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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1924
Page
4
The page lists publishing imprint Evening Star with publisher Garry Flood Byrd and delivery details for Winchester Virginia. It shows subscription rates by mail and carrier for varying durations and mentions associated papers Morning News and Wing Star Publishing Co with some broken typography.
A Virginia editorial urges gradual tax equalization and honest government. It defends the party in power, notes corruption cases in federal and state offices, and calls for thoughtful reform, not wholesale denunciation, stressing rural schools and harbor development as state choices.
The Fredericksburg Star and Free Lance, edited by ex senator C Conor Goolrick, defends policy views while Col Williams replies on taxes bond issuance and road building. Williams argues bonds should be decided by taxpayers and endorses tax equalization and state highway completion.
A poem recalls a thirteen at table with Uncle Hiram foretelling doom. The narrator and kin fear a deadly fate as they dine on steak and pie, pondering which one among them will die before the year ends. The verse reveals superstition and ritual amid a bustling household.
A short fragment recalls fears and dreads guiding steps, with readers described as pelting him with cabbage heads in a poetic scene.
Advertising copy touts Moava Suppositories as an effective treatment for piles. It promises immediate rectal relief, soothing healing action, and ulcer healing with rapid results, even in stubborn cases, and notes Franck Baker and Sony dispense the product.
Daily price quotes list local wholesale markets with figures for butter, eggs, poultry, corn meal, hay and mixed feeds. It notes corrections and provides price ranges for local and Baltimore markets with several grain and livestock items.
An old advertisement notes a 5 cent slip from Chamberlain Medicine Co offering a remedy. The readable text hints at a medical product promotion and a pricing detail, with limited legible branding.
Train list details daily departures from Berryville for Roanoke Bristol and intermediate stations with parlor and sleeper cars to Brist ol William son Roanoke and Philadelphia. Connections at Shenandoah Junction Hagerstown and Roanoke. For fares schedules and reservations contact H H Burks Berryville or W G Saunders Roanoke.
A West Virginia state officer found license tag 80835 issued to W. B. Woodruff of Winchester. The tag was sent to Chief Doran, but the owner cannot be located and the tag remains at police headquarters.
The Daughters of the Confederacy gather at Handley Library at 7 30 PM to plan events for Confederate Memorial Day on June 6.
A brief quotation from Victor Hugo notes that life’s brevity grows shorter by careless wasting of time, urging readers to value every moment.
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