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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star details post office entry as second class matter in Winchester Virginia. It lists subscription rates by mail and carrier for various terms and notes Associated Press partnership and republication rights.
The text encourages parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections as they grow, citing Proverbs 28 22 about honoring parents. It includes a PRAYER asking for guidance from the Lord to fulfill duty.
The essay recalls the Paloeweh catastrophe in the Dutch East Indies as a vast volcanic disaster comparable to Pompeii. It notes six villages destroyed and about 1 000 dead, with the island submerged by the tremor that accompanied Rokatinda’s eruption. It contrasts human progress with nature’s old, overpowering force and warns that such events outlast politics and daily life.
Baltimore Sun notes a rare ship arrival in Los Angeles bringing luck or fortune to a young man, amid nostalgia for past era beliefs. The tale mentions Dick O’Neil and Edward Lanchester in a long convoluted voyage of money and fate.
A tale recalls Lanchester’s harvest profits rising to over 20 000 and passing to his youth’s defender after his death. Dick O’Neil is reported missing as California courts search, radios call across miles, and speculations about fairies and luck at sea revive old superstitions.
Virginia reports an exceptionally good quail breeding season. Wet spring and birds thriving boost prospects for a banner year. Surveys by H B Faris show nesting success rises where dogs are restricted. 80 percent hatch where dogs are kept out, 65 percent with hounds, 45 percent with bird dogs.
Herbert L. Bly chief traffic officer of Cumberland Maryland was fined ten dollars and costs for violating Virginia traffic law in Woodstock Virginia. Bly passed a Becks breed truck on a hill north of Brook when Samuel Day made the arrest. His appeal to Shenandoah County Circuit Court was supported by bond from his father Isaac Bly for the September term.
The Confederate Museum in Richmond, Virginia, reports 1,196 July visitors, up from 1,112 a year earlier. Many children and school groups enter free, and the 1818 building once housed Jefferson Davis during the Confederacy. The museum site was given to the Confederate Memorial Literary Society in 1890 to preserve it as a memorial.
Al Smith arrived Thursday by rail and will be the guest of Attorney Burr Powell Harrison. A committee met him at the station to welcome the visitor and discuss engagements.
A pedigree Great Dane named Al Smith joins Mr. Harrison after a train journey home. Re named by consent of donor Thomas Cover Jr of Philadelphia the puppy is five months old, already towering near three feet and expected to grow as large as a bear.
A playful dialogue features Helen accusing her dog Fido of eating a dolly’s slipper and a mother proposing punishment. Helen claims she punished the dog by going to his kennel and drinking his milk, revealing a humorous childlike punishment method.
A large gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tharp home in Ridgeway West Virginia honored their son and daughter Ric Roland Tharp of Martinsburg and Mrs Tharp formerly Miss Helen Swartz. Guests included J Neel Ridgeway Wesly and Robert Winchester Benny Tharp Harry Dunn and family and many Swartz relatives.
Real estate ad announces the opening of the second section of Loudoun Manor Addition selling a few choice lots at pre development prices. Prospective buyers urged to visit and pick their lot. Dated August 7, 1961, by Wm M Richards.
A humorous Q and A notes a foreign mission effort. A lady missionary reports success teaching cannibals to eat with standard utensils, illustrating cultural exchange in a lighthearted exchange.
The procedure tests gold with 62 percent nitric acid, muriatic acid, and water in drachms or drops, noting no effect on gold or silver yet visible changes elsewhere. For silver, mix nitrate of silver with nitric acid and water, using 24 grains, 30 drops, and 1 ounce water on an inconspicuous spot.
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