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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1926
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists election notes for June 8 1926 with ward contenders including First Ward candidates Fred W Forney Herman Hable J Henk el Henry and Second Ward rivals R Frank Barr J George Baetjer W W Dellinger. The notice preserves historical masthead details and subscription rates.
The Garden Club of Winchester and Clarke backs roadside tree planting along the Winchester Berryville Pike as state funds for such work are scarce. The State highway commission allows trees only 18 feet from road centers on 50 foot rights of way, with 25 feet minimum from center for planting.
Richmond News Leader fundraising for a Richard E. Byrd monument in Richmond draws cordial support statewide. The piece argues Byrd’s polar flight and Virginia ties merit enduring commemoration and prompts debate over monument design and timing.
An editorial note hopes Mr. Byrd receives a sympathetic hearing on how he will be chosen to represent the queen in a memorial. It discusses avoiding restrictions on the artist and suggests thoughtful consideration of the memorial’s portrayal for future generations.
The New York World reports on a British General Strike breakthrough where London printed copies were radio transmitted to New York. The concept envisions four page papers broadcast from London and published simultaneously abroad, creating identical world copies in future years.
Nevada’s use of lethal gas for executions is portrayed as painless with no writhing. A condemned man enters a glass chamber, is seated, the door closes, gas administered, and within minutes he dies. The account compares the process favorably to wartime gas exposure for soldiers.
The poem contrasts two émigrés unhappy in a springlike land. One longs for Spitzbergen snow and cold seas, while the other yearns for jungle swamps and wild creatures. The verses end with a bittersweet note on home and longing.
A Los Angeles letter from Janie Bolin praises Howard's Buttermilk Cream and Soap, claiming they "take 10 years off a woman's looks" and urging others to try them. The ad notes availability at drug or toilet goods counters and Baker's Drug Store selling large quantities.
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