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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1920

Page

5

Visiting by Phone A call for limits on long conversations

The State Corporation Commission may allow interruption of party line calls to deliver urgent messages from physicians, fire officers, and for law enforcement. Busy lines waste 14 percent of Richmond calls and annoy both callers and operators, suggesting shorter talks would improve service.

State Corporation Commission C. Hi Weber Richmond

Advice and quips on women and vanity from period sources

A cluster of quotations on women, envy, laziness, jealousy, and revenge from the Boston Evening Transcript, plus a Quarles line and Jud Tunkins comment mocking a young woman displaying speed in a new automobile. The pieces reflect era attitudes and humor about manners and danger.

Boston Evening Transcript Jud Tunkins

Holiday musings and old proverbs cross the page

A collage of quotations and reflections on immortality life and belief. It surveys Shakespeare Henry van Dyke and other authors noting views on mortality and conduct. The text samples phrases about whales ears economic restraint and social stereotypes.

Henry van Dyke

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