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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia lists subscription options by mail and carrier, including one year at 3.50 or 4.50 respectively, six months 1.75 or 2.25, three months 1.20, and one month 0.30, with rates for local editions and Associated Press news usage. The notice outlines delivery days and publishing affiliations with Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror.
A devotional note emphasizes the value of daily Bible selections for children as a priceless heritage. It urges trust in God as the great ruler and sustainer, with scripture from Psalm 95 praising God’s sovereignty over the earth and its hills.
Bristol News Bulletin reports Charles Birger, Illinois gangster, sentenced to death by gallows in the oil state prison. Chief verdicts assign life terms to Art Newman and Ray Hyland for the murder of Mayor Joe Adams on December 12. Attorney Martin defends harsher deterrence, arguing criminals build their own scaffold.
The Wytheville Enterprise notes an auto boom with 1927 six months sales totaling 840 481 cars, up from 1926 and 1925 figures, while predicting big new car introductions in autumn. Analysts debate absorption capacity, suggesting 2 000 000 cars yearly if ownership remains steady and advertising stays strong.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports a plan to erect a Jesse James monument in Kearney Missouri. The piece discusses public reaction and debates over rehabilitating outlaw figures in modern fiction and public memory.
A remark on the Jesse James monument fund notes the departed bandit’s influence, acknowledging its mixed impact while praising the extraordinary reach of his notoriety and its hold over many people in American history.
In Bournemouth England a man known as a Pied Piper earns by catching rats. He made 435 dollars last year, paying 75 dollars for bait and traps for a net of 360 dollars about 1 dollar a day. The city seeks long term rat-proofing with concrete, screened openings, and new construction to eliminate rodents.
San Francisco Chronicle reports experts from the Metropolitan Insurance Company find falling rates of death by own action across all ages in the United States. The sharpest drop occurs in ages 10 to 19 and 20 to 29, the same groups tied to student personal crisis stories, with the message that young Americans do not wish to die.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes President Taft highlighted how a president can boost gate receipts. South Dakota spent thousands to outfit the Black Hills lodge as a summer White House and now tourism brings unprecedented prosperity. Cash flows freely in the region as travelers arrive.
Mr. Sales Cooper visited Mr. H. D. Whitacre with a Sunday gathering including Holmes Fletcher and Walter Anderson families from near Winchester. Giffin and Johnson guests visited C. Fenton Giffin. Madeline Whitacre and Audra Kump spent the evening with Lehring Barr. Rev W P Good preached a sermon to a fair crowd. Visitors to W J Muse home included Mrs Katie Frazier and Miss Willie Key from Charles Town. Roanoke visitor Rev E B Cook and niece Helen Carper joined A J Anderson’s guests. Anna Belle Hook returned home from Highview. Local exchanges note that one fifth of Americans own a car, pending pay-off.
Hannah Dale Scott wife of Harry W Scott longtime resident of Clearbrook died at home at 8 10 o clock last evening in her sixty third year after tumor operation. Survived by husband four sons Ernest R Andrew N Harrison M and Russel A Scott one sister Blanche Doax four brothers Rawson Carter William A Carter Harry W Carter and John Carter a daughter Willa May Richardson died last June in Pittsburgh Funeral at Cedar Hill Methodist Church Sunday 11 am with Rev Levi C Chase presiding.
Here rests Ed Munn a man of power born in 1901 died at 85 decade years. The Lafayette Lyre notes his passing with brief tribute and a nod to his era and impact.
Mrs Lawrence Weaver of East Smithfield Street Mt Pleasant Pa describes her improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says she was weak and ill but slept better and gained strength to care for three children. She urges others to try the remedy and notes generations in her family learn of its merit.
Train times list routes from Berryville to Roanoke and beyond with connections to Memphis Nashville and Philadelphia. Includes Pullman sleepers to Williamson Bristol and Philadelphia, dining car service, and intermediate stops via Shenandoah Junction Hagerstown and Washington. Fares and reservations available through agents Berryville Roanoke and Roanose Avon.
Rosenberger Virginia reports community notes: Mrs. Harry Huff and daughters returned to Philippi West Virginia after a summer with Mr. C Hipp. Mr I B came home Saturday after West Virginia days. Sunday visitors at Loring Clowser home included Lafayette Henry and two sons and Mrs Farrebee and her daughter. Margaret Clowser visited Edward Haines. Clara Fawcett and Edison Fawcett visited relatives. Clara Margaret Frye goes to West Virginia for school. Also a tongue in cheek line about dishwashers aspiring to acting or executive roles.
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