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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1928
Page
4
A fragment from a bygone page shows subscription rates and press notices. It lists daily and weekly pricing, carrier options, and references Associated Press dispatches. It also includes Bible thought and prayer segments with Proverbs 10:1 and a prayer invocation.
The Roanoke Times reports Winchester hosts the fifth annual Apple Blossom Festival drawing up to 100 000 visitors from Virginia and neighboring states. Miss Mary Wise Boxley is Queen Shenandoah with three princesses. Apple orchards bloom, weather favors crowds, Winchester’s historic sites and Civil War battles add to the festive mood as the region promotes its apple industry and heritage.
The article previews a statewide spring festival in Virginia likening it to rose carnivals in California and Oregon. It anticipates the 1928 festival as the best yet with Virginians and visitors enjoying sightseeing and merrymaking during two days of pleasant May weather.
Local wholesale and retail market prices for flour corn meal mixed feed middlings cracked corn and screenings. Cattle calves sheep lambs hogs pigs and poultry prices noted with regional listings for Baltimore and local markets. Local job printing and sales directory offered by The Star Office.
Mr and Mrs Albert Willoughby of Baltimore visited over the festival holidays as guests of Dr and Mrs Ray Sartelle of West Leicester street, the latter's brother in law and sister.
The Rev Dr L Fucker pastor of Centenary Reformed Church will preach at 11 a m Sunday on Springtime. He will share Apple Blossom Festival observations during the sermon.
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