallic iron and to seek the labeled product.
A series of candidate notices for the August 1921 Democratic primary in Winchester. Individuals announce runs for the House of Delegates and Commissioner of Revenue, including Boyd R. Richards W Miller Fletcher and Oscar H. Lewis, all pledging support and duties.
The author argues lumber derives from long grown trees planted by nature and farmers. Prices rose previously beyond intrinsic value but have since adjusted to a rational basis. Eventually natural limits will require paying full value for lumber once nature’s bounty is exhausted.
Several properties offered including a 50 acre limestone farm with bank barn eight room house and outbuildings on MacAdam Road and a block of four six room dwellings on Main Street with alleys water and sewerage. Also a desirable lot at 116 East Cecil Street fronting 291 feet with 100 foot depth, improved by five room residence, offered at public auction June 25 1921 in Winchester Virginia with one third cash and two annual installments.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Green have returned from a several week visit to Boston and New England. Mr Green attended a Harvard University class reunion while away. They traveled from Winchester by motor with Dr and Mrs Hunter H McGuire who will return soon and Dr McGuire will be in his office on June 20. Dr Philip W Boyd is in Richmond for a State Board of Medical Examiners meeting and will be back soon.
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