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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1921
Page
4
The piece lists election details for November 8 1921 with candidates R Lee Trinkle for governor Charles A Johnson for treasurer and Harris Hart for superintendent of public instruction. A prose poem by Walt Mason follows, musing on summer and autumn with nonsensical rhyme and copyright notice.
An official Aust military report released in Inna says Hungary has about 60000 men under arms near the Austrian frontier with the entire force fully equipped from field helmets to rifles.
The report notes possession of grenades and four heavy siege guns of the Howitzer type. No further details provided in the readable text.
The Star announced judges C. B. Conrad Mrs. Walker Bond and C. Vernon Eddy for the Four Horsemen essay contest The entry deadline is six o clock Wednesday evening Prizes are ten and five dollars in gold for first and second places and free tickets for third through fifth places.
A humorous tale features Blobsley as a crafty fellow who boasts of winter sleep plans with his wife. He pretends to sleep after kissing her, while she rises, closes the window, and revives the steam in the bed chamber for a playful contrast.
An exchange between an old senator and a young congressman over appointing a post master in Plankville ends with a quip about Wombat and a dig at political ambition. The remark about a grandfather who fell at Lundy’s Lane frames the humor and critique of generational influence.
Mrs. Carl Zuhlke, wife of a New York importer, died from sleeping powder overdose after slashing her wrists. Found in a barn on the Zuhlke estate near Madison, the coroner ruled death by self harm. Her son Paul had died six months earlier at a Morristown school from inhaling fumes of a self-made chemical mixture.
A fragment shows a wife advising her husband in a letter about finances. The dialogue hints at secrecy and deception as she mentions asking for more money and notes about writing across the lines. The passage reads like a domestic vignette with cautious humor.
A humorous exchange features an old man recalling starting at the bottom and climbing up while his son calls it pleasanter tobogganing, reflecting a playful roadside conversation.
In Omaha Nebraska James Caldwell thirteen and Clarence Swingholm twelve scouts on an all night hike spotted a large tree blocking the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line six miles from Omaha. Caldwell waved Swingholm’s shirt to stop the train just before the engine reached the hazard preventing a serious wreck.
The baggage car of train No. 707 bound for Baltimore caught fire last evening near the station. Crew members detected the blaze, the train was stopped, and the fire was put out before serious damage occurred.
A humorous notice extols keeping screens to prevent housefly intrusion and warns about the dangers of Musca domestica. It promotes durable screens for sale with a light sales pitch on reasonable prices.
Real estate listing offers 150 acre farm on state highway four miles from Winchester featuring new buildings young orchard twelve acres woodland and favorable terms at ten thousand dollars. Also notes 67 acres near town and an elegant seven room city dwelling with early possession priced at eleven thousand five hundred dollars.
After a fashion shift hobble styles return to favor but impose modest living cost reductions. The piece questions the real savings and highlights social changes influencing daily expenses.
Binks declares no more sympathy for underdogs after a failed rescue attempt. He explains he helped a dachshund’s attacker and was bitten by the bulldog, triggering a rueful admission. Dork protests.
A witty dialogue about using moral suasion in Indiana ends with a joke about an author removing his left shoe before work. The punchline suggests a corn caused the eccentricity, reflecting light social satire.
Mr Joseph F Bean returned from Indianapolis Indiana where he attended the annual convention and reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic He was the only Civil War veteran from this section at the meeting of old veterans.
The Postoffice Department announced several fourth class postmaster appointments in Virginia including Edgar C Line named postmaster at Trone in this county.
The Historian recounts Senator Sorghum boasting that with the help of a few press agents he has manufactured enough history for his own immediate needs. The remark highlights his use of media to shape public perception and advance personal aims.
A dialogue argues that women's suffrage would boost naval funding. The speaker insists women favor a strong navy to keep a proper reserve, suggesting broader political impact from women's votes.
The cotton market spiked after the Agriculture Department released crop figures. Prices jumped from a high near 21.95 to a sudden drop to 9.50 a bale amid the market shock.
A brief domestic exchange shows marital tension as the wife voices concern about rising times while the husband questions opinions of him and the couple by neighbors, highlighting strained relations and mistrust.
The Ever Ready Society of the First Christian Church will meet at 109 East Monmouth Street Tuesday at 7.30 pm with Mr. Robert Hook as leader. The discussion subject is China and all members are urged to attend and participate.
The Associated Press reports the Supreme Court opened its regular fall term with William Howard Taft taking the judicial oath as the new Chief Justice. Senior Associate Justice Joseph McKenna administered the oath in a ceremony steeped in tradition.
Train times show northbound No 28 at 8 39 am to Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York with Shenandoah Junction connection. No 14 at 7 36 pm parlor car to Hagerstown and sleepers to Philadelphia. No 2 at 12 50 am sleeper to Philadelphia and New York. Southbound No 13 9 07 am to Bristol Roanoke Bluefield and Norton with sleepers to Winston-Salem Memphis and Roanoke. Information from Berryville and Roanoke agents.
Special Commissioners offer two tracts of land in Fauquier County Virginia for public auction on Saturday October 29 1921 at 12 noon in Warrenton. Tract 1 contains about 111 acres near Eme Ridge on the Berry Ferry to Paris road and Tract 2 about 90 acres adjoining Tract 1. Both tracts produce blue grass and will be sold to the highest bidder with terms one third cash and balance in two annual installments or cash to suit.
The Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Frederick County orders defendants Carr-Owen Co Inc Standard Oil Co Inc and Goodrich Rubber Co Inc to appear within fifteen days of publication to protect their interests. A copy is to be published weekly for four weeks in The Evening Star Winchester and posted at the courthouse by October 17 1921.
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