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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1924
Page
10
A fragment notes Flamingos as the lone nest builders in their story tribe, with birds perching upright during rest. The odd habit highlights their distinctive behavior as described in the readable text.
The excerpt muses on how modern newspapers and magazines shape readers in envisioning fantastic Arabian Nights like devices that bottle lightning and pull concerts from thin air. It suggests readers use such tales to stay alert, compare options, and choose ways to improve life.
A Central American agitator staying at a New York hotel perfected plots for a revolution and finally sailed home with the hotel doorman as chief of staff. He explained that his uniform would draw followers to his standard.
Arrangements planned to install sixty electric lights at the Toronto annual exhibition as a novelty. The hydro electric commission, headquartered in Toronto, now serves 384000 customers with electric light and power.
A promotional health notice asserts poisons in the body harm the heart kidneys and blood vessels and that a natural remedy named Dioxel will detoxify the liver. It promises quick toxin removal within 24 hours and claims improved skin and vitality, urging readers to buy Dioxol tablets from druggists only under the original name.
Ancient drinking pots in medieval England used hoops to divide contents. Each hoop marked a half or quarter so multiple drinkers shared a pot without any one taking more than their portion.
A garbled excerpt in rural dialect mentions a preacher and listeners reacting to a sermon. The fragment references heart and lake with unclear names, offering no clear event or outcome to summarize.
A writer praises the country paper editor as a literary mind, practical printer, reporter, pressman, business figure, diplomat and hustler. He calls for fearlessness honesty aggression patience tact and sincerity. The message ends with a tongue in cheek note on the editor’s strain.
A reflection on not being more ingenious than ancient beavers and the honey bee’s perfect hexagonal cells. The text notes man's perpetual demand for improvement and the idea that “a spark disturbs our clod.”
The draft of a protocol to outlaw war and ensure world peace, prepared by Foreign Minister Edouard Beneš of Czecho Slovakia, has been submitted to the League of Nations Disarmament Commission in Geneva. Twelve nations privately endorsed the key articles, reflecting an American arbitration idea.
Peking October 3 China will press to regain a council seat in the League of Nations this year. Diplomats say China, as a major power, is entitled to representation and its delegates are preparing its case to rejoin the non permanent members.
Virginia State Veterinarian Perkeyhough announces a quarantine on Texas cattle and certain Texas products to prevent foot and mouth disease. The governor may issue a proclamation. impact is expected to be limited as few Texas shipments have entered Virginia recently.
The text urges drinking large amounts of water and a saline mixture to flush kidneys and urinary tract. It claims minerals like lithia and acid salts cleanse the system, reduce kidney pain, and improve kidney function. Advises regular kidney checks, twice yearly.
Schedule in effect 1928 lists No 18 9 20 a m to Roanoke Bristol and intermediate stations with Pullman parlor car No 9 12 26 p m local for Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton Stop and take on for basics beyond Pullman sleeper to Williamson Roanoke Shenandoah dining car connects at Roanoke with Memphis and south No 28 8 39 a m to Hagerstown and intermediate stations with connections at Shenandoah Junctions for Washington No 10 1 59 p m Hagerstown to Washington Baltimore Philadelphia No 14 7 29 p m Parlor car to Hagerstown Pullman sleeper Hagerstown to Philadelphia For fares schedule Pullman reservations or more info apply to H H Burks Berryville VA or W Saunders Roanoke VA
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