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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1923
Page
4
The notice lists publishing titles and prices for subscriptions including Morning News Item The Weekly Mewd The Weekly Times and others. It notes Associated Press rights and republication terms. The text delineates payment options for one year and six months and carrier delivery details.
The article notes former Governor Stuart endorsing the Pay-As-You-Go approach for road building and fiscal reform. It emphasizes an educational campaign to present facts and eliminate misinformation, aiming to win broad support across Virginia voters for the plan as the most sensible method for state development.
A Baltimore American correspondent questions claims of reaching absolute zero in hydrogen experiments. The piece satirically contrasts extreme cold with everyday fears of rejection, debt, and hardship, suggesting people imagine contact with absolute zero in common life situations.
A nostalgic poem about a mother titled Mother O Mine appears in the Roanoke Times. The text references loving memory and health, though the fragmentary OCR reading limits full context. It mentions Dr. O M Wisematt and Roanoke Va as a source.
A humorous verse fragment recalls a narrator who wonders about telling a tale of woe under a banyan tree. Neighbors ignore the grieving speaker as the piece mocks self pity and social indifference then ends with a clipped, uncertain line about back pain.
A brief verse recalls a weary speaker in a simple dwelling who bears an itchy ailment and a back ache yet declares a stubborn wish to sing and share cheer with a lighthearted laugh.
A promotional piece argues sore feet stem from bones and ligaments, not care habits. It touts Joint-Ease a stainless rub-in remedy that penetrates to the joints, promising quick relief and sturdier feet, advertised by Boyd Drug Co Franck Baker & Son and local druggists.
Richmond Times Dispatch reports a Monumental Episcopal Church service honoring John Howard Payne and the centenary of his song Home Sweet Home. Rev. George P. Mayo notes Payne attracted Richmond audiences over a century ago at the old theatre on the present church site.
An old feature recalls botanic family cures used in winter illnesses, noting herbs like sage wormwood and catnip. It describes Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, first made in 1873 from these recipes, now widely produced and claimed to benefit 98 of 100 women who try it.
Men urged to attend in person at Handley Library auditorium on Friday May 11 at 8 o clock. Bring stock certificates to prove ownership as protection for Winchester subscribers from loss and to insure progress on the new gas plant. Advisory Board to report arrangements for protection and request proxy if unable to attend in New York May 15 to approve contract.
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