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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1948
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists publication details, editor, and office contact with notice on delivery reliability. It provides subscription prices for mail and carrier routes, including regional postage adjustments, and a Bible verse quote.
The Virginia apple industry lags in unified advertising compared to California oranges. The California Fruit Growers Exchange began campaigns on March 2, 1908, spending over 43 million dollars to promote oranges, lemons, and grapefruit, elevating these items from luxury to staple and boosting per capita consumption from about 25 to a higher level.
The text notes U S orange consumption rising past 125 and Sunkist becoming iconic. It credits 1916 juice adoption after Exchange ad campaigns and 1922 vitamin awareness, then contrasts with apples highlighting marketing efforts and expected gains for Virginia growers.
A compact chronicle of past local notes across years from 1947 to 1898. Items include retirements at Norfolk and Western after 48 years, state government reorganization commission appointments, flu reports in Winchester, a Hayfield farmer’s death, a World War II roll of honor mention, a Warrenton jail breakout pursuit, a Front Royal speech at Clearing House meetings, road project traffic notes, a historic Hotel Evans clock stopping, and a 1898 stolen trunk found in Mt Hebron cemetery.
In Parricide the membership exceeds 100 before a split while life goes on in Winchester amid rising tensions as war with Spain looms. The report notes ongoing normalcy in Winchester despite impending conflict and internal divisions.
A dated self help style quiz grades your memory and aims to reveal a rank from Genius to Poor. It lists ten questions about history science geography and military names with a prompt to turn to page 2 for the correct answers.
A UN figure states that a few men behind a right idea can achieve miraculous results and that moral ideals prosper with a handful of rugged followers. Gandhi is cited as a small force changing nations without force. The piece argues that God and one man make a majority and references the resurrection as a lesson of triumph over evil.
Notice of a special meeting of shareholders of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester Virginia to be held in the banking rooms on Friday April 16 1948 at 7 29 PM for transaction of business. J H Yost cashier.
Present and past rainfall figures show an average annual total of 36.20 inches based on 35 years. Monthly averages for 1913 to 1946 include Jan 2.46, Feb 1.94, Mar 2.91, Apr 3.02, May 3.67, Jun 3.92, Jul 3.82, Aug 3.76, Sep 2.57, Oct 3.31, Nov 2.44, Dec 2.38 inches. Data provided courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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