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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star messages list the 1926 election date June 8 with first and second ward names and officials. Publication details include post office imprint, Associated Press flag, and subscription rates for various terms.
A World editorials against phonetic spellings highlighting examples like fonetic and pronounst arguing they erode grammar and clarity. A Mt Arlington resident pays twenty five cents to a trolley company after twenty five years, with interest making the debt seem larger than the nominal sum.
Shenandoah National Park gains passage by Congress and President Coolidge. The Shenandoah Valley Inc. files trace park origins and the movement's growth, noting Virginia’s Blue Ridge could attract many visitors despite Western park figures.
The 1925 session marked the largest tourist and automobile year in park history with 1,760,512 visitors, up from 1,422,353 in 1924 and 1,280,886 in 1923. Hot Springs led with 265,000 visitors, followed by Rocky Mountain 233,000 and Yosemite Valley 209,000. Yellowstone 154,000. Mt. McKinley lower due to Alaska. Virginia invested 1.2 million to create Blue Ridge park lands.
In a Atlantic Constitution note, volunteers and farmers call for constitutional relief via congressional action while acknowledging the impasse over methods. The piece compares the debate to the colored congregation's conflict over funding and responsibility for building a new church.
A courtroom scene shows Cobb asserting his stance amid laughter. The crowd reacts to his claim of being a foremost writer in New York, with the New York World deeming the question silly and the defense counsels pressing.
An advertisement touts MELLO-GLO French Process Cream as a skin beautifier. One application promises visible change and increased beauty, with Peoples Drug Co. as the selling point.
The 22nd session opens September 16 for day pupils from kindergarten to first year high school and for resident students of age. Miss Adele Affreck leads with help from an experienced kindergarten teacher and piano by Mrs. Greene Katherine Glass Greene.
Woodstock Herald weighs a local broadcasted Socrates style argument about Shenandoah Park and Shenandoah county. The piece argues against dismissing tourism benefits and predicts county prosperity from tourist traffic while criticizing faulty reasoning.
Poet mocks the dreamers who pursue far off lands and uncharted seas while dry realities like bread and work stay grounded. He contrasts critics who deride explorers with images of settling towns, schools, synagogues, and commerce on familiar shores.
Lynchburg News reports Irving Cobb ends a long running gag by delivering a final laugh in a Carroll bathtub joke. Jurors question whether literary men attended and whether Cobb was present in the scene.
Notice to present for payment and redemption of bonds issued by Northern Virginia Power Company. Winchester and Washington City Railway first mortgage five percent bonds redeemable at principal plus interest. Second mortgage six percent bonds redeemed at principal plus interest with one percent premium. Six percent improvement bonds redeemed at principal plus interest. National Bank Winchester remit. Cashier William G. Hardy. December 18, 1f.
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