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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1922
Page
4
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt argues the era shows both great promise and deep flaws. It notes wartime harms and social injustices while praising resilience and progress, urging realist optimism and duty to improve society despite grim times.
A fragmented verse sketch by Walt Mason traces Jemima, described in gleaming terms, as a prize bride with a comical wedding scene. A bizarre, swirling narration follows suitors, rice showers, and odd details about a bridegroom with whiskers and a lighthearted yet chaotic wedding.
The Star lists daily corrected wholesale prices for Wheat, Corn, Eggs, poultry, flour, butter, hay, and other commodities at local markets. It also cites Baltimore wholesale market figures and notes price corrections from the preceding day.
Washington report quotes Prohibition Commissioner Haynes stating bootleggers have killed 125 enforcement agents since the war or rum-runners began, with 24 Federal agents among the dead and fewer than 50 bootleggers killed. He cites over 3,500 agents wounded and argues rigid firearm rules remain necessary to deter violence.
Mrs Anna Beckman reports burning feet corns and bunions eased by Gypsy Foot Relief after trying many remedies. The advertisement touts rapid relief from soreness callouses and swelling with no plasters baths or bandages and offers druggists a no risk refund if unsuccessful.
Relatives and close friends of the late Joseph A. Massie, Newport News lawyer and banker, gathered in Winchester for Massie’s burial. Attendees included Mrs. Kenneth W. Hudgins, Elsteove Hope, Dr. John H. Latane, Wade Massie and son, Homer L. Ferguson, Senator Saxon W. Holt, and others from Newport News, Baltimore, Washington, and New York City. Mrs. Elizabeth Love Massie, Massie’s widow, will stay in Winchester for several days.
A poetic monologue on aging and self expression. The speaker rejects conformity as age advances, noting gray hair and unchanged stance against fashionable traps. They affirm independence, refusing to adopt trends like smoking or rolling stockings despite peers. The verse frames aging as a test of identity.
D. M. Leidiz and Mrs. Anna B. Cadwallader wed in Hagerstown Maryland on September 21 officiated by Rev Feoward Harms of St Johns Louther an Church. Mrs. R. T. Bryarly departed this morning to visit her mother Mrs A M Bodow at Dr J C Bodows home in Hopewell, Va.
Joseph S. Gochenour 75 of Shenandoah county Va died yesterday afternoon in Winchester Memorial Hospital after an appendectomy. He lived near Woodstock and belonged to a long-established local farming family. The body was moved to his Woodstock area home by his son Dr D T Gochenour of Stuarts Draft Va. Funeral plans were set for Thursday.
By virtue of two executions against Rice's Music Store I will offer at public sale on Saturday Oct 7 1922 at 10 am in front of the Court House the property to pay debts costs and interest Two Royal Pianos and four Victrolas Terms cash L PANNETT Sheriff C I Brumback Auctioneer Mrs John L Jackson visiting parents at Kernstown leaves for Charlotte NC where her husband is rector of a large Episcopal Church.
H D Shute vice president of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing and Mr Costin a Pittsburgh steel figure were registered at Hotel Jack a few miles away on their way to Hot Springs.
A suburban residence offers six rooms in good condition with a large lot and a variety of fruit trees. Listed at $220.
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