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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
4
A poem by Walt Mason contrasts old fashioned letters with modern hurried notes. It laments terseness and lack of detail in greetings and closings while recalling letters that described weather crops and neighbors. The piece riffs on impatience and changing social customs in correspondence.
The conference welcomed Ontinet from the First Page, led by Topham, president of the District of Columbia Sunday School Union. She urged intelligent Bible study, systematic lesson plans, and better teacher preparation. Mr Stanton and Mr Jacobs addressed attitudes across denominations toward Sunday schools, while Rev C D Bulla praised organized adult Bible classes. An evening reception featured a musical program and formal welcomes to delegates and visitors.
A list of attendees includes Rev. and Mrs. Duffey, Rev. and Mrs. OA, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. E., Mrs. W. G. Ixadhy, and Walshington Top ham, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rice, Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Whitlock, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Orndorff, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rosenberger at a community gathering.
The piece cites a London newspaper from 1718 denying an impostor claiming to be John Partridge who died in 1715 and notes counterfeits. It also includes a humorous office anecdote where a man comments on a bank and wine glass menu, illustrating a wry take on modern life.
The article notes widespread crystal gazing in Africa. Lang cites a Madagascar case where a woman claims to have seen a French vessel en route and identified its occupants before sighting land. It mentions Fez using a water vessel and a pool of ink in use today in Weyer.
A St Louis lawyer forgot the client’s name in Chicago and telegrammed his partner asking for the name. The reply clarified the client as Walter Brown, with a correction stating Allen William B. deserves the credit.
A black and white spotted lizard with eight yellow lizards and an olive were found in a split oak log near Bellwood Pennsylvania. The log, over fifty years old, was discovered by Joseph McCloskey and reported to Star Wanteds.
An old advertisement extols Chamberlains Liniment as the remedy for sprains with three to four days treatment and free application. It claims rheumatism seldom needs internal treatment and promotes external use only. A cafe scene in Bruges is described with a waiter unable to identify north in the square.
In Winchester Ridgeville a normally tame muley cow caused panic. After being sold but not tied down, the cow charged along railroad tracks then chased Morris Smithson and Lewis Day toward a field. Smithson climbed a fence, Day hid behind a tree, and the cow pressed the chase until Day ducked a close encounter.
On the St Regis reservation spanning New York and Quebec, a 16 year old girl Iola Razon is accused by tribespeople of being a witch. Livestock die and dogs howl when she appears prompting medicine men and elders to seek relief. She fled to Luzerne Mountain to stay with her uncle basket maker while expressing a wish to become a teacher and end superstition.
A reflective line on what life offers, arguing money buys only basic needs while true happiness comes from love and fulfillment beyond material wealth.
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