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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
4
Advertisements list subscription options and prepaid rates for six months three months and one month with prices in advance. Mentions carrier delivery and Associated Press credit for local and dispatch news.
The Evening Journal reports Representative Harrison of Virginia's Seventh District urging full disclosure from paper suppliers to curb price hikes and avoid driving small papers from business. He cites profits of major paper companies and recalls colonial rhetoric, arguing restore fair access to print news nationwide.
Local notes list visits and social news from Boyce and Berryville area. Rev Malcom Taylor preached at Emmanuel Chapel. Multiple family visits, health updates, and community movements are reported, including residents traveling to Winchester and Roanoke, plus farming housing changes.
An ad touts Danderine as a quick fix for hair loss and dandruff. It promises immediate scalp relief and stronger, thicker, longer hair with regular use, noting benefits after several applications.
Bloom Virginia notes report visits from J F Bean of Winchester to daughter Mrs I D Wright and social calls among local residents. Miss Mac Crabill plans to reopen Friendly Grove School March 29 and Evelyn Lockhart visited Laura Clowser with other local families.
Markets list varied prices for wheat butter and eggs with Butterfat at 40 to 56 cents. Chickens and eggs show 32 to 42 cents per unit, with county outlet figures and regional hay and grain prices including timothy hay at 42 dollars and no 1 combinations.
White Post Virginia notes improvements at the Methodist church with a cream kal samine walls and fresh varnish. Residents James Riley Emma Gardiner and others visit relatives and attend local events while residents travel for visits and sales.
A series of sale notices list multiple auctions with dates and locations across Virginia and Winchester Fair Grounds. John W. Shewbridge Summit Point sells stock and implements on March 24, Jno H Campbell Middle Road on March 30 with cows hogs and antiques, Jno C Cather at Winchester Fair Grounds on March 26 with purebred P C hogs and Percheron horses, Lee Cox Kernstown on April 6 with stock and implements, Cather and Nicodemus at Winchester on March 26 with Percheron horses and Poland China hogs, H A Oridoff Fawcett Gap on March 24 with stock implements trucks and cars.
A vintage advertisement warns that serious diseases follow colds and urges rapid cold treatment. It promotes camberlain's Cough Remedy as a widely known cure for bad colds and notes sale everywhere.
An advertisement touts Aspironal as a revolutionary two minute elixir to stop colds and coughs. It claims European and American army endorsement, dramatizes quick relief within two minutes, and urges readers to buy at drug stores and try immediately.
Private sale of two small farms in Frederick County Virginia. Tract 4 has 61 acres with dwelling and outbuildings and 5 acres of orchard. Tract 2 covers 50 acres with dwelling and 0 acres of orchard. Both tracts lie within half a mile of the railroad station. Walter MB.
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