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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star, published in Winchester Virginia by The Evening Star Publishing Co. is a daily paper except Sundays. It is consolidated with the Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
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The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not, and to all local news published in this paper. This notice reserves AP’s entitlement and governs use of content.
A devotional note urges parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections as a priceless heritage. It quotes Psalm 80 19 asking for God to turn his face and save, and asks God to look down from heaven and be gracious.
The proposed two way traffic on Loudoun street with parking on both sides faces serious questions. While aiding northern shoppers and tourist trade, it risks pedestrian and driver danger, requires more traffic officers at key intersections, and hinges on a council vote amid staffing cuts.
A narrative on the July change raising the highway limit from thirty five to forty five miles per hour in North Carolina. Drivers push beyond the new limit, prompting questions about uniform speeds, traffic flow, and potential enforcement. A proposed minimum speed is deemed impractical due to car variety. The piece notes ongoing remedies as conditions grow more serious.
The remark suggests that the proposed mile limit would not solve the problem and could worsen it by fostering careless behavior. It frames the policy as likely to fail and to create additional issues rather than effective relief.
The New York Sun credits steam turbine development for ships, noting the Turbinia built in 1894 and its 34 knot speed. It discusses the 35,000,000 horsepower marine turbines, museum displays, and the need to preserve machines shaping history as today is deemed the Age of Wonder.
The National Dairy Council reports US per capita milk consumption rose from 43 gallons in 1920 to 64.75 in 1925 and 55.3 in 1926. It credits factory luncheon milk habits and management support for a cycle where workers buy milk, boosting farmers income and farm product demand.
The summer Social Register shows 62 more yachts in commission, 48 steam yachts, and fewer summer Europe residencies. It suggests motor-sport crowds shift to sea travel, and that democracy and prosperity widen leisure to the masses, altering traditional wealth distinctions.
Bureau of Labor Statistics notes a rapid shift to apartments in American cities driven by new construction permits. By 1926 nearly half of housekeeping dwellings were in apartment buildings, with larger shares in cities over 500,000. This trend affects home ownership and labor demand in construction, favoring steel concrete and related trades.
Co. T McCarty of White Hall presents copies of The Winchester Virginian from December 21, 1831 and October 31, 1832. Articles note hurricane damage to a Presbyterian church, early town names, a farm sale near Battletown, presidential masthead with Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, cholera notices, a Red Bud creek mill for rent, and Winchester as a larger manufacturing center a century ago.
In Brucetown Virginia July 7 Mrs Janney McKee and Melvin of White Hall stayed with Andy and Fannie Whitacre. Beatrice Bailey of St Louis visits her aunts Kate Samuels and Charlotte Paul before returning home Saturday. Walter Steer and Ray Steer with families from Baltimore and Charles Hyer of Washington joined Fannie Smithey for the Fourth. Douglas O Connell and friends were guests at Woodstock.
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester on July ith day of July 1927 M M Lynch Executor of Wren Trammell deceased sues Robert M Foltz et al to construe the will and settle his estate under court supervision An affidavit states Minnie Abology Wal bert M Graybeale and Arneta Snyder are non residents of Virginia They must answer within ten days after publication and a notice will appear in the Evening Star for four weeks and at the courthouse front door by July 11 1927 Teste Corinne Barnett Deputy Clerk M M Lynch p q
Local residents and visitors are mentioned with various greetings and calls. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Catlett hosted friends in Hagerstown while Miss Anna Price visited Miss June Scrivener. Mrs. Walter Mathyer and daughter visited Mrs. Andy Whitacre, and Willard McMillan from Frostburg called on the Snapps. Mrs. M. M. Swimley and granddaughter visited Swimley relatives, and Mrs. Shenk and sons were seen in the village Sunday.
The transformation from a low to higher order of industrial organization in the United States began in the early 1800s and its full effects emerged in the second decade after the Civil War, reshaping economic structure and production.
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