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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1927
Page
4
The text lists publication details for The Evening Star and related papers with pricing options and notes on Associated Press dispatches credited to the papers. It mentions weekly and monthly editions and confirms AP credits for news content.
A short note emphasizes parents repeating daily Bible selections for their children, describing it as priceless heritage for the future. It references the reverence in wisdom and the Lord’s words, noting the value placed on divine instruction over daily sustenance.
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed the State Corporation Commission ruling on a telephone rate increase, preventing a full $800000 hike. Governor Byrd’s intervention stalled federal appeal threats and the company agreed not to pursue US Supreme Court action, avoiding four to five years of unauthorized charges.
Staunton News Leader critiques The New York World for promoting nude magazines and pornographic books arguing art standards should be discriminating. It praises some modern novels for handling life without obscenity while noting such works remain hidden from average readers.
The commission notes that when the public seeks rate reductions and the commission approves, the public cannot immediately lower rates during court appeals. This one way law favors utilities and should be revised at the first opportunity.
The Empire Theatre presents Ben-Hur in a stirring, magnificent screen adaptation. General Lew Wallace’s epic unfolds with brilliant settings and gripping action from start to finish. The feature is described as a wholesome, dramatic spectacle that surpasses prior productions.
Seventeen year old George Young of Toronto becomes the sole finisher among a field of one hundred swimmers many veterans who attempted the Catalina Channel. He endures bitter cold and heavy waves to reach Point Vicente while Canadian fame grows. Observers admit the feat defies easy explanation as to how a youth achieved such a feat.
Norfolk dispatch reports Rear Admiral W. D. Sims, retired, now leading the Simson Naval Academy. The feature highlights his long service and new role shaping cadet training and programs.
The text defends Annapolis as the best school of its kind in the world, arguing the academies at West Point and Annapolis yield the greatest return on public investment. It notes the weed out process, traditions, and specialized training that prepare officers, contrasting with Sims’ criticisms and asserting cadets and midshipmen are well qualified for command.
In Laclede Missouri a woman wore a blue elastic garter around her husband’s neck as they prepared for a party. The mishap occurred when BH. N. Rawlinson, a farmer, wore a home ready made necktie style bow. A game table moment led to laughter and tension as she sat opposite him.
Daily market corrections show wholesale quotes for wheat bran corn meal crack ed corn and feedstuffs. Butter milk and creamery butter prices noted. local flour middlings screenings and hay eggs and poultry values listed with old and young chicken quotes. Baltimore wholesale prices for hens and turkeys appear alongside general grain and feed figures.
It has been calculated that the hand and the pen of the average clerk travels about 10,000 miles in a year. Materials that contain starch sizing stains or spots or are soiled will not dye satisfactorily.
A dense list of upcoming stock and implements sales with dates from Jan 26 to Mar 23. Entries include buyers and locations such as Berryville Kernstown White Post and Rippon W Va, with many auctions for household goods horses purebred hogs and mules.
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