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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1926
Page
4
Publication page 1926 at Winchester Virginia details mailing, associated press rights and subscription rates. The text lists publication dates and religious verse content titled Bibl Thought and Prayer Edeemed From Distress with a Psalm verse.
Martinsburg Journal recalls the abduction of Isabel Zendorski from a Tamarack path near Orwell Ohio. The five member farm family rents a $125 yearly plot as searches fail to locate the child dead or alive. Public worry rises as nationwide attention frames the hurt of a missing infant.
The Southside Sentinel reports Mrs. M J La Roche suing Jack Dempsey for 35000 claiming he elbowed and struck her in the face during the crowd after a fight. The column questions the merit of such a large suit for a minor injury and urges against such frivolous claims.
The piece counters Bryant's idea of autumn as the year's last smile, arguing every season has its own charm. It extols autumn's beauty and healthful air, notes Indian summer colors, and links harvest prosperity to business and home comforts.
The piece derides get rich quick schemes and notes real fortunes come from years of hard work. It argues most wealth requires persistence, patience, and steady effort rather than sudden windfalls.
A 4A dispatch highlights Suzanne Oagsee the famed French tennis star touring the country praising speed and accuracy as key to success. The piece argues that steady effort builds speed by regularity while erratic effort falters in sports and business.
Postmaster General New arms 22500 railway mail clerks and orders them to shoot to kill after fourteen major robberies cost 1.408 million dollars with about half recovered. A recent 135000 robbery near Chicago triggered the new measure. Marines may be deployed again if clerks fail to hold.
The Star lists wholesale prices for wheat bran flour scratch cracked corn and more, with per ton and per barrel figures. Local and Baltimore retail rates appear for butter and middlings while live poultry and cattle prices are shown. A line notes partridges and hares may be hunted near Versailles.
Public auction in Winchester Virginia on October 30 1926 at noon offers 155 acre Frederick County farm near Shockeysville owned by Joseph A Nesmith and wife with timberland. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust with insurance. auctioneers Dunn Duvall.
In the chancery case Luther Pannett Guardians vs George Dunlayt and others the Special Commissioner will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester County Court House on Saturday October 23 1926 at 11 am. The tract lies about one mile south of Gore on the Rock Enon Road containing 48 acres 3 roods and 14 poles, the land of which R Bruce Dunlap died seized. One-third cash at sale with balance in two equal annual installments evidenced by purchaser bonds secured by deed of trust. Russell Cather Special Commissioner.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets promising rapid weight gain. It claims 10 pounds in 22 days for a user and offers a money back guarantee if at least 5 pounds are not gained in 30 days. The note mentions Tokyo property values in yen.
In Ribe the church celebration observed the region’s eleventh hundredth year of confusion and the Christian faith’s establishment. The ancient Danish town hosted a ceremonial observance highlighting religious history and regional heritage.
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