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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co. Winchester Virginia lists daily publication excluding Sunday and consolidations with several weeklies. It provides mail and carrier rates for one year to one month and credits the Associated Press for dispatch republication.
A poem by Walt Mason mocks the boom era when workers earned high wages and merchants flaunted luxury. It portrays a shift toward prudence as times calm, labor gains dignity, and bosses seek stability, suggesting a return to saner, steadier wages and work.
James H. Allen endured years of rheumatism until he researched and devised a cure he claims dissolves uric acid deposits and banishes symptoms. He shared his discovery, and Boyd Drug Co. was named agent with a money back guarantee on the first two bottles for unsatisfied buyers.
From Massachusetts comes a brief note on labor market conditions noting tightened hiring and unsettled worker outlook. It highlights uncertainty for job seekers and employers amid evolving economic signals.
The Red Cross secretary outlines recent travel to Potomac Division conferences in Roanoke, Richmond, Newport News, Baltimore, and Washington. She notes strong county engagement, with health, family welfare, serviceto ex soldiers and Junior Red Cross work. A county statistical report lists 68 current solvable cases and 8335 cases at month end, with 49 callers, 29 phone calls, 77 letters, and 30 home visits.
Advertisers claim Danderine hair tonic revives lifeless hair making it thicker and fuller. A 35 cent bottle freshens the scalp checks dandruff and falling hair and restores youthful brightness for thinning hair sold by druggists.
Vicks salve billed as a home necessity in winter to combat colds and speed recovery. The advertisement urges readers to secure their supply promptly from a listed source.
Mrs Beverly Lockhart of Highland Street 318 says a hard cold settled in her back and kidneys causing pain and dizziness. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with quick relief and continues to use them for kidney discomfort as a family remedy from local dealers Foster Mittsman Co.
Mr. Thomas J. Cooper of the city visited Tokyo for the World's Sunday School Convention and now tours mission stations established by Grace Lutheran Church of Winchester. Rev. Lew S. G. Miller, son of local clergy, serves as pastor. Cooper sails November 5 returning via Vancouver. Wanamaker reelected president as convention officers set permanent New York headquarters.
Three Vineyard Court apartments for rent with private baths. Monthly rates listed as 25 30 and 50 dollars. Contact F. August Gratchen at 18 South Market Street. Published notice appears in local classifieds.
Sad remembrance from Martha Leakins and family marking one year since Mary E. Leakins died on October 21 1919. The notice expresses enduring memory, lists family members and visiting relatives including Elsie Heslaim and nephew of Washington DC visiting local Salvation Army officers at 310 Smithfield Avenue.
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