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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
3
Virginia reports gasoline tax collections for March reach 260683 dollars, up about 27 percent from last year’s 206692.44. Projected yearly totals with automobile revenue could approach 8.9 million, funding roughly one third of state operating costs, while collection costs remain around one percent.
Telegram reports the death of Mrs. Chandler mother of P. M. Chandler at Cynwyd near Philadelphia from age related infirmities. She will be buried at Longwood Friends burial ground between Kennett Square and Chester, Pa. Her family ties include niece of Baynard Taylor and grandmother of Dr. Thaddeus Rich who leads the Philadelphia Festival Orchestra.
William Brannon of Cumberland Maryland is held at Martinsburg West Virginia on a charge of manufacturing liquor in a shack near Glengary Berkeley county Officers say Brannon may have disposed of the liquor in Cumberland where his wife and children live A housekeeper in the Glengary area was reportedly present but not at the time of arrest
Prohibition Officers arrest Charles Wood of Warren County for possessing a still and three and a half gallons of liquid in violation charges. The case centers on illegal apparatus and liquor possession with authorities continuing inquiry and potential court action.
At the May term of court in Front Royal a man pled guilty to a prohibition violation indictment. He was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
A fragment from the Washington Star quotes Uncle Ehen arguing that people simply prefer natural tastes and styles. The brief excerpt hints at social reactions and the ease with which certain ideas gain traction in public discourse. The text reflects casual, colloquial voice.
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