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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1926
Page
2
HAGERSTOWN Md July 3 Casey Lehr taxi driver and his passenger H A Houser reported robbery by bandits after stopping to pick daisies along a country road around 11 pm on the road from Smithburg to Cheese Hollow. About $32 in money was taken.
The advertisement praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound noting it helped women nationwide. It compares the Woolworth Building height to a hypothetical end-to-end bottle line and suggests widespread support from women in villages and cities along a route from Lynn to Cleveland.
Willis Harper an 11 year old from Kentucky won the marble championship of America at the fourth annual national marble tournament in Atlantic City N J He defeated Danny Gore of Springfield Massachusetts in the final round leading to the national title after learning the game with coal lumps outside his father’s mine
The weather bureau forecasts typical summer weather for Independence Day weekend. No general storms are in prospect for Sunday or Monday, though scattered local storms are possible Monday afternoon. Overall outlook is generally fair nationwide.
The Worcester Electric Light Company will give customers a 50 percent discount on October bills, totaling about 136000 dollars. About 45000 bills will bear the discount, effectively a customer dividend, with the city receiving around 10300 dollars based on last October. The benefit excludes other public utilities.
The Star lists the day’s wholesale price quotes from local buyers. The market report records daily corrections and notes no responsibility for typographical errors.
Local and Baltimore wholesale markets show prices for flour, meal, middlings, hay, and animal feeds with ranges and averages. The listing includes crumbled text on butter, eggs, hogs, cattle, and poultry values, plus a brief local outing notice for Castleman's Ferry Riverside Beach with manager contact.
In Houston on July 3 a proposed death match between a giant Texas rattler and a Missouri blacksnake collapsed as both reptiles retreated to corners and slept. The event, backed by the Humane Defense League, drew crowds urging a start to the fight.
Reports from across the border describe a broad plot against the Primo de Rivera government in Madrid. Count Romanones fled Spain for Hendaye after warning of arrest. King Alfonso’s life is also targeted. arrests and surveillance rise as Spain and French authorities probe the conspiracy.
A charity event held July 8 at White Hall Church, organized as a yard party by The Star Yard. Local residents gathered for a community fundraiser supporting church programs and outreach efforts.
The May Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond review reports good fruit crops in the Fifth District with agriculture lagging last year. Maryland apples and Virginia apples promise large yields while North Carolina corn prospects brighten. South Carolina crops lag, hay poor, and drought affects coastal regions less than interior counties.
Governor Harry Byrd appointed Gordon Bohannon Petersborg five years H G Barbee Norfolk four years J Scott Parrish Richmond two years P W Hiden Newport News three years and Marshall L King Fredericksburg one year to the Commission on Port Authority He also named five members from Virginia voters to the Commission on Fire Liability Casualty and Workers Compensation Rates Dr J A C Chandler Williamsburg O D Jordan Dublin R R Parker Appalachia Thomas Ss Southgate Norfolk and Walker C Cottrell Richmond to serve.
Secretary Mellon announced a fiscal year surplus of 377 757 816 dollars, driven by customs receipts of 579 430 920 and income taxes totaling 1 982 040 088. The surplus was applied to debt retirement, reducing the public debt by 872 977 572 dollars for the year and cutting total debt to 19 642 619 345. Income tax collections exceeded last year by 221 502 265 despite tax-rate reductions.
Shenandoah Valley Inc activities fund climbs to about 4000 as Allegheny Shenandoah Page and Bath counties send in quotas. Rockingham leads with 1559 and Shenandoah 1185 while four counties Warren Clarke Highland and Rockbridge have not yet reported.
Funeral services for the late John H. Ambrose will be held at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South in Middletown at 2 30 Sunday afternoon. Interment will follow in Green Hill Cemetery at Stephens City. Sons in law of Mr. Ambrose will serve as pallbearers.
Washington July 2 President Coolidge plans to leave for his summer home in the Adirondacks late next Wednesday and arrive at White Pine camp Thursday afternoon if plans hold.
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