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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1927
Page
2
J. H. Lindsay editor of the Charlottesville Progress played golf at Albemarle links. His drive sent the ball into a tree top and the ball disappeared from view as onlookers searched the branches for the wayward shot.
A ball wedged in a tree trunk hole yielded a surprising hole in one for Mr. Lindsay, despite two extra strokes counted for the shot.
Broken stock in Children's Misses Boys Ladies and Men's Oxfords and Shoes offered at greatly reduced prices. Real bargains. Come in and look them over at Farmers' Supply Co Stephens City Virginia.
Dr. N J Giddings of West Virginia College of Agriculture warns that late blight could destroy the state’s potato crop. Reports from Monongalia, Preston, and Upshur counties show the disease, with vines already dying, requiring immediate spraying using Bordeaux mixtures to save harvests. Weather favors outbreak and further updates will follow.
Frank Buhl of New Market Virginia was taken into custody Saturday in Hagerstown Maryland as he attempted to obtain a marriage license on a warrant from his father John Buhl. He was held briefly by Deputy Joseph Davis until release was approved. Buhl said to be 18 accompanied by fiancée Mary Neff Timberville who was alleged to be 15.
A brief aphorism notes that people wash windows to preserve reputation rather than to see clearly out, attributed to the Atchison Kansas Globe.
Mrs. Rumer Marshall, plaintiff, was granted a divorce from Thomas Marshall in Augusta county Circuit Court. The decree cites quinculo matrimonil as the basis, noting the husband deserted and abandoned his wife without cause for more than twenty years.
advertise Melloglo a new French process face powder that claims to prevent large pores and give a peachy skin tone. It urges keeping complexion youthful and attractive and promotes People's Drug Co. as the seller. The notice also endorses protecting birds and warns insects would overrun the country without them, citing the Agricultural Department.
Richmond July 11 The Associated Press reports Virginia production of creamery butter may rise 25 percent in 1927 from 1926 levels. About 5 million pounds were produced last year, with estimates of at least 1 million more this year. Agricultural statistician M M Taylor cites good pasturage and a shift to cream production by farmers as key factors. He notes rapid urban growth and industrial development boosting dairying in the state. The State Partymen's Association slogan to make Virginia the first dairy state is considered plausible.
The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Hagerstown allowing the city to erect a new municipal electric plant. Potomac Edison and local opponents challenged the Public Service Commission’s permit, but the higher court reversed, ending the dispute with no further federal action planned.
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