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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1924
Page
3
A small British village in a rural county records very few deaths among its elderly residents. The census notes a stable aged demographic with most inhabitants over 70, reflecting a quiet, aging community.
A fragmented notice describes a village four miles from a railway station with five adjoining cottages where eight people have died in years past. It mentions a toppled structure and a long gap since a death, referencing thirteen children and a sleepy hollow setting.
For sale on oe house and Haddox patie with six hundred dollars cash and monthly balance. Trade possible for small Mee Eas 9 9 to 1. W RUSSELL Box 200 City.
Mrs Travis of Jacksonville claims a home treatment saved her teeth after ten years of suffering. She reports rapid relief after three days, with tightened teeth and sweet breath. The ad urges readers with pyorrhea to test Moore’s treatment by sending two dollars or paying postage.
Reported plan calls for military training in middle and high schools across Japan, with an Army Reserve Training Corps to be established at colleges. The program would require three hours per week, reducing other courses while integrating instruction into the curriculum.
Devoted parents and sister mourn their son Sergt. J Frank Hinton killed in action in France on October 15 1918. A heroic tribute recalls his gallant service and sacrifice for freedom during wartime.
A Mojave Desert town of Kelso, about 500 people northeast of here, faces drift sand from shifting dunes. Winds drive sand toward Death Valley, with dunes moving so fast the town could be buried under 50 feet in five years unless defences succeed.
The article notes rising visitor numbers to the Lee Chapel and mausoleum near Washington and Lee University. About 8 000 visitors in June July and August, up from 6 000 the year before, with more travelers due to the Lee Highway improvements from Staunton to Roanoke. It emphasizes tourism's value and the enduring memory of 1861.
A. B. Cammerer of the National Park Service says Americans spend over one billion dollars annually on tourism and predicts the Shenandoah Valley Virginia will become a major travel region. He praised Skyland scenery and local hospitality as key factors attracting visitors and stressed the valley's historic appeal, rolling hills and good roads. He toured the area with Mr. and Mrs. P. H. McDonald of Washington and noted increasing motoring into the Valley.
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