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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1925
Page
4
Publisher announces daily edition with Sunday exception. Post office return reflects Winter Virginia mailing. affiliations with Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Mirror. second class matter designation observed.
By mail rates listed in advance for six and three month periods. The notice details annual subscriptions and prepaid options with a specific date of Saturday March 21 1925.
United States Senators Glass and a Virginian plan overseas sojourn for several months. The move signals changes in internal party dynamics and raises questions about who will lead the gubernatorial campaign this August. local governors and party organs may shift influence as campaigns intensify from within the state.
The piece critiques Walter Mapp as he refrains from a platform on constitutional reform until evidence is weighed. It argues against a constitutional convention, warning that such a revision may create an impractical, oversized instrument. It compares state and federal constitutions, noting frequent amendments and rising government costs.
The passage discusses public doubt about a proposed scheme, fearing impracticality and dangers of altering a costly past framework. Voters favored caution over wholesale changes, signaling concern that new amendments would invite further contentious alterations and decay of established order. The Times plans to address more platform items in subsequent issues.
Charlottesville newspaper urges Harry F. Byrd supporters to participate in the Richmond Times-Dispatch straw vote across Virginia. The piece notes uncertainty over who receives ballots and advises supporters to fill any received forms and report participation to local Byrd leaders to gauge backing.
A poetic sketch recounts Walt Mason as a fringe figure in Auld Reekie. Critics mocked his garb and ideas while he pursued genius and fame. He left Edinburgh for Edinboro after years of loneliness, with locals once predicting he would fail or be a raffie cop.
Mount Pleasant Virginia March 20 local notes report social visits and family happenings. J B Racey of Star Tan nery spent days with brother A Racey while Bertha Rosenberger stayed with grandfather Brumley and Amelia Anderson left town after teaching term. Other locals including Hilda Racey Raymond Racey and Eliza Renner appear in Sunday activities. A S Racey suffers pain after a rabbit bite. Alfred Sager and Carlton visiting relatives at a sawmill.
A lyric tribute by Nina Glyn Anderson celebrates Apple blossoms and Dixie Land. The poem envisions orchards blessed by rain and moonlight, praising divine protection, a bountiful harvest, and the beauty of Dixie people and fields. The refrain emphasizes sweet blossoms, heavenly origins, and faith guiding a superb yield.
Rock Enon Springs Virginia March 19 This section has had spring weather for some time but fruit buds have not advanced much. Mr G L Good who was summoned on the grand jury at Harrisonburg returned to his home here. Elmer Good and wife and Mrs Hemale Rinker from Winchester were visiting relatives here recently. Mr T A Dunlap who spent the winter at Miami Florida has returned home. He said there is little frost there and it is the best country for health and to make money he ever saw.
A large meteorite that recently fell in India contains three kinds of material. The slate-gray outer crust shows dark turquoise blue spots. Inside, jet-black highly glazed layn features turquoise blue veins.
Mrs. Ethel Thunston of Lima Ohio says persistent inflammation kept her bending double and unable to touch her feet. After weeks of misery she avoided surgery by using E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, reporting improved appetite weight gain and relief from backache. She credits the medicine with saving her life and continues using it while recommending it to friends.
A judge states crime stems from a physical brain defect after analyzing 40,000 tests conducted across the image courts. The remark underscores a neurological basis for criminal behavior, reflecting expert evaluation and ongoing debate in the justice system.
Washington dispatch reports sentiment split over Virginia politics as Gov. Davis endorses Walter G. Mapp for governor and withdraws from the race. Byrd backers and anti machine factions weigh Mapp’s chances, with Davis urging unity among anti machine voters and predictions that Mapp could attract outs and progressives if aligned.
The notice lists multiple sale items with dates from March to April. Items include stock, implements, household goods, dairy cows, harness, and purebred Shorthorn cattle. Properties located around Winchester, Sulphur Springs road, Mf Falls, Senseney Road, and near Wadesville are mentioned, with buyers such as I. D. Weight and Eston Carper.
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