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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1926
Page
6
Announcement states Miss Sarah W. Coe of Charles Town is engaged to Milton O. Rouss of Jefferson County. Both are prominent socially. The wedding date has not been set.
Announcement from Stephens City details the marriage last Saturday at the United Brethren Church parsonage of Miss Martha Hopewell and Mr. Robert Gordon, both of Frederick County. The Rev. S. R. Ludwig performed the ceremony.
The Department of Commerce census bureau estimates city populations with 30 000 or more inhabitants as of July 1 1925 using 1910 1920 growth averages. New York leads with 5924000, Chicago over 3 million, Philadelphia over 2 million, Detroit 1 29 million while several others near or above half a million are listed.
The DeLand Florida motorists outline a multi city route starting June 1 with a grand entry into Winchester and a total 1059.8 miles across Georgia and the Carolinas. They travel from DeLand to Crescent City Jacksonville Callahan Folkston Waycross Alma Baxley Reidsville Metter Maynesboro Augusta Edgefield Troy Greenwood Spartanburg Tyron Hendersonville Asheville Marion Newland Elizabethtown Bristol Roanoke Staunton Harrisonburg Woodstock Strasburg Middletown Stephens City Kernstown Winchester and back. The party requests cold storage capacity for twenty boxes of Florida oranges to be kept for the trip and stored in Winchester.
An eight column feature by M. Wells of the Automobile Club of America extols the Shenandoah Valley as a motorist paradise. It highlights the old Valley pike chartered in 1837 and scenic views along Blue Ridge and Alleghanies with blooming apple orchards, praising road conditions and year round traffic.
Oscar H. Farthing, once jailed on bootlegging charges, is released after Commonwealth's Attorney Taylor of Amelia Court House Virginia confirms the moonshining case is weak. Sheriff Pannett had re arrested Farthing at Winchester and awaited orders before release. A Studebaker roadster used to transport liquor was later sold.
Edwin Markham cites the birthplace of The Raven as a country homestead long before 1845, located on Eighty-fourth Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway in New York. The site now hosts a factory and was owned by Patrick Brennan who hosted Toe along with his wife and mother-in-law in summer 1848.
Thomson notes explain the herring earns its title by size and threat level. A whale’s mouth spans 15 to 16 feet but cannot swallow a 14 inch herring, so the fish earns the boast of king of the sea.
After an unsuccessful day of fishing two men walk a country road. A farmer's dog rushes out and threatens them. One man kicks the dog and quips that he wishes he could tell his family he had a bite.
The article notes Langres in northeastern France has no exact founding date. Known to Romans as Andomatunnum, Langres likely derives its current name from the Celtic Lingones. The bishopric was established around 200 A D.
A note on bagpipes as an ancient instrument mentions use by Romans and earlier Greeks. It cites a Grecian sculpture in Rome depicting a bagpiper in attire reminiscent of a Highlander.
From Stan ton California comes a report that Joe Diaz of Niles Garden raised a pumpkin weighing 184 pounds and 8 feet 2% inches long. The item highlights a record set by a local grower challenging traditional fisher stories.
The British Museum houses three million books on 53 miles of shelves with 80 staff assigned to dust them. Even so each book is dusted only once every eighteen months.
The Owl from Boston to New York hit a freight at a crossing near Mansfield. The locomotive tore through three freight cars and toppled a signal tower. Fireman Ernest Riddings of Newton died. passenger conductor J W Durley and freight conductor George Hughes were injured. about a dozen passengers had minor hurts while many remained asleep during the crash.
Richard R. Whittemore, convicted murderer of a penitentiary guard, will have a new trial motion heard before the Maryland Supreme Court full bench on Saturday. Attorneys for the state and Whittemore pressed for an early date. ruling is expected next week. If denied, Whittemore faces imminent sentencing by Judge O'Dunne, with possible hanging or life imprisonment due to the murder verdict lacking mercy recommendation.
The funeral of John F. Burkholder, a long serving Mulligan Post, Grand Army of the Republic member, was held at Mrs. Chapman’s residence on North Frederick Pike. Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden and Rev. Mitchell officiated before a large gathering, with interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Middletown. Pallbearers included J. W. Williams Harry Potts Edward Stine L. A. Clark M. H. Rossenberg and C. E. Edmondson.
Warne B. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League said the dry senatorial loss in Pennsylvania is offset by a gain in Oregon. He blamed Senator Stanfield for losing support of prohibition friends, arguing the defeat is due to this shift.
Revival of speculative interest in oil shares and gasoline price gains spurred the market higher. Strong demand for high grade rails and late buying pushed representative industrials up 2 to 4 points as Atlantic Refining hit a new yearly high amid merger rumors. Total volume reached about 1,000,000 shares.
W M railroad engineers allege two wage classes coerced employes into investments in the Maryland Oil Company under threat of dismissal. W. A. Paddock told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee the episode shows road officials’ hard boiled tactics as a nationwide wage dispute continues since last October.
The celebrated French magician Jean Robert Houdin was dispatched by the French government in 1854 to Algeria to reveal tricks used by native priests alleged to stir public sentiment with their magical feats.
The diamond acts as an exceptional heat conductor and an electrical insulator while crystalline quartz follows, offering far lower heat transfer. This comparison highlights diamond as the superior heat conductor among common gemstones.
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