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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia lists Harry Flood Byrd as publisher. Publication details show daily except Sunday and consolidation with Morning News Item and several weekly papers.
The notice lists prepaid subscription prices: one year by mail three dollars fifty cents and by carrier four dollars fifty cents. Six months by mail one dollar seventy five and by carrier two dollars two cents. Three months by mail ninety cents and by carrier one dollar twenty. One month by mail thirty cents and by carrier one dollar twenty.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all dispatches and local news published by this newspaper. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
Brief religious notice presents a Bible verse from Matthew 13 37 and a prayer asking guidance to sow only seed of which God would approve. It reflects a devotional purpose and a call to align actions with Christ's teaching.
The piece contrasts the deaths of Dr. Charles W. Eliot and Rudolph Valentino. Eliot, famed educator who built Harvard into a leading university, is praised for steady influence and lasting impact. Valentino, cinematic idol, epitomizes glamour and wealth, drawing massive crowds at his funeral.
A Roanoke Times piece quotes Fannie Hurst criticizing American tourists abroad for arrogance and noisiness in Paris. The Richmond News Leader recalls Valentino as a lasting icon, contrasting his real persona with others who imitate the “sheik” image and praising his tempered, human approach to love.
No clear event or entities present. The fragment criticizes Americans and comments on French politeness and American spending behavior, offering no identifiable people places or organizations to anchor a concise summary.
Former President Taft criticizes court sentimentality toward criminals and the spectacle of murder trials. He argues public sympathy for the accused undermines justice and harms the community by turning trials into a form of sport that glamorizes criminals. Public attendance and lack of solemnity worsen crime problems.
An extract discusses the idea that happy marriages get less publicity than unhappy ones and offers Mrs. W. L. George nine rules for happiness in marriage. The rules include not opening each other’s mail, occasionally changing views, private frankness, daily expressions of love and praise, mild exaggeration in courtship, mutual effort in tough times, discovering effective expressions during the honeymoon, and forgiving endlessly.
A person finds a nickel bearing her initials and two notches in the rim. The article remarks the coin can be recovered if spent within the local community and only truly gone when it is carried away and spent elsewhere.
Fairplay Store Inc offers its fixtures stock and goods for sale. The store has operated successfully for seven years. Inquiries to W. A. Sale E. J. Snapp Geo. R. Theis or W. McP. Bond. (March 26 1931)
The Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company invites stockholders to meet at the office of R Gray Williams in Winchester Virginia on Friday September 3 1926 at 1215 PM for election of a President and Board of Directors and other business as needed. Secretary Co W Woolford signs the notice.
A railroad timetable describes a Pullman sleeper to Gary West Virginia with dining car linking at Roanoke to the Memphis Special serving Chattanooga Nashville and Memphis. It lists a 9 20 A M Roanoke and Bristol service a Bristol Pullman broiler and a 12 26 P M Roanoke local and a 5 53 P M Shenandoah local service.
Mrs Mildred Dyer of Redlands California credits her improved health to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after a long illness. Her husband helped with housework and found it necessary for his own recovery.
For rent two dwellings listed by GOOD & COMPANY at 18 Rouss Ave. One five room house at 662 N Main Street with immediate possession for 7 dollars monthly. A six room dwelling on South Main Street with cellar electric lights water sewer and garage at 18 dollars monthly.
R B Rogers' Garage advertises Birkett's Transfer schedule between Winchester Alexandria and Washington with two weekly trips. Departures from Washington occur Tuesday and Thursday, from Winchester on Wednesday and Friday. Receiving offices listed at 214 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington and Winchester. Contact J W Birkett at phone 167 J. (8 25 61)
Mrs Venetia Baily of Mabton Washington carved her initials on a five cent piece before buying an ice cream soda and within two weeks received the coin in change. She repeated the act twice more adding notches and kept passing the nickel until 1916 when she spent it again.
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