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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
4
A compact listing notes the Morning News and Weekly News editions along with The Weekly and The Weekly Mirror. It references PHONNS Bell at 23 United and 148 W addresses, indicating circulation or distribution details.
The notice outlines payment options for subscriptions by mail including one year in advance six months in advance and quarterly three months in advance with corresponding prices and a forty unit deduction.
The text appears as a publisher credit statement from Associated Press and local news publication requests republication rights and contact lines for The Star Publishing Company. It references attribution to AP and ongoing communications with individuals connected to the publisher.
City council considers honoring history of Winchester and FrederIck counties with a joint project. Veterans and residents urge preservation of memory of the Great War and its defenders, with a committee led by Fred L. Glaize to consult officials and plan an appropriate tribute.
A dated, unnamed speaker vents about deflated pride in their vehicle compared to others. They lament repeated breakdowns and high maintenance while peers boast, questioning if rival owners hide problems behind polished appearances. Copyright.
A 1921 poem by Nannie R. Glass revisits Herod, Herodias, and John the Baptist. It portrays Herod’s leap of sensual indulgence, Herodias’s scheming, and the fatal outcome for John set against Christ’s call to take up the daily cross. The verse denounces worldly pleasure as a snare and links earthly triumph to eternal loss.
The National Wholesale Dry Goods Association campaigns to cut hotel rates nationwide citing high charges at new New York hotels eight dollars daily for a single room. It notes labor costs and wholesale item pricing shifts show $30 buys far more goods now than before, with observers questioning item quality and value.
Miss Beulah F Engle and Charles Calvin Henshaw wed at the home of the bride’s uncle near Kablet with no attendants. Rev O D Lambert officiated. A dinner followed and the couple planned a northern city tour and residence near Middleway West Virginia. Relatives from Winchester witnessed a graduation in Keyser.
Mass meeting in Nelson County on May 23 denounces a $50,000,000 road bond plan. Resolutions urge no debt, noting state finances, tax burdens, and historic debts. Leaders call to defeat the bond, and to rally Virginians to elect anti bond delegates.
Announcement from Wheeling states William L. Greer of his sister Miss Eleanor A. Greer engaged to Rev. R. E. L. Strider rector of St Matthews Episcopal Church in Wheeling. The Strider family is linked to Jefferson county. Mrs Dailey Kenny of Winchester and her children are visiting near town.
The article analyzes postwar price shifts for lumber and building materials. It argues that dollars only briefly lost value, as exchange for lumber would have matched other goods, and notes lumber is now affordable, with a sufficient supply supporting new construction while future conditions remain uncertain for builders.
A Edmund South Carolina woman writes of relief from nervousness and monthly troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports strong improvement, better ability to work, and high regard for the medicine over doctors. The advertisement urges other women with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
In Jefferson County West Virginia, a leading grain growers group expects a lower wheat harvest than the 10 year average. They base this on a survey of current standing wheat, noting smooth wheat fared worse than bearded, and early planted crops will yield less due to Hessian fly after a warm fall.
For sale a 60 acre limestone farm on MacAdam Road. Includes barn eight room dwelling and outbuildings with cellars and water in each dwelling. Main Street block of four dwellings six rooms each with alleys sewerage and water. As a whole $6000. Inquire Haddox Ter race lots building site investment. Good & Company.
Frank Brossard, buyer of the Hicks homestead in Flushing New York, discovers a hidden wall door during renovations. Behind it are fifty five bottles of a liquor said to be brand spouce, as prohibition era sentiment is noted.
Public auction in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia at 12 6 o clock on Saturday June 25 1921 for the property at No 116 Bag Street fronting 29 feet with 100 feet depth improved by a comfortable room residence Terms require one third cash with balance in two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policies Harry H Lynch Trustee City newspaper notice lists terms and location
The Knee & Omps firm is dissolved and holders of claims against the firm must settle them within 30 days from the date. The business will be continued by Knee & Long.
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