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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1926
Page
4
Rates listed for one year four fifty six months two twenty five three months one twenty. EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS says AP is exclusive for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not credited to this paper and all local news herein. Friday August 13 1926.
Richmond editor urges restraint on political surges after recent election wins by Saunders and Deal. The piece argues a governor should finish current tasks before planning successors, praising Byrd's six months in office and warning against overhyped bids for higher office.
In Paris a World War veterans group quickly repaired the memorial of a poilu shaking hands with a doughboy after it was struck by a vandal protesting American debt collection. The action honors Allied sacrifice and shows support for soldiers over political disputes.
A Norfolk Virginian Pilot piece argues that electing wives to replace disgraced husbands mirrors widow succession. It cites Texas 1924 and Kentucky 1926 cases, noting Mrs Langley’s GOP nomination may equal election and that voter judgment focuses on the husband’s political fate rather than the candidate’s fitness.
An advertising pitch touts Kotex as a hygienic breakthrough solving the old problem of sanitary pads. It claims eight in ten women prefer it, noting high absorbency, deodorizing effect, and ease of use with no laundry or embarrassment. Pack of twelve offered at a few cents through drug or department stores.
Widespread rains drenched the lower Valley last afternoon and overnight, with hail reported near Bunker Hill West Virginia. Autoists faced hazards on the Martinsburg pike as torrents blinded windshields. Orchardists along Apple Ridge found no fruit damage from hail though corn bore the impact of wind and rain. Winchester and Frederick County saw afternoon rain, a second round at night, and a two hour midnight downpour soaking fields. A meeting of Winchester Memorial Hospital Inc. members is set for August 16 1926 at the George Washington Hotel to approve a bond issue of 60000 secured by deed of trust on all hospital property.
Light Virginia notes recount a Pine Grove picnic with Cross Junction yard party attendees. Walter Light and family visit relatives, and the August 21 all day picnic features a morning program and Greenwood Band, with many locals listed as visitors and relatives.
The American Woolen Company cut prices on fancy and semi staple worsted and woolen suitings by 7 to 12 percent or 15 to 50 cents a yard for next spring. The reductions, larger on dyes than on mixtures, aim to attract buyers despite unchanged raw material costs. Company officials say the move seeks to win business and prompt orders, with some weight added to lighter fabrics where reductions are small.
Buyers express cautious optimism for next spring in the clothing industry noting low stocks of fabrics and garments. They expect tighter inventories to spur faster movement of finished merchandise as demand recovers.
Five passenger locomotives under construction at the Richmond branch of the American Locomotive Works for the Southern Crescent Limited are described as handsome. Each engine will feature dark green color and over $2,000 in gold leaf applied to decorative trappings, with a $2,600 golden eagle emblem on each.
Local police were asked to look out for nine boys who escaped from the National Training School for Boys in Washington D C. The youths, aged 15 to 17, wore khaki and blue overalls and fled yesterday. They were traced to Charles Town West Virginia, with a belief they might head toward Winchester. None have been found. Mr and Mrs J E Sutphin returned home after visiting friends in Flint Hill Virginia.
Miss Maynard Sutphin has returned to the National Business College in Roanoke Virginia after a several week visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sutphin at their South Washington street home.
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