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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1922
Page
4
The Evening Star is published in Winchester Virginia with weekly and daily editions listed. Rates show one year in advance, several shorter terms, and carrier options. Associated Press material is credited for republication.
Walt Mason's PLING RHYMES discusses hobbies to pass idle time, noting stove hat and bonnet collections. City reports cover water pumping, leaks, sewer work, power contracts, and proposed police election timing with council actions and financial details.
A Clarke Courier article by Mr Dabney Harrison discusses securing the Lee Jackson Highway for over a year. It notes Virginia’s role in building the route from Winchester through Loudoun and Clarke, and credits Pension H F Byrd for leadership amid mixed funding.
A partial report outlines a butcher inspection and public notices of violations. It notes condemned components, charges for licenses, and a manager's August receipts and disbursements. The document lists profits from equipment and bills paid, with details on health inspections of kitchens and ice cream establishments.
The White Post Musical Club presented The Beauty Shop to a packed parish hall last night under W. M. Snell. Many could not obtain seats as audiences declared it superior to The Post Follies. The show will run at Boyce Friday with extras and a five piece orchestra, drawing crowds from Winchester by car.
Mrs W South Taylor recently discharged from Memorial Hospital on East Gerard Street after a special course of medical treatment for the after effects of typhoid fever is gradually regaining strength. She was ill for many weeks with a serious fever.
Senator Robert M. Lafollette led in Wisconsin with a potential record margin over W. A. Ganfield in the Republican senatorial nomination contest. Indications showed Lafollette's support stemmed from opposition to the Esch-Cummins act, the Four Power treaty, and Newberry, plus his war record. Ganfield was backed by the Anti-Saloon League and labeled as the opponent in the race.
A low cost home spray recipe to reduce fly annoyance in cattle. Combine coal tar dip fish oil coal oil whale oil oil of tar and laundry soap in water to make up to 30 gallons. Apply with a spray pump morning before pasture for relief most of the day with shade for heat relief.
Agricultural notice explains spraying for potato leaf hopper using Bordeaux mixture four pounds copper sulfate and four pounds unslaked lime in fifty gallons of water. Apply to leaf undersides at high pressure to create a fine mist. spray both sides of each row with at least three applications, a fourth may help.
Local notes from Armell Virginia report the Macedonia Sunday school annual picnic will be held Saturday September ninth at the usual spot on the Opequon near Front Royal road. Several locals and visitors are listed including families from Roanoke Baltimore W V a and Jefferson County with various travels and weekend visits.
Special Commissioner Herbert T. Larrick and trustees Barton and Cather announce a public auction of two parcels in Frederick County Virginia. Lot A includes 75.5 square poles with a two story store house in Grimes Post Offices. Lot B covers about half an acre with a two story frame dwelling. Sale at 11 A M in Winchester in front of the county courthouse. Terms require one bid in cash with remaining balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance.
Picture from Sundays New York Times shows General LeJeune at Monticello in Charlottesville placing a floral wreath during the American Legion of Virginia meeting. Also pictured Prof. and Mrs. Geo O Ferguson of University of Virginia. Mrs Ferguson formerly Belle Faulkner of Winchester.
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