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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star notes its publishing consolidation with Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror and lists postal details for Winchester Virginia. The notice reflects routine press union moves under publisher Byrd and the Winchester office.
The text preserves a period tone with religious paraphrase and a Bible verse from Matthew 25 37. It mentions subscription rates by mail and carrier for varying periods and emphasizes prayer and gathering guidance while noting Associated Press republication rights. The fragment blends pricing data with devotional content.
The Bell Telephone Company touts a large toll reduction for distant calls but faces questions over increases in nearby rates. The New York World notes day rate cuts to Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Boston. meanwhile local calls to New Jersey rise, with higher after midnight charges. Virginia readers demand explanations amid rising indignation at rate hikes.
Washington Star reports Bowling Green Missouri neighbors adopt Champ Clark widow and care for her as a living memorial. They bake food assist with home duties and arrange trips. Mrs Clark phones neighbors for help when visiting Washington. Community labor shown as tribute to the late war horse of Democracy.
The piece notes 1963 Polk County marriages and 909 divorces, arguing divorce has become a casual option worldwide. It questions whether the divorce privilege is abused, contending marriages often lack a clear commitment and reflect diminished character tests.
Hollywood Florida notes Jim Ferguson Jr of Texas commenting on the outcome. Ma Ferguson was buried beneath a 218000 vote majority, a heavy burden that contrasts with her gender and inexperience in politics.
Mrs Bruce Swartz returned from Akron Ohio after two months with her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Williams. Funeral services for Miss Fannie Orndorff were held at the Christian Church with Rev D H Rhodes officiating. A Long Island farmer uses a radio loop antenna mounted on a wheelbarrow to entertain workers in the fields.
The Russian poet and novelist Dimitri Merejkowski and his wife live in a modest Paris apartment in near poverty after fleeing from Warsaw following the Russian revolution. Now over seventy, he lacks means of living due to the Soviet abolition of property in literature.
Mr and Mrs Ray Weirick and daughter Helen Lee of Washington visited his parents G L Weirick. Mr and Mrs W C Cooley and Billy from Chevy Chase Md visit relatives. D N Gruver to Sunrise for birthday dinner. Elizabeth Rinker injured sight in eye. W L Green visits with R R Stickley family. Mrs W B Obaugh improving. Josephine Baker and Corine Willey, nursing in Winchester Memorial, visit parents. Steel industry employs 600000 in US. yearly production valued around 1600000000 dollars.
A new French process cream named Mello-Glo claims to beautify the face and make skin appear younger. The advertisement from Peoples Drug Co. urges readers to buy Mello-Glo to increase beauty with a pure, different application.
A New York scientist, Prof Richard Till, explains tides slow Earth gradually as a braking effect, but he sees no cause for alarm.
Judge Rose MacDonald of the Juvenile Court in Berryville Virginia saved her antique collection when a storm caused a short circuit in the town lighting system igniting curtains. She smothered the flames with no serious injuries.其他 residents and guests are noted in brief accompanying items.
Patton Jordan of Richmond is noted among guests. Mr and Mrs Thomss Talliaferro of Washington are visiting the Mieses Shepherd on South Church street. Lt and Mrs Frederick Riddle, guests of Mr and Mrs Blackburn Smith, have left for Greensboro to visit Mrs Riddle's father Admiral Scales.
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