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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1927
Page
4
The Evening Star lists Walter Winchester publication details and subscription prices by mail and carrier. It notes Associated Press membership and exclusive rights to local and credited dispatches.
Parents are urged to have children memorize daily Bible selections to create a priceless heritage. A devotional note cites God’s care of the oppressed with Psalm 103:6 and offers a prayer of thanks for this assurance.
Sorrow fills the Valley of Virginia as Judge E D Newman dies suddenly. A longtime leader in business finance and law he also served the Methodist Episcopal Church South and contributed to education public affairs and state development. His death removes a highly respected figure with extensive community ties.
The Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia held this summer drew favorable press and public response. It produced enlightening discussion by able national figures on timely public questions, remained nonpartisan, and aimed to foster intelligent open forums on American problems. Dr. Charles G. Maphis led and directed the effort, earning commendation for public service.
A flood of charges and countercharges surrounds the forthcoming Dempsey Tunney bout with accusations of fixed fights and dirty tactics. Supporters claim immense betting and public interest while skeptics warn of a crooked prize fight culture threatening the sport.
Editorial laments professional wrestling's corruption as prize fighters managers gamblers and promoters betray trust and ruin the sport urging decent people to abandon the scene to end the rotting spectacle.
Observers note rising pedestrian danger as rural roads grow crowded. Canada’s Dominion Grange asks provincial highways to build sidepaths on all roads under supervision, a massive project likely impractical. Officials warn feasibility issues, but support grows for separating walkers from traffic with pavement and sidewalks, or people may lose the use of their legs.
Four cadets at the Virginia Military Institute were dismissed for hazing as General Cocke leads a crackdown. The author notes historic resistance to hazing, praises expulsion as a deterrent, and suggests it may be the only effective remedy despite deep-rooted third classman culture.
Crawford's weekly notes Congressman George C. Peery delivering a polished speech. He contrasts Republican focus on property rights with Democratic emphasis on personal rights and human ideals, praising the contrast though questioning its balance.
The writer recalls Thomas Jefferson as an early advocate of individual rights over property, praising his debate with modern Hamiltonian and imperial views. They acknowledge Peery's sincere speech but warn that Jeffersonian human rights ideals risk being forgotten amid current economic and political framing.
The Star presents a daily corrected market sheet listing wholesale and retail prices for grains, animal feed, and livestock. Items include flour, cracked corn, middlings, mixed feed, creamery and country butter, eggs, and poultry prices for young chickens and ducks, reflecting end of prior day values.
Train timetable lists multiple daily departures for Berryville Virginia with connections to Roanoke Bristol Williamson Norton Hagerstown Washington Philadelphia and New York. Includes Pullman sleeper services dining car parlor car and intermediate stops with contact agents H Burks and L Bladon for fares reservations and information.
A number of Berkeley County apple growers install Andy Mooe fruit cleaners. Named participants include Harry H. Rutherford and Emory F. Thomas at Grimes Golden, American Fruit Growers at Busey, multiple Hancock packing houses, Paul Bennett at Federal Hill, Rothwell Gatrell cold storage, Gold near Gerardstown, and Dillon's orchard near Hancock.
The Inwood Fruit Growers Club at the community packing plant reports all have the cleaner installed on trial or purchase. Senator Orlando Harrison of Berlin Maryland is said to be another user. The Andy Moe machine is made in Yakima Washington and uses a flying set of cloths to polish fruit. It is declared to be giving excellent results.
H. B. Rogers invites attention to the Furniture Hospital at No 10 Fairfax Lane behind the Sarah Zane Fire Co. He will meet old customers and new offering antique furniture restoration and upholstering services dated September 21, 1941.
A homemaker praises the Modern Automatic Gas Range for hands free cooking and timed meals. She notes setting automatic heat controls lets lunch bake and dinner be ready after school, comparing the range to having a maid and claiming improved results from cooking scientifically controlled heat.
Baker's Drug Store promotes Lifetone Tablets as a health restorer that strengthens nerves, boosts vitality, and sharpens the mind in two weeks. The ad guarantees money back if not satisfied and offers 72 tablets for $1.00 with mail order filling nationwide.
George Jones charged with robbing a county garage last spring was declared sane by a board of medical superintendents. He has been confined at the Central Hospital for the Insane in Petersburg since May and will likely be returned for trial. Also notes brief items about October weddings and the Romanian child king.
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