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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1920
Page
4
The Evening Star from Winchester Virginia outlines two reasons for the League of Nations effort and notes editorial commentary by Flood Byrd. It discusses distribution and publication details and references Associated Press credits.
A letter to readers arguing that Republicans face a split over the League of Nations and Art X. It claims Democrats must educate voters on the covenant, warns of tax burdens, and urges support for the League to avoid future wars. It critiques Harding and GOP equivocation while urging financial support for the Democratic Committee.
The Democratic ticket lists James M. Cox of Ohio for President and Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for Vice-President. The column outlines the pairing and party backing as part of the campaign slate.
A grotesque tale of a morbidly obese man blamed for illnesses and mocked by peers. The narrator recalls the public scorn, foretelling how slimmer people would evoke pity while the fat man endures taunts and derision.
Macedonia Va October 9 The ladies aid society completed church papering. Local residents share weekend visits including P C Petrie family Bartonville and R L Petrie. Jonas Funkhouser moves from Winchester High to Bridgewater College. Esther Solenberger opens Evandale school with good attendance. Rev Blakemore conducts communion at Macedonia. Mrs S J Violette returns from two week visit with daughter Mrs W H Huber.
Local social columns list visits and journeys across Virginia towns. Families from White Post Elkton Millwood Winchester and nearby areas travel to Lancaster Gunston Hall Dayton and Powhatan. Notable attendees include Dr. Robert Randolph Miss Wada Gardiner Mrs Isham Randolph and Rev. Palmer among others. Thirty eight women register in Greenway district with no colored women present.
Berryville Virginia notes list Mrs J H M Clagett and Mrs F L Sommer in Lexington. Col W L Goldsmith in Washington. Miss Evelyn Merriwether of Richmond visits Mrs John S Goldsmith. Mrs Williams of Lynchburg and Miss Williams of Japan visit Mrs Cummins at Hadley. Miss Kitty McDonald of Washington with sister Mrs John B Neill. Miss Estelle Powers of Gary Indiana home for vacation.
Winchester Lodge member W T Hottel represented at the Staunton Grand Lodge of Virginia meeting where officers were installed. New grand officers include B Hammer Lynchburg grand chancellor and B Mercer Richmond grand vice chancellor among others with representatives from multiple cities.
Mr and Mrs Charles J Athey spend weeks at their former home in the Alleghany Mountains West Virginia and plan visits to relatives in Pennsylvania and Maryland before returning home Mr Robert G Gibbons leaves for Lexington Virginia to stay with his mother and sister and then returns to Jacksonville Florida after summer in Wytheville and other parts of Virginia Mr A C Morgan returns to Washington after several days on town business
The Tribune, a new Norfolk Virginia daily, debuts yesterday afternoon offering evening and Sunday morning editions. It aligns with Chicago Tribune and New York Tribune services, backed by experienced editors led by Charles B. Cooke who previously ran the Richmond Evening Journal and led the Virginia Press Association. The paper pledges full coverage of Norfolk and Port Norfolk territory with state wide reports from numerous city correspondents and a Washington news bureau.
A humorous note from the State Journal laments losing long lead pencils from a waist coat pocket. The piece mocks the irrational efficiency of that old pocket in losing items, calling it the ultimate system for misplacing pencils.
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