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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1924
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists publisher Harry Flood Byrd and newspaper details. It notes publication schedule, consolidation with other local papers, and subscription rates including yearly and monthly terms for newspaper and carrier service. It credits the Associated Press for news dispatches and local content.
Suffolk Virginia readers wait as Senator Harry F Byrd considers a possible bid for governor with Tidewater veterans urging regional recognition. The piece notes Byrds timing, opposition hints from Moore and others, and calls for Tidewater to receive its turn in leadership.
The Progress Index reports on Virginia renomination races with Mary Booker opposing Mary Hooker in the fifth district while incumbent Drewry faces limited Republican challenge. It notes Dems have nominated Peery in the ninth district and Republicans name L P Summers in the fifth and anticipate candidates across districts. Drewry ranks fifth in House naval affairs committee seniority.
Several counties assure they have no intention of competing for the nomination and it is well assured he will be declared the nominee without opposition a compliment while fully deserved Mr Drewry should appreciate and cherish.
Senator Underwood states the loss of Georgia to McAdoo and the Ku Klux Klan does not dampen his resolve. He cites the Klan vote as decisive and pledges to push in the New York convention for a Democratic platform denouncing the Klan, framing the struggle as a national service for Americanism.
The verse depicts Kerjones declaring a May like day amid a March storm. A gusty wind erodes pride as the neighbor ignores warnings, then the minister clock tolls nine and a tempest rises, with Kerjones facing comical misfortunes and a rough march storm.
Mrs. Lewis Williams and son Harry visited relatives in Harrisonburg last week. Mr. J. Miller Jett spent a few days in New York. Frances Walters returned home at Linden for weekend duties. Roy Johns returned to Pennsylvania after weeks with the Johns family. Harlee Norris traveled to Luray for a relatives visit. Several locals suffer severe colds including Mrs. Alondra Fuller and the Brindle family. Young people attended a Winchester play Wednesday night. Daniel S. Hughes returned to Charles Town from Wheatland residence of Mrs. Joseph A. Miller.
The Winchester Steam Laundry will move from Kent and Water streets to North Kent Street in early April. Babb Brothers will move into the vacated laundry site after purchasing the property. The plant, owned by the Robinson interests with A H Jackson as manager, will expand to about double capacity under Charles D Funk supervision.
A Vermont gravestone in Burlington bears a line praising a woman who died in 1883 for living “with her husband 50 years” and dying “in the confident hope of a better life,” followed by a moral adage about temper and restraint.
An advertisement asserts pimples vanish and promises a claim about red blood cells. It states pimples fade as long as red rivers in the blood remain free of poison, implying a natural remedy effect.
A fragment discusses slander and harm to people, noting that the best fruit is often pecked by birds, implying hidden damage and injury from rumor and defamation. The passage lacks clear names, dates, or concrete events.
An old time remedy using Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound offers to darken gray hair and restore a youthful lustre. The ready to use product is sold in drug stores and applied with a comb or brush to a small strand.
George W. Brown farm in Shenandoah Valley near Reliance Middletown and Riverton Virginia offers 93 acres including an orchard running water in most fields. six ty acres cleared timber fields six miles from Front Royal with a four eight room dwelling new barn two wells two cisterns chicken houses and outbuildings possession given at once contact Mrs G W Brown Middle towk Va or James Ridgeway Front Royal Va R F D No 1 2
Court in Frederick County Virginia on March 8 1924 orders defendant James Cooley and Arthur Cooley to appear within ten days after publication to protect interests in a suit by Anna J. Wright against Maria L. Coofey et al to rescind a December 24 1923 lease to Charles Lee Keeler and a February 1 1924 deed to Mrs S W Cooley both recorded in Deed Book 151. Publication ordered in The Evening Star Winchester VA for four weeks and copies to be mailed to defendants by March 25 1924. A copy-teste signed by Clerk C Brannon.
Leslie Parker was released today after serving a thirty day jail term for violation of the prohibition laws. He paid the time and costs totaling 89.25 dollars.
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