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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co at Winchester Virginia. It is entered at the Winchester post office as second class matter and consolidated with Morning News Weekly News Weekly Mirror publications.
The notice lists subscription rates by Mall for one year in advance three dollars fifty cents and other plans. It also states Associated Press rights and republication entitlement for all news dispatches and local news.
A compact devotional urging love for God through scripture Deuteronomy 6 5 and prayer. Emphasizes keeping the heart soul and might aligned with Christ Jesus in faith practice.
Economist W. Jeit Lauck argues tariffs drive up cloth and clothing prices while Botany Mills maintains 7 years of 97 percent net earnings, backing a 10 percent wage cut strike. The Memphis Commercial Appeal questions who truly benefits from the Fordney McCumber tariff despite claimed protection.
The article cites David Sarnoff warning that future wars could be decided in minutes using radio controlled devices. It notes unmanned aircraft ships and submarines could target population centers with explosive payloads. It emphasizes peace and goodwill as increasingly personal reasons to avoid conflict.
The Y M C A survey across fifty countries ranks Mussolini and Ford as the two greatest living men with Edison Lenin Trotzky Amundsen and Lloyd George contenders. The piece argues true greatness lies in character and deeds not prominence, power, or money.
Cumberland Times notes that national apple production will exceed last year by over twenty percent, with grape, pear, and peach outputs also rising. The article links ample fruit to farmer buying power, trade, and health, and recalls nostalgia for country life as autumn approaches.
The New York Transfer Company chief says baggage volume is about one third of 1923 and 1924 levels. Simpler dress and the rise of car travel cut luggage needs as couples pack lighter and travelers rely on personal bags.
City council approves grading a 50 foot wide 800 plus foot long Shryock avenue stretch using water bound macadam. Sewer tax of 15 annually on Fletcher Bottling Works approved. Fire company land deed to be redrafted with reversion clause. Traffic ordinance amendments allow angled 45 degree parking on Cameron street and restricts Boscawen street parking. Three used fire hoses to be supplied. street extension proposal referred to committee. Drive in oil station permit granted. City election results noted and highway signs authorized. July treasurer and revenue reports reported. police and health inspections summarized.
The Meat and Milka Inspector logged sanitary abattoirs and meat shops, with 3 milk licenses issued in July and 94 cattle, 249 calves, 97 sheep, 2 hogs slaughtered. City Manager shows July stone crushing, Main street completion, curb work, and added water usage of 2,458,000 gallons over 1925. Water pipes laid on Whitlock Shryock and Fairfax East Kent. sewer piping on Whitlock Valley. Building permits total $177,392 for 1926.
The 1925-26 farm season shows moderate income gains but farmers remain financially disadvantaged to industrial workers. Gross income totals 12.415 billion, with net cash income at 3.079 billion and average per farm at 879 dollars, marking a rise from 854 in 1924-25.
Dr Allen Voschell of the University of Virginia will conduct a free disability clinic on Saturday August 7 from 9 am to 5 pm at the Chamber of Commerce building offices run by the District Nurse Association. Examinations and surgical or medical care are free for those unable to pay. The event is organized with the District Nurse Association Kiwanis Rotary clubs and the Virginia state bureau of rehabilitation.
A J Brown a Confederate soldier once famed for fearlessness died after a Mt Crawford motor-vehicle accident. He was 62, survived by a large family, and funeral services were set for Middlebrook Church of the Brethren. The Fayetteville West Virginian driver claimed the incident unavoidable.
Iowa experiment station finds sudan grass a top nonleguminous emergency hay and pasture crop. It tolerates drought, can follow corn, and requires 15 to 20 pounds of seed per acre. Harvest timing ranges from July 1 to after first frost with two cuttings yielding better hay though drying is difficult.
A red and white heifer is missing near Opequon on Millwood Road near Cook's Park. A reward is offered. Notify C R Grubbs at City Meat Market.
There will be a meeting of the Frederick County Farmers' Union at the Court House in Winchester at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon August 7. Delegates are expected to attend.
Christian Endeavor hosts an ice cream social at Fred Robinson's latwn North Lou doun st Thursday and Friday August 5 and 6 to raise funds for the new church. Proceeds aid construction and church needs.
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