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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1923
Page
4
The Evening Star lists publishing details and pricing terms for subscriptions and delivery options. It notes Associated Press use and republication rights for news dispatches and local content.
The Virginia press criticizes a proposed one cent gasoline tax while praising North Carolina’s three cent tax. The debate centers on funding for state and county roads and bond issues, with editors and readers weighing taxation and public works priorities.
Princeton University will bar sophomores from carrying deficiencies into the junior year and enforce promotion by intellectual ability. Juniors and seniors can choose their own majors with independent research, guided by professors, and must pass comprehensive exams. The aim is to foster clear independent thinking for business public life and professions.
The article argues that despite critics claiming the home run has lost appeal Babe Ruth remains the symbol of dramatic power in baseball. It asserts the bat swing still electrifies crowds, with fans cheering any player from the home team who delivers a game changing blast.
A speaker boasts of a world class overshoe collection. He lists famous owners from Julius Caesar to Daniel Boone and Aaron Burr, delighting in the history of each pair. Friends drift away as his hobby grows, spurring a admonition from his pastor that such obsessions ruin friendships and calm.
The article notes a spiritual urge among readers seeking more from church life and mentions Rockefeller among officers favoring an open church. A resolution on the subject is planned for submission this week, indicating internal divisions over church openness.
A public notice invites bids for the purchase and removal of two buildings at 30 and 32 West Water Street beside a Lutheran church. Bids due Monday. keys available at J. H. Snydyer’s. Contact Harry A. Schmidt, 811 S. Washington St.
J E McCormick of 527 West King street returned home to Martinsburg after nine weeks in Winchester hospital. He was badly injured when his car was struck by a railroad freight train at Ridgeway crossing while taking his brother to Winchester. His wife Mrs McCormick, less seriously hurt, is also home.
An advertisement touts Joint Base as a fast remedy for kinks lameness and soreness in pitchers arms. It promises two minutes of rubbing to penetrate skin flesh and tendons and bones for rapid limbering. Available at Boyd Drug Co Frank Baker and Son and other druggists.
For sale list includes a six room home on South Braddock with double back porches two front porches good cellar and electric lights priced at 3500 and a seven room dwelling with garage and stable on a large lot unusual value at 4500 well located 50 by 150 foot lots in a beautiful city section presented as an investment and home site with easy payments available Also offered is a complete line of fire life and indemnity insurance from strong old line companies contacting for engagements to view property or insurance needs
Advertises wages for bark peelers at $3.00 per day without board and $2.50 with board. Contact Bu cher Bros or W H Moore, Mt Falls, Virginia. Date line shows 14 10 4 weeks.
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