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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star at Win Virginia provides daily publication with Sunday exclusion and lists subscription options by mail and carrier. Rates shown include annual, semi annual, quarterly, and monthly terms for in advance payments, plus Associated Press rights for news dispatches and local content.
Staunton Evening Leader discusses Dr. Hubert Work Secretary of the Interior resigning to campaign for Mr. Hoover. The piece criticizes Work for affecting plans for the National Park and notes uncertainty around Mr. Carson's park development committee and subscription funding.
The column notes John Sims, a Washington DC barber serving the U.S. Senate for 40 years, aspires to open a Senate session with prayer. It questions whether a political era of miracles could occur and mocks the idea while reflecting on race and prayer.
Miami July 5 three creditor firms Walton and Spencer Company Annin and Company and Four Seas Company seek receivership for the Coral Gables Corporation developers of Florida’s largest sub division project Hearing on the voluntary bankruptcy petition was set for next Tuesday before Federal Judge Jones Petition totals claim 44850 with balances on notes from 3600 200 and 270 The move comes as officials and major creditors clash over refinancing to avoid liquidation
Two large busloads of high school cultural students from Nashville Tennessee stopped in Winchester this morning. The buses carried signs proclaiming their group as Tar Heel Farmers from Bville. The throng is on a four day sightseeing trip with days in Washington and the Shenandoah.
A large parade formed at the Home and escorted by local dignitaries to Dalke's Theatre where over eighty candidates from Lexington and surrounding towns were initiated into the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan. The Dokkie band performed at Main and Cross streets before the degree team escorted the group to the depot for a special train.
A Charlottesville physician was fined $25 for failing to administer nitrate of silver eye drops to an infant at birth. The omission led to a dangerous eye infection, experts say could have been prevented under Virginia law. Parents of the child were involved in the case.
The article notes a child narrowly avoided damage due to practitioner skill at University Hospital. If sight had been lost, damages could have run into thousands. It explains insurers do not cover negligence for failure to obey statute, pressuring doctors to follow the law.
The funeral for J. W. Gregory, one of the county’s Civil War veterans, was held last Friday at 11 a.m. at his daughter Mrs. H. B. Stickley’s home. Born in New York, he was highly respected in Virginia with many friends sending moral pieces for the casket. Services were led by Rev. Snyder Alleman and Rev. James K. Cadwallader. Honorary pallbearers included A. W. Frye of Woodstock and E. L. Lemley, Fred Lemley, Will Ridings, P. E. Lineburg, J. D. Steele. Active pallbearers were Gregory’s six nephews: Milton, Win, George, Harry Cadwallader, James and Will Carroll of Berryville.
Ralph Young of Wilkinsburg Pa is unconscious in a Greencastle Pa hospital after two bus accidents on the Pittsburgh to Philadelphia trip. The first crash near Greensburg left many with cuts and bruises, then a second wreck on a mountain road sent the bus off the highway. Several passengers, including Young, were en route to a military training camp and were treated by Greencastle physicians.
A teaspoon of each placed over a flame shows distinct behavior. Butter foams as it melts, while oleomargarine does not foam, revealing the difference between the two fats.
An old time ad promotes Potts Confectionery next to the B&O depot offering lunches fountain drinks confections ice cream and soft drinks. Sanitary modern up to date. H Russell, proprietor, phone 739 118 FE Piccadilly St.
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