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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1923
Page
2
Bristol Virginia October 31 local weather prophets in the Holstons predict a long hard winter that will start early and last late. Charlie Trivett the senior weatherman cites signs from birds mammals plants and insects as evidence including early migration deeper nut stores and earlier ground burrowing by bugs.
Strasburg notes later in life veteran Stephen A. Saum born in Ohio recalls Civil War service under Banks and Grant, later with Sheridan in the Shenandoah. He discusses family divisions, Fishers Hill near Saumeaville, Gettysburg memory, and a reunion with Gen Wagener after Gordon’s encounter with a dying Union soldier.
An advertising card notes that marketing ideas existed in ancient Egypt Greece and Rome, while stressing the modern origin of the card itself. It contrasts timeless techniques with contemporary media, suggesting the enduring nature of persuasive messaging across eras.
The excerpt lists prices and items from wholesale markets including wheat, butter, hay, corn meal, cotton seed meal, bran, and hens. It also includes a letter from Gino Busielo of Rome praising American friendship and sending regards to the Junior Red Cross of Winchester.
A letter from a child in Rome accompanies a portfolio of views on Rome and exchanges with Handley Schools in Winchester and Frederick County. The note praises youth leadership in global welfare and highlights international friendship fostered by Junior Red Cross work.
The weekly list of unclaimed letters remaining in the Winchester post office as of October 27 1923 requests recipients to pay one cent per letter. Names include Mrs S Coleman Cyril M Coleman Miss Sid Glendon Minnie Greer Eliza Good Henry Lee Jacob Martin Francis Miller Miss Imogen Miller S L Mason T J Phillip K W Ritter Mrs Fannie Rodger D F Sisk Mrs A KF Turner A A H Kern postmaster. Praise of Discontent quotes Young on discontent and mortality.
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