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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1928
Page
5
In ville Virginia on September 9 ex Senator George N Conrad will address Democratic voters at the town hall about campaign issues and an anti-Smith club will form. In Culpeper Harrisonburg lawyer George N Conrad will speak at eight o clock Thursday evening at the municipal building.
The article offers a full analysis of the present condition facing Southern Democrats and invites public attendance. It notes P. Percy Johnson was arrested today for speeding with the alibi that he wanted to drive his new car home before car styles change, as reported by the Atchison Globe.
The family of R. Fogle expresses gratitude for condolences and floral tributes during his illness and after his passing. His children extend appreciation to friends and neighbors for support.
The New York Yankees defeated the Athletics in two games 5-0 and 7-3 to move one and a half games ahead in the AL standings. Key moments included Bob Meusel’s bases-loaded homer and Gehrig’s triple with Ruth’s run in support. The Athletics had briefly led after a doubleheader win over Boston, but the Yankees regained first place.
A tongue in cheek line from the Atlanta Constitution likens the 18th amendment to women with unbobbed hair, arguing that such changes cannot be easily reversed after being implemented.
An advertisement extols Rinso soap as safe for hands and clothes, claims it softens hard water, and keeps sinks and dishes clean. It features a testimonial from Mrs Emma V Affleck of Winchester Virginia and notes endorsements by washing machine makers and multiple box sizes.
A Virginia perspective from the Louisville Courier Journal notes plans to form a National Jockey Club at Saratoga to standardize rules across major circuits. It argues a central body would prevent internal racing disputes, set schedules, and safeguard vast breeding and racing investments totaling millions.
The Star lists daily quoted wholesale prices for wheat flour cracked corn corn meal mixed feeds and screenings plus hogs lambs and calves with bulk figures. It also shows local retail prices for flour mixed feed scratch feed butter and country butter in a compact market snapshot.
Readable lines show prices for chickens eggs and cattle. Sparse figures indicate a mid section of a market column with scattered values and vendor headings. no complete prices or entities are clearly identifiable from the fragment.
Robn M. Purcell state treasurer received letters from Confederate veterans asking why weekend pensions were smaller than June figures. John H. Johnson explained that veterans now receive 50 and widows 25 per quarter, with March carryover reductions due to missing governor signatures on the appropriation bill.
Public auction at 317 National Avenue begins at 2 o clock on Saturday September 15 offering household furniture bedroom suites bed clothing antique bureau dining room furniture cooking utensils and dishes double heater gas range and other articles. L D Grubbs administrator of the estate of George M D Grubbs deceased.
Trustees under deeds of trust for A K Paul Koenig and wife offer for sale at public auction the Yancey Farm valued 76 acres with a frame dwelling, barns and chicken houses in Frederick County Virginia. Sale set for 11 00 A M on September 28 1928 in Winchester in front of the County Court House. Terms require one third cash day of sale and the balance in one and two years with interest six percent secured by deed of trust and fire insurance. Trustees James P Reardon and Russell A Shryock.
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