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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star published in Winchester Virginia by The Evening Star Publishing Co. daily except Sunday. It is consolidated with Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
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A devotional note cites Deuteronomy 30 9 promising abundance in work and family and a prayer asserting God can do above all asked. The prayer phrases that the Lord is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think.
Winchester celebrates the Citizens Band on the courthouse lawn and praises the Handley School band for rapid growth. Both groups gained city support and national notice through the Shenandoah Special trip, led by Professor W. H. McIlw ee.
The British government refused Bernard Shaw radio use unless he avoided controversy. The ban backfired by increasing interest in his seventieth birthday address. Shaw, a Socialist, would present his views. supporters say free discussion exposes fallacy and outlasts censorship.
The acting commissioner of patents ruled for a cigar maker using the name of a famed motor car maker as a brand. Detroit’s protest was denied since the word can serve as a common noun and verb and not solely as a personal name. Brands named after famous men endure beyond their lifetimes via public perception and memory.
A discussion on using famous names for cigars notes that last names alone lack proper identification for protests. It cites public figures who challenged unauthorized usage and highlights the tension between branding and legal rights. The piece ends with a Shakespearean quip on names and scent.
The Canton Daily News publisher Don R. Mellett, praised by ex Governor Cox, was killed after campaigning to purge Canton of crime. His effort led to police suspensions, jailings, and intensified criminal pressure, with Governor Donahey and Attorney General Crabbe promising full inquiry and prosecution to honor his memory.
The article reports Vassar College inaugurating the first Summer Institute of Euthenics with students gathering nationwide to enroll. It defines euthenics as the science and art of improving the human race and notes the program as a bold, ambitious summer effort amid various reform movements.
Katherine Hamaker Dudley 76 widow of M H Dudley died yesterday at her Lynchburg home She was born in Snowville and lived here forty years A member of First Christian Church She is survived by Claude H Dudley Raleigh J Paul Dudley HoHo Kus Houston M Dudley Los Angeles Mrs S B Bennington and Miss K Grace Dudley She was sister of Rev J D Hamaker Strasburg and James P Hamaker Eledo Texas.
London reports Britain and the United States reached an accord with eight recommendations to curb illicit liquor shipments into America. Brig Gen Lincoln Andrews led talks, targeting Bahama Islands and coastwise routes, with measures to be kept secret until operational.
Charlotte July 27 Announcement of an enormous highway fund aims to complete the federal highway system in the United States. The plan calls for about 99 billion dollars over many years. T. L. Kirkpatrick of the National Bankhead Association leads the movement and outlines a federally owned system connecting state capitals with coast to coast trunk highways.
Miss Anna Hedrick Marie Dillon Emily Wilson Nancy Hannah all from the Bureau of Standards Washington and Dr Henry B Hedrick of Aberdeen and Washington with Mrs Hannah Hedrick arrived at Burcroft to celebrate the doctor's birthday. They expect good days ahead and hope the event continues. Dr Hedrick works at the Aberdeen ordnance proving grounds and previously did astronomy work at the Naval Observatory in Washington for 25 years. The party left for the city Sunday afternoon.
News from Front Royal Virginia reports the death of Mrs. Alice Woodward Cook widow of Judge Giles Cook at her home Sunday aged 85. Funeral services were held and she was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery Front Royal. She leaves three daughters Mrs Frank P Evans Mrs S Byrne Downing and Mrs A J McKay and two sons Dr Giles Cook and William Woodward Cook.
Announcement states the marriage of Marvin Miller and Miss Irene Sisk, both of the county, occurred in Washington D C on Monday. The groom is a son of Arthur Miller of Trone and the bride is a daughter of Mrs A P Marton.
Miss Annie M. Russell, 75, died July 21 at the home of her sister Mrs. J C Beatty in Bluemont Virginia after a long illness. She was daughter of the late Thomas W and Maria Ward Russell of Berryville. Survived by sister Mrs J C Beatty and brother J J Russell of Wadesville plus many nieces and nephews. Funeral held last Friday at 11 in Berryville Baptist Church with Rev J B Williams. burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
Detective Peter Conors headed the Pittsburgh investigation into Don R. Mellett’s death and traveled to New Kensington with Canton officers to pursue an important lead in solving the mystery.
Reports on twin calves show male calves from mixed sex births breed normally while female twins often become sterile. Studies of 113 heifer calves found only six fertile and 77 observed four normal breeders or nonbreeders. The condition links to shared fetal membranes and substance exchange favoring male factors that hinder female reproductive development.
Prominent Puebla society women marched barefoot through streets to the cathedral to protest religious restrictions. The government ordered churches placed under mayoral control starting Aug. 1 and remains firm on enforcing new rules. Violence reports in Aguascalientes follow protests and church leadership faces potential arrests.
The Better Sires Better Stock campaign by the USDA reports 150 new live stock owner members per month. From January to March 31, 450 enrollments raised total participants to 16 560. Participants receive breeding literature and a lithographed sign stating Pure-Bred Sires Exclusively Used on This Farm.
Mrs. George Taliaferro Grayson, mother of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, prominent naval officer and race horse breeder, died Sunday at Salubria in Culpeper County Virginia at age 84. Funeral held in Culpeper with Admiral Grayson attending the burial.
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