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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
4
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The Cleveland 8 S. C. tragedy kills 73, including 40 children, during graduation week. Rapid fire and flimsy wooden two floor homes are blamed, prompting calls to outlaw such dangerous structures. The catastrophe casts a pall over the state commencement season.
The Roanoke Times notes Baltimore’s new mayor will refuse invitations for speech making except those mandatory for official duties. The columnist praises the stance as sensible, arguing that cutting speech saves time and preserves the newspaper’s usefulness for more important local news.
Shepherdstown paper notes the Leviathan, the largest vessel afloat, reconditioned and fitted at great cost for U S government service. It sails from Newport News to Boston for trials and July 4 debut amid protests over wartime extravagance and political figures benefiting from the project.
A fragment from Walt Mason's verse describes a damp late spring with rheumatic gloom. The speaker laments rain, mud, and soggy days, mentioning Aunt Fannie and Annie as he notes the wet weather and melancholy mood in the village.
Multiple notices announce candidacies for local offices and re election to the House of Delegates subject to Democratic Primaries. Names include Boyd R Richards Isaiah C Roe and H G DeHaven with deputies Lee N Whitacre and Harry W Hick. A Weather verse closes the item.
Miss Anna Fishel daughter of Ed Fishel has gone to Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore to study nursing. The item also notes several local people visiting Wardensville and Winchester and other family visits over the past days.
A Maine doctor explains that foot pain stems from bones ligaments and cartilage in the joints not from skin or powder. The touted Joint-Base remedy is rubbed on for quick joint relief and is advertised at 60 cents a tube through Boyd Drug Co Franck Baker & Son and other druggists.
In the pastor’s absence Rev. A A Kelly will go to Marion Virginia to preach the Baccalaureate sermon to the graduation class of the Women’s College of that place.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines a $425,000 barberry eradication program, with $300,000 available July 1 1923 to fund a farm to farm survey covering about 100000 square miles. States east and west of the Mississippi will see varied survey progress and state legislatures have allotted funds for the biennium 1923 1924. The fifth annual conference in Urbana Illinois reviews last year’s results and sets plans for the upcoming field season.
President Harding urged the nation to rededicate itself to the aims of the Constitution in an opening address to the National American Council in Washington. He warned democracy is on trial but said institutions of democracy remain essential and safe.
Noiseless riveters on a rotary vibratory system are offered in bench or pedestal types. They rivet the most intricate jobs in silence, at a speed limited only by the operator's ability to feed the work.
The term pig iron derives from a mold pattern where molten metal forms a long sow line with shorter pigs attached at right angles. This description outlines why the long pieces are called the sow and the shorter ones the pigs.
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