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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1925
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co. announces its consolidation with Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror in Winchester Virginia. The post office inset confirms second class mailing as part of the merged operation. The change affects daily publication except Sundays.
Rates listed for one year six months three months and one month in advance with carrier options. Associated Press rights noted for republication of news dispatches credited to AP and local news published by the paper.
The note argues the election of Paul von Hindenburg as head of the German republic could entrench autocratic rule. It warns an elderly Hindenburg might not halt a return to monarchical influence, while the public mood favors militarism and retribution for wartime actions. The piece stresses fear of renewed aggressive policy if the Kaiser’s exiled voice influences votes.
In a Virginia context the Times-Dispatch notes that Byrd supporters must not assume victory. It urges members to ensure their allies are properly registered and pay taxes to stay on the voting lists for the 1925 election, warning several campaigns have failed to meet registration deadlines.
The State Road Commission cites a six year funding need while critics say the people authorized $50 million in bonds for road construction but did not mandate full use. The Courier argues for a pay as you go approach with annual taxes and bond sales as needed, noting the governor and others proposed this method to finish the system in seven years from 1923 and accusing the assembly of shifting responsibility to voters.
Fragmentary verse about apple blossoms and Shenandoah. Mentions apple blossom time and fields. Names include R. Ss. Brown. Lush rural imagery focuses on sentiment and place without newsworthy events.
Ernest Upchurch, a forger and escapee from a Winchester convict camp, is thought to have left the country unseen or not yet captured. A local man reported passing a man matching Upchurch on the road eastward, wearing an anklet and avoiding scrutiny. Officials note this is his third road camp escape and that he had been double-shackled with ankle bracelets linked by a chain.
A furniture sale auction advertised for May 4 at 10 am at 19 North Ave. The complete household goods are described as practically new in the listing dated April 30, 1931.
A marriage license was issued in the Corporation clerk's office yesterday afternoon to Herbert B. West of Pittsburgh and Miss Virginia Wilkinson of Lancaster Pa. The groom is an auto mechanic from Smithburg Md and son of Earl West. The bride is a native of McConnellsburg Pa and daughter of Amos B West of Lancaster.
An order in the Corporation Court appoints A. R. Breckenridge as assistant assessor of lands in Winchester. He qualified with a $5,000 bond and will assist M. Lohr Capper in assessing all real estate in the city. They have already begun duties and will work for several weeks.
Real estate ad highlights a six room slate roof house with a large lot and two additional building sites priced at 3250 with 750 cash and 500 yearly payments. Also lists two six room houses on S Market at 2000 and 1800, a 14 room brick with large grounds in northern Winchester, and a top area rooming and boarding property. Includes a limestone soil farm 98 acres with stream near Valley Pike at 11000 and notes other limestone farms for sale.
By virtue of a distress warrant in case Carter and Glaze vs T D Kenney the deputy sheriff will offer for sale at ten oclock on May 11 1925 on premises 333 West Cork Street Winchester the household goods and furniture of T D Kenney. A J Wigginton Deputy Sheriff.
A fragmentary OCR line references a catarrh remedy described as a tonic and quick acting cure. The readable bits mention mucous membranes and restoration of normal conditions, but the text is garbled with many missing words and unclear branding.
Vil ia Good Roads Association backs a fixed 000,000 yearly road fund for a period, a plan the Blackstone Courier deems close to earlier proposals. The Courier urged 10,000,000 annually for six years totaling 60,000,000, while suggestion sought annual bonds if revenues lagged, to cover annual deficits.
L E Call of Kansas State Agricultural College explains heavy gumbo soil is best managed by growing alfalfa with no cultivation for long periods. He notes adding organic matter like manure and growing sweet clover improves heaviness more practically than lime.
A celebrated trick horse named Morocco, owned by Banks, astonished London at the close of the Sixteenth and start of the Seventeenth century. The account notes contemporaries and rival figures of the era.
J M Stowers offers 57 acre orchard near Rockland Warren County Virginia at public auction on May 23 1925 at 2 PM in front of the Court House. 30 acres host a 13 year old standard Staymen Jonathan Wolf River varieties. 20 acres carry 4 year old Delicious Staymen Winesap. 7 acres woodland. Strong limestone soil, trees in excellent condition. One third cash day of sale, balance in two year bonds secured by deed of trust.
A historical notice recounts dangers of constipation and promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural remedy. The ad claims the product cleanses the intestine and stimulates natural action, recommending two tabs daily or with meals. It asserts guarantees and availability in hotels and restaurants.
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