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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1926
Page
8
The page lists prices for hens light and heavy, guineas at 154 lbs, Ola roosters, calves lambs near LAKET, and butter from Creamery and Country brands. It shows wheat hay eggs and cracked corn prices, plus wholesale market corrections from the previous day and numerous scattered figures.
Co. F. Whitted resigns as manager of the William Byrd Hotel in Richmond to lead the New Robert E. Lee Hotel in Lexington. The Lexington hotel, owned by Thomas Greshan of Richmond, is expected to be ready for business November 1 and described as one of the Valley of Virginia’s most modern establishments.
John Galsworthy calls for wholesale emigration of English children to the dominions to secure the future of the British empire. He urges rapid relocation to distant colonies to bolster imperial stability and resourcefulness.
In New York on October 19, Mrs Frances Heenan Browning known as Peaches asks the Supreme Court to name her mother guardian to sue her wealthy husband Edward W. Browning for separation. Browning had earlier secured a guardian for his wife in Poughkeepsie after she left him with her mother. Justice Morschauser appointed Francis Dale as guardian to the girl on Browning's request.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company reports earnings rise for the nine months ended September 30. Net income after charges and taxes in 1926 reached 85,225,917 dollars, or 8.94 dollars per share, on 9,527,138 average shares, up from 79,042,693 dollars or 8.70 per share on 9,078,632 shares in 1925. Total income for 1926 was 145,509,478 dollars, against the prior period.
Fragmentary notice cites figures such as 132 and 232 with surplus after dividends and totals like 21 1557 103 against 13 728 832. Reads like a classified ad block listing financial numbers and notices.
London venues such as the Lyceum stage plays that attract thousands of patrons while the so called intellectuals stamp the products with approval striking a high public profile for melodrama in the city.
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