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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1926
Page
4
Publication details for The Evening Star Publishing Co. Winchester Virginia show daily schedule except Sunday and consolidated papers. Rates are listed for one year four sixty, six months two twenty five, three months one twenty, and monthly twenty cents by carrier. Associated Press rights noted.
The excerpt urges strength and courage, urging not to fear the Assyrian host. It cites 2 Chronicles and frames a plea for divine aid, calling on the Lord as salvation. The text blends biblical quotation with a prayerful plea for timely help.
Chicago mothers question Santa Claus belief as many street Santas appear. A schoolgirl voices doubt after seeing several lookalikes, while a boy insists a real Santa exists by knowing how others dress. The piece reassures that the real Santa visits at Christmas Eve and rewards good children and adults alike.
Nashville Banner urges gradual farm electrification, noting only 7 percent of U S farms have power. It cites a $15 billion cost estimate, favoring hydro electric development to bring light and power closer to farms and reduce reliance on lanterns.
The text envisions electricity easing farm life by turning a switch and letting a motor handle tasks. It argues that electric power would greatly reduce fatigue and discomfort and enable more work to be done more pleasantly, with vast possibilities for farm applications yet to be realized.
The New York National Bank of Commerce reports motor bus growth has surged to an estimated 6,000–7,000 companies and about 70,000 vehicles, with projections toward 270,000 in four years. Bus routes parallel or compete with rail in states like Iowa, Connecticut and West Virginia, shifting traffic and dimming steam railroad passenger miles from 47 billion in 1920 to under 36 billion in 1925.
Princess Ileana of Roumania had a minor crash on an Indiana highway when a Chicago truck driver Adolph Kofer collided with her car. Kofer dismissed the royal fault, boasting his bent fender as the princess and royal party moved on. The account casts the truck driver as autocrat of the road in American humor.
Doctors and druggists are recommending Calotabs, a refined calomel tablet that acts like calomel and salts without side effects. One or two tabs at bedtime with water end the cold by morning, purify the system, and restore appetite. Family package with directions costs 35 cents at drug stores.
A noted skin specialist touts a sulphur cold cream for itching and eczema. The preparation acts fast, cools irritation, and promotes healing with germ-destroying properties, leaving skin clear and smooth. Mentho Sulphur is available in small jars.
Africa's Khartoum section cites a shoebill stork as a pointed metaphor for a stubborn issue. The piece notes the striking link between the bird's beak and a shoe bill, highlighting its obviousness. Also mentions ancient Aztec copper crafted with hard steel-like durability.
Governor Byrd addressed the Woman’s Club in Richmond warning against a circulating anti short ballot piece. He argued the short ballot would improve efficiency, appoint the best officials, and cited ministers of state service like Henry G. Shirley Danon Williams and H. Morrisett as exemplary. He noted the six planks of his platform and praised current economies and the pay as you go highway plan.
A Saturday Evening Post piece notes that as radio sets become more delicate and precise they are easier to operate. The insight mirrors the tiny, obscured eyes of the garden mole and the belief that their eyesight is degenerate and nonfunctional.
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