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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1927
Page
5
The source states that they expect a meeting to yield notable progress and favorable outcomes, suggesting confidence in the planned discussions and actions to follow.
Ten University of Virginia students have been named as candidates for Rhodes Scholarships to Oxford. Five Virginians and five from other states were selected by UVA’s Rhodes committee and must report to their state committees December 10. Eligible candidates demonstrated scholarship, leadership, character, and participation in athletics and extracurriculars. One winner will be chosen from each state for the 1928 Oxford term.
A nostalgic guide outlines Halloween decor and activities from candlelit hallways to pumpkin greeters. It suggests a pumpkin jack o lantern welcome, costumes, flashlights as place cards, games like apple biting and flour dips, and autumn refreshments with pumpkin pie and cider.
The American Red Cross reports flood relief spending of $15,445,056 with $1,685,599 remaining, totaling $17,131,654 for Mississippi river valley victims. Primary costs include food, clothing, maintenance at $4,260,280, reconstruction at $2,957,415, livestock feed at $1,709,058, and rescue camp operations at $1,151,361 alongside $1,446,434 advances to local chapters.
Virginia counted 299924 motor vehicles registered in the first half of 1927, an 8.2 percent rise from the same period in 1926. The Bureau of Public Roads of the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the figures, noting the state exceeded the national average.
Only six states showed a decline with three dropping more than one percent. The largest gains occurred in South Carolina with 174,378 dollars equal to a 15 percent rise, followed by North Carolina at 12.6 percent and Illinois at 12.2 percent. The national total reached 20,991,333.
Shenandoah Valley enjoys perfect autumnlike weather with cool days and lively air. Abundant fresh produce fills markets including corn tomatoes lettuce lima beans celery and garden crops as orchards glow with colorful apples and scenic valley views.
Berliners favor cremation over burial as funerals run about 2,100 monthly. Cremations average 1,075 per month with burials at 1,025. Economic considerations cited as the main reason for the preference.
With hunting season opening November 13 state and federal officials urge hunters and campers to prevent fires. Chief Forester Greeley and other leaders stress caution as dry woods and leaves enable fires to spread quickly. Virginia reports a favorable fire year so far with minimal damage, contrasting last year’s severe losses in the South.
Riviera fashion shifts from stockings to powdered legs as hotels enforce dress codes for winter dinners. Women apply gold dust or cold cream to simulate stockings, a trend catching on across Monte Carlo and other Riviera venues. Gold remains popular, with some matching powder to gowns.
London report shows watered beer cases far exceed watered milk in England. Government chemists found beer diluted up to four gallons per barrel while consumers remained unaware. Assertion notes pyridine added to methylated spirit as a nauseating ingredient and links to a drop in recorded drunkenness.
In Rome on October 29 fascists aid a loyal party member Di Castro whose wife bore twins. A summons from the ministry of interior led him to receive 400 lire in fresh banknotes and a note of thanks. The Falist paper added 100 lire from its own funds.
A public sale of a farm tract about 442 acres in Clarke County Virginia is set for November 12 1087 at 11 a m in front of the courthouse at Berryville with bids to be divided into three parts then two parts and finally the whole The property includes a brick dwelling two weatherboarded houses three barns and outbuildings and is described by deeds dating 1893 1901 1916 The sale terms require one third cash and notes or full cash with a deed of trust Special Commissioners W T Lewis J M Mason Jr and clerk Eugene Glover public notice of the land’s history and division plan is included.
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