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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1927
Page
4
fragmented OCR lines show newspaper masthead and subscription rates from Winchester Virginia. mentions The Evening Star Publishing Co. and Associated Press rights. notes about publication schedule and pricing for various terms.
Virginia favors pay-as-you-go funding for roads, citing Governor Byrd’s attendance in Georgia and opposition to bond issues. Georgia echoes the stance, praising debt-free road construction funded by current revenues and gasoline taxes, hoping for durable, well maintained highways.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch reports at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach that Governor Byrd and R Gray Williams of Winchester warn voters’ indifference imperils free and popular government in Virginia. Williams praises voter insight and public affairs study amid the association gathering.
A Virginia speech contrasts Mussolini's suppression of minority voices with Jeffersonian faith in an educated public. It notes low turnout in the Democratic primary, praises popular education to deter demagogues, and outlines conservation, state reorganization, and Byrd policies for the 1928 General Assembly.
Governor Byrd presented a broad 1928 General Assembly program at Virginia Beach. Key aims include large tax cuts for capital and new industries, elimination of some real estate taxes, state budget reform to cut staff, increased university and hospital funding, coordinated roads, county government reform, no highway tax cut, constitutional amendments for a stronger governor, school and higher education reforms, removal of special county road laws, expanded state advertising, and measures to raise Virginia industrial output.
A Detroit News columnist jokes that Washingtons rivers named by Seattle Times as Doscallips Hump tulips Skytomish and Duwamish are really worms. Virginia rivers Potomac Rap pahannock Chickahominy Appomattox are cited as similarly tongue twisting, amid Civil War marching imagery.
The Richmond News Leader notes the sung names of Virginia rivers and their storied past with long boats and sloop era cannon battles. The Staunton News Leader insists Shenandoah stands as the most beautiful and musical river in Virginia.
Just received a Ble stock of work pants shirts overalls jackets at Farmers Supply Co in Stephens City Virginia. Pants and shirts priced lower to move stock and attract buyers. This is a brief, representative notice of a local merchants inventory sale.
Lou Gehrig hit his 38th homer of the season in the ninth inning to avert a shutout as the Yankees lost to Philadelphia 8 1. Gehrig leads Babe Ruth by three homers while Washington and Cleveland split a doubleheader with the Indians falling 4 2. The Yankees hold a strong lead in the American League as other top clubs in the National League fight for position.
Charles Town Horse Show and Fair Association kicked off its annual exhibition despite early rain. The event featured numerous top placing entries including Heavy Draft Stallion W S Wysong first, Best Four-Horse Team to Wagon Co E Norman first, and several leading finishers across classes such as Feats in Roadsters and Steeplechase with riders and owners named.
The Virginia Market Division of the State Department of Agriculture reports 6958 vegetables inspected so far this year, vs 5382 all of last year, signaling growing value placed on expert inspection. Demand for fruit inspections is rising, apple crops are smaller yet calls for inspectors are higher, and actual inspection fees exceed the $20000 two year budget, with $45630 collected to date and $30000 received since February 28.
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