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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1922
Page
5
Gore Virginia September 5 8 30 p m wedding united Ida Marie Kern daughter of Mr and Mrs N F Kern with Harvey Sirbaugh son of Mrs Sirbaugh. The ceremony at home was performed by Rev Craix with close family and friends present. The couple will reside in Gore.
Natives of Nauru adorn themselves with numerous bright fish tied about the body for the fish dance. Forty or fifty fish may be worn at once, then eaten after their use in this ceremonial display.
In Burnt Factory Virginia on September 9 Mr and Mrs 8 G Newcome spent Sunday at Edward Williams home and with sisters Virg and Patline Hoff man. Misses Myrtle and Mabel Newcome visited the Harbaugh sisters. Walter Foley welcomed a baby boy recently. John and Robert Barbet from Darkesville laid tombstones for their parents John and Barbour in the local graveyard. Austin White and daughter visited relatives near Opequon. Emma Cunningham returned home from relatives near Opequon.
Rev J F Morgan will preach Sunday at 11 a m on Pushing the Vision Far Away and at 8 p m on Beware Or Mans Awful Blunder Sunday school meets at 945 a m with Nelson F Richards superintendent Young Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor meets at 7 0 p m topic Gods Command and Our Obedience Everyone welcome to all services.
Shabby leather bags can regain appearance by rubbing with beaten egg white, then applying beeswax and turpentine polish. Final buff with a soft clean cloth to finish.
Grimes Gr local items report a Galilee Sun gathering planned for September weather permitting in Ernest Clevenger's woods. Virginia Yeakle and brother from Stephens City visit. J N Good tours Westernport Md in new Jewett car. McVay family moves to Winchester. Mrs W H Hamilton visits Mrs George Stottler. Luttrell relatives in town. Gardner returns from Washington.
The notice promotes Triumph Pills as safe and dependable for irregular or suppressed conditions. It warns against experimenting with others and urges readers to write for details to the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin. It then mentions Mr and Mrs W A Brooks returning to Washington after visiting Mr and Mrs Richard Brown Jr at their North Main Street home.
A fragment notes in antiquity a system of free elementary and secondary schools for workers and capable pupils, plus universities open to the poor, with municipalities required to maintain them. References a quote by John Adams Dix and a postcard tale about Sarah Croates.
A quip from abroad prompts talk of gratitude to the ex-kaiser for sparking the current row. The piece notes some profiteers are patriotic yet might grin at war contracts, calling “Oaele Sam” a good old scout.
Amid caller voices defense of free verse as editor criticizes crammed Ad revenue in the Chigger ville Clarion claiming the week’s issue prioritizes paid political advertising over poetry. The exchange highlights tensions between editorial freedom and commercial pressure in a local paper.
A fragment from a period conversation compares Caesar’s bold decision to a man advising a boy about danger. The boy quips that dressing left no risk of wet pants, while another speaker laments high living costs and rejects swapping his wife for others.
A 1922 public sale in Frederick County Virginia will auction 172 acres 3 roods 23 poles near Stephens City from the Emanuel J Albin heirs decree. Real estate includes a two story dwelling a large barn outbuildings and improvements. One third cash at sale two equal annual payments to follow with bonds securing the deferred balance and an insurance policy on buildings.
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