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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
4
New York state contemplates issuing bonds for a $50,000,000 road program amid high material costs and labor shortages. State Commissioner Greene warns that rising wages and scarce skilled labor could delay bids and inflate prices, potentially undermining builder interest and bond viability.
A man walking from San Francisco to the Atlantic coast to test American kindness reports his cross country trek in 1921. He claims to travel hatless and coatless, taking only water and matches, with minimal rides and meals while avoiding autos and other comforts.
The page mixes personal fragments with local market listings and names. It lists wholesale and local prices for wheat butter eggs and poultry, along with scattered names and phrases, resembling a cluttered 19th century newspaper page with market data and personal ephemera.
Postmaster J Wm Slbert is listed among names including Miller Be Price Clifton Taylor and Mrs L Jr in a fragmentary text. The snippet implies a departmental or clerical roster but provides no clear event or action.
A public notice announces Boyd R Richards candidacy for re election to the Virginia House of Delegates subject to the Democratic Primary on August 7. The notice also lists tax commissioner candidacies for Frederick county with deputies Lee N Whitacre and Harry W Hick and signatures H G Dehaven.
Mrs. WwW. G. Monson of Beloit Wisconsin reports a long struggle with heavy work and illness ending in major improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says she gained strength and invites other women to write for advice and share experiences.
Reverend J F Lowden of Watertown New Jersey credits Mentha Pepsin with ending years of stomach distress after one bottle. He says heartburn attacks ceased for eighteen months and urges readers to try the tonic elixir. Franck Baker Son and Boyd Drug Co sell it widely through pharmacists everywhere.
Harry C. Haney, an inspector with the city department of public safety in Philadelphia, credits Tanlac with easing years of indigestion and restoring his appetite. He says he gained fifteen pounds, feels well, and invites others to contact him for details. Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 37 million bottles sold.
The Sunday World Magazine promises 100 percent American dinner at Maylie's in New Orleans and other striking pieces. It highlights an inventor photographing music radio tube Europe for 500 dollars and a 70 mile per hour ferryboat feature.
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