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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1926
Page
4
A consolidation brings together Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror under a single publishing umbrella. The move aims to streamline production expand coverage and unify editorial resources across the five titles.
Rates list for subscriptions and carrier options. One year in advance costs 3.50, six months 1.75, three months 0.30, and one month 0.30. Carrier option charges 4.50 yearly, 2.25 for six months, and 1.20 for three months.
City electoral list shows First Ward officers Fred. W. Forney Herman Hable J. Henkel Henry and Second Ward members R. Frank Barr J. George Baetjer W. W. Dellinger with no further details provided.
Nearly every Handley auditorium seat filled as graduates and hundreds of students share in year end felicities. Rev Robert B Nelson praised discipline and ideals, urging graduates to stay and enrich the small town with trained minds and morals, renewing public life and aspiration.
Governor Byrd urges a fearless non political probe by the Federal Trade Commission into the gasoline industry. He cites a 33 1 3 percent price rise in four months costing motorists millions yearly nationwide and Virginia motorists millions more. He blames monopoly greed for part of the increase and calls for action as senators push a resolution.
A Senator from Oklahoma objects to measures affecting oil policy. The piece accuses the President and major commissions of tame handling of monopolies, urging a deep FTC probe into petroleum links between producers, wholesalers, and retailers. It argues oil firms overbuild service stations to sustain high prices despite consumer demand.
In a humorous poem Whitney Whipple Wheeze boasts a spotless driving record after fourteen years on the road. A plea to curb overconfidence ends in tragedy as the next day he is a wreck, his feet and knees tangled and he cannot celebrate safe driving.
Valley Bottlers an organization of bottling and soft drink plant managers and owners will meet here on June 24 to discuss industry topics and coordination. The gathering aims to align practices, address regional concerns, and promote collaboration among members.
Real estate ad advertising two parcels on Whitlock Avenue near Valley Pike with sidewalks water and gas lines installed. Informs readers to contact J. H. Berry at 118 South Braddock Street and lists a date of June 4, 1931.
Public auction at Winchester Court House Virginia on June 12 1926 at noon. The property is the former Payne home a one acre lot with a six room house located nine miles north along the Winchester Martinsburg Turnpike Rest village adjoining John Schlack and others. Terms require one third cash with remaining in two annual installments secured by two bonds and a deed of trust with insurance. M M Lynch trustee. Duvall Dunn auctioneers.
In Edinburg the bottling works owner Harry Sans of Staunton Harrisonburg and Winchester was elected president with I L Flory of Elkton as vice president. About thirty five plant representatives from Virginia West Virginia Maryland North Carolina and the District of Columbia attended. The organization will meet in Winchester on June 24.
Carl Good formerly of Stanley Virginia survived a 2,200 volt electric shock while scaling a fence at the Potomac Lime and Stone Company quarry near Reedson West Virginia. He was badly burned on the hands as fellow workers pulled him to safety and rushed him to a hospital.
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