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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star announces its publication details with publisher Harry Flood Byrd and post office mailing information. The paper is issued daily except Sundays and is consolidated with several local weeklies including the Morning News Item the Weekly News the Weekly Times and the Weekly Mirror.
The text lists various in advance subscription rates including one year three dollars fifty nine cents and four dollars fifty cents for one year in advance. It shows six months at one dollar seventy six cents and two dollars twenty five cents and three months at ninety cents and one dollar twenty cents.
The text declares that the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to use all AP credited dispatches and all local news published in the paper. It asserts republication rights for AP material and local content within the page.
The graduation reflection blends sadness at leaving a long held home with hopeful forward gaze. It honors teachers and friends, urges hard work, balanced recreation, love for others, and religious guidance as the graduates begin life beyond Handley School.
The piece outlines three core elements of merchandising: cost quality with careful purchasing and financing. displays and service through personal salesmanship and fair dealing. and advertising as an integral part of business. It argues modern advertising is essential, not mere space, driving buyers to sellers and raising overall efficiency and prosperity.
Wilmington Star reports Delaware echoes English law by requiring that evidence in divorce cases be treated under new standards. The shift signals changes in how courts assess testimony and documents in marital dissolution proceedings.
In a critique of state laws on divorce and home privacy the piece denounces Delaware for easy fast divorces aided by secrecy shielding, contrasts Nevada’s rapid filings, and mocks a Chicago preacher’s view on marriage as social support. The argument decries a trend to commodify matrimony and shield scandal.
The 1927 Maury High School class faced graduation without a scheduled commencement speaker after Dr. J A Chandler of the College of William and Mary mistimed his engagement. The event proceeded at 10 30 in the morning, leaving graduates to face the world without formal academic counsel. The piece questions the future of a thriving commencement speaking industry if such decorative oratory proves unnecessary.
The Suffolk community debates the safe Fourth of July as mushroom stands outstrip bans. Public leaders back safe picnics and expert displays while illegal sales raise risks of eye injuries, burns, and tetanus. Citizens split between fun and health concerns amid looming nationwide fireworks incidents.
Local wholesale and retail market prices for wheat flour corn meal feeds butter and eggs are listed with ranges and per ton or barrel figures. An obituary/ remembrance honors Aljourn Ware eight years after his death with a wife and daughter note dated 1911.
By virtue of executions against Butler Electric Co I will offer for sale a Star coupe automobile in good condition at public auction two o clock p m Saturday June 8 1927 in front of county courthouse Winchester Virginia Cash terms A J Wigginton Deputy Sheriff (6 7 10t)
The coast guard operates under the Treasury during peace but moves under the Navy in war, as explained in an answered Liberty question outlining the division of oversight and wartime authority.
J Henkel Henry, dubbed the Fighting Councilman for leading tax cuts and resisting utility hikes in Winchester, runs for State Senate representing Shenandoah Clarke Frederick and Winchester. He argues primary laws prevent delegation picks and asks for Democratic support and views for service.
Early morning and afternoon trains run from Berryville via Shenandoah Junction to Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia with parlor car service to Hagerstown. Sleeper cars run Hagerstown to Philadelphia. For fares and Pullman reservations contact agent H W Burks in Berryville Virginia.
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