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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
4
Publication details for The Evening Star Winchester Virginia. Daily issue except Sunday. Consolidated with Morning News Item and several weekly titles.
The fragment lists subscription rates for various terms and a carrier price, with a note that Associated Press news dispatches are exclusive for republication. Dated Thursday December 23, 1926, the item appears as a small classified or policy blurb in the issue.
A devotional excerpt quotes Nehemiah 8 10 and praises joy in the Lord. It includes a prayer affirming fullness of joy and pleasures at the Lord's right hand.
A New York Medical Journal Record report describes a treatment tested on 366 patients at Welfare Island Correctional Hospital. Developed by A S Horovitz with Dr Alexander Lambert among authorities, the method reportedly ends with only one relapse after discharge and leaves patients smiling and singing. It claims efficacy across all drugs including alcohol, promising a potential boon against narcotic abuse.
Fifty years after General Wade Hampton’s inauguration the Richmond News Leader recalls a period described as saving the state from venal politics and “negro rule.” The piece notes mixed attitudes and cites Hampton’s address thanking both white supporters and cooperative colored voters for progress and salvation of the state.
The piece argues that cribbing in exams at the University of Chicago is defended as fostering inventiveness and shrewdness. It contrasts this with Bolshevist Sparta where theft was taught as self reliance and notes the modern rejection of such pagan morality.
The piece questions anonymous pamphleteers backing Governor Byrd's short ballot plan asking why hidden authors oppose public scrutiny. It speculates the authors may be politicians or linked to politicians and calls for disclosure of identities to justify the argument and motives.
The Altoona Mirror extols courage to think independently and stand apart from the crowd. It argues true success comes from solving one’s problems and making own choices rather than drifting with others.
An editorial in the September Public Works notes the South’s rapid improvement in water supply and sewerage, with Alabama Jefferson County cited for sanitation supervision over 50 facilities and half of supplies treated. It argues the South may soon surpass New England in public health infrastructure.
Local wholesale prices quoted include flour per barrel 7.25 to 7.75 and 8.25 to 8.75, cracked corn per ton 43.00, mixed feed ton 38.00, shelled corn 80, butter and creamery items with prices such as country butter 80 and creamery butter 50, cattle and sheep values noted, turkeys and poultry prices listed, and various middlings and screenings prices. The sheet lists multiple items with unit prices and notes for local buyers.
Market notes from Baltimore list prices for wheat poultry and other farm goods. Entries show February figures for wheat and livestock including turkeys chickens rabbits and perch priced per unit or dozen with percentages indicate market movement. The OCR text is fragmentary but preserves key commodities and price ranges.
A reader criticizes Virginia fox protection laws noting foxes harm farming and wildlife. The writer urges legislators to repeal protections and allow year round hunting with a substantial bounty to reduce fox numbers and safeguard crops and game.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank will be held at the banking house at 11 o'clock on Tuesday January 11 1927 for the election of directors and other business. Winchester Virginia by Wm G Hardy cashier.
George R. Green of White Post Va seeks stock sales via representatives George Gibson of Stephens City and Walter Fishpaw of Middletown to cover Stephens City Middletown areas. He also lists grain and hay business with available price quotes. C E Garber comments on nuisance foxes and hunting licenses.
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