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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star at Winchester Virginia lists delivery options and rates for mail and carrier subscriptions. It notes association with the Associated Press and states exclusive republication rights for news dispatches.
Virginia apple growers favor barrels over boxes for export markets despite pressure from Pacific states. A 1926 Commerce Department report shows 9,246,000 bushels shipped in barrels versus 6,924,000 in boxes, with barrels leading in two-year export totals.
Staunton Evening Leader reports Governor Byrd urging judges to send more prisoners to the roads. He argues many inmates serve terms in jails and would benefit from regular work, meals, and rest outdoors. Critics note systemic flaws in health-based releases and call for prison camps or light work programs to reform offenders and reduce recidivism.
Commentators question governor remarks urging road labor for prisoners. They argue that able-bodied inmates should be sent to roads when sentences permit, stating it benefits both state and prisoner health and morality. Officials’ resistance to road assignment is criticized as hindering necessary reform.
A Washington Post set of simple traffic safety rules urges pedestrians to look where they go cross at crossings and obey signals while drivers should signal before turning avoid beating trains or street cars slow for blind corners stop at tracks slow for children and bad weather and keep focused on the road. repeating safety reminders to reduce accidents.
H M Sutherland, winner of a $5,000 True Story Magazine prize, gives a personal sketch. He recalls a peripatetic newspaperman past, war service, muted ambitions, and a Kentucky Virginia border life with quail at hand and a moonshine note.
A promotional notice urges purifying the body with Calotabs every week for several weeks. It claims physicians endorse complete system purification as key to health and offers a family package for 35 cents at drug stores.
In the Outline of History Wels cites Lydia as the first country to offer inns for travelers and merchants. The Neptune association, a group of licensed ship masters and mates, is named after Neptune the Roman sea god.
A dense price list shows local wholesale and retail figures for wheat flour corn meal bran and other goods. The itemized listing includes butter, cattle, lambs, and hogs with quoted prices, ending with a Kant quotation about the soul and spirits.
An advertisement promises quick relief from neuritis pains with Allenrin Special Formula No 2 in capsule form. It claims effects within 24 hours and advises continued use for two to three days, available at Baker's Drug Store or other druggists.
The next free tuberculosis clinic for Winchester and vicinity will be held Friday May 20 at the District Nurse A offices in the Chamber of Commerce building from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dr. B. C. Harper of the State Tuberculosis Association will head the clinic with several local physicians. The event is free to anyone with tuberculosis symptoms and invites all to attend for a free examination.
The timetable lists 8:24 A M departures to Hagerstown and intermediate stations with a Shenandoah Junction connection for Washington and Baltimore, 1:37 P M service to Hagerstown Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia, 6:32 P M parlor car to Hagerstown, Pullman sleeper Hagerstown to Philadelphia, and 11:29 P M sleepers to Philadelphia and New York. For fares and reservations contact Hi Sl. Barks Jno L Bladen Agent Gen Pass Agt Berryville Va Roanoke Va.
Mrs Anorph Hansen of Holmquist South Dakota says four years of illness faded after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound starting with one bottle. Mrs Steca Lay of Encanto California reports waking energy after starting the remedy and regaining ability to work at home and help her husband. A general appeal encourages women fighting illness to consider the medicine as an ally.
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