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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1927
Page
4
Rates listed for advance periods 1 year six months three months and one month with carrier options. The remaining lines include unreadable names and garbled text, providing no clear additional facts.
Parents encouraged to have children memorize daily Bible selections as a priceless heritage. Focuses on Psalm 90 17 and prayers for beauty of the Lord to be upon us and for the work of our hands to be established.
A Virginia cooperative cheese movement gains attention as Virginia milk surpluses feed new cheese plants. Local factories produce cheese rivaling Wisconsin quality, benefiting farmers with a simple startup capital of about two thousand dollars and local marketing to nearby cities. A western packinghouse recently purchased a large Virginia cheese consignment, praising its quality.
Baltimore Sun notes that fifty years after Edison unveiled the phonograph many still recall its early, erratic start. The piece compares its private and public uses with other inventions and suggests reviving home recording for voices and home movies to counter modern life’s transience.
The Wisconsin Tuberculosis Association chief notes more girls and young women aged 15 to 25 are breaking into state sanatoria seeking TB treatment. He cites several possible explanations for this troubling trend.
The piece weighs dieting and late nights as factors in the push for stylish thinness among growing girls. It notes smoking and clothing choices vary by locality and routine, stressing rest as essential and warning against overexertion and endless energy.
London reports the creation of a $50,000,000 enterprise to absorb all match companies across the British Empire, aiming to consolidate production and distribution under a single holding.
In Paris Aug. 15 Fanie rumors rise as Gwen Le Gallienne, 27, daughter of Irma Hinton Perry Le Gallienne and Richard Le Gallienne, debuts paintings in a Latin Quarter studio. Eva Le Gallienne, 28, her step-sister and noted American actress, is also part of the prominent artistic family.
In Leeds England three sisters Mrs Ruth Shields Mrs Mary Fraser and Mrs Caroline Landon welcomed babies born on the same day, a rare family coincidence noted in local reports.
In the clerk's office of the corporation court of Winchester on August 12 1927 Bettie Scrivener's heirs sue to construe the will sell real estate and distribute proceeds. Defendants in residence questions ordered to appear within ten days after publication to protect interests.
By deed of trust dated August 9 1926 trustee to secure Martin Williams debt will offer at public auction on the premises of Mrs N C V Combs on the G A Newcome farm near Winchester Virginia Friday September 9 1927. Items include 2 work horses 2 milk cows 2 heifers farming implements gearing furniture and other nonexempt articles. Cash terms. Auctioneers Dunn & Duvall A J Tavener trustee.
The Commonwealth's Attorney for Winchester Virginia has filed for condemnation and sale of a Chevrolet Automobile Serial No 12F21284 Engine No 1356726 alleging illegal transport of ardent spirits. John J Delaney and Chesapeake Finance Company of Baltimore Maryland are named interested parties and must appear September 19 1927 in the Corporation Court of Winchester to show cause.
Public sale conducted under a deed of trust by J E Giles defaulting on a bond. In front of the Winchester Court House on Thursday September 1 1927 at 12 o clock noon the lot on Shawnee Ave west side 40 feet by 150 feet to an alley is offered. One third cash day of sale with balance in two annual installments by purchaser bonds secured by deed of trust. Herbert S Larrick trustee.
Sioux Falls reports Mrs. Paul Naylor Jr playing golf when a 26 inch buffalo fish leaped beside her. She swung with a wooden driver and buried the ball three inches into the fish's head.
One half cash at sale with the remaining balance due in one year evidenced by a bond bearing interest from the day of sale. The bond is secured by a deed or trust to created security for the purchaser and lender.
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