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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1922
Page
4
An aged clipping lists a Morning News flyer with pricing and carrier terms. It mentions a 148-W route, a 33 year old HONES-Bell reference, and a series of six three and one month advance options with various amounts. The fragmentary text lacks clear events or names.
Staunton businessman Hugh B Sproul is urged as a Valley appointee to the State High Commission. The proposal cites his farming and landholding interests, practical farmer view, prior roles including director of the Central Ley Turnpike Company and State Food Administrator during the war, and his reputed capability to improve roads and reduce waste.
The article notes a more optimistic mood about apples with M Waite estimating a crop at least 50 percent of a full yield, potentially 0 to 300,000 barrels, boosting prices. Tom Steck, a leading local authority, said a light year now foretells a good crop later, citing a hopeful forecast for Western New York.
The Winchester Star marks its silver jubilee with a May 4 issue featuring seven sections and illustrations. John Harry Flood Byrd, editor, notes July 4 will bring the paper to its fifty-fifth birthday. The Religious Life of Winchester section includes church histories and images of local churches. circulation stands at 3,824.
The Alexandria Gazette reports Senator Swanson has been appointed to a premier committee chaired by Capper to craft an agricultural relief measure. The panel’s weight boosts chances of passage, with Virginia interests closely watching and Swanson having highlighted farming distress in January.
The article lauds Senator Swanson for steadfast service in Congress and the Virginia delegation. It pledges Virginians’ loyalty to a trusted public servant, while signaling support for tobacco, truck and fruit growers, peanut farmers, and stock raisers through upcoming financial measures. It predicts a strong election victory next fall.
Poem musing on Pink McGill who feigns illness for attention. Irreverent verse mocks imagined pains and faulty cures while praising hidden talents and lore. Ends noting the speaker’s lament over wasted potential and the pills that plague the man.
Advertisement states Freezone instant relief for corns with a few cents bought from druggists. Claims it removes hard corns soft corns and corns between toes and caluses without soreness or irritation. Ends with reassurance of easy removal by fingers.
The Winchester Virginia post office lists unclaimed letters for the week ending May 13 1922. Recipients must pay one cent per letter. Names include Bogers Mr. and Mrs Geo Cline Miss Peart Copeland Miss Rosie B Ford Mrs Mayme Foote John D Sr Goodsell Mrs G W Jones F R Robinson Mrs J M Zachareff Demeter J W Sibert Postmaster.
Richmond officials announce special reduced railroad fares for the Virginia Historical Pageant starting May 22 with six night parades and six historical ball events. Trains run May 21 to 26 with return by May 30, covering lines including Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern. Special events feature nightly demonstrations from Alexandria Charlottesville Roanoke Norfolk Williamsburg and a coronation on opening day.
Jesse Dove, arrested last week on a highway robbery charge in connection with the alleged theft of money from John Bowles, colored, was today released on $5,000 bail for the June term of Circuit Court.
A blaze at Tide-Spite Company's petroleum yards in Bayonne New Jersey destroyed ten tanks of petroleum. Firefighters battled the flames as the blaze intensified with the fire- de- partment reporting extensive damage and safety concerns in the harbor district.
A Kenosha Wisconsin mother testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her after childbirth and she urges other women with female troubles to try it. The letter highlights nearly fifty years of use and its usefulness to mothers and grandmothers.
Old Bethel Church dedication postponed to Sunday May 28 with all day service starting at 10 30 a m and dinner on the grounds. Lutherans and Methodists lead the event with Rev Boyd V Switzer and Rev S C Stickley presiding and other clergy on hand plus special music.
Mrs H H Wyatt of Salina Kansas arrived last week to spend the summer with her cousins Mr and Mrs.
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