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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1926
Page
8
Jeasie D. Hodder, head of the Sherborn state reformatory for women, advocates color and sunlight in inmate life. She assigns work to fit each prisoner, emphasizes individual treatment, and supports garden and farm labor, music, and regular exercise. The facility pioneered farm work and aims for paroleable progress through rehabilitation.
Pontiac Michigan December 9 The steel frame of the 7 600 000 Pontiac Six assembly building for 30 acres of space has been erected ahead of schedule and crews rush to cover the skeleton. Foundations leveled over a month tracks laid to move 100 000 tons of raw material. Massive orders include 40 acres of cement tile roof 12 000 tons of oak structural steel 5 000 tons reinforcing steel 500 000 square feet glass 600 000 square feet steel sash and miles of skylights. Building uses 200 carloads of face brick 3 000 carloads sand and gravel 100 000 barrels cement 25 acres of wood floor blocking and 40 acres waterproofing. The workforce has grown to 2 000 men.
The Virginia Farmers Educational and Co operative Union plans a December 15 and 16 convention in Charlottesville at the Monticello Hotel. George H Bowles is expected to preside with about 200 delegates from across the state and over 100 from Charlottesville area. The program will cover cooperative buying and selling of crops and farm issues.
An advertisement touts Howard's Butter milk Cream as a simple affordable beauty product for girls and women. It claims ordinary ingredients and easy directions with retail mentions Baker's Drug Store. The snippet references a Lafayette Journal and Courier quote about protest and fire exposure.
The original coffin plate of Thomas Lord Fairfax, once buried at Greenway Court and later interred under a church chancel, is now preserved at Handley Library. The plate, a fine example of early American silversmith craft, was entrusted by the local Philadelphia society to church vestry for safekeeping.
An advertising feature touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a cure for weak frail children including those with rickets. It claims better teeth and bone growth and notes a boy gaining 11% in seven weeks. Price listed as sixty tablets for 60 cents at Baker's Drug Store.
Daily market figures show wholesale wheat bran crackled corn and mixed feed prices, with oats and butter values. Livestock categories include cattle sheep lambs calves and pigs, plus eggs and various poultry items, all quoted with ranges and unit details.
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