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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star lists HARRY WLOOD BYRD as publisher and notes Winchester Virginia mailing details. It includes references to morning news affiliates and weekly editions, indicating a traditional newspaper network with multiple titles published from Winchester.
Rates listed for one year six months and three months in advance. The passage notes AP membership and republication rights with credited dispatches and local news. This fragment outlines pricing and rights without broader context.
The Richmond News Leader editorials Virginia wide distress at Mrs. Trinkle injuries. It praises her friendly spirit and public service as a beloved figure at the executive mansion. The piece notes her willingness to risk her life to save her son and extends prayers for a swift recovery.
An aged man, Asa Patterson, long a fugitive from justice, travels from the mountains to glimpse his family after four score years. The piece argues for a full pardon so he may spend his remaining years with loved ones, reflecting on home and mother.
An elderly New York woman, 71, died in a cold tenement after living alone with little support. The piece argues thrift and saving money is less vital than securing life insurance and a steady annuity to cover shelter fuel and funeral costs, while criticizing hoarding. Neighbors speculate on the sufficiency of her bank funds and the value of life over money.
A fragmented passage shows Ste Chatber of Commerce challenging the Governor-elect on segregation and pledging to reshape state policy, aiming to defeat Wille. The excerpt indicates a broader press debate across the state on this issue.
The State Chamber advocates central tax control while many favor local administration. Segregation is seen feasible and could ease revenues, cut administration costs, and simplify finances if the Legislature adopts it and lets time reveal results. Mr. Byrd supports reform ideas likely to win legislative approval, prompting calls for chamber cooperation to refine his plan.
The poem shows Walt Mason describing his mood swings from cheerfulness to despair and his coping by retreating into nature. He jokes about temper, irritation, and plotting to write verses about trees as moral readers. The verse lampoons the burdens of public discourse and personal vexations with playful images of forests.
A fragmentary, humorous verse reflects a speaker using old time dialect to describe returning home with a smile. The text mentions family members including aunts and nieces and aunts, and a general mood of avoiding bile as the speaker moves toward home.
Review extols A Youth's History of the Great Civil War by Rushmore G. Horton as clear fair and free of bias. It praises authenticated facts and the First Gun chapter while noting the revised edition by editors Lloyd T. Everett and Mary D. Carter. The book, priced 1.25, is printed by Southern Publishing Company Dallas Texas.
Federal Enforcement Officer William R. Harvey of Cumberland will return to Hagerstown in a few days to mop up Frog Hollow moonshiners and clean up conditions. He will be joined by agents from Baltimore and Washington along with deputies in the effort.
Surveyors from a large corps camped near Harpers Ferry and spread along the Chesap er Ohio canal bed from Shepherdstown to Cherry Run. Rumors say Baltimore and Ohio possibly building a lower grade road to the canal route and that the canal could serve as a future highway bed. Locals note railroad interest and the engineers offer few details on the project outcome.
The Winchester Church of Christ ended 1925 with a watch night service and departmental reports. The pastor preached 101 sermons and made 73 talks, 22 pastoral visits, and 8 marriages. The assembly shows 130 members, average 85 morning and 74 evening attendance, Bible School 101, and total giving of 7,754.71 with 197.22 for the Bible school. An officer election was held.
A Coral Gables home designed by J Mack Sawyer uses interlocking concrete slabs with eighteen inch outer walls and six inch inner walls to resist moisture and heat. The Bennet dwelling features magnesite trim plate glass windows and a Mediterranean interior garden.
A ledger style list presents the church trustees and official board members led by Rev. Ww. lL. Dudley as chairman and Hoy L. Riley as secretary. Names include C. Saum, Charles Spitter, J. J. Grab, H. L. Orndorff, W. Fletcher, Curtis Loy, Turner Scriven er, Fred Shull, James Ford, Paul Fletcher, E. Riley, B. J. Netherson, L. J. Flenner, H. K. Myers, EB. Stei nas, L. L. Hockman, G. W. Riley, C. R. Anderson, W. L. Dudley, J. J. Crabillus, Hoy Jno. W. Hockman, Wilbur Riley, Gertrude Clevenger, Esther V. Dudley and I. J. Crabill.
Edward E. Cooke, 46, a partner in the firm Washington Alexander and Cooke and a member of the West Virginia Legislature, died following a stroke of paralysis. He is survived by his widow. The article notes his role as a director in the firm.
A prominent Mason, Templar and Shriner linked to the Northern Virginia Power Dam and the Bank of Charles Town is highlighted in a brief obituary note emphasizing his leadership roles in fraternal orders.
The Wyrene 1925 report notes a dry year with 40.2 inches of rainfall totals, 25 percent above 1924. October was the wettest month, while September recorded the driest month with 1.44 inches. Overall, drier conditions persisted across waters and measuring sites.
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