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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star Winchester Va lists publication details, pricing, and affiliations with Morning News and weekly papers. A news note lists Associated Press credit and Bible verse content including a prayer excerpt.
A journalist argues Winchester could become a sea port with federal funding to improve local waterways and ship canals. The piece links Lexington’s launch at Quincy to possible harbor and river improvements, proposing a voyage path from Abrams Creek to the Potomac and Richmond, plus transatlantic trade via a Port of Winchester.
Charlottesville Progress reports the University of Virginia will open a new sociology department this fall. The piece links the move to Jeffersonian ideas about man in society and aims the change at students seeking to understand social order through scientific methods.
A Western professor presented students with a document and a petition to cut the right arm at the elbow. Many signed without reading, highlighting dangers of promissory notes and hidden traps.
In a pointed note, the Ashland Herald-Progress critiques the C. and P. Telephone Company for sending a promotional story as news. The paper argues newspapers must be paid for advertising and rejects free publicity for reduced night message rates.
Commenting on Governor Byrd and local authorities, The Baltimore Sun calls for inquiry while Judge B D White of Princess Anne Circuit Court summons a special grand jury to investigate the kidnapping affair. The panel includes four Episcopalians, three Catholics, one Baptist, and one Methodist. The case prompts assurances of impartial action and a push to report findings to the court.
The national convention of the Reserve Officers Association will be held in Norfolk on October 25 26 and 27 drawing hundreds of visitors to the area. Lieut Edwin Bishop secretary of the Hampton Roads chapter says Newport News and vicinity will gain attention with sightseeing trips. The Hampton Roads chapter helps organize the event and many visitors will be accompanied by their wives.
The recumbent statue of General Robert E Lee at Washington and Lee University draws visitors from many states and nations. In August 8,550 people viewed the tomb, with 61 from abroad and total annual visitors surpassing last year by 7,257. Notable attendees included Mary Custis Lee DeButts and Governor Lee Trinkle who laid a wreath.
An advertisement proclaims Kotex as a modern alternative to the old sanitary pad. It touts five times the absorbency, deodorizing action, and easy disposal with no laundry or embarrassment. The copy urges women to ask for Kotex at drug or department stores, noting low cost.
Cadet Leigh A. Fuller class of 1928 United States Military Academy West Point New York is again on the West Point B polo squad for the coming season. This marks his second year on the squad following Staunton Military Academy Staunton Va and he is the son of Col Leigh A Fuller of this city.
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