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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1928
Page
4
A fragment lists advance prices with values such as 4.50 for year, 2.26 for months, and 1.20 for half year. It also mentions 6 month in advance and a 40 J 10 item. The text is incomplete and contains unclear tokens and punctuation.
An old religious column presents a devotional snippet with a misread Bible verse about authority and mourning. It emphasizes faithfulness when seeking official positions and reflects on lessons from Proverbs.
A smear alleging Governor Smith was drunk at a Syracuse appearance is traced to a letter from Sanford of Syracuse to Mrs. Bauer of Parkersburg. Mrs. Sanford admits writing the letter but denies attributing the remark to herself. Senator Fearon testifies there is no basis for the claim and recalls accompanying the governor at the Syracuse fair with no intoxication observed.
In a letter to the editor, an advisory board member disputes a report about Governor Smith at the state fair. He asserts he accompanied the governor from the Onondaga Hotel to the train, stayed in an adjoining box, notes the governor made no speech and was not intoxicated, and calls the circulated statements malicious slander. The writer warns rumors about the governor should be treated with caution.
Lynchburg News reports the United States honors Charles Evans Hughes with a seat on the World Court bench. The American selection is seen as a tribute to the nation and its global influence as diplomats and citizens alike recognize his judicial credentials and international stature.
A Pennsylvan ia scientist predicts the near future will bring synthetic, perpetually clean houses built of steel and concrete. Floors will be enamellike, walls lacquered, furniture bakelite, and entire interiors burned clean of soiled items. Children may treat cleaning as a game while parents stay home to oversee and shop for new decorations.
Petersburg Progress Index reports France plans a vast fortification program from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. The project, framed after Petain drafts, includes forts, redoubts, new roads, railways, and underground works with an initial 200 million franc allocation and projected costs reaching 1.4 billion francs over seven years. The piece questions France's commitment to the Kellogg Treaty.
The nation is absorbed by baseball ahead of November with crowds at the Sun Building and cities like New York Philadelphia focused on the World Series. The pennant race in the American League seems decided in New York with the Yankees and Athletics stirring excitement even as trailing teams influence outcomes.
The Star lists today’s wholesale prices for Wheat Flour Corn Cracked corn and mixed feed plus butter cattle hogs and other staples. Local retail data shows barrel flour middlings scratch feed screenings and country and creamery butter with regionalBaltimore figures for hens chickens eggs calves cattle sheep and pork at month end levels.
The article recounts details of Dr. Fisher and associates in Keyser where a girl died after an operation. Miss Wetsel and Miss Weisel, both figures in the case, are questioned. The motive and exact events remain disputed as prosecutors pursue new angles. Evidence includes tonsillectomy instruments and a note found by attorney Shores.
The New York World reports Theodore Roosevelt Jr 34 sent $10 to Commander Richard E Byrd for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. The boy earned the money by painting the piazza roof cleaning the bathroom washing walls and other chores and wrote a letter to Byrd offering support and luck.
Mr Kenzel Whitacre returns from Fairmont West Virginia and takes a job at Farmers and Merchants Bank in Winchester. Epworth League service Sunday at 7 with Miss Etha Braithwaite leader and Rev Mr Agner at 8. Thelma Fletcher Catherine Sacre Freda Braithwaite Ramsburg Giffin Orndoff motored to Endless Caverns Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Barrow family visited J W Brannon. The Lafollettes Willard and O W Dick with Mrs Paul Braithwaite visited Washington and Berkeley Springs on Tue and Wed.
After J. B. Gardner reported the incident officers began an investigation that led to the arrest of Fisher and Miss Weisel. Both prisoners are under close watch in jail with their clothes replaced by jail garments and searched for drugs. Detective Brown holds hundreds of letters and communications, including a day by day tracking. Hoover and Jiff emerged from a political horn at the end of the Democratic side.
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