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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1924
Page
2
Berlin readers prefer thrillers and travel guides over war literature. Associated Press reports librarians say war novels have fallen out of demand, with exciting plots and screen adaptations driving interest.
The local post office offers a two cent stamp series commemorating the 1624 Walloon settlement of New Netherlands in Albany New York. The red stamp depicts the Walloons landing at Albany.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to restore women to full health and vitality. It claims many women testify to its merits and urges sufferers to seek the product to regain normal well being.
Agents needed for selling shirts to wearers. No experience required. Direct-from-factory opportunity offers selling clothing without capital investment.
A convention song about Senator Carter Glass of Virginia fuels debate among Democrats as a hit in New York's Broadway corridor. Written by Blakelyn Lamonté of Richmond, the verse extols Glass and mocks rivals McAdoo Smith Underwood while praising regional allegiance to the Southern candidate.
Harrisonburg Virginia June 25 An announcement from the Rotary Club of the city notes a lecture by William Jennings Bryan at the New Virginia Theatre on July 3 at 8 30 pm Proceeds will aid the crippled children fund Examinations by Dr Vochall at University Hospital have shown several children cured or improving The lecture will also support long term patients and costly operations as several cases require extended hospital care and Bryan’s talk follows the New York Democratic convention closing candidate platform discussions
L. C. Smiley of Spring Creek Virginia describes severe stomach liver troubles, weight loss from 150 to 123 pounds, headaches and nervousness. After taking Vendol he reports 17 pound gain, better sleep and appetite, and no more dizziness or backache. Sold by Franck Baker & Sons in Winchester. outs of town can order from Vendol Company Baltimore.
Los Angeles police undergo a physical culture course led by Captain Walter Yant former head of the ninety first division at Camp Lewis He says officers struggle with basic running rope climbing and breathing and warns that large muscles alone do not equal fitness
In Long Beach California an experiment allows one cent bus fares from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A nickel is paid to the driver before boarding and riders receive a coupon worth four cents to redeem at about 100 city stores with each ride.
An Oklahoma editor staged a fusion of two stories by selling a couple at a barn auction. William Smith and Miss Lucy Anderson were bid on before about seventy guests, with Rev Jackson performing the knot using hay rope. The couple left on a John Deere plow for a delayed, terms-based move, receiving a barrow, kitchen items, and fifty chickens as assets.
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