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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1927
Page
6
Jewish residents begin the year with Rosh Hashana, observing one day by Reform and two by Orthodox practices. The observance includes shofar blowing, Shabbath Shabah, Yom Kippur, memorials, and concluding with Sh'mini Atzereth Simehath Torah on October 17 and 18, featuring processions of the Scrolls.
Ernest N. Smith of the American Automobile Association urges drivers to avoid scolding visiting motorists who break local traffic rules. He says courtesies should prevail and motorists should point out regulations to travelers when violations occur.
Holmquist South Dakota Mrs Apolo Hansen reports four years of illness and sleepless worry eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, noting improvement after two bottles. Encanto California Mrs Sreca Lay says weak to work two hours daily, now can do housework and help husband with garden. The ad frames a woman fighting for health and family happiness as a soldier in the kitchen and urges others to try the product.
The text argues for calm, courteous handling of outsiders and foreign plates, urging locals to apply traffic rules kindly. It suggests hospitality proves community pride, especially as millions take motor tours and encounter unfamiliar license plates.
Governor Ritchie will officiate the opening of a two week fair commemorating the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad centennial in Hale Thorpe Baltimore. The event, named Maryland day, marks the 1827 charter grant with Gladys Miller titled Miss Maryland as the lead on the Maryland float. The pageant features fifteen floats and thirty one locomotives and begins Saturday at 2 15 p m with state officials in attendance.
Thirty three full blooded members of the Piegai and Blood tribes from Glacier National Park arrive by Great Northern Railway to Halethrope for a pageant at the fair. They will demonstrate early transportation methods with horses and dogs and a Native camp is expected as a major attraction. They will greet visitors with songs and dances during the exhibition.
The Rev William E Cox longtime rector of Church of the Holy Comforter in Richmond resigns effective December 1 to engage in missionary work in Arizona. He recently visited the state to survey the missionary district at the request of his classmate Bishop Walter Mitchell.
Harry B. Keckley, a well known grain dealer, was struck by an automobile on North Main Street last night. He was knocked down and unconscious, taken to Dr. H. I. Pifer’s office with a bad head injury. The vehicle was said to be driven by Harry Miller.
A man named Keckley was struck by the Miller car while crossing South Loudoun Street near the Miter Hardware Store. He suffered bruises and a severe nervous shock and was confined to his bed, with Miller transporting him to a physician and then his home.
A religious exhortation urges believers to press forward despite struggle. It frames life as a battle against spiritual foes and worldly temptations, promising heavenly reward for the brave who obey the command Forward and stay on the right path.
Forward then, breve Christian here, "Tis your 'Lord's blessed command' and to Seine bring you to heaven's andeins on our Captain goes before His whom all heaven's host adore. He all our wants will ey out of His unwasting grace and with Him we well tiv live and reign forevermore. Sept. 20, 1927, Winchester, Va.
The American Legion Department of Virginia reports emergency relief aided 90 families including 39 children over the past year. Ten additional children received aid from the national endowment fund, with 533 children nationwide helped and a monthly total cost of 5359.39. South Dakota has the most children aided at 32.
The text notes ants typically live eight to ten years, with captive specimens reaching up to fifteen. It contrasts pleasant, affectation-prone people with kind-hearted friends who tolerate it, implying social behavior parallels in a light, reflective tone.
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