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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star edited by HARRY FLOOD BYRD is entered at the Winchester Virginia post office as a second class matter. Published daily except Sunday by the Bensiie Star Lobbishing Co. consolidated with Morning News Item. The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror.
The page lists mail and carrier subscription prices for one year three months and one month in advance, with a $8.50 annual mail rate and $4.50 annual carrier rate. It notes Associated Press exclusive rights for republication of AP dispatches and local news. The date shown is Wednesday June 8 1927.
Virginians pay four cents more per gallon than Washington residents after tax. The column notes Virginia gas prices around 19 to 24 cents per gallon before tax, Washington at 15 cents before tax, and cites price ranges in Baltimore Boston New York Philadelphia and others. It suggests increased competition could curb the regional price disparity.
London banquet honors Captain Lindbergh as Hon. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, lauds Lindbergh in a concise address. He praises the pilot's character and restraint, urging American speakers to avoid political gain and emulate Churchill's simple dignity for Lindbergh's homecoming.
In a historic bid for a twelve million dollar bond for highways, the Union Farmer supported the issue yet was left out as supporters clashed with critics. The public majority appeared against the bond, with Vox populi vox dei invoked and Lincoln quoted about partial public backing amid political talk.
A Virginia newspaper expresses concern over a proposed constitutional amendment limiting legislative bond issuance and defends pay as you go as necessary for efficient government. It criticizes Byrd administration reforms, argues for strong state borrowing to fund major road projects, and urges caution on restrictions seen as Reichstag like. The letter from F Thomas in Lynchburg urges immediate investment in roads and contrasts policy with neighboring states.
Judge R Carter Scott in Richmond City Circuit Court rules physicians on lunacy commissions may collect fees only when the subject is deemed insane and committed. The decision in Dr Peyton S Lewis v Virginia states fees are payable only on commitment, not when no lunacy finding occurs.
An advertisement touts Baalmann’s Gas Tablets as a permanent relief for stomach gas and associated discomfort. It claims elimination of bloating nervousness and heart palpitations, improves breathing, reducing drowsiness after meals, and preventing cold sensations in limbs. available in a yellow package at drug stores for $1.
Physicians tout Purification as Nature s foundation of health and urge a course of Calotabs once or twice weekly for several weeks. The ad promotes a family package with directions and prices Calotabs at 85 cents in drug stores.
Schedule details train times from Berryville with connections to Roanoke Memphis Nashville Cincinnati Philadelphia and Washington. includes Pullman sleepers to Williamson Bristol Hagerstown Philadelphia and New York with dining car and parlor car service. Inquiries to H J Barks Berryville and Jno L Bladon Roanoke.
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