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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1923
Page
4
The Evening Star and Morning News publish rates and distribution terms with second class mailing at Winchester Virginia. The notice lists subscription prices for various terms and carrier delivery options and credits Associated Press dispatches.
Virginia reports rapid road building with 106 projects under construction, 43 heavy tractor gangs, 7 light maintenance gangs, and 250 patrols. State funds plan shows about $20 million spent this year on road work, financed without bonds, under pay as you go.
Lynchburg News cautions Virginia about heavy bonding by state and local governments totaling 522 billion dollars in effect, equating to 225 per person or 1000 per family and 22 per acre. The piece warns against a proposed 50 million highway bond issue and notes bonds are non taxable as to principal. It warns a financial awakening is imminent if borrowing continues.
A St. Louis Post Dispatch note cites a 30 percent rise in U S banana consumption attributed to ad psychology and the slogan Yes We Have No Ananas. The authors caution the rise may be coincidence and discuss the broader market impact.
The passage discusses a potential new method to stimulate trade in farm machinery. It wonders if music or other ideas can revive stalled sales and suggests trying the formula, hoping it may break the current market stagnation.
A Wilmington Journal item describes J. D. Dunlap’s idea sparked by a child’s complaint about bumps. He used water-filled rubber tubes on wheels, then shifted to air, creating the pneumatic tire for autos and bicycles. The note links kindness to invention.
In a gloaming porch scene a worn hobo seeks shelter and a pie while recounting misfortune and faded glory. The speaker recalls their boyhood hero Theophilus Sketch and notes the wandering life, roaches and bugs in jail, with no uplifting moral.
The Sunday school at Centenary Reformed Church cheered as Katharyn Allebach announced her return to Winchester to resume social work, after postponing missionary studies in China. Pastor Casselman noted her readiness to assist community church efforts and minister to others.
Edgar H. Peed Howard L. Clark and John C. Cady of the Manufacturers' Record travel through the central south to meet business people and learn local conditions. They plan to spend Tuesday in Winchester to better present the region to itself and to the nation.
The Mosby’s Men survivors plan a reunion in Leesburg Virginia on October 18 1923. U D C ladies invite attendees and Hon. R Walton Moore is expected to deliver a eulogy for John Alexander with Judge Godrick of Fredericksburg also to speak. Commander F M Angelo urges attendance.
Daily price quotes from local wholesale markets cover multiple items including flour, butter, eggs, and various livestock. The report lists weights and categories for hens, roosters, lambs, and hogs alongside butter and corn meal pricing.
Washington report notes C Bascom Slemp, since becoming private secretary, acts as censor and political adviser to President Coolidge. He reviews questions from reporters before they reach the President, continuing a practice begun under Harding with Slemp adding a veto step.
The Star reports the death of Rev Dr E E Burtner of Westerville Ohio last week after three months of illness. He served as pastor in Missouri Montana Spokane Washington before his Westerville charge. He studied at Yale and Otterbein College class of 1906. He is survived by his widow two children one sister and five brothers. The funeral was led by acting minister Dr B W Keister at the Westerville church.
Jefferson Davis Kern a longtime Hayfield area resident died at his home after a lingering illness. He was born and raised in the county and spent most of his life farming. The funeral was held at Mount Olive Church of Christ with Rev. W L Dudley officiating and interment in the local graveyard. Survived by widow Martha Ellen Kern three sons Henry E Kern of Winchester John E Kern of Chester Pa Reg B Kern of Stillwater Pa and one daughter Miss Mary Conrad Kern at home. He was a brother of N F and D F Kern of Gore.
A mother of six reportedly set a fall speed record by picking 33 barrels or 99 bushels of apples in one day at Ape Pie Ridge Orchard Company in Berkeley County. She earned 15 cents per barrel for her work.
A deed from Martinsburg records shows Wheeling Steel Corporation purchasing a 99 acre farm four miles north of Martinsburg in the Qpequon district. The land, underlaid with limestone, supplements an earlier Wheeling filing and includes the Labelle Iron Works. Price not named.
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