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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1924
Page
4
The Evening Star announces subscription prices in advance for mail and carrier delivery. Rates cover six months and one year options, with monthly options available. The publication is a member of the Associated Press and details are given for readers in Win- Shenter Virginia.
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch analyzes how Virginia delegates and leaders debated supporting McAdoo or Glass at the Democratic National Convention in New York. The piece weighs potential shifts, two thirds rule effects, and whether Virginia’s votes could have changed the outcome.
The speaker praises a seasoned political figure for his dignified conduct in New York, noting he avoided real enemies and increased his national prestige. Attention shifts to plans to mobilize votes in Virginia for Davis and Bryan, and re-election efforts for Senator Glass and Representative Deal in the Second District.
A satirical verse contrasts the rise from toil to Easy Street with wealth’s temptations. It questions whether indulgence corrupts virtue as a poor worker’s hard earned gains transform into lavish living for himself and household, ending with the speaker’s reflection on earned labor and value.
The report lists wholesale prices for spring chickens butter and eggs with varied quotes. Notable items include spring chickens at 6.60 to 6.30 per unit and butter around 0.46 to 0.46, plus standard middlings and flour prices. Baltimore wholesale data appears with hogs calves lambs and hogs priced near 1.31 to 5.30 per unit.
Islanders on Camano Island in Washington live in fear as rum runners smuggle liquor from Canada toward Seattle. Sheriff reports numerous sightings but locals stay silent due to heavy gunfire in the island’s direct Vancouver to Seattle route.
Editor The Star proposes a public advertising plan for Winchester to promote the Apple Blossom Festival. Businesses are urged to place bold signs with routes and a one line ad on an arrow, such as Advertise in The Star. We want you and 100,000 others to visit the Second Annual Apple Blossom Festival Spring of 1925. The plan aims to boost tourism and local cooperation.
The Pastor will preach at both services tomorrow Sunday with themes Loyalties in the morning at eleven and Philemon in the evening at eight. Junior Congregation meets tomorrow and continues through August. Church School holds sessions at 9 45 during the summer. Attend and seek God in His House. J Luther Neff, Pastor.
Preaching at 11 am and 8 pm by the pastor Dr T McFaden. Sunday School at 9:30. Bible classes for men and women at 9:45. Christian Endeavor at 7:15 pm.
John N. Mackall of the Maryland State Road Commission will ask Attorney General Robinson to start immediate condemnation proceedings against the Harpers Ferry toll bridge. The action follows a rejection of Maryland’s $30,000 offer by the Potomac Bridge Company which seeks $100,000, minus $30,000 for repairs, to sell the structure.
Local business owner touts advertising as a sound investment with strong returns. A bold claim highlights the value of reaching customers through timely promotions and steady messaging in the market.
Local wheat quotations in The Star were questioned for accuracy. Frederick county wheat is classified as No 2 red winter garlicy wheat and priced at 1.15 per bushel for new grain and 1.20 for old grain locally. James B. Russell cited Boyce Virginia buyers paying 1.26 per bushel for new wheat, ten cents above the local rate.
A bathing cap, an automobile grease gun, and a can of soda lime are part of a basic device to teach medical students how to measure gases breathed.
At Pen Mar Maryland July 26 a large crowd estimated 18 000 to 25 000 attended the thirty eighth annual reunion of the Lutheran churches of Penmarivan Virginia Maryland and West Virginia. Visitors arrived by train and trolley as speeches music and singing filled the tabernacle programs on the mountain top.
A letter from George Tweedie, stationed at a British trading post in Pondoland, says the moratorium on dowry payments ended after mourning for paramount chief Marlena. Pondos who owe wages on credit must repay or return their wives to the parental kraals.
Tokyo July 26 The Committee on Emigration and Colonization of the new Imperial Economic Council outlines measures to relieve population pressure in Japan. Proposals favor further populating Hokkaido and increasing overseas emigration. The committee will present its suggestions to the Economic Council and then to the cabinet for approval.
A small fragment notes a bird sanctuary near the grave of Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, describing the wild land area as a protected space associated with the former president’s resting place.
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