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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
4
Publication detail for the Evening Star and related Winchester Virginia papers outlines distribution at the Winter post office as second class matter. It lists ties to Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly The Weekly Mirror and identifies publisher Mahay Flood Byrd.
The notice lists subscription options with Mall one year in advance at 3.60, six months at 1.66, three months at .90, and one month at .30. Carrier delivery offers one year at 4.50, six months at 2.25, and three months at .36.
The notice states that 7 Associated Press is exclusively led to the use for republication in news dispatches credited to it.
Roanoke World-News discusses Belasco's plan to guide Jackie Coogan toward a stage Hamlet, noting the actor’s youth and potential to become a genuine theater star. Critics from The Baltimore Sun see hope in Coogan’s Shakespeare prospects under Belasco, with expectations of a bold Broadway future.
A Progress Index report from 1913 quotes Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel on business troubles being chiefly psychological. The piece notes distrust of the Democratic party and tariff reduction as factors, questioning why psychology affects business under a Democratic administration but not under a Republican one.
Clifton Forge VA brief notes a Confederate veterans gathering in Dallas Texas where attendees debated annual reunions. Speakers praise the soldiers’ sacrifices and honor the army’s memory while some veterans advocate maintaining yearly meetings and vetoing changes to the tradition.
A frustrated narrator waits at the city dump for Adolphus Tyne who promised a nighttime meeting to sell land. He laments broken dates, missed trains, and the plan to buy a lot in a town with building space while warning that those who miss a date risk crime and retribution. The piece blends sorrow with a grim vow as the narrator contemplates consequences.
Final arrangements are under way for the first annual track and field meet at Hancock Maryland. Two hundred entries were received from Winchester Harpers Ferry Bunker Hill Liberytown Hagerstown Hancock Williamsport Martinsburg St James Boonsboro Cumberland Clearspring and Berkeley Springs. Prizes include medals cups gold watches banners and more. Competition is expected to be keen.
The Religious Herald reports Virginian Rev E J Richardson, longtime National Anti-Saloon League figure, will sail May 23 aboard the Leviathan for England. Invited by British temperance officials and led by Dr Ernest H Cherrington, he will base in London and travel across Europe for about six months, sending breezy letters home.
Doctors and pharmacists tout McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a tastier alternative to cod liver oil. Advertisers claim rapid weight gain with a 60 tablet bottle priced at 60 cents and offer refunds if 30 days fail to add pounds. Baker's Drug Store and Boyd's Drug Co. stock the remedy nationwide.
Frederickburg May 28 The 130th annual session of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia opened with Holy Communion led by Rt Rev William Cabell Brown as about 200 delegates gathered. He urged naming a bishop co adjutor to aid the diocese noting growth with 103 priests six deacons four deaconesses and 1082 confirmations since the last conference.
Meadow Mills area residents host relatives visiting from Pittsburgh Washington and other nearby towns. Mrs. R L Miller receives Mrs Nettie Spencer Mrs Howard Dowe and Miss Irene Miller while Mrs Hattie Garrett visits at Mrs Ella Feathers home near Strasburg.
The Hamadala treatment claims to attack the root cause of hemorrhoids rather than the symptoms. It promises to restore congested blood vessels to normal function and eliminate blind, bleeding, or protruding piles, with availability at Baker's Drug Store under a guarantee.
Obed Orndorff from Star Tannery spent hours at J. F. Monday's home. Mr. Jenkins from near Lebanon Church visited Nora Pangle. Fannie Dyke from Winchester visits her sister Mrs. J. F. Dodson. Will Lineburg and son from near Kernstown visited Clyde Orndorff, and Mrs. James Garrett spent time in Front Royal.
The Knights of Columbus international convention will be in Duluth August 4 to 6. Dennis E. Donovan, state deputy, plans for 2,500 delegates and visitors. The program begins with a parade and pontifical mass, with business sessions on the second and third mornings. On Friday delegates tour the Mesabi Iron range visiting the Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine at Hibbing.
Reliance Virginia May 28. Mr and Mrs R R Stickley hosted guests from Meade Mills. The Willeys hosted Tobe Willey and family plus Lickliders from Strasburg. Reliance Civic League staged Lighthouse Nan at Rockland and Highview. Grover and Keener attended Ridings funeral in Stephens City.
For rent a store room on Main Street with application at 4 E Cork Street.
Mr and Mrs C Leonard Copenhaver and their son Charles Leonard Jr of Cincinnati arrived from Florida to visit relatives but left at once for Red Key after a telegram reported the critical illness of Mrs Copenhaver's father George Watson Swisher a former local resident.
Members of the Winchester police force debut brand new summer uniforms made by the M. C. Lilly Company through Gray and Sheets. All uniforms are regulation navy blue except Motorcycle Officer Guthridge who wears khaki cloth.
An old advertisement touts Evans' Triple Phosphates as the solution for thin, nervous people. It claims dietary phosphates boost nerve force, weight, and health, urging readers to buy from Baker's Drug Store and other druggists at low cost.
CAPON BRIDGE W Va May 28 Mr Samuel Crane aged citizen died at home here of double pneumonia last Friday He was 80 years old and survived by six sons and four daughters The burial was Sunday morning conducted by undertaker B A Giffen Rev Beeveley led services Pallbearers were his six sons Walter Petersburg Va Grover and Kennedy Capon Bridge Robert Keyser Offutt West Virginia and Candy Winchester All his children attended Grandchildren acted as flower bearers The funeral was one of the largest in memory He was well liked a quiet peaceful citizen always ready to help others He will be greatly missed.
An advertisement touts P D Q as a safe, economical treatment for bedbugs roaches moths and other pests. It claims eggs and live insects are killed without harming clothing and lists Bakers Drug Store and Boyds Drug Store as sellers. A 35 cent package makes a quart and includes a patent spout for hard to reach nests.
Notice to builders and plumbers states the company will not connect gas service unless pipes are installed by its workers. No service smaller than one and one quarter inch. Service pipes laid at fifty cents per linear foot curb to house, including excavation and resurfacing. Lawns restored to original condition with no extra charge.
Readable ad notes geraniums petunias verbenas and assorted flower and vegetable plants including potted tomatoes. Located on Smalts Avenue with sale details and timing implied by the notice.
An old advertisement promotes Korene as a powerful non poisonous antiseptic. It claims it is over seventy five times stronger than typical mouthwashes and describes making half a gallon from a six ounce bottle sold for 60 cents. The copy argues cost savings and customer satisfaction with a money back promise.
Advertises Emerald Oil as a powerful, concentrated remedy for varicose veins and swollen glands. Claims two-ounce bottle from Bak er's Drug Store reduces swelling when applied night and morning, with hospital use noted and a guarantee. Ends with promotional endorsement.
Public auction of a one story frame three room dwelling and lot on Valley Pike in Stephens City to highest bidder. Sale by Special Commissioners Beulah M Lemley Samuel L Burgess under Shenandoah County circuit court decree dated April 11 1925. Terms one third cash day of sale remainder in one and two years by deed of trust at 2 pm June 18 1925.
The First Christian Church announces a 9:45 a m Sunday school, 7:15 p m Young People's Society led by Mrs J F Morgan on the topic The Unfinished Task, and a Wednesday prayer service at 7 p m. Rev Thomas W Matthews extends a welcome to all attendees.
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