Classified Goods Flash Sale Teases Bargains
Compact items priced from 50 cents to 5 dollars and perfume atomizers within the same range. Thermos lunch kits offered at 2 dollars, signaling a mid century bargain push in a local ad section.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1926
Page
7
Compact items priced from 50 cents to 5 dollars and perfume atomizers within the same range. Thermos lunch kits offered at 2 dollars, signaling a mid century bargain push in a local ad section.
Special to The Star Washington December 18 The American Automobile Association warns motorists to select routes carefully during the southward migration. The AA A notes more and better roads than ever and urges travelers to consult the association before departure. It highlights routes from the Atlantic Highway to Savannah and Jacksonville, Shenandoah Valley paths, and new Charleston Bluefield Bristol option, with scenic mountain climbs and varied terrain across the south.
Alexander Spotswood Dandridge of Winchester Virginia argues against widening Main Street between Piccadilly and Water. He warns narrower sidewalks cause congestion, cross traffic risks, and crowding into streets. He proposes diverting storm water with a 6 foot sewer pipe from Piccadilly and Main to Market Street. December 18 1926.
Final rehearsal for the Christmas Pageant at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church previews what may be the most impressive service of its kind. The Light of Men by J. H. Kuhlman uses pantomime candles and choir music under Rev. J. Luther Neff with Mrs Neff and Claude Grim directing. An offering will support the Strawbridge Home for Boys.
The Senate unanimously supports awarding Congress Medal to Adm. Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett for polar flight efforts and advances them one navy grade. Senator Bingham recalled Wright’s 1903 Kill Devil Hill flight as a landmark and urged a monument there. The House has not acted.
Frederic McElhone a leading Virginia horseman and Grafton farm owner near Upperville is convalescing after an appendicitis operation. He notes the brown colt by Amantell from Emerald Isle 2nd by Fairman, bred on his farm and sold at Saratoga yearling sales last August, has grown into a promising young horse.
A shop advertises a large assortment of trunks bags suit cases fitted cases wardrobe trunks and traveling sets including ladies and mens toilet items as part of the display.
The son of Amantell was purchased by the Seagram brothers and sent to Canada, where he proved capable in trials. He then joined the Seagram stable of twenty or more horses bound for Tijuana, where the brown colt is expected to contribute to winter racing.
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