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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1927
Page
4
The Winchester Virginia Evening Star lists a Bible Thought and Prayer feature urging parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections as a priceless heritage. It quotes Psalm 107 and Psalm 107:2 3 and praises the Lord for redeeming from the enemy.
A reflective passage extols treasured speech and faith as garments of memory and hope. It portrays a pilgrim bearing scripture in darkness and approaching the valley of shadow with assurance of reunion, guided by friendship and divine support.
The Cumberland Times notes that battle flags captured from Confederate armies have been returned to their states. New Jersey sent banners to North Carolina with a delegation, highlighting reconciliation and healing old wounds between north and south.
A dispatch from Chicago questions Mayor Thompson and his followers plan to stir anti British sentiment. The piece notes former Congressman John Gorman defends Thompson as a defender of Americanism and says plans to burn pro British histories are unlikely to be carried out.
Petersburg Progress Index notes a shift in U S meat styles per Oscar Mayer president of the Institute of Meat Packers. Less physical labor reduces fat meat demand as Americans drive, elevator use, and seek a curveless figure, affecting how Mrs Spratt keeps the platter.
The essay describes the Bible as a global, timeless text that speaks to rulers and common folk alike It brings peace comfort light and guidance in peril calamity and darkness and is revered as a maternal comforting voice across ages and places
The Muscle Shoals of Virginia project in Hopewell moves forward with plans for the Atmospheric Nitrogen Company plant to operate early in 1929. The plant is touted as Virginia’s greatest industrial triumph of the last decade and will be a major nitrogen production facility uniquely using air-derived nitrogen.
Nationwide interest filled exchange pages as Mississippi senator John Sharp Williams and his wife celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. The piece notes enduring marital loyalty and the value of lasting bonds, contrasting with unhappiness that leads others to seek new partners.
By execution in hand, on November Sth 1927 at 10 A M, sale of four reed rockers, porch swing, piano and stool, Victrola, parlor suite, bookcase and books, eight rugs, dining suite, range, oil stove, kitchen cabinet, clock, three bedroom suites, steel cabinet, Star automobile 1923 model. All furniture in good condition. Cash sale. Luther Pannet, Sheriff Frederick County. Dunn & Duvall, Auctioneers.
Public auction in Winchester Virginia 206 acres two miles east of town near Winchester and Berryville Turnpike. Improvements include eight room residence large barn outbuildings and a small orchard. Possession given January 1 1928. One third cash day of sale with balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Special Commissioner M M Lynch. Clerk I C C Brannon confirms bond and security.
Canterbury notes list residents visiting relatives and staying guests. Mrs. Frank R. Heise returns to Washington for her ill father J. C. Hale. Fay Slemons and Fay Clemons families settle in Winchester and visit Gainesboro. Local social checks include visits among Painter, DeHaven, Cline, Ritenour, and Marshall families as seeding continues in favorable weather.
A goat attacked the windshield of the Berkeley County Court official car in Martinsburg on Saturday. Commissioner Almon W. was aboard as the incident occurred. Local authorities secured the vehicle and the animal, with no injuries reported.
A goat climbed onto a car hood near a county court as officials inspected nearby work. The incident disrupted proceedings and highlighted a humorous moment as the animal loomed above reflective glass.
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