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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
2
Washington observers anticipate a charged Congress session with the 1928 campaign looming. Senators and representatives move on Capitol Hill as farm relief taxation river legislation and Muscle Shoals occupy the agenda. Many candidates are eyed as the White House race draws near.
Lawmakers prepare for hours of work to design a safe path forward. Many members aim to resolve key issues amid pressing deadlines and intense negotiations.
In Mount, Virginia on December 30 a Christmas program was presented by Lamp school before a large crowd. Santa Claus arrived and distributed small presents to the children. The program featured recitations and songs including Christmas Time, Greeting, The Christmas Story, The Turkey's Lament, Kris Kringle, and Christmas Bells with students such as Vivian Lamp Eva Dyke Edward Perry Stewart Dyke Woodrow Perry Eva May Gough Evelyn Rosenberger Eugene Orndorff Bessie A Perry Gladys Rosenberger Geraldine Lamp Delia Cochran and W. M. Milhon. A pie candy and sandwich sale followed.
The New York World’s Magazine section will publish next Sunday an astrology forecast by Marion Meyer Drew. The piece promises a highly eventful year covering England’s fate, politics and business in the United States, and notable public figures.
Stephens City Va December notes list high school principal Prof R E B Ayler at home near Charlottesville, teaching staff Miss Waddell visiting Middleburg, several residents visiting family, and doings at Lyric Theatre lease by R L Whitten.
Christmas is over and residents of Oranda enjoy the holidays. Families visiting and returning students are listed, including M. M. Orndorff family hosting Watsons in Stephens City and several others from Washington and Harrisonburg. Local social notes mention visitors and dinner guests.
Mr and Mrs T A Stickley attended the marriage of Lester McDonald held in Inwood West Virginia on Tuesday evening and returned home the same night.
American capital poured into bonds in 1927, with estimates near 8.5 billion dollars exchanged for bonds of governments and enterprises worldwide. Refundings and the October peak influenced totals, while the weekly average was highest in the first four months.
From January to May a rapid period of congestion left an estimated one billion dollars in new bonds unsold. Demand dwindled to a trickle for three months before a surplus was digested. Quotations for listed bonds rose steadily as the market recovered from indigestion and prices advanced to record highs in the final two months.
The Atchison Globe notes a humorous take on relativity quoting Einstein and comparing time perception to rent day for tenants and landlords. It suggests that liking a visitor shortens the stay while disliking lengthens it, illustrating relative time in everyday life.
The bodies of President Warren G Harding and Florence King Harding lie in the $500 000 Marion Cemetery memorial awaiting June dedication. The marble crypt sits within 48 columned arches on a knoll beside the federal highway as Ohio honors its native son.
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