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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1926
Page
4
A consolidation note states The Associated Press content is exclusive to republication and credits all AP dispatches and local news to the paper. The notice covers usage rights across Morning item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
The Clifton Forge Review lauds Harry St. Tucker as a respected Congress member noted for frankness and steadfast principles. It recalls his past stands against the saloon and allegiance to what he believes is right, citing endorsements from The Louisville Courier Journal and comparisons to Wade Hampton’s ideals.
Collier's Weekly reports President Coolidge denouncing bigotry as slavery in his annual message to Congress. The trial sheet cites anti immigrant and anti Catholic sentiments railings urging "This mentality must get out of America" and other exclusions. The piece critiques intolerance and calls for tolerance amid heated national discourse.
An old provincial column cites farmers debating if farming pays. It compares two identical businesses started by brothers on a Tinmouth hill farm in 1925, noting profit differences despite similar goods and effort.
The article notes 1924 experiments with high fertilization and varied crops. It argues many soils lack knowledge of their best use and that many acres could profitably grow crops suited to their natural suitability beyond potatoes.
A London specialist notes unemployment exceeds a million while barbers and coiffeurs profit from bobbed hair. About 7,000,000 women and girls over sixteen adopt shorter styles, keeping London barbers from the dole by a hair’s breadth.
The piece laments Americans neglect health and long life despite available knowledge. It asserts poor eating, insufficient leisure for digestion, and rushed meals shorten lifespans. Doctors have extended life mainly through improved adult and child diets, offering hope for healthier futures.
A fragmentary dialogue pits two locals, Albert and Alexander, in a village quarrel over talent and bragging. The speaker reflects on hurtful remarks about Gashleigh Gander and a looming confrontation, ending with remorse and fear of consequences.
A skin specialist praises sulfur for smoothing rough red skin on face neck and arms. He notes that eczema and itchy rashes can be relieved by applying a small amount of Menthanol as directed, promising clearer skin with regular use.
Clinton Landacre posted $500 bail for a preliminary hearing on a wheat theft charge from Chas. Snapp in the county. His father J. W. Landacre was not released on bail and remains in jail.
The timetable lists connections from Berryville to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Welch Norton with Pullman sleepers to Gary and Philadelphia. Services include 9:20 AM to Roanoke Bristol, 12:26 PM local to Roanoke, 5:53 PM local to Shenandoah, 8:39 AM to Hagerstown with junctions to Washington and Baltimore, 1:59 PM Hagerstown to Philadelphia, 7:29 PM parlor car to Hagerstown, sleeper to Philadelphia, and 11:33 PM sleeper to New York. Fares, schedule, and reservations via H H Burks Berryville or W C Saunders Roanoke.
A booster message extols Florida rail and real estate growth as a example of future prosperity. It urges visitors to investigate investment or relocation in Hollywood by the Sea near Miami, touting year round industries and civic expansion with quotes from Roger W. Babson and promotion by Fred E. Willis of Hollywood Resales Co. Inc.
Police hold a son as investigations focus on a pattern of grain thefts from a granary. The elder Landacre and his two sons are linked to vehicles hauling wheat between a Winchester store and a milling corporation. A missing brother Clinton is also named in the case.
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