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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star imprint and publication details list.Winchester Virginia stamps day of issue and second class status. It notes consolidation with Morning News Weekly News and Weekly Mirror publications under Evening Star Publishing Co. in Virginia.
The notice lists subscription rates with options for one year six months and three months in advance and mentions an Associated Press copyright notice dated Monday September 27 1926. It notes AP material is exclusive to republication and local news is published in the paper.
A religious brief citing John 1 45 and urging readers to seek Jesus of Nazareth. The prayer asks not to shut Him out but to study His teachings and find Him in daily life.
A brief recount of a sudden aviation disaster shown in two rapid flash items. The wire reports announce Fonck's non stop plan to Paris and then his plane crash within a minute. The nation sees the swift shift from possible triumph to tragic failure.
A satirical portrait of New York life full of crowds at a celebrity funeral, on the waterfront, and a chaotic scramble through streets and vendors. It mocks mob scenes, rushed transit, and overzealous fans while jesting about political cheer for Al Smith and Jimmy Walker.
The Providence Journal reports chestnut trees bearing large burrs rather than leaves, noting prior finds from Hadlyme to Salem and now this state. The Courant recalls last year’s claims of ripened nuts and cites immunization against the blight that devastated trees since 1906, predicting a reappearance.
Newport News Times Herald reports former Attorney General Daugherty faces a court challenge as his brother testifies about bank records tied to graft money, $150000, with disputes over the records’ destruction and admissibility of the testimony.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a butcher shifting funds from meat purchases to gasoline and hints at a person with a fondness for mathematics. It references mileage of sausage in unclear phrasing.
The Medical College of Virginia plans its second week of classes with about six hundred students enrolled across medicine dentistry pharmacy and nursing. Authorities say admissions were denied due to inadequate facilities with dentistry showing the largest enrollment increase and nursing classes totaling twenty three not counting Saint Phillip Hospital Training School for Colored Nurses. The medical school faces unprecedented constraints after 88 years of operation.
In Harrisonburg Virginia the Supreme Court refused an appeal in the case of A G Anderson against the Roller estate. Anderson claimed commission for selling property he negotiated for the estate. A Rockingham Circuit Court jury awarded $4000, but Judge Haas set aside the verdict. Anderson appealed to the Supreme Court.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a top flesh producer. It claims 60 tablets cost 60 cents and guarantees gain of five pounds in 30 days, offering a refund if the target is not met. Sold by Baker's Drug Store and other druggists.
The MELLO-GLO powder from People's Drug Co claims to curb shine with a fine pure formula that blends like natural skin. Promoted as a fashionable new face powder, it promises a radiant, non glossy complexion and invites customers to buy a box today.
Distressed families watched as rescuers intensified efforts at the Pabst mine in Ironwood Michigan to reach 43 men entombed after a cave in. Three bodies were recovered earlier as drills and air checks were used to determine if the trapped men survived.
Chilly early fall frosts across the middle west damaged late corn and vegetables in Illinois and neighboring states. Tomatoes, eggplants, beans and other vine crops suffered near total losses as temperatures dipped to 25 degrees in Aurora, with ice forming on water pools. A warming trend and possible rain followed.
In Williamsburg Virginia a new American flag donated by the Ku Klux Klan was raised at the College of William and Mary. About 8000 Klansmen from Virginia and eastern North Carolina attended the presentation by Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans. President J A C Chandler accepted the gift after the donors revealed their identities, as robes and hoods were not worn.
An association urges erasing all carnage references, risking Morocco's annals becoming a pamphlet. New York restaurant owners push for a dignified term for waiters. A diner waited 20 minutes and suggests "Charley Ross" as a label.
Philadelphia marks 150th anniversary of independence while Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts grows its root and herb remedy business. Six Lynn buildings house manufacture and nearly five million bottles sold last year.
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