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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1925
Page
4
The Evening Star published in Winchester Virginia announces daily editions except Sundays and lists consolidation with Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror. It notes second class mail at Winchester post office and references the Evening Star Publishing Co.
Fragmentary pricing notes show subscription costs by period and method, including six months and one month options, with inconsistent OCR errors. No clear event, dates, or named entities are present to establish a complete news item.
The Associated Press states exclusive rights to republication of its news dispatches and local news published within this paper, with credits noted as applicable.
The Richmond News Leader weighs the role of newspapers and propaganda in campaigns for governor. It discusses fair coverage, candidate effort, and the influence of publicity experts, noting Byrd’s clear stance on bonds and pay-as-you-go road funding. It highlights Byrd, Mapp, and bond politics while calling for informed public engagement.
The Waverly Dispatch and Daily Press criticize a display advertisement urging poll tax changes and warn that opposition to bonds is political. They note Senator Byrd and Senator Mapp influence, arguing the road bond issue shows legislators overstep.
In his first gubernatorial address Senator Byrd condemns opponents and urges detailing rival records. The piece argues Senator Mapp’s Senate actions on the 1920 amendment that saddled Virginians with 353000 in extra allowances expose him as inconsistent on the current fee system and University of Virginia medical school issues.
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Elder W. E. Bidwell of the S D A Church has traveled to Takoma Park in Washington DC to assist in organizing the Potomac Conference annual camp meeting. The event is scheduled to begin on May 28 and will continue for several days.
An old poem depicts a porch scene where the speaker gives seven or eight cents to Richard Roe, despite a hostile chorus of critics. The narrator argues for personal charity over bureaucratic welfare, recounting life with hoboes and roadside camps to justify his habit. The piece critiques statisticians and public welfare while preserving a gritty, streetwise voice.
Daily market digest lists local wholesale quotes for flour, corn, middlings, and feeds. Prices cover spring chickens, creamery and country butters, cattle, calves, hay, and stock feed, with ranges for several items and notes on market corrections.
The Star prints a letter from Harry H. Miller of 438 High land avenue, a four year Navy veteran writing from Pearl Harbor Hawaii during Pacific maneuvers. He extols naval life as travel rich with opportunity, describes visiting 59 ports in Europe and coast to coast routes, and urges Winchester youths to join the Navy. He plans to finish a second enlistment in seven months and re-enlist.
The narrator recalls meeting Samuel Sampson of Winchester in Constantinople in 1923 and Roums in 1924, and Charles F. Kitchep of Stephens City. They crossed the pond on the U 88 Penetola and shared a year aboard that vessel. Also encountered Tooty Woods at Mare Island in 1920 as a Marine.
The Hagerstown Tent and Awning Company invites customers to send a card and receive an estimate for awning work. This notice appears in the period promotional column dated March 25.
Schedule in effect February 22 1925 lists Berryville to Roanoke departure at 9 20 am with a Pullman to Bristol, 12 26 pm local to Roanoke, 2 45 am for Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Welch Norton with stops for Waynesboro, Gary, and a dining car. Through connections at Shenandoah Junction and Hagerstown to Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Parlor car to Hagerstown and sleeper to Philadelphia and New York. For fares, reservations contact H H Burks Berryville or W C Saunders Roanoke.
An old advertisement promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a weight gain remedy. It claims rich vitamins, benefits for rickets anaemia tuberculosis and malnutrition, and offers a money back guarantee if five pounds of weight gain in thirty days does not occur. It cites Baker's Drug Store Boyd's Drug Store and other druggists as sellers.
An old fashioned remedy combines camphor witch hazel hydrastis and Lavoptik eye wash to strengthen weak or strained eyes. The ad claims quick relief and offers a free aluminum eye cup from The People's Drug Co Inc.
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