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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1927

Page

4

The Evening Star and Winchester News 1927 Publication Details

The Evening Star Publishing Co announces publication in Winchester Virginia as a second class matter. It consolidates The Morning News The Weal News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror. Subscription rates are listed for mail and carrier delivery with various term options. The Associated Press is credited for local and news dispatches.

Evening Star Publishing Co Winchester Virginia Morning News the Weal News The Weekly Times Weekly Mirror Associated Associated Press Agr

Bible Wisdom Reflections and Parental Memorization

Readings urge children memorize Bible selections to strengthen heritage. A devotional notes God as wisdom and cites Job 28 20 21 23. Prayer expresses turning from earthly gifts back to the Lord.

Senate Denies Frank L. Smith Seat in United States Senate

The Senate rejected Frank L. Smith of Illinois for a seat it had appointed him to. Critics argued moral disqualification and constitutional limits on Senate power over a state's elected official. Supporters cited states’ rights, but Smith was denied and will not serve.

Senate of the United States Frank L. Smith Senate Illinois Commerce Commission Smith Baltimore Sun Mlinois Unit States Senate

Anne Cooper Hewitt Inheritance Dispute Report

The Petersburg Progress Index notes Anne Cooper Hewitt, 12, daughter of the late Peter Cooper and Marion Hewitt, as heir to a share valued at 32 966 dollars. The case references unsettled inheritance involving four uncles and an aunt and an uncle, with related family tensions.

Petersburg Anne Cooper Hewitt Peter Cooper Marion Hewitt Anne Hewitt Oba Wien

Court ruling questions uncles and aunt in aged inheritance case

The court held that a marriage after Anne's birth legitimized her, raising questions about the uncles and aunt dragging the family into years of scandal to gain under $6,500 each. The writer laments unnecessary people complicating a girl's life and fortune.

Peter Cooper Hewitt Anne Hewitt Unciss

Texas Change At Governor's Mansion Sparks Clemency Record

Dan Moody was sworn in to succeed Ma Ferguson and demanded a mansion inventory before entering the Executive Mansion. He warned he would not sign for items not in hand, citing army discipline. Ferguson closed with 143 pardons and paroles, bringing her total to 3,600 and prompting Texas voters to welcome the administrative change.

Baltimore Sun Dan Moody Ma Ferguson Jim Ma” Ferguson Texas

Inefficiency Must Go Exchange

Lewis A. Wilson, director of vocational education for New York, argues inefficiency harms national industry. He says foremen require special training, and workers must perform to standard to avoid lost jobs and higher prices. He warns daily life and wartime readiness rely on a well trained workforce.

Lewis A. Wilson New York State United States Army of Industry

The Dangerous Lipstick Warns Men On Lip Color

Bristol Herald-Courier reports Newark health official Dr. Charles V. Craster warns that lipstick traps microbes. He cites gelatin experiments showing microbes attach to rouged lips and could threaten public health and romance alike.

Bristol Herald-Courier Charles V. Craster Newark New Jersey Helen Mabel

Sermon Sparks Call for Honest Living and Political Reform

Dr. Bridgers urged readers to forgive debts and do right by others, condemning gambling and corruption. He praised Winchester's newspaper and Governor Byrd, and urged Virginians to vote for honest officials while urging transformation in the community. The morning service featured a strong choir and a reading of a poem “The Light.”

Bridgers Florida Evening Star Byrd Virginia North Pole Fansler

Bridgers Expounds We Are God’s Buildng and Laborers

Dr Bridger speaks on first Corinthians 3 9 laborers together with God describing believers as God s husbandry and building. He notes pillars and sleepers and urges pruning and cutting down for spiritual growth with a morning prayer asking forgiveness and to spread thy evangel.

God

Ancient Irish dials suggest daylight saving centuries early

Old Irish sundials found in Ireland are claimed to prove daylight saving concepts existed long before the Twelfth century. The medieval Irish hour varied with season, the midsummer daylight hour reaching 0 minutes and the winter hour about 40 minutes.

Ireland

Presby Tribute Talks of Faith and Forward Motion

A Missouri Presbyterian preacher recalls a long lost song that illustrates devotion and progress. He writes to Dr. Bridgers about a meeting filled with joy and praise, urging attendees to move forward rather than stay in place.

Christ Missouri

Local Sales Directory Listing Farm Stock and Implements Dates

A dense jan feb march sales schedule lists numerous farm stock and implements auctions across Berryville White Post Opequon Middletown and Rippon with dates from Jan 26 to March 23 including purebred hogs Guernsey cows mules horses and household goods noted alongside auction venues and participating sellers. The entries include C J Gordon J Mack Cain Landon Kackley and Son W H Holida Warren Carper C L Nicodemus Joseph Ritt and many others with locations near Stephen son s Depot Welltown Pike and the Shenandoah region.

C. J. Gordon Rest J. Mack Cain Berryville Gardner DeHavep Sager Opequon W. H. Holida Warren Carper Millwood C. M. Ebert Stephensons Depot C. L. Nicodemus Winchester Welltown Pike Sam Boyd Albin W. H. Clem Northwestern C. B. Legg Middletown Chas. Shenk Mr. Fox Shenandoah River W. IP. Chapman Rippon W. Va Joseph Ritt C. W R. N. Vorous D. Z. Royer Kearneysville James P.A. Ware French Ramey Harry F. Bayne W.B. Royston Stock and Implements J. Bel

Repentance Taught As Five Elements In Sermon

Dr Bridgers outlines five elements of repentance in a sermon on salvation. He compares repentance to biscuits needing all ingredients: consciousness of sin sorrow for sin confession humility forsake sin and confess Jesus to receive salvation.

Jesus Bridgers

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