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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1925
Page
4
The Evening Star Winchester Virginia announces a historical newspaper publication record stating standard postal, publishers and consolidation details with Morning News Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror entities listed. It notes daily edition except Sundays and indicates post office classification.
A list of subscription prices showing annual rates at 3.50, six month at 1.75, three months at 1.00 and one month at 0.30 with additional carrier rates for a year at 4.50 and six months at 2.25. The text contains garbled filler and illegible segments but preserves the pricing for various advance periods.
A 1925 newspaper item notes that Associated Press content is used for republication oil news dispatches credited to the AP unless otherwise credited to this paper and that all local news is published on Monday June 15 1925.
The Southern Planter, edited by former Governor Westland Davis, urges defeat of Senator Byrd arguing he opposed a $50,000 treasury appropriation for binder wine manufacture by convicts. Byrd says funds should support public works like roads and says excessive state spending burdens farmers. He supports eliminating useless appropriations to streamline state business and reduce taxes.
In November Auditor of Public Accounts Lee Moore withdraws from the race as Byrd and Mapp canvass. The long machine era seems to shift with Mapp’s candidacy, leaving Byrd likely to win while Moore remains a former official in good standing.
Citizens judge Harry Flood Byrd by his actions in state affairs and public service. The discussion notes that his merits are recognized without formal titles amid comments on recent political events and a dismissive remark about Mrs Jones.
A local column praises Governor Byrd for chivalry and public service, while readers debate the implications for leadership and state affairs amid recent policy discussions and ceremonial events.
A nostalgic tribute recalls Rider Haggard’s adventure tales and visionary vigor. The author praises his vivid settings with savages, caravans, and Gordon style confrontations, contrasting past sensational fiction with modern trends and propaganda.
Daily market report lists local wholesale prices for commodities including flour, corn, eggs, butter, hens, bran, hay, stock feed, cattle, sheep, and spring chickens. Baltimore wholesale shows prices for wheat, corn, eggs, hens, cattle, calves, hogs, lambs, and sheep with unit figures and ranges.
Policeman Boyd and Guthridge led a Saturday night and Sunday crackdown arresting seven men on liquor charges. Suspects include Lawrence Reardon for DUI and George Grim Vernon Lonas Sanders Pangle Boyd Taylor Fred Mills and Ronnie Lonas for illegal liquor possession. Taylor fled into a store before capture. most defendants posted 68.25 dollars in fines, with Reardon receiving 30 days in jail.
A National Editorial Association gathering in Staunton faced an ironic scene as local morticians lingered in the Stonewall Jackson Hotel. After five sleepless nights on a train fueled by snoring presidents and weary officials, scribes moved in, occupying rooms and pushing the undertakers out. The party departed town, deeming the fourth estate too lively to be their prey.
Mrs. James Francis of the Franklin Gazette Philadelphia traveling with the National Editorial Association party collided with a street car in Charlottesville and escaped uninjured. Friends joked about one of her nine lives used, noting no damage to the trolley and that she will not pay damages. She boasts a hard head and survived the incident, while the transportation company seeks explanation of her cranium’s resilience.
Senator Harry Flood Byrd, a gubernatorial candidate, will address Chesterfield county voters at Bon Air on Friday July 10 at 8 p m A county demonstration accompanies the appearance The meeting marks Byrd's first Chesterfield visit since joining the campaign Julian Gunn will preside The community house at Bon Air is set for the event A band concert starts at 7 p m Byrd Club of Madison ward members assist in arrangements
Schedule in effect for February 22 1926 lists train times from Norfolk and Western to Hagerstown and intermediate stops. Connections at Shenandoah Junction for Washington and Baltimore with through service to Philadelphia, plus a parlor car to Hagerstown and a Pullman sleeper Hagerstown to Philadelphia. Passenger pickups at Shenandoah Junction and Hagerstown reflect connecting-line transfers.
The condition of little Lee Long, struck by a car in Middletown, Shenandoah county, is desperate with skull fracture and brain exposure. The driver, John Manuel of Oranda, Shenandoah county, is not believed to be at fault as the child darted into Main Street.
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