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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1926

Page

4

Evening Star Publication Details and Offerings at Winchester

The Evening Star is published in Winchester Virginia with a daily morning news edition and weekly supplements including Morning News Item Weekly Mirror and The Weekly One. Subscriptions range from 30 cents monthly to 3.50 yearly with carrier delivery options. The paper notes Associated Press rights and includes a religious devotional excerpt from 2 Chronicles.

Evening Star Publishing Co Winchester Virginia Ttem Cs Sirera the Weekly Mirror Associated Press Focal News

Does Your Vote Count In Cleveland Bond Election

An Ohio Cleveland vote on 725000 for new police and fire stations was decided by one vote. The piece urges every citizen to cast a ballot, noting many elections shift by a single vote and stressing the duty to vote and pay poll taxes to participate.

Cleveland Ohio Virginia

Richmond and Winchester miss Queen Marie visit clash

The Virginia papers recount the Marie of Roumania tour with mixed reviews in Richmond and Winchester. They lament bungled entertainment yet note attempts to host dinners and a colonial ball, while praising privacy and decorum amid the royal visit.

Norfolk Winchester Richmond Virginia Ferdinand America Sahara Roumania Marie of Gus New York LN R A

Richmond Welcomes Queen Maine With Wit And Doubts

The news column rails at a Richmond reception for a Queen, noting Morgan and royal intrigue, while questioning the propriety and potential loutish mishaps from out-of-town guests. It cites a Boston style party financed by a $1 contribution from citizens and laments democratic excess in smaller cities.

House of

Sesqui-Centennial Exposition Closes in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial Exposition ends with 4.5 million attendees versus 15 million hoped, running a deficit of 5.2 million funded by city money. The piece argues world fairs are past and questions a 1932 Washington fair to mark Independence and Washington's birth.

Washington Post Philadelphia George Washington Washington

Weather signs foretell harsh winter in homely rural prognostication

A Logansport Indiana Hoosier claims the next two to three months will be bitterly cold, citing dry picking chickens moss on north tree sides and sheep wool growth. The piece mocks this method noting missing details like corn shocks geese flight and horn colors and cites the weather bureau for short term forecasts.

Nashville. Banner Weather Bureau

Crawford Weekly Delivers Talk on Adolescent Sympathy

Dr. Eugene L. Swan of the American Social Hygiene Association spoke at Norton Kiwanis Club about understanding and sympathy for adolescents. He warned against scolding and urged cultivating the boy’s innate fineness to shape future citizens and leaders.

Crawford’s Weekly Norton Kiwanis Club Eugene L. Swan American Social Hygiene Association W. R. Culberton Wise County Health Department Swan Dr. Swan

Dave's Mentha Pepsin Promises Stomach Relief

Baker's Drug Store touts Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a strong restorative elixir for gas heaviness and distention. The ad claims the medicine builds up the upset stomach and offers a money back guarantee if it does not help, asserting it has helped thousands.

Baker’s Drug Store Dave’s Mentha Pepsin

Buttermilk Cream Promises Radiant Complexions

An old advertisement touts Howard's Buttermilk Cream as a cheap, easy remedy for dull lifeless skin. The text notes simple directions and that Baker's Drug Store carries the product, urging girls and women to try it.

Baker's Drug Store Tady

The Kid and Weather Bureau Quip Reflects Trials

The fragment sketches a poetic line about sowing a seedling and awaiting a blooming bud tree for a loved one. It closes with a casual quip about the weather bureau being the only one who can profit from such contests, signaling a light editorial aside.

Weather Bureau

Auto lights tested daily by Parker's Garage station 121

Auto lights adjusted and tested daily by official station No. 121 Parker's Garage in Stephens City Virginia with Wednesday and Friday rights.

Parker's Garage Stephens City, Va

Winchester School Board Seeks 15000 Loan for Colored School

The Winchester Virginia School Board plans to borrow 15000 from the Virginia Literary Fund at 4 percent for a new school building for colored children. A public hearing before the Winchester Common Council will be held January 4 1927 to approve or disapprove the loan per 1926 Acts Chapter 46.

Winchester Virginia Common Council State of Acts of the Assembly of 1926 Handley Board of Trustees School Board OF Winchester M. Steck W. G. Hardy

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