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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1927
Page
5
The article advises evaluating trade in offers by comparing the new car price including delivery and finance charges. It warns the largest allowance is not always best and stresses treating the deal as a purchase where the current car is a credit toward the new car. It also invites readers to request more GM product facts via a coupon.
The late Miss Sophie Sommerville 55, of Clarke county Virginia, dies in Washington from an overdose of poison. Coroner Dr J Ramsay Nevitt certifies death as self-inflicted. Body found near Calvert street and Connecticut avenue bridge after her disappearance Monday afternoon. She had a nervous breakdown years earlier and was a former private school teacher.
Raymond B. Dailey a former hook keeper at Citizens National Bank of Martinsburg West Virginia was indicted in Wheeling by the U S district court for embezzling 29958 28 over eight years. He confessed after bank examiners noted book discrepancies and exonerated others in the bank. He was jailed in Jefferson County after his confession.
The Garden Club of Winchester and Clarke County thanks The Star for publicity support during their regional flower show preparations. Helen Wylie Conrad, Acting Corresponding Secretary, Winchester Va., Oct 17, 1927.
Miss Bertha Kump Madeline Whitacre and Walter Whitacre Charles Whitacre Winifred Kump spent Sunday with William Lupton at High View West Virginia. Sales Cooper welcomed a daughter Myrtle Beall Cooper. Emma Kump and son Melvin visited H D Whitacre Sunday evening. E L La Follette and Ray John La Follette attended the iron horse fair last Thursday. C Fenton who fell from an apple tree is unable to be about. Melvin La Follette Elmer Oates attended the Hagerstown fair last Thursday.
A compilation of pithy remarks from multiple outlets touching on fashion latitude urban life and political sentiment. The snippets juxtapose social norms and expectations with public discourse noting humor in everyday observations and press opinion.
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