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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1929
Page
4
Entry indicates third class mail at Winchester Virginia for The Evening Star Publishing Co. and notes consolidation with Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
A partial OCR shows subscription pricing: one year $3.50, six months 176, three months .90, one month in advance, and carrier options with $4.50 for year, 2.25 for six months, 1.70 for three months, and an unreadable line ending with -40. The fragment ends with "Wekely has 10."
A notice from the Associated Press states exclusive republication rights for all AP dispatches and locally published material, reserved for the AP and local papers, restricting use by others. The clause underscores AP control over credited and uncredited news content.
The Virginia Commission will study farmer taxation as relief shifts to local administration. State tax repeal on real estate and tangible property saves taxpayers about a million and a half, while indirect gains come from reduced corporate stock and subdivision bond taxes and higher state school funding. The state avoids large bonds for roads, boosting local revenue via a gasoline tax share and highway system integration, aiding farmers through broader economic growth.
The state holds a substantial treasury surplus and Governor Byrd proposes increasing public school funding by one million dollars annually at the 1930 General Assembly session if conditions persist. The move would lessen local tax burdens for cities and counties. A sub-committee on taxation studies other possible farmer aid ideas.
A New York Times analysis notes women entering Wall Street trading, with brokers creating women friendly spaces as forty percent of the nation’s wealth shifts to female holders. The piece compares trading rooms to old missionary meetings with Victorian hats as female customers dominate the floor at lunch hour.
The passage contrasts upscale venues with real trading rooms where the idle rich dominate. It notes that telephone access has brought business and professional women, teachers, and actresses into markets, unlike in grandmother’s era, hinting at progress yet questioning if this new freedom aligns with feminist struggles.
Newport News Daily Press reports on Paris about Professor Pierre Vachet's claim that love is a contagious disease akin to measles or whooping cough. He argues love is a germlike illness needing psychological re education and moral reform to restore normal life amid modern stresses.
Fragmentary text discusses love and personal crisis, suggesting that romantic affairs may not justify cataloging human maladies. The passage uses archaic phrasing and sensory detail, focusing on springtime and the effects of Cupid on the afflicted.
A Kansas City book lover, noticing missing volumes after lending them to friends, placed a newspaper ad campaign. Ads prompted returns of many books, some unfamiliar to him, confirming trustworthiness of acquaintances and solving the puzzle of his library.
Ex-owners of Jong lost umbrellas weigh a possible advertising ploy that could yield surprising harvests if any success is found.
Citizens urged to avoid outdoor flames and follow safety rules amid dry conditions. fire crews stand ready to intervene and manage any brush or woodland fires.
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