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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star is published daily except Sundays in Winchester Virginia by The Evening Star Publishing Co. It is consolidated with Morning News, Weekly Times, and Weekly Mirror under that same publisher.
Rates listed for Mall subscriptions of one year six months and three months in advance. The page includes Associated Press disclaimer and a biblical quotation from Job 3 25 with a prayer asking trust in the Lord.
The Pulaski Times notes a widespread optimism for 1927 with predictions of better times and peace of mind. It argues money helps but true happiness comes from freedom from worry, and emphasizes the value of positive forecasts to motivate better work.
A Charlottesville Progress note praises the Thomas Jefferson Centennial Celebration at Monticello and the University held last July. It cites large nationwide attendance, educational impact, renewed interest in Jefferson and American history, and strong financial performance. The report by Chairman Stuart Gibboney is seen as a positive guide for future events and local foundation goals.
The article discusses superstition as a social ill. It notes modern belief in witchcraft, omens, and hobgoblins persists. It questions a fully enlightened nation free of superstition and mentions prominent figures like Walter as opposing superstition.
The article traces how fears of omens and misfortune permeate ages from Peter the Great and Napoleon to Nordic myth and Roman superstition. It links the thirteen fear, broken mirrors, and the evil eye to pagan origins and a universal human instinct toward the unseen.
Ohio restricts state enforcement raids on private homes citing home protection under old law. Prohibition Commissioner B F McDonald orders inspectors to avoid home intrusions unless clear liquor violations are proven. The action follows a Bender case verdict and may deter future raids despite potential appeals. A separate note reports a severe snowstorm in Eastern Siberia with casualties and damage.
An advisory note promotes buying bonds at 6 percent interest payable semi annually. It asserts the investment is safe and beneficial to the community, urging readers to purchase.
A vantage explanation notes that the top surface of a plane’s wing supplies 75 percent of the lift keeping it aloft. The wing’s wedge-like front edge creates a high velocity flow that, with a rear edge taper, produces a partial vacuum above the wing, delivering three fourths of the sustaining force per air engineers at government fields. Buoyancy completes the rest.
On New Year’s Day Saturday January 1 a legal holiday the bank will be closed that date All paper due January 1 can be paid on Monday January 3 H D Fuller Cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank ageing a legal holiday this bank maturing on that date can be paid John Sloat Cashier Commercial and Savings Bank Charles Summers Cashier Union Bank of Winchester
American dollars poured into foreign and domestic investments in 1926, totaling 7 billion in bond and stock issues for municipalities, utilities, and corporations. Prices for bonds rose to multi-year highs despite lower trading volume, with large international issues and notable financings like Belgium and Standard Oil of New Jersey dominating the year.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of Farmers & Merchants National Bank in Winchester Virginia will be held at the banking house at 11 o'clock on Tuesday January 11 1927 for the election of directors and other business as legally come before the meeting. By J H Yost cashier. (12-11-4wks.)
An ad from J L and J W of Joliffe Stephenson Va offers to buy personal property for cash or sell it on commission. Contact via phone 2023 F 21 for details and arrangements.
The week saw favored rights for preferred stockholders in a major issue and a $50,000,000 bond sale by Standard Oil of New York. Chile Copper swapped $35,000,000 of par bonds for 5 percent debentures as South American borrowers secured large loans for Chile Uruguay Brazil Argentina and Buenos Aires Province. Yokohama secured a $20,000,000 loan as Japan’s reconstruction advances. Railroads including Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railway resumed stock financing amid rising carrier shares. Other 1926 offerings included $86,000,000 Standard Oil New Jersey $55,000,000 National Car Register and $46,000,000 Tide Water Associated Oil.
Beatrice Lillie leads the English musical comedy Exit Smiling on a two season run in New York. The celebrated comedian headlines the production that has drawn strong critical and public notice.
Beatrice Lillie enters films with Exiting under MGM. The new screen star headlines at the Empire Theatre Friday and Saturday New Year’s Eve and Day with Jack Pickford and Harry Myers supporting, in a Sam Taylor production from a Marc Connelly story.
In New Haven Yale Divinity School Dean Charles R Brown promotes a ten word sleep aid. He says think each word slowly in full meaning to calm restlessness and align the mind with quiet easily restful trust fully patiently serenely joyously courageously confident.
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