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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
4
The document shows publication details from The Evening Star Publishing Co in Winchester Virginia with rates for daily and weekly editions and various subscription terms. It lists prices per week month and year in advance with several numeric figures and references to issue times and phone numbers.
The text notes that one year and four fifty in advance are stated and mentions Associated Press usage rules for republication, crediting AP for dispatches and local notices published by The Star Publishing Company. It references not crediting individuals and the handling of communications to the publisher.
The Richmond Dispatch reports Senator BE Lee Trinkle opposes Virginia Good Roads Association bonds without tax. He warns against pledging $50 million to road bonds and avoids endorsing a specific plan, urging allowing the General Assembly to decide. The Times-Dispatch notes candidates’ positions in the road issue.
The discussion centers on bonds for Virginia road funding through 1923 and beyond. Critics warn funds depend on the 1924 Assembly, federal aid, and economic shifts, while proponents urge building to the financial limit without new taxes, leaving bond decisions to the 1924 General Assembly with full facts before them.
The New York Times reports President Harding faced criticism over North Carolina appointees including Frank Linney as federal district attorney and Blair as commissioner of internal revenue. Critics accuse linney of pro white rhetoric while Harding defends civil rights and party loyalty amid Democratic opposition.
A humorous verse laments daily losses of personal items including false teeth. The speaker jokes about misfortune and the need to tie teeth to the ear until they are found, noting the struggle to eat and the recurring theme of things going missing.
Daily market quotes show varied wholesale prices with what appears to be butter, creamery products, spring chickens, barley, and baled hay listed. The readable items include butter at roughly 2.6 to 6.0 per unit, spring chickens around 3.00, barley near 1.25, and baled hay around 9.00, but many lines are garbled.
Mrs M Natale of Fremont Street Springfield Massachusetts credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her recovery after illness and a difficult birth. She describes initial weakness and nervousness followed by improvement and recommends the remedy to others.
An old newspaper snippet lists spring wheat flour at 12 pounds, middlings and cracked wheat, country butter labeled best, and Canary butter among products. Readable brands and prices are partially obscured in the damaged text.
Markets closed with corrections from the previous day showing prices for timothy hay corn eggs butter lambs and cows. Notable entries include standard timothy at 23.00 per unit and corn at 3.73 per barrel with eggs at .26 each and butter at .22.
An old advertisement promotes Perseptin as a gargle for throat and tonsil irritation. It claims effectiveness against tonsillitis and urges readers to keep a jar in drug stores for sale across all makes.
Henrico voters learn Senator Gunn, a former State Senator for the 35th District and Commonwealth's Attorney, campaigns for lieutenant governor. His message appeals to Democrats seeking state best interests as he plans county visits before the August 2 primary and invites contact via the Julien Gunn Campaign, 701 East Grace St., Richmond.
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