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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1926
Page
4
The text lists subscription rates for Mall or one year and durations, then includes Bible verses for prayer and forgiveness. It references Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Mirror and Associated Press credit rules for republication.
The Hagerstown fair and the Hag erstown Almanack are revered in the city as key institutions dating to 1855 and 1797 respectively. The annual fair attracts distant crowds and outside capital while the Almanack anchors local progress and civic memory. Both have shaped the town since its 1789 founding.
A reader questions why England shows more respect for law than the United States. Commissions study law’s role as panels, courts, juries, and public sentiment shift blaming various actors. The passage argues excess law may erode respect, and that some statutes curb morality rather than prevent harms.
Arthur B. Crisman receives a Library Association honor for a top children’s book titled Shem of the Seen. The piece contrasts engaging adventures with junk literature and argues quality titles build judgment while maple sugar production is described as a purely American craft.
Local markets show varied quotes for bran and corn products and live stock. Prices listed include oats grain feeds, butter and eggs, and hogs and sheep values, with closing figures reflecting prior day levels.
Shipping point information for Friday shows dull demand in Martinsburg and Cumberland Shenandoah Potomac Districts with carloads at or near prior levels. Prices move for U S No 1 and other varieties with modest up ticks, while Rochester notes slow demand and steady pricing for barrels and bushels. A Nature Magazine note adds that newborn skunks are eyeless for about three weeks.
Police charged Mike Lillis Russell Triplett Duke Affleck and Bud Miller with choking a man and stoning a house on Sharp Street early today. Affleck faces an additional choking charge against Buchanan. Neighbors reported stones hitting a residence. police later arrested the quartet in an automobile and scheduled a police court hearing for tonight.
Creomulsion touted as a two step remedy for persistent coughs and colds. It claims to soothe inflamed membranes and attack germs, with money back if relief is not achieved as directed.
Auction sale of a 33 acre limestone farm owned by Edward L. Smith to be held October 16, 1926, in front of the Court House at Berryville. The property lies 2 miles from Wadesville and 6 miles from Berryville, with 16 acres in bearing orchard, a nine room residence and outbuildings. Trustee M. M. Lynch and Auctioneer W. W. Smallwood oversee the sale under usual terms.
By deed of trust dated March 10, 1922 recording details, Joseph A Nesmith and wife offer a 155 acre farm near Shockeysville to be sold at public auction in Winchester on Saturday October 80 1926 at 12 o clock. The property includes a residence and outbuildings with timbered land and borders Sydnoy Kerns. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust plus insurance. Harry H Lynch Trustee. Dunn and Duvall Auctioneers.
Special Commissioner announces a public auction in front of the Frederick County Court House at 11 oclock a m on October 23 1926. The tract lies about one mile south of Gore on Rock Enon Road containing 48 acres 3 roods 14 poles, adjoining Grady, Hook and others. Purchase by one third cash with balance in two equal annual installments secured by a deed of trust. T Russell Cather Special Commissioner.
In Martinsburg West Virginia evangelist Edward Fraser and Captain Bombay invited Harry K Thaw to attend a revival at North Queens and Race streets Thaw knew Fraser from before conversion and may visit the service He urged the crowd to believe nothing is impossible to God A deaf girl in the city reportedly heard her own whistle for the first time last week.
An old advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil tablets as a quick flesh builder. It claims 60 tablets cost 60 cents and guarantees at least five pounds gain in 30 days with a money back offer if not satisfied, urging readers to Baker's Drug Store or any druggist.
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