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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia lists daily publication except Sundays with a consolidated chain of papers. Subscription rates are shown for Malk and Cartier plans including yearly, six month, and monthly terms.
On Monday July 19 1926 a Bible thought and prayer segment celebrates rejoicing before the Lord with scripture from Deuteronomy 12 12 and a prayer promising continual rejoicing in the Lord.
The Baltimore Sun urges Reed and Borah to press farm audiences on the World Court issue while highlighting Congress’s war cost totals. It notes last session approved 4.41 billion dollars, with 2.68 billion for war and 1.73 billion for other purposes, and urges debate on tax impact and future defense spending.
General Umberto Nobile designer and commander of the Norge dirigible, which carried Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth toward the North Pole, arrived in New York to an enthusiastic reception. His Rome to Alaska flight is hailed as a historic aeronautic achievement and he is named Chief of the Italian Air Service.
The Danville Register notes a $90,000,000 semi annual dividend by Standard Oil and questions President Coolidge's stance after Governor Harry Byrd urged a probe into the four cent gasoline price rise. It recalls past shieldings of Attorney General charges and Teapot Dome figures, arguing for deeper presidential interest.
The article notes Edwin Denby secretary of the navy was found guilty of conspiring to lease oil lands to certain companies against policy. It discusses President Coolidge resisting further oil investigations, the influence of oil men donors, and the impact of dividends on Standard Oil versus gasoline costs for consumers. The piece questions democratic representation at the White House.
Governor Byrd declares Virginia the richest state between Pennsylvania and Texas and highlights agricultural leadership and road funding. He notes Virginia leads in early potatoes spinach and farm efficiency, praises bond-free highway progress, and envisions government simplification and constitutional reforms. The piece frames Virginia as awake to a new era of prosperity.
The Clerk in Frederick County Virginia issues a notice in Martha Carver vs C M Ritter heirs. The action seeks to settle the administrator's account and distribute the estate with relief as needed. Non resident defendants and unknown creditors must appear within ten days of publication. The order requires weekly notices in The Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posting at the courthouse. Attorneys listed Warren Rice and C Brannon.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester on June 23 1926 a suit for divorce from bed and board was filed by MiaAawca Munnaw wauauys a uluci against Roy G Turner. The order requires Turner to appear within ten days after publication and be notified by mail. publication is set for four weeks in the Evening Star.
A passerby nearly trod on a moccasin sunning itself in dense brush and fired three shots with a revolver, killing the snake about four feet long.
Special Commissioners will sell at public auction in Winchester Virginia on August 9 1926 at 11 o clock in front of the County Court House. The property includes brick house on Piccadilly Washington corner and two other lots described with street frontages. Sums: one third cash day of sale, balance in one and two years secured by deed of trust and bonds. Bond with security approved by the Clerk of the Corporation Court of Winchester.
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