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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia announces publication details including post office entry date May 29 1928 and rates for subscriptions ranging from one month to one year in advance. It notes consolidation with local papers and AP rights for news dispatches locally published.
The passage urges parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections, calling it a priceless heritage for the years ahead. It contrasts honest business with false weights, citing Proverbs to condemn deceit and affirm fair dealing as pleasing to the Lord.
Richmond article notes Governor Byrd rejects personal attacks by Representative Deal in the Virginia constitution amendments campaign. It emphasizes the single issue is ratify or reject amendments. voters must judge their merit, not personalities, by June 19. Deal accused Byrd and administration, but the Governor urges focus on the amendments' impact on the state.
The piece argues Paris barber contests misvalue speed, noting barbers prize gatesmanship and customer comfort over rapid cuts. It proposes a scoring table emphasizing Salesmanship with points for persuasion, consultation, and added services rather than mere speed.
The text outlines a barber contest scoring system with Skill Alibis and Anecdotes worth 250 points total. It emphasizes measuring workmanship, customer comfort, and presentation while discouraging certain storytelling styles. The overall aim is to ensure the winner reflects well on the profession.
Southern Dairies based in Washington takes over Imperial Ice Cream Company facilities in Winchester Martinsburg and Hagerstown valued around 200000. The new units join 60 Southern Dairies plants and will operate as local communities with same production methods. The deal expands a 14 plant southern network into West Virginia and Maryland with 47000000 pints produced last year and total 1927 business over 12000000.
William Muldoon veteran member of the New York State Boxing Commission and on his 83rd birthday tells reporters that patience is the greatest virtue for those aging. He says impatient temperaments ruin happiness for themselves and others and credits growing old gracefully with achieving true contentment and happiness.
The thirty-fifth annual Blue Ridge Hunt Club horse show will run at Carter Hall Grove near Millwood on Saturday, June 2. Eighteen classes include yearlings to saddle horses, hunters, polo ponies and riding ponies, plus a pony race. The Millwood event attracts society from near and far for a gay spring affair.
The District of Columbia carried out its first electrocution, Philip Jackson a black man, for criminal assault on a telephone operator on the Capitol grounds on February 18 1927. The sentence sparked outrage in Washington and in Congress where swift punishment was sought.
Faith sustained the Bremen flyers, but reports note their ascent ended when the gas supply ran out.
An advertisement touts the FLY-TOX Hand Sprayer for indoor mosquito relief. It claims rapid death of mosquitoes with a fine spray that reaches ceilings draperies and closets, without staining walls and fabrics. The product is advertised as stainless fragrant and harmless to people with a guarantee on every bottle.
Wayne Feed Dealers Hatchery operators and prominent poultrymen from Maryland and Virginia meet in Winchester on Thursday June 7 at the George Washington Hotel. McMillen Company officials guide the program with talks on poultry problems feeding hogs and dairy cows merchandising methods and education features. Guests will be treated to a noon dinner with local entertainment.
Staunton May 28 Shenandoah Valley Inc reports solid early support in Staunton Winchester Martinsburg and Woodstock with funds nearing 2000 4000 and 6000. Luray Warrensburg Front Royal and Lexington canvassing set for this week and July 1 targets pledge strong backing from caverns and big business to strengthen the movement.
The funeral of William Kaine was held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with a requiem Mass led by Rev. Thos B Martin. Interment followed at Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were John L Shine David P Reardon R T Bryarly Arthur OLeary Stewart Grim and J Joseph Sullivan.
Some holdouts think Cal Coolidge will resolve the Republican nomination dispute by personally taking the lead in the showdown, while others push for a traditional party process.
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