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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1927
Page
4
A fragmented ad lists subscription options including one year six months three months and one month in advance payments. It mentions carrier delivery and price points like $4.50 $2.25 and $1.20 with a note about Associated Press republication rights. The text ends with garbled trailing words.
A note urges parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections as a priceless future heritage. It includes Psalm 98:1 invitation to sing unto the Lord and a prayer thanking God for the victory through Jesus Christ.
The article argues that Washington, early in 1784, sought routes to link eastern and western waters, anticipating the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It highlights his efforts to find usable passages, study boat mechanisms, and envision commercial intercourse opening across Appalachia, earning him the title prophet of the west and a precursor to the B and O.
The Baltimore Sun recalls Isadora Duncan as a brilliant but erratic artist whose life was marked by grotesque misfortune and tragic death. Her beauty and artistry contrasted with midlife burdens and personal losses that culminated in a fatal end.
The piece contrasts Isadora Duncan's celebrated early genius with late career turmoil. It notes Boston’s puritan backlash but frames her grace, artistic devotion, and lasting influence on dance and the stage beyond Boston.
The Department of Agriculture states eight New World vegetables earn more than twenty four Old World vegetables grown in the U S Corn and two potato varieties drive the value. Native crops include beans tomatoes pumpkins squash and peppers while Old World favorites include cabbage onions carrots beets peas spinach asparagus and watermelons. Green corn remains largely unused as a table vegetable in Europe and is mainly grown for fodder.
A Missouri man in Macon, William C. Brown, credits a backyard spider named Mr. Blue Beard with predicting fair weather. He says the spider’s activity signals upcoming conditions a week or more in advance, suggesting the Weather Bureau could consider such natural indicators.
Hygrometers and anemometers are useful for weather work and every amateur should keep a spider in a handy corner to monitor conditions.
A nine month Atlantic drift bottle message reveals a baronet's confession of marital infidelity. Recovered by Granville Merkeley and delivered to his wife, the letter surfaced years later at breakfast, prompting demands for separation. The tale underscores how distant misfortunes and hidden truths echo in domestic life.
A bold ad touts MELLO GLO face powder as a French process product that prevents shine and pore visibility. It claims long wear and a youthful peachlike complexion, urging women to try it today.
An old advertisement promotes Baalmann’s Tablets as a cure for gas and stomach discomfort. It claims relief from gas, stomach pains, and numb cold limbs, urging readers to buy the product in a yellow package at Boyd’s Drug Store for $1.00.
The timetable lists November 1 1926 schedules from Berryvis Virginia for Roanoke and connections to Williamson Norfolk Chattanooga Nashville Memphis Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and Hagerstown. It notes dining car routes and parlor sleeper services with local and through connections, plus Pullman reservations contact details.
From the New York Times a suggestion that popular demonstrations in France against American visitors will be dealt with promptly and effectively by a vigilance committee of French hotel-keepers.
A comic Punch quip recalls two men found hiding in a tea shop cupboard after one cough drew attention. The gag notes no clever advertiser has asked the man to reveal a remedy that would stop the irritation.
The Federal Trade Commission requires mahogany to be called dipterocarpacae, a move praised as a major breakthrough for the pine and maple trade. Red and white tones make a vivid color highlight in vacation wear against foliage or beaches.
A public sale will be held at the G A Newcome farm three miles east by east of Winchester on Bufflick road Saturday September 17 at 1 PM. Items include two work horses one Jersey cow two sows some chickens wagon plows harrow tools a kitchen range table chairs and other goods. Another sale at the same place later by different party. Terms: cash for 10 and under and four months credit for larger sums with negotiable note secured by Farmers and Merchants Bank and interest charged from maturity date.
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