This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
6
The text notes four grooves on early Saxon pennies to aid breaking into fourparts called fourthings later evolving into farthing. It also includes a quip from Uncle Eben about using advice and thinking for oneself as cited by the Washington Star.
AP reports a windswept collage of city life as winter arrives. Heaters on taxi windshields, Sunken phone directories for over one million subscribers, trotting horse memorabilia, pumpkin seeds for Times Square, and brownstone harbors housing foreign students reveal a bohemian Greenwich Village scene. Park Avenue vacant shops signal business shifts, while a movie house adds a chiropodist for foot weary patrons and subway guards propose fresh cues to move passengers.
The article notes railroads funded special trains and cars for visiting royals and dignitaries, notably Queen Marie of Romania. Despite nominal costs to guests, railroads spent vast sums for equipment, dining, menus, and staff, with Queen Marie paying only a dollar for herself and her party.
Lexington Virginia December 23 A ivy colored brick chapel holds General Robert E. Lee’s remains and a museum of his era. The structure designed in 1867 by Lee contains portraits by Peale and Stuart, a recumbent statue, and an office preserved as Lee left it. The crypt downstairs holds Lee Mary Custis Lee and relatives with other family remains. Visitors view from a doorway fence, while the chapel preserves Liberty Hall artifacts and Morrison and Adams chairs inside.
Dr. W. J. Olds of Front Royal Virginia certified for appointment as eye ear nose and throat specialist in hospital service with the United States Veterans Bureau. He is likely to leave private practice in Front Royal after fourteen years and now serves as a major in the medical section of the Officers Reserve Corps. He served in World War I era general and base hospitals near New York City Atlanta Augusta Baltimore and in the Army near those locations.
Dr Olda is expected to report for duty at the Veterans' Bureau Hospital in Chillicothe Ohio around January 4 if he accepts an appointment at other stations. His assignment reflects a forthcoming transfer within the veterans' medical system.
Kendall Thompson, a Martinsburg, West Virginia resident described as a one armed ped dler, was found guilty of second degree murder at Hagerstown Maryland weeks earlier. Judge Wagaman sentenced him yesterday to eighteen years in the penitentiary. Thompson asked for leniency prior to sentencing.
Thompson was convicted of murder in the death of Edward Kendall a local truck driver on October 3. Kendall died from stab wounds after being seen with Thompson shortly before his body was found. Thompson was arrested while boarding a train after buying a ticket to Winchester.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.