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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star Winchester Virginia announces its publication details and pricing with options for daily and weekly issues and carrier delivery. It notes consolidation with Morning News Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror and credits the Associated Press for news dispatches.
Voters in the first ward choose among Fred W. Forney Herman H. Hable and J Henkel Henry while the second ward lists R Frank Barr J George Baetier and W W Dellinger for the June 8 1926 election.
The May issue of the High School Teacher highlights Handley High School in Winchester. Superintendent Hugh B Duffey praises the Handley bequest and endowed public school system, noting reduced pupil elimination, broader access, higher morale, and strong community support as evidence of its value and lasting civic impact.
In the sesquicentennial year the government plans a weeklong celebration of the Declaration of Independence. Fifty years after its author Thomas Jefferson died at Monticello, Virginia. The piece notes Philadelphia as cradle of liberty but cites Washington Adams and Jefferson's Virginian roots.
The text credits Jefferson with shaping the early republic after his 1800 presidential win. It notes the debt owed to him is incalculable and links his leadership to a growing, marked triumph of republican experiments and governance.
Walt Mason sketches Jasper Jingle Jay who opens a hot dog stand with grand plans and crowd pulling sales. He borrows heavily, buys a limousine and Parisian style hat, and dreams of wealth as critics doubt him. After a brisk start, patronage fades and debts loom, leaving him despondent at the village pump.
The Star presents a daily corrected market report with wholesale prices for wheat, corn, flour, and feed, and retail figures for hay, eggs, butter, and livestock. Figures are partially garbled but show multiple lines of local commodity values and closing daily summaries.
A lighthearted look at weeks before June weddings with brides and grooms busy dressing, social events, and planning decorations. The piece suggests couples could benefit from practical preparation like a business venture, and notes that better planning might reduce future divorces and tears.
Virginia highway department specifications receive high praise from Standard Oil of New Jersey and Earle Landsell Company. A South American model request notes the Virginia standards as exemplary for road construction and gravel road treatment.
Fourteen true bills were returned by Augusta County grand jury at the May session. Bernard D. Shepherd, former cashier of the Bar of Craigsville, faces five indictments for alleged shortages totaling 15000 dollars. An additional indictment charges Mrs. Millie B. Griffith with murder over the infant found at the Griffith home last March.
Norman L. Bahlman and W. H. Taylor each paid 15.25 in police court yesterday for possessing improper automobile licenses on their vehicles.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that true ability shows when one earns approval from an audience predisposed against them, highlighting a public tests of character and performance.
Eighteen swimmers including eleven women begin training for a 20 mile English Channel crossing. Notables include Miss Gertrude Ederle planning a second attempt, Helen Wainwright, Helen Cannon, and rivals from England France Canada and Egypt. America fields Norman Rose and Dick Howell among male entrants.
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester Virginia gives notice by direction of Northern Virginia Power Company that it is ready to pay and redeem bonds. First mortgage five percent bonds from Winchester and Washington City Railway Company redeemed at principal plus interest. interest ceases if not presented by January 1 1926. Second mortgage six percent bonds redeemed at principal plus interest and one percent premium. Six percent improvement bonds redeemed at principal plus interest. Utilities office Winchester Virginia signed by William G Hardy cashier dated 12 18 11.
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