This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1923
Page
4
The notice lists subscription options for the Consolidated Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror with terms for one year six months three months and one month in advance. Carrier prices and AP news usage terms are noted as well.
An old colored man tended a cotton crop with rent paid in kind to white vendors who supplied fertilizer and ginning services. The bale went through multiple middlemen from broker to mill to garment maker, with profits stacked at each step until a final frock priced at 9.98 drew buyer interest and a dramatic overpricing controversy. The story tracks the labor and material costs and ends with the tenant facing further rent and debt.
The report, prepared and published by the Virginia State Highway Association chaired by N. Phillips, outlines miles built and planned. It notes discrepancies raised by Senator Epes about omitted mileages and asks for clarification on concrete and soil road figures.
The Virginia Bankers Association cites the Highway Commission Chairman's figures saying 1765 miles were under the State system but notes it excludes county roads taken over by the State the Valley Turnpike and federal concrete roads totaling about 1500 miles. They accuse the committee of misreporting the Jan 1 1924 milestone.
Poet Walt Mason contrasts a modern medical guru with village quacks who guess at remedies. He humorously recalls past cheap doctors and a stern, skilled “sawbones” who diagnoses and fixes his failing body like a well-tuned engine.
Mrs J W Belvin of Petersburg Virginia praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a long trusted remedy. She claims it has kept her healthy eighteen years aiding nervousness headaches dizziness and weakness. The notice urges neighbors to ask about the medicine and to obtain it from a druggist or by mail trial offer from Buffalo New York.
Notice offers farm land secured loans from Smith & Wray Berryville Virginia in sums of five thousand dollars or more on long term amortization with no cost to borrower. Executed will dated October 26 1914 divides property among Elizabeth Jackson Katie Smith and Elizbeth Jackson and names H B Larrick as executor.
At a Democratic Legislative Convention in Front Royal on September 15 the body endorsed a Pay-As-You-Go plan funded by a gasoline tax and opposed issuing bonds for state road financing. Delegates for the Luray convention on September 21 include William E. Carson General Waller and Charles A. Ford. A new County Committee elected with W. W. Sonner as chairman replaces the old committee led by Arthur L. Warthen.
A crowd gathered when a cart on North Main Street spilled a box emitting a strong odor. On inspection the contents were found to be a gallon jug of vinegar from a large plant, not alcohol, despite initial suspicions of bootleg liquor.
The will of Louisa Webb a well known older colored woman from Winchester has been probated in the Corporation Court. It distributes her property to her daughter and other beneficiaries as directed in the document.
On the opening day of the September session jurors and parties appeared as a large crowd attended by court officials. Proceedings focused on preliminary matters and preliminary jury selection for upcoming corporate case hearings in the county courthouse.
A probate court order names numerous executors administrators and fiduciaries for deceased estates. Among the appointments are Mrs Natihie Boyd Harrison and Miss Lily BD Boyd as executrices on A R Pendleton’s estate with bond 200000, Elsie M Maphis as executor of J Luther Maphis estate bond 30000, Roland C Ryan as administrator of William B Ryan estate bond 39000, Frank H Krebs as administrator of H Clay Krebs estate bond 2000, Miss Mary Floyd Gold executrix of Margaret R Gold with bond 2000, Martha Blackburn as administrator of J A Blackburn estate bond 5000, and others including Roy Gearing and G Frank Gearing as administrators of James etc.
In the Willow county probate, Willie Bannister, a colored man, names his mother Fannie Bannister as executrix and leaves all personal property to her. Real estate is devised to his grandmother Eve lyn Bannister Thomas for life, then to his mother. Will dated June 19.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.