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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star, Winchester Virginia, lists daily publication except Sunday and partnerships with Morning News Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror. Subscription rates shown include yearly advance 3.50 and monthly 1.75 with quarterly 0.90 and monthly 0.30. Carrier rates show one year 4.50 and six months 2.26 with three months 1.20.
Bible Thought and Prayer urges parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections for priceless heritage. The piece cites Proverbs 10 28 about the strength of the upright and prays for guidance to walk in the Lord’s path.
The U S department of commerce notes women spend four fifths of retail money and buy most men’s stockings and neckwear. Men complain yet women bargain, compare prices, and seek value, influencing where families shop and what goods are purchased. Business must target women at home with ads to win their trade.
The Sofia cables report Boris, unwed and famed for daring acts, driving an express at high speed for hundreds of miles, while speculation swirls about a potential marriage alliance with Princess Sleana and a public eye upon him. The piece notes past escapades and the kingly air surrounding his actions.
The New York World notes spring arrives and the hand organ man has largely vanished from the streets. Once hundreds strong, now the hand organ trade has dwindled significantly.
A column recalls street performers and their changing fortunes as Prohibition, Mussolini passport curbs, and autos alter the city scene. It laments the absence of the hand organ man with his monkey and records, urging a Board of Estimate action to bring him back and require performances of O Sole Mio and La Donna e Mobile.
Dr Allan Bennett notes sea sickness remedies in the British Medical Journal. A. C. Benson recalls Henry Sidgwick crossing a channel reciting poetry to ward off mal de mer, languages from English to Greek. A captain’s order to stop caused Sidgwick’s illness to return, showing fiction of verse as prophylaxis.
Local wholesale prices quoted today include mixed feed oats eggs heavy hens and cracked corn with regional variations. Retail figures list local and creamery butter, flour, and various grains with corrections shown at the close of the prior day.
Athens Georgia May 22. In a possible world record every white child in Athens elementary schools who needed dental work received cleaning or treatment with a certificate issued. For the first time every Negro elementary pupil also achieved the 100 percent dental care mark as part of a five year school health program run by the city Clarke county and the Commonwealth Fund. The board offers a holiday to each school reaching full score. Athens population about 16 000 and 2600 in elementary schools.
A quotation notes that mere complacent generosity can lead to self shame. It cites the Good Samaritan crossing the road to help a wounded man driven by personal desire to do good.
The undersigned will sell at auction at the residence of the late Enoch F Lanham No 34 National Avenue at 1 oclock P M Saturday May 1928 all the household effects of said decedent consisting of parlor suite 4 rockers 16 chairs 2 tables 2 bed room suites lot of feather beds and pillows 1 rug 1 book case 4 dressers 1 clock 1 desk 1 sideboard 1 range 1 gas stove 1 kitchen cabinet lot of matting lot of black smith tools garden implements etc Terms Cash No property to be removed until paid for M M Lynch Exr Of Enoch F Lanham De d Duvall Dunn Auctioneers 5 19 61 The law providing for the punish ment by fine of any one who galloped his horse on Main street enacted In Frederickaburg Va in 1787 is said to be the first speed law Denton Texas Herald
Advertisement promotes Capudine as a fast acting headache and pain reliever. It claims relief in one fifth the time of tablets and powders, soothes nerves without stomach upset, contains no opiates, and is approved by physicians and druggists. Available at drug stores in 60c and 30c sizes with full directions.
San Antonio hosts the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention from May 29 to June 6. Aztec costumes crafted by Mrs. J K Beretta and assistants for 50 convention pages feature authentic designs based on old prints and Guatemala research. Suzanne Prick, daughter of Col. Beaumont Buck, receives the first costume and will page for Mrs. Henry M Droneht, Texas convention chair.
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