This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1924
Page
4
Winchester Virginia newspaper announces daily publication with Sunday omission and stamps pricing. It lists edition consolidation with Morning News Weekly Times and Weekly Mirror, carriers and subscription rates, and Associated Press membership.
Staunton Virginia's Leader reports a plan for a state historic highway from Arlington to Washington passing Winchester Strasburg and many towns. The project would link historic sites with easy access to attract tourists, compare with Maryland and Massachusetts efforts, and urge Virginia to preserve battlefields rather than convert them to golf courses.
A Chicago focus on power development aims to connect power stations and water power plants into a nationwide system. Edison envisions electrified railways as the core of future transportation and industry, with Chicago and environs spending about thirty million dollars this year on superpower plants and transmission lines.
The passage reflects on the end of the frontier era and its impact on American life. It asserts the frontier shaped the nation’s genius and character, noting that future reforms will shift focus while preserving the frontier's legacy.
The piece contrasts frontier era traits fading with time and mocks literary prestige. It features Mason’s satire on critics and readers and includes his casual musings about barbers, cooks, and everyday talk as opposed to heavy literary analysis.
A humorous verse notes the long battle with rheumatism from ancient cures to modern science. It satirizes doctors and scholars who claim progress while the ailment stays stubborn, with playful rhymes about salves and dubious remedies.
Winchester citizen W E Jones testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his backache and kidney sluggishness after standing all day in a damp meat market. Ad mentions price 60c and Foster Milburn Co. endorsement. Includes court notice from Frederick County Virginia March 1924 and bird feeding reminder.
A sequence of upcoming sales lists for March and April including Norton Snyder near Wardensville, Mrs. Dove on Boyce pike Salem Lane, C N Garvin estate at High View, C R Fogle Red Bud farm, Ben Byers Rippon, Isaac Ebert Boyce, W Samuel Cook Stephens City, W F Ramey Stine farm, G T Taylor Walter Capper’s Kern Street Wilmington, O B and Jesse Willey Middletown administrators, J W Larrick Chambersville. Items cover stock, implements, hay, oats, corn, livestock, household goods, real estate, and personal property.
Rev S R Ludwig of Winchester rural United Brethren announces Sunday services March 16 at Mount Olive Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Valley locations with Sunday school at 10 a m public worship at 11 a m sermons communion and Endeavor meetings plus a Wednesday prayer session.
A petition for dissolution is filed in Richmond Virginia with the Davss bone war mission office seeking dissolution and the consent of stockholders to the action. The notice lists the date thirty first, 1924 and references the dissolution by the cession.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.