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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1924
Page
4
Publication notice lists the Evening Star at Winchester Virginia with dates and pricing for Morning News Weekly News Weekly Mirror and other papers. It shows subscription rates by year six months and three months with carrier options.
A statement from the Associated Press notes its exclusive rights to republication of AP credited dispatches and local news content published by the organization. The notice emphasizes reuse restrictions and attribution requirements for syndication and reshares.
Poem recounts the deaths of several characters including Gumbo and Old Gumbo, with stanzas on Dope Clarence and Brave Andrew, depicting excess, fate and burial. The verse blends humorous obliqueness with morbid reflections and a concluding note on mortality.
Fragmentary notes describe joy and spiritual cheer in nature, praising the Saviour's love and the beauty of spring. The prose meditates on everyday life as a path illuminated by charity and contemplation, with references to birds, flowers, and painted scenes.
A feature on the secretive lives of the very wealthy behind walls and hedges. It discusses lavish parties and secluded mansions, contrasting discreet country estates with ornate social scenes. The piece mentions a Colonial theater program and telegraph columns as added context.
Communities with limited funds can still build durable roads by laying a half width, single track concrete pavement. This method provides a high quality road usable year round while planning full width expansion later. It suits secondary routes and sparsely settled areas, with over 1200 miles already built in the United States.
The article warns dairymen to avoid rushing to cut grain in favor of grass as spring pasture emerges. Early, high water content grass lowers milk producing elements, so gradual change preserves cow condition. Keep some grain in summer rations unless feed economy is essential.
Williams returns from Stuyvesant School in Warren ton Virginia where his son John Williams, a student, was severely shocked by lightning Thursday night. The boy is rapidly recovering from the shock and is expected to make a full recovery.
The article notes how beneficial plants turn into weeds when moved to favorable sites. Johnson grass protects levees like quack grass guards railway embankments but becomes a pest when spread by machinery. Innocent appearing plants in seed trials may spread and become nuisances.
New Mexico officials report eradication of bovine tuberculosis will be easy and inexpensive. USDA findings suggest most areas require at most one test, with large parts of the South and Southwest largely free of the disease.
James Johnson, a well known farmer in the county, died at his home Saturday afternoon at 3 30 from paralysis after several months illness. The funeral was held at 2 this afternoon from the Christian Church in Troyes with Rev Court jating officiating. Pallbearers were Nelson J W Larrick Carrier Gabriel-wi Anderson and John cartes she. He is survived by a widow Mrs Mlashy two daughters Miss Ada Johnson and three sons Conley Charles and Frank two brothers Davis Johnson of Winchester and Lee Johnson of Trone and his mother aged 95 who lives with Lee Johnson.
Mrs. George H. Snarr a Shenandoah county woman of prominence died suddenly at her Strasburg home at age sixty nine after rheumatic and asthma attack. Born Sept. 3 1954 to Benjamin and Mary Baker she lived in Strasburg most of her life with three years at Mount Jackson. Survived by husband Geo H W Snarr five children and one son Dr G G Snarr of Harrisonburg. Funeral will be Wednesday at two with Lebanon Church cemetery interment.
Community League of Kernstown plans an old time exhibition at Kernstown school house Friday at 8. Cammer's Brass Band will be among the attractions.
Ed Va Harris D 42 vice president of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia killed himself with a razor at a Richmond hospital. He had been brought in Saturday night for nervous disorder and was found dead by a nurse a few hours later with a razor by his hand. the coroner ruled the death a suicide.
Henry Haven Windsor editor and publisher of Popular Mechanics for over twenty years died suddenly at his Evanston home. Born in Ireland in 1859 he led the magazine era on Chicago’s popular science publication.
Mexican bean beetles in Comradi have begun to jive higher, four years ago they were. The fragmentary note suggests a shift in beetle behavior or population, but lacks clear details, dates, or identifiable entities to confirm broader context.
The mile oval course faces rough footing with five entries withdrawn including Wise Counsellor and Kentucky Derby candidate. Fifteen remain with $44,000 to the winner and smaller purses for places. plus Baltimore visitor John Fenton attended his sister-in-law Willian Fenton’s funeral in Clarke County.
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