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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1920
Page
3
Extra special sale items include dresses, undergarments, hose, gowns and corset covers at reduced prices. One hundred felt hats and a full line of ladies coats discounted 20 percent. Stock includes lisle and silk hose, ginghams and percal. Limited quantities, early selection advised.
A November sale promotes plaid wool and assorted blankets at deep discounts with many items priced well below their value. Early buying is advised as stock is limited and the sale runs all month.
The fragment mentions the balance of our sale but lacks full details on items, dates, or bidders. Further text is needed to establish exact quantities, prices, and terms of the sale action.
The Virginia amendments aim to modernize school governance by limiting district trustees to three per district, enabling county unit planning and streamlined taxes, and to authorize compulsory education. Endorsed by both parties and groups, the measures seek to standardize schools, improve funding, and empower local boards to meet wartime and postwar needs.
The article outlines a sweep of referenda and initiatives across states including Arkansas California Georgia Kansas Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Washington Maine New Jersey Virginia and Illinois. It notes suffrage for women pensions for Confederate veterans a state income tax compulsory voting and other measures with specific referenda and bond issues highlighted.
Radiant Homes range 845 e688 stove and cook stove for sale. Singer sewing machine. Six dining room chairs. Parlor suite. Listing under Mrs J Smith at 304 North Kent Street.
The notice states the wife Mrs. Cdesda Voelker is leaving the husband and that he will not be bound for her debts. In Fort Dodge Iowa on October 29 the Quaker Oats Company plant employing 400 men will shut down tomorrow for an indefinite period due to changed business conditions. Mrs. HO Adams of Charles Town West Virginia, formerly of Glanesboro, has been visiting Miss Brentie Holland at the latter place.
Miss Eva L. Ritter hosted a large Halloween party for her cousin Mr. Loring Himelright with about 36 guests. Autumn flowers decorated the house and pumpkins hung from chandeliers as fodder shack decor lined the corners. A surprise fortune leaf game involved baskets of suturen leaves and paper hearts pinned with a fortune.
Fragmentary ad copy promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine for colds and acute catarrh, claiming it cleanses the blood and reduces susceptibility to colds. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous membranes, warning repeated attacks may lead to chronic catarrh.
An article notes the average man loses three days yearly to colds and argues early treatment saves time. It praises Chamberlain's Dog Remedy for curing colds, citing wide use and high sales and endorses trying it for its pleasant taste and rapid relief.
The article notes Dartmoor once a convict prison became a training center for boys. It describes carving and carpentry work, aims to teach farming and reclamation, and prepare youths to become useful citizens while offering hope rather than despair. It mentions hope over despair and a suggested carved gateway motto.
A New York Sun note warns thrift schemes often fail to save money. It cites wasteful practices from ice storage and baking with no butter or eggs to cutting housecleaning costs. It also describes a Welsh mine timber incident where oak supports sprout green leaves in darkness.
Report describes a 19th century experiment using five hydrogen balloons tied in a cluster to gauge cave heights. An acetylene light tracked balloon contact with cave ceilings, yielding 40 feet for the Rotunda and 119 feet 6 inches for the Mammoth Dome before current interference made the balloons unmanageable.
The article surveys views that Old Testament temple descriptions were authored by Jews returning from captivity and reflecting Babylonian memory. It suggests the temple may have been a simple place of worship and notes the lack of remains compared with ancient Egyptian temples.
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