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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
3
A catalog of properties for sale describes corner lots and multiple dwellings on Main Street Piccadilly Braddock and Kent Streets. Prices range from 900 to 8400 with six to twelve rooms, porches, cellars, and modern conveniences. Also offers warehouse sites and farm or timber tracts and advertises insurance for fire lightning and other hazards.
A compact essay on selfishness noting that pleasures turn fraudulent when gained by harming others and that stillness can require greater strength than action. A humorous quip contrasts vivisection talk with eight children, then a note on teak timber cultivation on plantations.
Prof Paul Shorey discusses poetical Platonism as the touchstone for ethical and social aims and the pursuit of the highest knowledge the ideal of good. The piece links philosophy to guiding acts and policies in society.
A prison inmate raconteur notes walls and bars do not define confinement while arguing he is hypnotized by the system. The scene features Minister and Kenney in a terse exchange reflecting on perception and captivity.
A quip on human nature cites that men prefer sharp, hurting critique over harmless jest. The saying notes harsher judgments wound more than gentle remarks and contrasts forceful fault finding with quiet, respectful mourning.
A miscellany of quotes and observations on prudence virtue and prices. Notable lines reference Burke Cervantes Kipling Lamartine and experiences from book trade and travel reflect on human folly and social excess. The piece blends cultural commentary with dry witticisms and literary references.
Mrs. W. P. McGuire, longtime Winchester resident, died after a life of charity and church work. She married in 1871 and made Amherst Street home, hosting gracious gatherings. Her son Randolph Tucker McGuire, former Winchester mayor, died April 7 in St. Luke's Hospital Richmond. funeral held Good Friday at Christ Church.
Listed wholesale price quotes for yellow corn, timothy hay, mixed hay, straw, bran, middlings, and millfeed, with retail ranges noted. The notices come from Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and other cities to local buyers and shippers.
A fragmented list of pupil names appears from a public school page. The text includes numerous individuals such as Mildred, Mary, Nina, Violet, Violet Foreman, and Helen Zirkle among others, with scattered surnames and notes. The passage ends with a teacher named Helen Zirkle and a conclusion.
Mr and Mrs H A W idl announce the death of Adam Nicklas of Winchester son of the late Mr and Mrs Adam Nicklas and formerly connected with the Nyack business circle He had many friends in Winchester and visited often with his brother-in-law the late George V Oyler the lime manufacturer at his aunt’s home in Kersburg Pa dying days ago in Pennsylvania
An appeal to readers to use Chamberlains Liniment, claiming rapid pain relief. Mentions Miss Maude Brown returning from a pleasant trip to Ally City and a visit to friends in Washington.
A teacher notes a disturbing fragment from a composition on Harx In sects. It claims violent acts to destroy and trample beings and their breathing places, reflecting unsafe guidance amid stray wording in the text.
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