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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1922
Page
4
A 1922 verse by Walt Mason explores temptation to cheat a grocer with a counterfeit dollar. The speaker weighs wrongdoing against home taught morals and resolves to discard the phony bill to avoid future guilt. The piece ends with the dollar tossed into a well near Hannibal Missouri.
Virginia Smith of Winchester Virginia complains that partisanship and sectarianism corrode public life. She argues the federal government risks becoming paternalistic and that figures like President Harding deserve credit only for duty. The 1922 letter follows a public dispute over policy and church-state issues.
Notice invites women to a Handley meeting on Tuesday at 8 PM to discuss the Dodge and Machusetts issue and challenge Republicans aiming to dominate the state. The notice emphasizes engaging women in political matters and local civic action.
Former Valley Turnpike Company president writes to Governor Byrd defending stockholders against claims of misdeeds. He details asset valuations, debt allocations, and the deed transfer while disputing alleged underpayment and improper sales of toll houses.
An advertisement touts Dave's Mentha-Pepsin as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims a dessert spoonful relieves gas, fullness, dizziness, and headaches within ten minutes, with a large bottle guaranteed by pharmacists for one dollar and sold by Baker.
Hokara promises rapid relief from itching and irritation with a grease-free cream that soothes skin and cleanses without staining linens. The ad claims it can improve conditions from pimples to eczema and salt rheum, sold by Franck Baker & Son and other druggists for 60 cents with a satisfaction guarantee.
Isaac Guggenheim American capitalist and copper magnate died in Southampton LeI today after chest pains were followed by illness. He was 68, born in 1854, and linked to mining in Colorado New Mexico and ventures in South America and Mexico as a leading member of the Guggenheim family.
The Round Hill Community League will hold a meeting at the school house Friday night October 13 at eight o'clock to discuss reorganization. Community members are urged to attend and participate in the session.
An outbreak at Mountjoy jail in Dublin occurred when irregular prisoners attacked guards with smuggled revolvers. One guard was killed and five wounded. the military guard returned fire, killing one prisoner and wounding several others. Guards prevented any prisoner escapes.
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