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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star outlines publishing terms and rates for the Morales News Weekly The Weekly Mirror. It lists subscription prices including one year eight dollars fifty and three months in advance, with rates for other periods and notes Associated Press usage and local news credit rules.
A review of religious practice on granting children daily Bible selections as a cherished heritage. Observations on purity, strength, and faith quoting Job and urging trust in a clean life despite historical tensions in China. It notes foreign concessions, population, and potential upheaval impacting commerce and peace.
The article notes record timber depletion as mills report 223,764,861 board feet while 126 mills reach 1,507,137,106 feet, representing about 40 percent of U S operations. It estimates total annual production near 56,000 feet board measure and warns of widespread forest land loss and fire risk from debris and logging.
Philadelphia records show lobar pneumonia ranks high among deaths. Frank M. Huntoon reports a new Bepecan treatment lowering pneumonia mortality from 30 to 3 or 9 per 100 cases. tests at Mulford Glenolden, Bellevue New York, and Polyclinic Hospital support promising results.
Richmond Times Dispatch notes a fire destroying the Wolph-Macon Academy main building in Front Royal with an estimated value of 100,000 dollars. The loss affects Randolph Macon System schools and prompts plans for rebuilding with Methodist support across Virginia.
The State Highway Commission of North Carolina recommends the Legislature authorize thirty million dollars more in road bonds raising total indebtedness toward about one hundred thirty million. The plan includes taking over county loans to hasten road building, with bond proceeds also supporting interest and retirement from automobile and gasoline taxes. Some Virginia papers warn saturation could cap future road expansion once North Carolina maxes out, while Virginia aims to connect its own mileage.
A Topeka Daily Capital report notes a Chicago crime expert argues pensions for criminals are cheaper, citing years of alleged planning in major jails. The piece suggests Virginia's bond issue supporters are observably vindicated as their forecasts materialize.
YORFOLK & WESTERN timetable outlines train departures from Berryville with connections to Roanoke Bristol Cincinnati Columbus and Washington including Pullman sleepers and parlor car services. It lists 9:15 AM for Roanoke and other local and through services, plus connections at Shenandoah Junction and Hagerstown with Baltimore Philadelphia and New York routes. Inquiries to H. H. Burks Berryville Va. and Jno L. n. Pass. Avent Ananake Va.
The Associated Press reports about 1,500 practicing women physicians across Germany with regional variation. Munich averages one woman doctor for about 7,000 residents while Berlin has roughly one per 9,000, indicating more women in southern than northern Germany.
Doctors describe breaking up a cold overnight or shortening grippe flu symptoms using Calotabs. The purified calomel tablet acts with salts, requiring only a swallow of water, with no salts or nausea and no effect on eating or work. The next morning the cold may be gone and appetite returns. a family package costs 35 cents at drug stores.
A terse editorial argues against intervention and criticizes moral pretexts. It condemns actions that would put oil interests above principle and cautions against distracting alliances.
Lynchburg Virginia woman describes recovery after taking five bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and the Golden Medical Discovery. She states the medicines expelled malaria, steadied nerves, and led to weight gain and renewed strength.
An advertisement proclaims Mentho Sulphur as a remedy for itching skin conditions including eczema. It claims rapid relief after first use, cooling the skin and healing rashes, attributing its effect to germ destroying properties.
The annual meeting of the common stockholders of Arthur Woolen Mills Corporation will be held January 19, 1927 at 2 PM at the plant on Millwood Road Frederick County Virginia to elect a board of directors and to receive the officers report and conduct other business. No stock transferred within 30 days before the meeting can be voted. Severe Jones.
An old time advertisement touts Fin Flu as a powerful tonic to rebuild strength and vitality. It claims the elixir aids the body by restoring energy and easing weakness, urging readers to use the product to support heart and overall wellbeing.
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