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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1928
Page
2
Grain quotations from W R and Co list September and December prices for wheat corn and oats. September wheat at 1.10 percent or 1.10? December wheat 1.23. September corn .94, December corn unknown. September oats 8814, December 40. percent figures appear garbled.
A Winchester Used Car Exchange ad touts reliability and value for Buicks and other makes. It lists numerous 1920s touring and sedan models with down payments from $35 to $300, note favorable terms, low mileage, and “one man owned” vehicles, urging readers to see prices across many car numbers.
Fragmentary report shows percentages .94 for September and 1.32 for December in a Baltimore wheat market listing. Names and complete context are missing, preventing full itemization of buyers, sellers, or dates.
Washington office patrol car from the American Automobile Association skidded on a slippery Jefferson County road near Halltown and overturned. Driver Rees suffered a badly cut arm and minor injuries but continued to Washington for hospital treatment after the accident. Rees had recently been promoted and awarded a cash prize for stopping a hit and run in Washington.
Albany Aug 31 Governor Smith plans to dedicate the days before Labor Day to state business and rest for upcoming demands. The budget for next year stands as a chief task as he weighs the presidency and returns from the Syracuse fair where he greeted photo crews with milk bottles and Belgian horses before listening to Senator Robinsons acceptance speech at the executive mansion.
William Haddad continues a 120 hour nonstop six sedan motor drive begun Monday night. He endures heat and an abscessed tooth extracted this morning while chained in the car with Sheriff Pannett holding the keys. He has survived on liquids only, and coins will be handed out today and tomorrow. The event ends Saturday at 7.30 PM at L. J. Hook Pontiac dealer 130 South Main Street with a cash-sale coin trade-in scheme.
Two young men were found critically injured on a Virginia road after attending a Warrenton horse show. Lieut. Richard Wetherill Jr. was rushed to Walter Reed Army Hospital with a fractured skull and a bullet wound in his leg. William Francis Griffith Jr. suffered a fractured skull and severe body lacerations. Police suspect a robbery attack.
Herbert Hoover attended a private screening of his campaign speeches and voice from talking movies. He viewed his Palo Alto notification ceremonies and his West Branch Iowa appearance, returning from campaign headquarters to gauge public reception.
The City Council will reorganize at its Tuesday night meeting of September 4 by selecting a president and vice president and electing all appointive city officials. Positions include police, city solicitor, city manager, and city hall janitor. Applicants may file with the clerk or any council member. Three new councilmen, Dr. L. M. Allen, Percy Miller, and W. A. Sale, will be present.
Wm. Southern Jr writes the Sunday School comment in The Evening Star each Friday. a newspaperman and layman with no theological training. He aims to tell Bible stories simply, applying them to daily life. He has edited an Independence Missouri paper for thirty years and still runs the paper he founded.
Special Commissioners will sell at public auction in front of Frederick County Court House Winchester Va on September 6 1928 at 11 oclock for the Taylor Mellwee tract 65 acres near Rosenberger Post Office. Upset bid 2900 dollars by Elsie L Preffitt with one fourth cash and three equal annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Auctioneer A G Swanson and others certify bond approval as required by decree.
A compact inventory of classics and midrange cars with models from Packard Buick Chrysler Studebaker Hudson Ford and more. Prices range from about 75 to 1800 dollars and include sedans coupes roadsters phaetons touring and speedster variants across 1922 to 1929 models.
Frederick County Virginia public notice dated June 1928 names Blanche B Noonan as deputy clerk of the circuit court and indicates an eight two week term or publication.
Trustees offer private sale of property two miles from Winchester on the Winchester Berryville turnpike two acres with buildings and a gasoline filling station and a new electric light plant. Property sold for cash or on purchaser friendly terms. Miss Bessie McNeer has gone to Roanoke to visit friends.
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