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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star announces publication at Win Virginia and lists pricing for subscriptions including yearly and quarterly rates. A note credits the Associated Press and includes a religious verse from Mark 8 54 and a short prayer asking for strength to follow.
The Second Auditor of Virginia announces a debt cut of 563900 in the past year, lowering total state debt to 19961203. He argues for prudent spending, noting much debt funded roads and interest paid, and cautions against excessive borrowing while suggesting progress is possible without bonds.
The Richmond News Leader lauds Virginia highways as in peak condition for October driving. Highway Commissioner Shirley and state crews receive praise for prompt repairs, smooth detours, and reduced dust, noting detours remain manageable and road quality improves over five years.
Fragmentary clippings discuss a renewed focus on a telephone case labeled in the Leader. The readable text hints at ongoing discourse or controversy but provides few concrete facts or names.
The Virginia rate case questions whether the State Corporation Commission erred in claiming legislative discretion while denying a nearly eight hundred thousand dollar rate increase. The piece argues fair value of the company’s property is the proper basis, notes the commission’s factors, and warns the interstate nature of the business keeps the monopoly largely unchallenged, calling for congressional investigation.
Milwaukee Judge Cortes of the juvenile court urges parents to talk with their sons and daughters and know their companions. He says court records show moral laxity as the worst after effect and that earlier parental intervention can prevent wrecked lives. The judge notes the court can provide mental, physical and social insight to steer youth before crises arise.
Danville Bee reports Premier Mussolini's third escape from assassination is met with widespread congratulations and renewed belief in his special protection, despite mixed views on his dictatorship. Civilians recoil at violence and applaud the Duce's survival.
Vandalism targets road signs across cities and rural routes, misdirecting tourists and obscuring curves and road features. The act is described as a queer joke that wastes travel time and endangers safety, with calls for stiff fines or jail for offenders. A warning that tampering could mislead travelers and disrupt transportation.
Refuge brief items report a Rowland family visit to Amherst Painter near Baltimore and a reunion with Painter’s children. Elisabeth Suddith visits Willis Suddith in Boyce Clarke county. Local reflections note Rev. Obaugh’s last sermon before conference and several residents attending the Woodstock fair. Weathering storm damaged a barn roof slightly. new members attend Odd Fellows banquet in Front Royal.
An advertisement promotes MELLO-GLO Skin-tone as a French beauty treatment that removes excess oil tightens the skin cleans pores and beautifies the complexion. Peoples Drug Co. urges readers to buy a bottle.
Middletown Virginia notes show Guyer Larrick and family from West Virginia visiting R. A. Larrick and relatives. Mrs Larrick improves after illness. Joe Watson Edward Kline and J Rogers visit Richmond and Pennsylvania respectively. Katharine Rhodes Katharine Watson attend William and Mary College. Pauline Hudson returns to Culpeper to teach. Grace Ferris returns home to New York.
Summer plans with Mrs Hugh Lar Tick noted. Mr Paul Rhodes left Monday for Richmond to attend school. Miss Kia Clark teaching in North Carolina this winter.
The report lists wholesale prices across meats dairy and livestock including bran flour feed hay butter hogs calves sheep lambs and poultry. Figures show per ton or per hundredweight with several items missing or garbled in transit.
Market brief lists local barrel flour at 8.50 to 9.50 and 12‑lb flour at unknown price. Also shows flour middlings around 2.20 and standard middlings near 1.90. Mixed feed priced about 2.00 and country dress items noted with a price around 0.86.
A Detroit man asks for a duplicate marriage license because the original was eaten by rats. The clerk is urged to propose an alternative method for issuing a replacement license.
The article notes a broad difficulty in popularizing the League of Nations, comparing public understanding to the complexity of Einstein's theory. It suggests many readers find both concepts nearly as hard to grasp.
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