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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1926
Page
4
A 1926 notice details subscription prices for the Weekly Mirror and Currier in advance payments. Rates include one year at 9.50, six months at 4.60, and three months at 2.26. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and distributes local news.
Governor-elect Harry Flood Byrd proposes a state tax overhaul aimed at real estate and tangible property, with revenue shifts to localities. The plan calls for uniform income tax clarification, removal of state land tax, and lower intangible taxes to attract capital and industry while easing state administration.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss the American Mercury magazine and a cited “smartest” of our era, hinting at a contentious historic analysis. The readable text remains incomplete about authorship or specific events.
The narrative recalls Beall a Virginian guerrilla and his 1864 expedition under Confederate orders to free prisoners on Johnson's Island. The failed raid ended with Beall's capture and execution on Governors Island. The tale links his fate to Lincoln and Booth, noting Beall’s home near Harpers Ferry and the Beall lineage along the Baltimore and Ohio line.
On the road a stalled car and a loose gumbob set a poet to toil while wealthy Johnsons pass by in pomp. Fixing the bus with grease and wrench, the speaker resumes the journey as a humbler encounter with misfortune and humor unfolds.
Benjamin Neff, aged 81, former Dankard Church minister and Memorial Hospital patient, died at his New Market area home Tuesday from a complication of diseases. He leaves a widow and a granddaughter Miss Virginia Neff. Funeral and burial were held yesterday at Cedar Grove.
Captain George Fried of the US liner President Roosevelt aided the British freighter Antinoe during mid ocean gales. With lifeboats lost and water flooding the fireroom, Fried launched a lifeboat that struck the freighter, helping rescue 25 crewmen despite the peril.
Suzanne Lenglen defeats opponents in two days without losing a set and jokes about printing handbills of denials. She jokes about mock engagements and personal rumors, while a bill reading I AM NOT precedes a dotted line for tailored denials.
The Richmond News Leader published a double-column engraving of Major R. T. Barton assemblyman from the Frederick Clarke district. The caption notes congratulations at the capitol and mentions Barton, patron of the bill abolishing the governor's staff of candy colonels, after passage by both branches Tuesday.
Northern Virginia Power Company announces redemption on June 1, 1926 of all Second Mortgage 6% Bonds issued under the 1914 indenture. Principal plus accrued interest to date will be paid at Shenandoah Valley National Bank in Winchester Virginia with a 1 percent premium. After June 1 1926 interest ceases and coupons become void.
Mr and Mrs Frank Newcomer Hack plan to leave tomorrow for Winchester Virginia to visit Mrs Hack’s mother Mrs Marshall Willis. City edition notes the Baltimore Evening Sun reported the plans on Friday.
Virginia's first lady Mrs Lee Trinkle reportedly gave up the long boyish hairstyle she favored for most of her life. On the eve of retirement to private life she has adopted a shorter cut reflecting a new personal style.
The notice states Rhoses administrators of the W. Snapp estate were announced by Lebanon Church on January 26, 1936. It references actions from last May and names Jenuary as a related editor note.
Train times listed for Roanoke Bristol and intermediate stations. Sleeper service from Shenandoah Junction to Washington via Hagerstown and Philadelphia. Fares schedules and reservations available from H H Burks Berryville VA or W C Saunders Roanoke VA.
Founded to endure Hollywood on Florida’s east coast grows to about 20 000 residents in five years. A $15 000 000 deep water harbor project by Gen Goethals and Seaboard Air Line extension bolster property values. Hollywood is incorporated with a commission government paid fire department and strong policing, offering investment opportunities for moderate means. Willis, Sales Manager, Hollywood Resales.
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