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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1928
Page
4
Local notices show subscription rates for one year three months and six months with advance payments. The item notes post office second class matter and consolidation with Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Mirror. Associated Press credit appears for news dispatches.
Daily Bible selections urge parents to have children memorize verses as a priceless heritage. A Prov 11 18 line notes deceitful works vs righteous reward, and a Prayer reminder says what a man sows he reaps.
The Yorktown centennial and future 1931 Cornwallis surrender commemorations are proposed with a plan to identify and protect long-hidden French soldiers' graves on the Virginia peninsula. Colonel Henry Sackett advances U S-France remembrance, stressing a monument to valor and fortitude for future ages.
A Nottaway Herald summary of a Wisconsin Agricultural Extension survey outlines a 160 acre farm with four horses a tractor and a silo. It notes crop variety livestock costs rotation and the need for profit and loss records to run farming like a business and suggests a similar Virginia study.
The piece cites John Sparge noting during Samuel Gompers lifetime socialist writers blamed his influence for failing to win unions. They predicted a post Gompers era would advance American labor and push the Socialist vanguard, a forecast later judged naive.
The American Federation of Labor under Mr Green leads unions in a swift march opposite to Socialist aims. It stands as a strong bulwark against Communism while promoting political and industrial democracy and social welfare nationwide.
A British art lover laments Americans buying English treasures as Antiques Dealers' Association launches a campaign to keep art furnishings in England and foster English taste for old furniture and tapestries amid a dynamic outflow of English items to the American market.
Commerce Department figures show Nevada marriages up 95.2 percent in 1927 from 1926. In Washoe County the tally nearly tripled, with many couples from California seeking licenses, while Nevada’s divorces rise as residents from other states use the system.
A speaker argues Valley business leaders should support Shenandoah Valley Inc as a clearing house for local commerce and tourism. He says the region must advertise to attract new money and notes the tourist dollar circulates multiple times annually, urging coordinated promotion.
Harrisonburg organizers led by Dan Weigle canvassed business leaders seeking funds and manpower for Shenandoah Valley Incorporated. Jack Grasty joined the drive, touring Woodstock and Shenandoah County with a brass band and speeches to secure pledges for the maintenance of the regional development program.
In Lisbon Portugal a beef shortage has led shops to stock horse meat as an alternative. Local butchers report steady demand as consumers adapt to the new option amid rising prices and limited cattle supply.
A decree granting an absolute divorce to John R. Trenary from his wife Mary Trenary was entered in the Corporation Court of Winchester on the grounds of desertion. They married December 17, 1916, and he states she left him February 8, 1925.
Mrs B J Rider of Charleston states bronchial trouble caused chronic coughing and sleepless nights. She credits Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with relief and full health restoration. The remedy is sold by all dealers in large liquid and tablet forms priced at 1.35.
Brooks store promotes savings with everyday low prices and advertised discounts across departments. Shoppers are urged to compare values, with emphasis on value-focused messaging and bargain guidance.
The court case details that the mother returned to Florida and refused to return to live with the father. The father states he has cared for their four children since she left, and the decree grants him custody of the children.
The estate of Enoch F. Lanham conducts an auction at 1 PM on Saturday May 36 1928 at No National Avenue for the decedent's household items including parlor suite rockers chairs beds tables bookcase dressers clock desk sideboard range gas stove cabinet and garden tools. Terms are cash and removal allowed after payment. Bem Lynch executor with Duvall and Dunn as auctioneers.
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