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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1929
Page
4
Notices detail the Evening Star's post office entry as second class in Winchester Virginia. It lists publication details including consolidation with Morning News ties and the weekly papers The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
The fragment lists several subscription prices in advance including one year six months and three months, with amounts shown as 3.50 1.75 and 0.30 for monthly options, plus weekly rates like 4.50 and 2.25. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or date.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all news dispatches and local news content published in this paper. This notice asserts AP ownership over credits and material unless otherwise stated by the source.
Scriptural excerpt from Hosea 4 6 emphasizes the harm of rejected knowledge and the consequence of forsaking God's law. A prayer reflects trust in God's unchanging love and the firmness of faith as a rock.
The Supreme Court orders Harry F Sinclair to three months in jail and a $500 fine for refusing to answer questions before a Senate committee years ago. The ruling follows broader oil scandal prosecutions and contrasts with others who escaped punishment. The note emphasizes the Senate’s authority in the Teapot Dome era.
The New York Times reports President Hoover asks Congress to limit public handshakes to ease strain on him and his staff. On a January morning 14 7775 visitors passed his office with 188 waved in by Senator Copeland of New York. The piece argues for broader sympathy and a smile and nod instead of lengthy handshakes.
A Petersburg Progress-Index writer cites Worlds Work on sea dangers and urges strict government inspection to protect ship crews. The piece recalls the Titanic tragedy after its maiden voyage and notes ship design progress has not eliminated risk at sea.
The writer warns that dangers at sea remain even with advances in safety and urges authorities to ensure the precautions devised to make ocean travel safe are properly implemented to protect those who go to sea.
Dr. Henry Louis Smith will continue as president of Washington and Lee University until January 1, 1930. He would reach retirement age in July but remains to aid the institution until a successor is chosen. After stepping down, he plans to live in Greensboro New York to write and lecture.
Washington Star reports Secretary of Labor Davis ordered immigration officials to admit Mary Callaghan of Ireland to the United States temporarily without a passport if her loss of passport and money is authenticated. The girl waved at the Statue of Liberty aboard a ship arriving in New York and later faced detention at Ellis Island until a duplicate passport could arrive from Queenstown.
The Cincinnati Inquirer notes Democrats show strong spirit in Jackson Day celebrations but afterwards the festivity drains away, leaving little lasting momentum or energy.
A Shakespearean fragment notes children long for fathers to see with pure judgment, while fathers may misread their children's intents. The quote weds parental insight to error, mirroring a timeless tension between understanding and misperception.
The text promotes perpetual orchard investment with Harrisons Harrison's Fruit Trees. It claims 45 years of planting across all states, Canada, and other countries, asserting reliability coast to coast. It notes exclusive ownership of large bearing orchards in America and shipments of hundreds of carloads each season, including a 27 year old Elberta peach orchard as the oldest bearing commercial peach orchard in the country.
April 8 exchanges include Mr. and Mrs. Luther Larrick visiting Mrs. Ella Bowman. Miss Nal Cornell visits Mrs. Laura Orndoff. Clarence Darr and Lloyd Darr families and Scott White hosts. Calvin Grubbs party from Martinsburg and Margaret Nelson from Keyser join Easter at John Nelson’s. Ed Cornell family visits Loy household. Francess Larrick visits Helen White. Carter Hoover family and Joseph Cather family visit Frank Shipe. Eisie Shanholtz visits Frances Larrick. Frank Orndoff home from illness. Clement Kump family visit White home. Laura Orndoff visits relatives in Winchester.
Trustees will sell at noon on Monday April 15 1929 in the Gratzen Building Winchester Virginia all fixtures used in a soda fountain and candy store including soda fountain tables chairs baths lights cash registers shakers dishes scales and other items. Cash payment. James P. Reardon and Warren Rice Trustees.
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