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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star Winchester Virginia lists subscription prices for mail delivery and carrier service. Rates include one year 3.50 six months 1.75 three months .90 and one month .30 by mail. carrier options are 4.50 for one year 2.25 for six months and 1.20 for three months. The paper is Associated Press member.
Daily Bible selections for memorization as a priceless heritage. Psalm 94:12 blessed is the man whom Thou chastenest and teachest out of Thy law. Our Father prayer urging God to deal with us as beloved children.
The article critiques the Dole derby tragedy and calls for federal aviation oversight to curb reckless hastily planned races while warning against overregulation that could hinder advances. It cites Lindbergh's solo flight as evidence that cautious experimentation is essential for progress.
The National Shoe Retailers Association warns prices will rise 15 to 20 percent unless beefsteak demand increases. They cite meat scarcity reducing hides and urge households to cut meat costs to offset higher shoe prices.
Richmond Times-Dispatch reports threats by Communists to harass the American Legion convention in Paris next month. French authorities pledge to protect the visitors as 30,000 U S veterans salute Lafayette, with no disturbance expected and Europe seeing a typical American ex servicemen gathering.
France welcomes a serious Paris convention for the American Legion as a chance to strengthen goodwill. Officials note the 40 000 visiting veterans could ease debt tensions through people to people exchange, while urging orderly conduct to avoid sparks of trouble. Paris and France await the Third A E F with impatience.
A Bristol Virginia motorist was fined 100 and jailed 30 days for drunken driving. It was the second such sentence in three days in Police Court. The editor urges strict enforcement, noting jail terms better deter crimes and that carelessness endangers pedestrians and drivers alike.
Portsmouth Star reports dancer Ethel Hall died while doubling for Dorothy Dwan in a Tom Mix Western stunt. The rescue failed, leaving Hall with a fractured skull as cameras captured the perilous river sequence. The incident casts a somber note on the peril behind film heroics and the cast’s fate.
The late John L. Taughinbaugh heirs offer a 177 acre Adams County farm in Straban Township for public sale on site in Hunterstown. The property includes a large two story dwelling with modern amenities, bank barn, outbuildings, fencing, timber, and a productive apple orchard aged 18 to 20 years. Sale options include sale as a whole, without the orchard, or with the orchard separately. sale begins at 1 PM with terms announced by a four person auction firm.
The New York state compensation bureau reports 28,186,003 dollars paid in the year ended June 30 to workers killed or injured. One thousand forty two workers were killed, 41 permanently disabled, and 18,500 partially handicapped. The payments lessen despair for families but critics call for further progress.
A Ford plane designed by William B. Stout flew from Detroit to a New York landing field just nineteen hours after release from the factory. The flight faced heavy rain and a dark, unlit Buffalo field due to a misunderstanding. A Pennsylvania field demonstrated an automatic lighting switch powered by the plane’s engine vibrations, potentially eliminating blind landings on smaller fields and advancing airport development.
An excerpt notes the waste of power required to keep flood lights bursting throughout the hours of darkness, highlighting energy intensity.
The Hudson Star argues that autocracy arises when the people ignore governance and permit mediocrity. It contends indifference by those most affected allows municipal administrations to remain flawed, not due to universal voting patterns.
The article traces crochet and knitting back to netting with crochet first appearing in English in 1843. It notes the craft’s roots in ancient textile arts and links crochet’s emergence to historical needlework practices.
The principal lakes of Canada total 120400 square miles with Ontario housing 41173 square miles of lakes. This highlights Ontario as the region with a substantial share of the nation’s freshwater reserves.
Notice from Glaghams and Wife and Wiiecew Farmers Supply Co Stephens City Virginia regarding an agricultural supply action. The readable fragment indicates local business and farm goods context with no explicit dates or actions clearly shown.
Catalogue outlines two year and four-year courses for teacher training and arts subjects including Home Economics Manual Arts Public School Music piano violin voice culture expression art and china painting. It notes a Bachelor’s Degree State Scholarships and Student Loan Fund with a catalog contact JOHN PRESTON McCONNELL President East Radford Virginia and a notice date (8-4 taw-4wks).
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