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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1924
Page
4
The Evening Star imprint lists publication, mailing, and postage details for Winter, Virginia. It notes weekly issues, subscription rates by advance payment, home delivery terms, and Associated Press affiliation for republication of news dispatches.
The piece argues tariff policy hurts farmers and consumers as prices fall and credit tightens. It cites Virginia Carolina Chemical’s $60 million failure and Woolen and Steel companies cutting output, signaling a broader banking and business downturn and urging restraint on extortionate pricing.
A memo circulated within the Democratic sphere voices criticism of an editor and warns of internal elements seeking to influence party action. The note argues that commentary becomes personal animus without substantive evidence and discusses potential impact on primary planning and state officer nominations.
In a clash between Virginia party factions the Norfolk convention backed a plan for state officers with changes only via another state convention under party law. The Times-Dispatch disputes the facts and defends the Democratic organization as a historic, representative body delivering Virginia’s first solid congressional delegation in two decades.
Official Commerce reports show the United States exported 1,004,864,644 pounds of meat in the year ended June 30 last. The average price abroad fell from 15.59 cents to 13.78 cents per pound, while export quantity rose 85 million pounds but revenue dropped by 4,778,600 dollars versus 1922-23.
In Petersburg Virginia the Progress Index reports a heated exchange between Senator La Follette and General Dawes. La Follette denounces Dawes as a red socialist and accuses him of bank lending to William Lorimer’s Chicago bank to secure a charter. John Barton Payne defends Dawes, urging him to respond to the allegations about stockholders losing due to the bank’s actions.
Walt Mason declines county level races and county clerk posts to keep his village auctioneer duties. He jokes that a run would bring old misdeeds to light, like swiping a farmer’s cow or panhandling, and asserts he will remain in his quiet, familiar work.
Bridgewater Virginia September 22 Robert Strickler son of Dr and Mrs R L Strickler was running with a paring knife in his hand when he slipped and fell into the knife injuring his face The knife entered his eye and he was taken to Rockingham Memorial Hospital where Dr E R Miller performed an operation and treated the eye He remains in the hospital for several days with guarded hope for sight in the damaged eye and precautions to prevent infection in the other eye.
British diplomats signal acceptance of Wrangell Island returning to Russian control after the Krasny Oktiabr crew raised the Soviet flag on August 20. The move aligns with Anglo Russian treaty negotiations that reaffirm Wrangell Island as Russian property.
An old time recipe, Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound, is advertised as a simple affordable mix that darkens hair naturally and evenly. The ad promises a large bottle at low cost and easy application that gradually returns natural color with a glossy, healthy look.
Rotary officials in St Petersburg Fla arrange a October 2 visit by the Royal catchlanders Band. The group will perform before 26 000 people at the International Rotary meeting in Canada. Featured musicians include Ak Gillum Freborg Hoyt Moosher and Dora Hilton with Bobbie Brollier and Harold Stockton. The band travels in a private car named Sunshine loaned by the Rotary Club to the Chamber of Commerce for public viewing after the matinee.
A Niege Buick touring car carrying four Charlottesville residents skidded one mile north of the Shenandoah Valley yesterday afternoon, crashing through a fence and breaking a telephone pole. The front of the car was badly damaged but all four occupants escaped with injuries. The pole’s break prevented a steeper embankment plunge.
By order of the Frederick County Circuit Court a private sale is offered of the Isaac Whitacre Farm two miles north of DeHaven. The 48% acre property includes 20 acres of bearing orchard and about 100 acres of timber with a seven room residence, large barn, granary and other improvements. Terms available through special commissioners M. M. Lynch Winchester VA and E. M. Whitacre Charles Town WV.
George W. Frey Jr., a Philadelphia printer, says Tanlac restored his health after months of stomach upset and fatigue. He reports improved digestion, better sleep, and renewed energy after three bottles, and notes Tanlac is sold by druggists with over four million bottles sold.
Federal Judge W E Baker criticized methods used by prohibition agents while dismissing a liquor violation case against Layne Jones a Harpers Ferry taxicab driver. Jones testified he accompanied Hobart G Smith to Maryland where liquor was bought and later handed to Smith who he did not know was a dry agent.
Judge Baker dismissed the case after finding no reason why the men should stultify shelves and their cause by causing people to violate the law amid allegations of a passenger posing as an automobile accessories salesman.
Listing notes a house in Maddox Addition priced at $500 cash with balance due monthly. Trade offered for a small room. Contact T. W. Ssell in City for details.
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