Evening Star publishing record in Winchester Virginia
The Evening Star published daily except Sundays in Winchester Virginia. Publisher is Harry Flood Byrd. The paper is entered at the Winchester post office as a second class matter and consolidated withMorning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror.
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Winchester
Evening Star Publishing Co
Virginia
Weekly News
The
Weekly Times
Weekly Mirror
Rates for Mail and Carrier Subscriptions in Advance
The notice lists prepaid rates for mail subscriptions: one year 3.50, six months 1.75, three months .99, one month .30. For carrier delivery the rates are one year 4.50, six months 2.25, three months 1.20.
Associated Press Rights Notice
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all dispatches credited or not, along with all local news published in this paper.
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Associated Press
Harvest and Canal News Highlight 1926 Progress
The piece notes rising crop yields in the eastern United States from 1885 to 1924 with corn wheat oats and potatoes showing significant gains. It also reports the Panama Canal's strong 1925 toll receipts nearing 23 million dollars and a net income around 13 million. A parachute landing by R Carl Oelge demonstrates safer emergency landings for aircraft.
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United States
Mississippi River
Panama Canal
College Life in 1850 Pranks at Princeton University
Pulaski Times recalls eighteenth century Princeton student antics such as torpedoes in lectures, floor stamping in chapel, moving a professor's horse to his third floor, and locking the bell. The piece argues current students show progress despite some fools attending.
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Pulaski Times
Princeton University
The Changing South and Its Economic Surge
The South marks a half-century since reconstruction ended and growth accelerates. Hoover forecasts rapid next-decade expansion driven by industrialization tied to agriculture, with New England investing heavily in southern cotton mills and a large share of textile wages centered in the region.
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New York World
Hoover
South
New England
The South’s Bloom and Burden of Industrial Rise
The south expands sugar refining and tobacco, builds power via dams on Tennessee, Yadkin, and Santee, and markets climate for tourists. Growth brings new mills, wealth, and regional hubs like Birmingham. but social strains persist in education, industrial policy, and race relations as the era’s opportunities test southern progress.
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South
Tennessee River
Yadkin
Santee
Enne Carolina
Muscle Shoals
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Florida
New Orleans
Norfolk
North Carolina
Virginia
Death of Dr. Eliot, Enduring Education Leader, Passes
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, age 92, former president of Harvard University and emeritus, dies after a long career shaping American education. His retirement did not dim his influence as a leading voice in national schooling.
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Charles W. Eliot
America
Harvard University
Renaissance in American aviation leads world in 1926
Paul Henderson of National Air Transport touts a 1925–26 renaissance with 5.5 million miles flown and 200000 passengers. He cites 290 commercial operators, 9000 miles of scheduled airways, 3608 landing fields, and capital interest from government and industry. He says U.S. aviation now ranks first globally without foreign subsidies.
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Alexandria
United States
Paul Henderson
National Air Transport
Army
Navy
Congress
Relief Breeziness in Relief Virginia Social Notes
Relief Va August 25 Mr Alfred Snapp spent Sunday evening at Middletown with friends. Mr C C Bauserman was a business visitor at J A Crim’s Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J A Crim and daughter Helen visited Miss Edna Snapp Sunday evening. Richard and Floyd Grim returned home after visiting relatives at Berryville. Ida Mae Copenhaver who had been ill is improving. Ernest Teavault and Mrs in Winchester on business Monday. Jacob Copenhaver and sons Hubert and Clark visited Mrs John Crim Tuesday. Briscoe Snapp called on his sister Edna Snapp recently.
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Ernest Teavault
Winchester
Jacob Copenhaver and Sons
Hubert and
Clark
John Crim
Briscoe Snapp
Edna Snapp
Birketts Transfer Services to Alexandria and Washington
Winchester to Alexandria and Washington weekly two trips per week with departures on Tuesday and Thursday. Receiving offices listed at Washington 214 Pennsylvania Ave and Winchester R. B. Rogers' Garage. Contact J J W Birketts at phone 167. Also classified rental notices for two dwellings on Main Street with monthly rents.
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Birkett
Winchester
Alexandria
Washington
Pennsylvania Ave
N. W
R. B. Rogers
J. J. W. Birkett
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