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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1926
Page
2
Paris December 18 The Poincare government resists all demands for higher pay as France stabilizes the franc. Government employees and industrials alike reject wage boosts while cost of living remains high and unemployment looms as a potential threat to workers seeking more money.
An old classified ad lists sponge clean and steam clean options with prices 75 seconds for general cleaning, $1.00 for steam cleaning, 50 cents for small rugs, and a Bruner Pressing Club contact at No. 8 S Braddock, phone 856, dated December 18.
Santa will receive more United States made toys than ever as Commerce Department data show a shift from German to American production. In 1904 half of US toys came from Germany, valued at $5,578,000. last year US output surpassed $80 million, with this year higher and foreign supply under five percent. Germany remains top global toy supplier.
London dispatch reports the royal family will gather at Sandringham for Christmas with the Duke of Connaught absent on the Riviera. Queen Mary supervises a royal tree filled with gifts for family and neighbors while Prince George returns from naval service and adds festive spirit to the ballroom.
Buckingham Palace reports Queen Mary discovering a new toy game called Spilliwobble at the Dolls Hospital during a Christmas toy inspection. She enjoyed watching magnet assisted ball drops, ordered a set for the palace, and bought over a hundred toys priced from a penny to fifteen shillings.
Paris reports a fading craze for negro entertainment with twenty signs of decline yet negro singing still regarded as chic in cabarets and American negro jazz bands remain in demand. Cartoonists dedicate the Charleston.
At Folies Bergere Josephine Baker remains the brightest star and extends her contract to spring 1928. She now runs a Paris nightclub with a black mammy teaching patrons how batter cakes and syrup are served, reflecting a Mississippi motif.
The Star provides current wholesale quotes for flour corn meal and animal feeds alongside livestock and dairy items, then lists local retail pricing for flour and flour barrels and twelve pound bags with ranges for butter and related products. The figures show a mix of grain, feed, poultry, and dairy goods with varied unit prices.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Shenandoah Valley National Bank in Winchester Virginia will be held at the banking house at 11 o clock on Tuesday January 11 1927 for the selection of directors and other business as legally required. By Wm G Hardy cashier.
A mixed list of prices for feeds and commodities shows activity from Baltimore wholesale markets with figures on corn hogs and lambs. The article ends noting a church building next to Indiana State Prison used for worship within the enclosure, reflecting religious practice amid confinement.
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