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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1926
Page
5
A Boyce resident, Robert Goodridge, accuses the town of overcharging for licenses, mismanaging roads and water, imposing penalties and jail terms, and failing to honor damages claims. He states the town lacks police, infrastructure support, and timely response to grievances, and threatens further action.
A Samoa report notes the arrival of oath taking practices with the white man who introduced boundary plotting and surveyor methods, igniting distrust among native communities about oaths and their administration.
Native Samoans invoke a traditional grass oath in land disputes rather than the Bible. In village practice, the claimant places grass on a stone and swears in the presence of all, risking death if false. The rite embodies ancestral gods and the extinction of the claimant’s family if deceit occurs.
Christy Bros presents a vast zoological collection in Winchester on Friday July 30. The show features trained elk, llamas, multiple bear groups, lions, tigers, and diverse domestic animals. Naturalists will find rare species like the eland, yak, black vark, and polar bears. A daily three mile parade precedes a production of No Man and the Ark with over five hundred animals and people.
Irish playwright Sean O Caseys critique of dominating actors who hog roles. Critics say the star system wanes and performers no longer overpower a play, though dominating performers remain a talking point in London theatre debates.
Mountain View notes Catherine Cain is recovering at Blue Ridge Sanitorium and expects to return home around September 17. Several local visitors joined residents at Hollis Crowser's home, including guests from Winchester. Little William Hollis Clowser, Jr. is seriously ill with whooping cough after a bout with chicken pox.
Observers warn that ears of corn shown for sale may not germinate well with germination tests indicating only about sixty percent viability. The test results suggest it is not too late to verify viability before purchase.
London reports Canon Marquis of Normandy says women are not as religious as men. At eighty he notes women's attitudes have grown more material while men grow more devout, urging stronger pulpit leadership and higher clergy salaries. He adds parsons cannot support families on $1,000 a year.
The note discusses cribbed corn shrinking about 16 percent from November to June with most loss in April and May. It questions whether brood sows exercise enough during winter and emphasizes ensuring adequate protein and minerals to maintain body weight and support a strong litter of pigs.
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