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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1925
Page
4
The text notes the Evening Star in Winchester Virginia published daily except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. It lists affiliations or licensed imports with Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly The Weekly Mirror and mentions post office bid and second class matter status.
By mail for one year in advance six months three months and one month rates listed. By carrier rates shown for six months three months and one month. Weekly cost noted as four dollars fifty cents.
The item notes that Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all AP dispatches credited to it and local news published on Saturday March 14 1925, with rights reserved by the paper.
A Culpeper Star editorial attacks rival gubernatorial candidates God Byrd and G Walter Mapp over campaign tactics and personal ties. It questions Byrd’s plans for Virginia, urges focus on state issues like taxes and development, and calls for a candidate who will build the state rather than run a machine. The piece urges clear stances from Byrd and love of public service over personal feuds.
Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Harry Byrd as State Socratic Committee chairman voices confidence in his nomination or election. The fragment notes Byrd prefacing his remarks with certainty about his fate in office amid discussion of slavery and national issues, an annotator hints at a three-virginia correspondent context.
The piece argues Senator Harry Byrd must clearly state his commitment to developing Hampton Roads and whether he favors bond financing for the project. It warns that a sectional view would block progress and urges voters to press candidates to define their positions, noting Virginia must advance.
A fragmentary note lists Walt Mason pieces with a heading Rippling Rhymes and an appreciation line noting payments from five dollars weekly up to eleven dollars. The text appears as a clipped magazine or newspaper item with incomplete details.
This Berryville notice lists multiple train times and services to Roanoke, Bristol, and intermediate stations, including Pullman sleepers to Gary West Virginia and Hagerstown sleepers to Philadelphia and New York. It notes dining car connections at Roanoke with the Memphis Special, and Shenandoah Junction connections to Washington and Baltimore, with passenger pickup from Shenandoah Junction and Hagerstown. Contact agents H. H. Burks in Berryville and W. C. Saunders in Roanoke for fares and reservations.
Daily market corrections from The Star present eight wholesale price quotes for local flour per barrel and rice items with misprinted figures. The readable entries include prices such as flour and rice related items, though many digits are garbled.
The Baptist Church announces Sunday worship times and a week long evangelistic campaign running nightly from February 29 through April 12 except Saturdays with Mr Hoskins speaking daily 1 to 2 at the Coats Theatre and Prof Mellwee directing music at both church and theatre meetings. The Winchester Ministerial Association and Chamber of Commerce back the effort and urge local employers to grant time for workers to attend.
District Nurses ramage sale offers clothing from Washington including overcoats suits dresses and hats. Event held Saturday March 14 at noon at the Rest Room. Sale organized by Mrs Harris Mrs Hardy and Mrs Green. Proceeds aid the district nurses.
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