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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1920
Page
4
The notice promotes subscription options for one year by mail and carrier with advance payments. It references Morning News Item and several weekly papers and directs readers to The Star Publishing Company for arrangements.
The article praises young voters born after World War I and urges them to carry the wartime torch. It cites a New York Evening Post appeal urging 21-year-olds and women to vote, stressing duty, perseverance, and reconstructing normal life after the war. It links the poem In Flanders Fields to the call for continued vigilance and national service.
Quotes from local wholesale and retail markets show prices for butter, hay, oats, corn, flour and livestock. A duty on compulsory education is urged, arguing Virginia lacks an adequate law to compel school attendance and proposing a constitutional amendment to allow future statutes.
A colonial era style verse recalls Henry Ford slashing prices on sedans during wartime. The narrator admires Ford's bold move, noting the impact on the market and public morale as prices are cut in half and luxury becomes accessible. The poem frames Ford as a patriotic figure aiding the people's cause.
The verse from Winchester Lodge No. 867 honors An Fultz with lines praising a pure mind and true heart. It notes stable service, steadfast friendship, and a peaceful end, and closes with a wreath laid upon folded hands and prayers for eternal care.
Property offers two good dwellings a large barn poultry houses wagon and machine sheds a spring house wash house and other necessary buildings. Includes a 25 acre bearing orchard with good varieties and a good spring and cistern with running water through the farm. Apply to
Election Day November 2 1920 designated a legal holiday causing banks to close that day. Maturing paper can be paid November 3 1920. Signatories include H D Fuller Charles Summers John I Sloat William G Hardy and others from Farmers and Merchants National Bank Union Bank Shenandoah Valley National.
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