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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1924
Page
4
The notice shows pricing for a weekly paper including annual and six month rates in advance. It lists Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Mirror and related pricing options. The date noted is Monday June 30 1924.
A reflective piece discusses graduation speeches as products of the moment. It notes commencements aim to fit listeners, often offer opinions rather than strict rational argument, and warn that ultimate value lies in the graduate applying experience rather than merely hearing lofty words.
Fragmented poem fragment reveals a scene with neighbors planning to gather on a roof and aid with chores while the speaker keeps to himself. Names and actions hint at communal duty, protection, and awkward humor in a rural setting.
A literary fragment portrays a groaning figure with lame legs from a half mile fall. The text includes a courteous tone and a parenthetical copyright remark, suggesting a dated or stylized publication context.
Local wholesale and retail prices for staples and animals are listed with daily corrections. Baltimore figures cover chickens butter lambs and other commodities, reflecting end of day values from prior close.
New York on June 29 delegates from the Democratic Convention relaxed after five days of sessions. Mayor John F Hylan led a group to Coney Island via municipal ferry to enjoy hot dog stands giant coasters and other amusements while the rest visited West Point. The day offered entertainment features to weary delegates amid the convention bustle.
With summer heat, millions of flies emerge and swarm over milk bottles butter and food at homes. Health officers urge households to stock swatters and attack the new fly population to curb the spread of fever germs.
Delegates and their families toured the Hudson river scene aboard a steamer and watched a cadet drill at the academy in West Point. The trip mixed relaxed sightseeing with a formal military display for visitors.
Virginia delegates led by Claude Swanson and Senator Carter Giss push for Glass as a compromise candidate at the New York convention. Glass appears in good spirits after first-ballot developments while Swanson, Byrd, Hamilton and others meet with delegates and promote Glass plans.
We thank friends both white and colored for kindness shown to our sister and mother through her illness especially Mrs G O Milter by her daughter and sister Rebecca Davis and Lula Montgomery.
Mrs Walter Anderson, who recently underwent an operation at Memorial Home, continues to recover, according to an update in The Star.
The column uses slang and a rural voice to reflect on frustration when routines break down and time seems to trap the same person in blame. It notes recurring issues with patience and timing in everyday life.
58 acre limestone farm with stone dwelling bank barn and out buildings. Six room bungalow with hall bath and large porches. Immediate possession with farm equipment. Attractive price to quick buyer. See special value lists for improved or unimproved property.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a remedy for lumbago backache and rheumatic pains. It claims instant relief after applying a small trial bottle and suggests the product calms stiffness, neuralgia, and sprains without burning.
A War Veterans service man serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention reported after conferences with state delegation leaders that they found substantial support for placing a service man on the ticket as vice president.
Mrs Frank H Great of Lancaster Pennsylvania reports weakness with pregnancy and severe fatigue after marriage, noting a healthy baby girl at birth. She endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a dependable remedy for body pains backache and other female troubles and says it is sold by druggists everywhere.
Service men pick no individual to support and say any man with proper qualifications and a good military record is acceptable. General Charles Paine is mentioned as selected by the Republican Bodenhamer of Arkansas, as delegates discuss caucus plans. They urge a Democratic service men’s caucus after the convention to press the party agenda.
The text notes Lafayette received ten parcels along the Mississippi and a 11520 acre township in west Florida in 1824, the site of present day Tallahassee. It mentions the difficulty of locating other grants due to limited early surveying and reliance on landmark references.
Old Grandmother's recipe Wyeth's Sage Sulphur Compound promises to darken gray hair naturally. Application with a damp sponge reportedly works gradually, leaving hair glossy and lustrous after multiple uses.
Eminent physicists and a mining engineer explore extracting gold from sea water using a modern alchemy approach. They estimate a practical yield costs about ten cents per barrel of water with four grains of gold per barrel. Miss Nit and Mr. T exchange a terse joke about a slender woman and a skeleton.
The text discusses the Greek word soteria meaning salvation and notes its roots in delverance and rescue from danger. It then abruptly shifts to a disjointed line about a person and a board of directors, with unclear connections and an offhand remark.
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