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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star is published daily except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia. It is consolidated with several weekly papers and entered at the Winchester post office as second class matter.
The piece notes the Guggenheim Fund’s plan to award $150,000 for aviation safety tests emphasizing controlled landings and low speeds. It contrasts progress in engines with public safety needs and speculates on elevated roadways as traffic solutions, while recounting local Apple Blossom impressions and festival fatigue.
Henry Bulletin notes a youthful Russian inventor who has achieved major success in commercial photography and plans to use his million dollar fortune as a trust fund for charity. The piece emphasizes dreamers and the fulfillment of ambitions, highlighting the inventor’s charitable aims.
The article contrasts wealth and poverty, praising Anatol Josepho for remaining unselfish. It argues money magnifies abilities for good or evil, and that those who gain power should remember the dreams and motives that guided them when poor. It notes his honor and continued unselfish purpose.
The Roanoke Times reports Governor George S. Silzer of New Jersey likening state government to a private company. He argues executives must know tasks, but political appointments complicate efficiency, calling for reform aligned with Governor Byrd and Reed committee plans to put business methods into government and push for a fair trial by the people.
Frugal theft of eleven chickens a roasted chicken and a hot mince pie occurred Friday night at the barn of Mr. Hunter M. Stine on the Martinsburg pike. The thief may be same as the Wednesday raid during the Apple Blossom Festival when a screen door was cut and a hot mince pie and roasted chicken were taken from a porch cupboard. A witness, Wilmer Stine, saw a figure enter the yard, but believed the Stines were at home.
G W Bowly of Winchester applauds the fourth Apple Blossom Festival praising the festival’s leadership and staff. He cites compared artistry with New Orleans Mardi Gras, lauds West Virginia exhibit, and notes praise from visitors and a designer from Baltimore. He ends with communal pride.
Ed win Smith reports via cables that Virginia Yellow Newtowns and New York Baldwins sold well at the Liverpool auction of April 27 with prices higher than last week. Virginia Yellow Newtowns 2 1 2 inch sold $7.54 to $9.25 per barrel f o b Winchester, Baldwins 2 1 2 to 2 3 4 inch at $6.81 to $7.91 per barrel f o b Rochester. Last week values were lower. Oregon Yellow Newtowns nearly sold out amid moderate supplies. 600000 cases of Australian apples expected by end May.
A vintage advertisement touts McCoy's Coo Liver Compound T ablets as a tonic for weak children. It claims dramatic improvement in appetite and energy, urging parents to buy at Baker's Drug Store and to demand the genuine original product with a money back guarantee.
Salesmen wanted for a well rated firm with fifty years in business and a top line of products. No house to house work. Full or part time. Meet Wm. T. Reid at Fairfax Hotel Room 16 on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday 4 to 7 30 PM. Burke’s verse evokes enduring chivalry in a George Eliot quote.
Samuel Houston born March 2 1793 at Timber Ridge Church Virginia. Noted as a great soldier statesman and Texas rebellion leader against Mexico with his birthday observed as a Texas holiday. Also a stray quote about actors and influence from newspaper clippings.
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