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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1920
Page
3
Advertises a special sale featuring house dresses at 1.69, sweaters at reduced prices, ladies coats at 20 percent off, and 100 felt hats reduced from 2 dollars to 49 cents while stock lasts. Brand names include Xmac Boxes of PAPER and EM PES and emphasize early selection and fresh variety.
Unseasonable warmth has not stopped a blanket sale where profits are discarded. Plaid Wool Blankets priced far below their value dominate the deals with multiple bundles and quantities limited, urging early purchase throughout November.
Unclear text shows gowns and skirts discounted in a big sale. Indicates a marked down wardrobe event with reduced prices on apparel including gowns and skirts.
Read like a sensational ad promising two minute relief from colds and coughs with Aspironal. It claims European and American army endorsement, refund if relief fails, and universal drugstore availability with simple dosing. It touts safety for infants and children and compares favorably to whiskey and other remedies.
Public sale of two farms set for November 20 1920 at Selzer House Womelsdorf Berks County Pa. Tract 1 199 acres include 2 story dwelling brick Swiss barn 128 ft hog pen corn cribs and water from spring. Tract 2 118 acres adjacent with frame dwelling stone spring house tenant house barn and multiple water springs. Both tracts feature limestone loam soil ideal cultivation and meadow grazing in Lebanon Valley. Sale at 1 30 PM Amanda Er Salla de RP Sallade.
A Grove Virginia item reports a late hour birthday celebration with a grand cake and numerous family members and friends. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Clark and several relatives. The note also mentions a new baby boy and a Sunday school rally planned for November 14 at Little Mountain with a music program.
Stephens City social notes recounts visits by Mrs. Frank Yeakle and son from Winchester to her father Charley Tene. Miss Lucy Dean returning from Towson. Mrs. Loma Dinges and friends visiting Edinburg. George Shryock and family in Front Royal. Dr. R. M. Grimm of Washington visiting his mother. H. O. Lake of Columbus visiting sister. Miss Elizabeth Myers returning home with Miss Anna Care Bauizh and others from Mt. Sidney. Mrs. Marion Samsell recovering after Johns Hopkins Hospital operation.
Local notes list residents visiting relatives in Washington Martinsburg Baltimore and Harrisburg with several trips home. Families Ebert Kline Clevenger Cothran Gore plan moves. missionary rally scheduled at the Friends meeting on Sunday November 7 in Stephenson.
Physicians and surgeons of Targa a Ues Cay hold informal social gathering on Amherst Street. The first in a series for fall and winter features Dr. McGuire’s lively presence as resident doctors share views on medical matters.
The Rev Mr ll begins a protracted meeting at Bethel Church on Tuesday. Mr Charles Kump has suffered with rheumatism for some time. Mr and Mrs Jesse Whitacre visited Miss Ida Arnold on Sunday. Mr and Mrs W F Oates visited Mr and Mrs Thomas Larrick on Sunday night.
Campaign close in the central west shows six candidates including W. Ashbie Hawkins and Baltimore figures. Narratives mingle suspense and old time enthusiasm as speculation about female suffrage and ticket scratching delays returns and heightens uncertainty in close contests.
The converted actress continues nightly at 8 o clock in the Salvation Army Hall Court House Auditorium presenting Divine Healing. Each night features a different subject and invites the public to attend.
In Loudoun County Circuit Court at Leesburg Frankerson, indicted for attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Arthur Cridler of Belmont Park, was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary. Anderson was brought to Winchester jail for safekeeping early last summer until the October term of the Loudoun court.
Varied notices from Winchester Virginia include a real estate inquiry for Fine City homes at 25 South Main Street. The BURN? FACTORY reports a protracted meeting at the local church drawing large congregations. Mr Turner Sprought, after a stroke last June, seeks treatment at Memorial Hospital. Rain is needed to help farmers finish planting as hard dry ground slows work. The wood mill operated by C R Perry remains idle after a forebay collapse several days ago.
The tale explains the proverb Wise men of Gotham arising from a visit by a king to a village. Citizens staged absurd feats to burden the royal party, prompting the king to divert, and a proverb about fools passing through Gotham was born.
An excerpt notes maximum annual wages for various trades in the early 1600s and compares daily food and drink costs. Carpenters, masons, and plasterers could earn up to 60 dollars a year, blacksmiths and shoemakers 50 dollars, and tailors 40 dollars, with women workers earning even less.
The article surveys how Americans use city specific terms for strangers. Philadelphia locals say Mack while Seattle uses Bo reflecting historical worker culture. Denver favorites Bill Chicago Jacks Buddy Louisville Colonel Houston Neighbor and New York Ikey illustrate regional forms.
The article explains piano construction hinges on diverse timbers such as Canadian spruce American oak whitewood Honduras mahogany and English beech. Sounding boards use Swiss pine Alfies excelsa from Christmas trees, seasoned in a dry air draft for days.
An English weekly recalls Sir James Barrie as a boy at Dumfries academy who was marked as lazy and delicate by his teachers. The piece notes his later fame and his return to Kirriemuir, where locals joked about his writing career.
A concise agency styled notice urges readers to place star want ads. It promises strong value from bold classified placement as a way to reach potential customers quickly. The ad implies measurable return from advertising.
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