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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star published in Winchester Virginia lists subscription rates and offices. It notes daily publication except Sunday and carries Associated Press news dispatches with exclusive republication rights.
A brief devotional note urges parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections as a priceless heritage. It cites Psalm 89 7 reminding that God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and prays for divine revelation of God's majesty to the world.
Word from Nevada reports that Forest Service, stock interests, and county leaders have decreed the removal of roving mustangs. The decision targets the conflicts over water holes with cattle and sheep in the region. Millions of acres of forest land offer grazing potential, prompting calls to place mustangs on less sought-after lands.
The legislature amended the firearms law to ban sale or possession of machine guns. The measure, already contested, aims to curb influx and use by gangs amid complaints of guns flowing from other states into cities like Chicago.
The Virginia State Bar Association opens its thirty eighth annual meeting at Virginia Beach with a record attendance. President R Gray Williams announces speakers including George Latham Fisher and Governor Byrd. The convention will address creating a self governing Virginia bar and admission qualifications. Breckenridge Long will discuss origins of the Constitution and preserving the Republic. C H Morrissett will discuss a proposed Virginia Constitution amendment and its impact. Junius P Fishburne and J Fred Essary will speak at later sessions.
Adams County forecasts a strong apple market as 1927 crop totals fall to 50 60 percent of 1926 and peaches drop to half. Scab and codling moth cause some damage but recent rains help enlarging crops. Early apple carloads from Gettysburg priced 1 2 per bushel. later fruit seen 1.50 3 per bushel. Ol Elberta peaches expected 2.50 3.50 per bushel.
The Gore Virginia community reports on a Ladies Aid Society meeting on the lawn with Mrs Bowman and Mrs Secrist hosting and several visitors. August plans note Mrs Delwin Parish and Mrs Mellin Adams to host, with location to be decided. The Gorernion Sunday school primary class entertained Mrs Willis Anderson with 21 children, and the Christian Endeavor group led by Mrs B L Larrick featured Mr Sine visiting from High View.
A disjointed column of farming maxims covers soil fertility sales, waste oil use, soil theft, fall stubble, and seed moisture. It stresses planning, market fit, and prudent storage while noting a harsh business lesson about selling unwanted goods.
Lieutenant Hogenberger argues for avigator as a new term for the air travel guide, redefining navigator to boat piloting. He claims avigator fits aviation history, with easy pronunciation and spelling, while noting public resistance to new terminology.
New York Times notes sailors cling to radio aided positions while classic navigation terms fade. The piece laments language shift from starboard and aft to front and end of ship, cites misused sea phrases, and jokes about modern crews replacing seasoned seamen with hotel terminologies and bell hops.
Agricultural note discusses keeping cows off cornstalks for nutrition and says frozen green fodder loses nutrition quickly. Advocates busy work for horses and cattle, strong fences to preserve neighborly relations, inoculated sweet clover, and a grain ration of corn six parts bran eight parts linseed meal one part as a solid workhorse feed.
A Boston Transcript aphorism notes that a man waiting for something to turn up keeps his eyes fixed on his toes, implying inaction and focus on the immediate.
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