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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1927
Page
4
This fragment lists subscription options with advance payments for one year six months three months and one month by carrier along with AP news dispatch rights and local news attribution. It also contains garbled repeats of credits and dates.
A devotional note urges parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections as a priceless heritage. It cites Psalm 90 14 and offers a prayer praising the mercy of the Lord and seeking joy and steadfast devotion.
The Georgia Legislature hears from Governor Byrd of Virginia about consolidating departments to save money. He cites Virginia’s reduction to 12 departments and a million dollar annual saving and supports centralized administration and income tax reform. Georgia auditors suggested similar consolidations to reduce fragmentation and boost efficiency.
A 1927 essay on changing views of chivalry notes that the ideal knight is fading and even Lindbergh avoids the label. It describes a romance with a princess, a snowstorm, a crash, and a hero who helps by giving first aid and foot rubs rather than romantic gestures. The piece also touches on hailstones and air temperatures.
A garbled market report lists wholesale prices for corn bran middlings scratch feed and butter values among others. It mentions local retail flour and creamery butter with various per unit prices and notes corrected figures from the preceding day. An added paragraph discusses livestock weight guidance from an article in Liberty and references a photometer used for measuring light density.
Baker's Drug Store introduces Flyte a freckle remover cream that dissolves brown pigment making freckles melt away in four days. The product promises soft clear youthful skin and will refund the purchase if it fails. Sold by Baker's Drug Store and other progressive druggists with slogan moral quote from Horace.
A New York Packer columnist recalls old-fashioned hospitality centered on sharing food. The piece invokes Uncle Dudley Suttlewatte and the proverb pass your plate to calm quarrels. It extols generosity in meals and suggests passing ripe apples as a simple remedy for anger and tension.
Babe Ruth hit a long center field homer driving in two as the Yankees defeated Washington 4-3 in the opener to a day of disputed calls. Umpire Rowland sparked manager Harris ejection and fan bottle-throwing. Tris Speaker misjudged a fly, while Gehrig had one single in four trips. Bill Lamar was suspended after seeking a $1,000 bonus.
Under a 1927 Deed of Trust, C Amel P Reardon, Trustee, will sell for cash at 27 West Cork Street Winchester Virginia at 11 a m Saturday August 18 all fixtures and accessories of Boies Pastry Shoppe including pans cake molds cookers doughnut machine mixing bowls scales gas oven sink paper rack crerene tables cabinets show cases and related items.
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