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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1921
Page
4
A publication listing notes from the Evening Star Publishing Co. Winchester Virginia dated with Morning News Weekly News Weekly Mirror editions.
Mrs. Otey argues against Debs as a candidate for public instruction superintendent, citing his disloyalty ruling and questioning what he would teach children. She notes Harding’s stance and raises concerns about a criminal serving as a leader in education.
The piece portrays an eternal optimist who laments only briefly as he notes widespread crime and moral decline. He resists gloom by tapping his wrist and proclaiming that virtuous progress will prevail despite slow gains and frequent setbacks.
A scanned page lists prices for butter creamery and market goods, including hay, barley, corn, and flour, with figures for baled hay and straw, middlings, and screenings. It includes cattle, poultry, and local flour, plus a poem about the telephone girl and town gossip.
In Suffolk Virginia on October 10 a local still operation led to the discovery of a buried mash barrel. Dipped mash yielded alcohol and a thirty pound dead pig hidden at the bottom, suggesting the animal had been there for some time.
Carla Massey of this city receives congratulatory notices upon the birth of a daughter. The item notes a new arrival and public acknowledgment from local residents.
The October 5 ceremony united Miss Mary James Strother and Weir Goodwin of Charleston in a Culpeper county setting at Hintoch the Strother summer home. The Thompson Sumner home Inglech was noted as a show place in the YP' cment section of the state.
The Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Frederick County on October 5 1921 orders the defendants Harvey Albin Annie McIlwee Carrie Albin and Ada Harenee Albin to appear within fifteen days to protect their interest in a suit by Mary C. Albin widow of Emanuel J. Albin deceased challenging settlement of accounts of M M Lynch administrator and seeking a dower in lands or sale and distribution of proceeds. A weekly notice in The Evening Star Winchester and posting at the court house front are ordered with a Rule day deadline of October 17 1921. Teste De Brannon Clerk Ward Larrick p.q. 10 7 4
A speaker extols electric helpers for washing and drying clothes. The machine does the work while she talks, keeping hands out of water and completing ironing by noon if the day allows.
An advertisement touts sunlight as a germ killer and promotes sun porches and sleeping porches as healthful, affordable improvements. It invites readers to consult Nome Merchants for planning and cost estimates on building materials.
Real estate notice offers 150 acre farm on state highway six miles from Winchester with new buildings and young orchard plus 12 acres woodland and 67 acres land in Valley of Virginia priced at 10000. Also elegant 7 room dwelling in city with early possession at 11500 and new suburban home on Martinsburg pike with immediate possession at 2800. Other properties include a 6 room house near Woolen Mills renting 15 dollars monthly and several business lots and opportunities.
For sale notices list a single dwelling on Pall Mall street at 1000 dollars and a double dwelling on Mein street at 2000 dollars. An eight room dwelling with bath is offered for 5500 dollars and an eight room brick dwelling with basement and attic, modern in every respect, at 12000 dollars. A 50 acre improved farm near the city is priced at 4000 dollars. The notice also mentions several large commercial properties available.
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