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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1927
Page
2
The Star reports a Winchester effort by colored youths to form a band. Promoter Hattie Anderson appeals for white community support, with donations collected in local drugstores and a lawn fete planned for August to fund instruments and training.
State Teachers College offers two year programs for primary grammar and junior high teachers with strong home economics manual arts and music departments. Four year bachelor degree program with state scholarships and student loan fund. Catalog requests to President John Preston McConnell East Radford Virginia.
A brief El Paso item noting a remark that humor about Mussolini misses quoting Italian newspaper lines, reflecting a cross country jest about international press.
Miss Iane Carl, trainer for John Robinson's circus lions, was badly cut on the hand and arm when a lion refused its stool and struck with a powerful paw at Harrisonburg Tuesday. She finished the act despite the injury as the lion returned to its place under the whip.
Aug 4 social notes from Midway Virginia list Ernest Barrett and family visiting Lula Lineburg in Little Mary Cassatare New York City guest two weeks with Ben White. Howard Lamp Burton Ritter families spent Sunday with Edgar Smoke. Godfrey Bly home welcomed Ernest Barrett Nina Lineburg Maynard Snapp Venner Lineburg. Albert Snapp and Vergie Snapp also spent Sunday there.
A memorial verse commemorates Addie J Farmer who died two years ago on August 5 1925. It honors her as a devoted mother and friend, notes her life of love and deeds, and expresses family sorrow and faith in her heavenly reunion.
Residents and relatives from Winchester and nearby homes are noted visiting friends and relatives over a sequence of days. Names include Mr Henry Womeldorph, Mrs Ben White, Miss Abelia Snapp, Mr Simon Snapp, Mr Willie Wisecarver, Mr Harry Sutter, Mrs Pearl Bly, Mrs Mattie Williams, Mr Herbert Smoke, Mr Gilbert Bayliss, Mr Leroy, and Miss Glenna White.
Daily market sheet lists wholesale prices for flour, meal, bran, middlings, corn, oats, and oats by ton. Also included are prices for eggs, butter, cheese, cattle, sheep, hogs, mixed feed, and wool with local retail flour and butter figures.
A fragmented OCR snippet discusses wholesale markets in Baltimore with garbled lines about prices, items, and vendors. The legible bits reference chickens, market activity, and a list of names or brands that remain unclear.
A motorist halted at a grade crossing and waited as an approaching train passed, narrowly avoiding a collision. The incident underscores the dangers of ignoring signals and the quick reflexes that saved a life.
In Lausanne Switzerland on August 3 Bishop Charles Hewry Brent opened the world conference on faith and order, urging removal of suspicion between religions and races. About 500 delegates from over 90 churches attended, with the Roman Catholic church absent. The 19 day program aims to unite denominations and press for a union resolution.
Nor man Luttrell, employed in Chicago, is visiting his parents in Gainesboro. Harrisburg residents Mrs. William Berry and two children stay with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Emmart. Miss Janet Lindamood and Melvin Greene of Washington visit. Epworth League meeting held at Walter and wife Ritter home. Mrs. Robert Adams is ill. Mack DeHaven visits Green Spring. DeHaven installs a 20 horsepower engine and improves his mill property.
The Union notes China has about 4,000,000 square miles of area and only 90,000 automobiles. It suggests a plan to leverage unused space to begin exporting parking capacity, signaling a novel economic approach.
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