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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1921
Page
4
The Evening Star publishes daily except Sunday with various subscription options. By mail rates include one year four dollars fifty cents and by carrier options. rates for six months, three months, and one month are listed. The paper uses Associated Press dispatches and credits local news.
The item notes that all communications should be directed to The Star Publishing Company and lists individuals connected with the operation.
The Baltimore American discusses skirt wearing across genders and eras noting that garments once seen as masculine or feminine vary by culture. It cites Greeks, Romans, soldiers, Highlanders and tourists to question rigid gendered dress norms and anticipates backlash over bathing suit styles.
Fragmentary poem fragment reflects delight in living and nature with mentions of birds, spring, and winter hardships. Strong imagery contrasts life’s joys against dreary times as the speaker finds reasons to cherish existence despite struggles.
A poem by Walt Mason contrasts autumn rain and rheumatism with grateful spring. It envisions people leaving their couches to greet morning and join a merry ring while pondering the dead and the living as spring must pass away.
A Virginia reader objects to a proposed bond issue to fund road improvements. He argues small farmers cannot benefit and will bear higher taxes to pay interest, warning against misused funds and comparing to Arkansas. The letter is signed by Dabney C. Harrison of Boyce, Virginia.
Funeral services for B Joseph Athey longtime Bal ent and Ohio Railroad employee were held Saturday at the Renora Pennsylvania Presbyterian Church. Rev J H Lacy officiated with many railroad officials and friends in attendance. Interment followed beside his wife Eveline Athey in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed were Im Calvert M B Murnan J T Brown Henry Willis Scott Affleck and J I Maphis.
An old advertisement extols Gudes Pepto Mangan as a spring blood tonic. It claims rich red blood improves complexions and energy, notes spring fatigue, and urges readers to buy genuine Gudes Pepto Mangan in liquid or tablet form from pharmacists.
By decree in the case George A. Sampsell executor versus Emma J Campbell et al in Frederick County Circuit Court the Special Commissioner will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester courthouse on May 7 1921 at 11 a m a 30 acre tract near the O R R depot west of Stephens City between the 1st and 2nd lanes the property conveyed in 1894 from H C Schenck and wife to Mary A Bush Octavia A Guard and Cora A Carbaugh. Terms: one third cash on day of sale balance in two annual installments with 6 percent interest and deed of trust. Geo A Sampsell Exor of Cora A Carbaugh Special Commissioner.
Friends and former neighbors from Round Hill Frederick County attended the funeral of Isaac R. Patton at his North Main Street home. Services by Braddock Street Methodist Church South, with a selected choir. Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Surviving relatives include a brother Charles Patton, a Valley Avenue merchant.
A reliable young man seeks afternoon or night employment. Respond with initials and contact to Star.
Dr. Hunter H. McGuire leaves Winchester to attend the Ohio State Medical Society convention in Columbus with his son Billy. He plans to return Friday morning. The visit centers on operations by a British eye surgeon whose cataract techniques attract nationwide observers and lectures.
For sale a seven room house on Main Street with lights and bath. The rest of the text is garbled and unreadable.
Public auction to sell a 121 acre farm in Opedhion District Frederick County near Stephens City. Property includes good dwelling and outbuildings with church and schools nearby, priced with a third cash payment and two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Auctioneer Roy P. Duvall and Trustee T Russell Cather preside.
An old advertisement touts Perseptin as a splendid gargle for throat care. It urges keeping a jar at hand to guard against tonsilitis and sore throat and notes availability at all drug stores.
Norfolk and Western announces train times for January 23 1921 with southbound service to Bristol Roanoke Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and intermediate stops. Parlor car to Bristol and sleeper to Williamson Winston Salem. Shenandoah and Roanoke connect with Memphis southbound. Northbound trains to Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia New York with parlor and sleeper services. Agent contacts W C Saunders and W B Revill for details.
A letter to the Star from a large wholesale news print dealer warns a possible strike by news print mills and their employees could seriously curtail production as standard manufacturers show reluctance to accept new business. Leading to fears of a major disruption in supply.
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