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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1920

Page

4

Rates for subscriptions by mail and carrier

The notice lists subscription options including one year in advance and various prepaid periods. It mentions Associated Press material and republication rights, stating AP content is exclusive to use for all news dispatches credited to the source and that The Star Publishing Company handles communications.

Sonie Associated Press Geo. L. North Naples N. Y Chamberlain Acoctor

Memorial Poem to Hunter Boyd Gold in Virginian Tone

The writer recalls Mr Old and describes a funeral at Mount Kron for Hunter Boyd Gold. Personal reflections reveal a graceful, cultured man with engaging conversations, a fond regard for a female friend, and meditations on mortality. The piece ends with a tranquil benediction and a signature C. C. H. WEIDNER, 401 National Ave.

Gold Mount Kron Chester

September's moods and turn of seasonal fears

Walt Mason muses on September's charm and annoyances. He jokes that the month may bring relief from heat yet hints at coolness and colds as autumn nears while teasing the human longing for relief from stifling days.

Man Walt Mason

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted For Health Claims

Muted advertising text touts Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for improving women's health and ensuring a healthier future family. The passage frames marriage fitness as a national priority and claims widespread, ongoing use of the product.

Pinkham’s

Modesty in Dress Sparks Debates Over Church Rules

The Danville Register discusses Spain’s demand for modest dress in churches and wonders whether Protestant clergy will follow. It argues that public sentiment, not statute or decree, must drive moral fashion, while noting no universal countrywide standards yet.

Danville Register Spain

St Johns Sunday School Picnic Rescheduled for Sept 11

Local notes report the St Johns Sunday school picnic in Bloom Virginia is moved to Sunday September 11 starting at 1 o clock due to rain. Residents and visitors including Annie E Cooper of Washington and families from Woodstock attended recent gatherings and business trips were noted in Winchester Loudoun and nearby towns.

Bloom St. Johns Saunday Annie E. Cooper Washington Thomas ‘S‘ooper E. A. Richard Woodstock L. D. Wright Paul Glynn Winchester Annie “E. Cooper Thomas Cooper John Randollph

Markets Report Local Wholesale Prices and Feed

Daily price quotes list country and creamery butter Wheat barley No. 1 timothy straw and various feeds at local wholesale markets including flour, middlings, screenings, corn meal and dairy feed Prices shown in customary units with miscellaneous entries and typographical errors indicating market activity and commodity values.

Star

Market Prices Read Just After Close The Day Before

The list shows livestock and dairy rates with figures for timothy day light clover mixed spring chickens roosters butter fat steers sheep heifers calves pigs and related commodities. Prices range from 0.06 to 16.25 for calves and 8 to 14 for sheep with other entries detailing beef and dairy values.

Scccsbeis

Local visitors and meetings mark Mountain Falls notes

Rev Mr Koontz and Miss Ruby Richard of Woodstock spent time at her parents home in Mountain Falls while Koontz led meetings at the Mission. Melvin Richard of Washington visited relatives and attended Wardensville camp meeting. Annie Sager stayed with her daughter in Opequon. Charles Householder of Gore guests at L B Ash home. J H White of Baltimore and John Methwee of Ohio visited relatives. Mrs Jacob Linebib stays with daughter Mrs James Brill in Opequon.

Mountain Falls Koontz Ruby Richard Woodstock E. A. Richard Melvin Richard Annie Sager Herbert Jacob Lineb James Brill Opequon

Banks Observe Holiday on Labor Day 1920

Three Winchester banks announce Monday September 6 1920 as a legal holiday closing. Paper maturing that date may be paid on Tuesday September 7 1920 with cashiers Summers Sloat and Fuller issuing notices from Union Bank Commercial and Savings Bank Farmers and Merchants National Bank.

Charles. Summers Union Bank of Winchester John I. Sloat Commercial and Savings Bank WM. G. Hardy Shenandoah Valley National Bank H. D. Fuller Farmers and Merchants, National Bank

Friendship Picnic Rail Road Rates Set for Rockford Picnic

Winchester and Western Railroad released a fare schedule for the Friendship Fire Company's picnic at Rockford Springs on Labor Day. Rides from Winchester to Rockford and nearby stops are listed with child concessions and free entry for under ten.

Winchester and Western Railroad Friendship Fire Company Rock Now Springs Winchester Rocknon Moreville Isa Pacand Valencia Hogue Creek Indian Hollows Gainesboro Midway Yale

FOR SALE 23¢ TON TRUCK FOR FARM WORK OR APPLE HAUL

Community classified item lists a 23 cent ton truck in good order suitable for farm tasks or apple haul. Also mentions a health ad for Chamberlain's tablets encouraging bowel regularity after supper, signed Ady.

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