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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1927
Page
4
A fragment lists advance subscription prices and carrier rates including three months in advance at .83.50, one month at .90, one year by carrier at 4.50, six months at 4.50, three months at 2.26, and 1.20.
A short faith note urges parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections as a priceless heritage. It quotes Psalm 119:165 and echoes a prayer for peace through the blood of Jesus.
An editorial urges Virginia communities to capitalize new capital and attract residents, highlighting Winchester’s rail access labor, low taxes, schools, churches, and climate. It notes water supply as a key challenge and credits the local chamber of commerce while urging citizen support to spur industrial and residential growth.
An essay honors scientists who risked life and health in medical research, noting a forgotten group described by Pees Lee K. Frankel. The piece credits their untiring labors against yellow fever tuberculosis typhoid and cholera and predicts cancer may be conquered by their future descendants. It also praises the University of Pennsylvania graduate Dr el for his understanding of this field.
The piece lauds The Lawn at the University of Virginia as Jeffersonian beauty yet questions the method of tree screening. It honors Dr. William A. Lambeth as the foremost landscape gardener, noting his influence on the campus and his wider professional respect. It recalls his work and the university’s need for planned expansion and grounds care.
Dr. Herman Goodman proposes using ultra violet rays to deter forgery but warns criminals may learn to counteract. Rays could reveal hidden ink patterns on banknotes and identify adulterants in drugs and oils, yet no weapon of science makes crime impossible.
Pulaski Times discusses the need for constant outreach to build a fresh customer base. Population shifts and changing habits erode year to year, so firms must actively advertise to hold old customers and attract new ones amid numerous competing offers.
The Star lists daily wholesale and retail prices for farm goods. Figures cover wheat, flour, feeds, meats, dairy products, and livestock with values such as wheat at 1.85, flour barrel 7.00 to 7.60, cracked corn 62.00 per ton, butter around 0.48 to 0.55, cows 50 to 90, lambs and sheep including 0.04 for sheep and 0.09% for hogs.
Markets close adjusted from previous day with mixed results across commodities. Wheat and livestock show varied gains and declines while overall activity remains subdued in futures trading.
In Hagerstown Maryland Floyd Doyle and his mother reported hearing a bell and seeing a large buzzard with a bell on its neck circling near South Mountain. The legend of the belled buzzard, common in Cumberland Valley history, had faded after a buzzard was killed in Virginia years ago.
Messages from state agriculture departments across the nation commend Commissioner G. W. Koiner for The Story of Virginia Products That Excel. Officials from New York to South Dakota laud the booklet’s beauty design and wide distribution benefits for Virginia.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions New York travelers with love birds from London en route to Tokyo for luck. It also references Homer Sophocles and Pindar as major Greek poets with varying lyric forms. The text appears as disjointed notes on poetry and cultural anecdotes.
A whimsical note from 1927 hints that pre Christmas explorations can uncover surprises like a horse hidden in a clothes closet and questions whether Santa Claus has whiskers. The teaser blends playful curiosity with holiday imagery.
Winchester Va December 10 1927 stockholders will vote January 10 at eleven o clock on changing the bank title and on other business at the banking house H YOST cashier (12-12-801) Parents should hold up models and heroes before their children but should not try to make them into cheap imitations American Maga
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