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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1926
Page
4
Publication notice stating the Winchester Virginia daily paper is issued by The Evening Star Publishing Co. with mergers listed and pricing details for a periodical, indicating second class matter and daily issues except Sundays. Specific figures show 3.50 and 4.50 currency amounts for certain items.
The piece argues Washington suffers hot summers yet overstates misery seen in the New York Times while noting the city’s parks, trees, open streets and easy drive to Virginia and Maryland hills. It compares favorably to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore in heat.
The Petersburg Progress Index notes Governor Byrd asked President Coolidge to back a federal investigation of gasoline prices and the oil industry. Senator Truell proposed FTC inquiry. the resolution passed in the Senate without a recorded vote. The impact depends on FTC personnel, and benefits for consumers are uncertain.
Chicago health records show married men have lower death rates than single, widowed, or divorced men across age groups. In 25 to 34 and 35 to 44 brackets, more bachelors died. the trend widens with age, favoring married men.
A dejected Jimpson wanders in search of an ear to hear his tale of long collected stamps. He boastfully recounts stamps from Graustark and distant lands, arguing stamps beat politics and cars for real treasures.
Carter Wormeley reports that after the Hillsville courtroom shootings of 1912 and the executions of Floyd and Claude Allen, a private monument accusing the state of judicial murder was removed. Governor Byrd ordered the inscription trimmed of the offending passage and pardoned the remaining Allen and Edwards prisoners.
Citizens of Louisa county launched a movement reported from Luray to rename a Shenandoah National area as Piedmont Park. The effort aims to reflect regional ties and attract public support for the proposed name change.
Notice offers three miles from Winchester Virginia land for sale at bargain figures. A. C. Orndorff urges interested buyers to act quickly. The item includes a court notice about Hilda E. Massie Allamong vs Isaac F. Allamong for divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the ground of adultery with publication in the Evening Star.
The Louisa community backs a move to rename the park to Piedmont National Park arguing most of the park lies in the Piedmont region of Virginia rather than Shenandoah Valley. They plan to ask Representative Harrison to introduce a bill in Congress to fix the name per the Swanson Temple Bill.
Harlan Kelsey of the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission proposed the name Shenandoah after inspecting the park area. The commission voted to select the Blue Ridge site and recommended Shenandoah to Congress, which accepted it. Other names included Blue Ridge National Park and Virginia Shenandoah National Park, but officials kept the selected title.
Droughts in the Shenandoah Valley push Luray town council to install meters and raise water charges. Ordinary spigots rise from 1.00 to 2.00 dollars, bath tubs by about sixty percent to around 16 dollars yearly. Commercial rates still under review.
Mining observations show earth temperature climbs about 1°F per 60 feet of depth. Pendleton colliery in Manchester reaches roughly 58°F hotter than surface temperatures at 8,474 feet deep.
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