Man Questions Value of Worldly Gain
A biblical verse ponders the cost of worldly profit versus the soul. Matthew 16 26 asks what a man profits if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1948
Page
4
Preservation Versus Expansion for Virginia Capitol Square
The Virginia Public Buildings Commission faces a choice to acquire nearby property to keep Capitol Square as the center of state activity or to convert the square into a museum and build a larger site outside Richmond. The piece argues Capitol Square’s history, including Jefferson plans, Houdon statue, Burr treason trial, and Lee’s command, supports preserving and expanding the site as the hub of government rather than abandoning it for a distant complex.
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Virginia Public Buildings Commission
Commonwealth
Capitol Square
Richmond
Old Capitol Square
Capitol
Thomas Jefferson
Houdon
George Washington
Lafayette
House of Delegates
Aaron Burr
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Confederate Congress
Senate
Patrick Henry
United State
James Monroe
John Tyler
Benjamin Harrison
Rumors of Romanian Plebiscite Tied to Soviet Influence
Dispatches from Istanbul report claims Romania may hold a plebiscite on August 23 to decide joining the Soviet Union. The tip bursts from rumors long circulating and fits the pattern of Moscow controlled government actions, though confirmation is absent and outcomes appear predictable.
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Istanbul
Romania
Soviet Union
Moscow
Rumors On Romania Ties To Soviet Union Spur Debate
A newspaper excerpt discusses whether Romania might be incorporated into the Soviet Union. It argues such a move would undermine wartime agreements and peril peacemaking talks, with a plebiscite potentially revealing Soviet intentions if rumors prove true.
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Romania
Soviet Union
Abolish August Idea Sparks Humorous Editorial
An editor proposes ending August as a lighthearted remedy for heat and weariness. The piece mocks the month’s popularity, noting tourists and officials suffer in August while business lags unless selling ice cream or buttons. The suggestion calls to return August to the Romans who created it.
National Guard Identity in State and Federal Roles
Richmond News Leader warns against absorbing the National Guard into Federal reserve forces. The piece argues Guard members value state allegiance and home defense traditions and fear loss of state control and order enforcement in national service.
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Gordon Gray
National Guard
Gray
Milkmen vote $25 ambition fine in St Louis union
A Denver Post item reports a St Louis milkmen union approved a $25 penalty for members who run on the job to curb overzealous ambition. The rule aims to discipline workers and maintain orderly duties.
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St. Louis
New England Founders Haunt Debate Over Hypocrisy Claim
In Jackson Mississippi readers react to the remark that New England was founded on hypocrisy and Texas on sin stirring bitterness as locals note the provocative claim contrasts regional histories. The comment prompts reflection on the origins and moral framing of early settlements.
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New England
Texas
Explosion rocks city as crops damaged and bank hires
Ralph Dorsey of Moore and Dorsey reports crickets damaged apples in Frederick and Clarke counties. An explosion of nearly fifty pounds of dynamite shook the southeast city area. First Albertas bring 13 dollars per bushel packed. Miss Pearl Brown has joined the Commercial and Savings bank. United Brethren church on North Braddock Street marks its 24th anniversary tomorrow.
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Frederick
Clarke
Ralph Dorsey
Moore and Dorsey
Handley library celebrates 25th anniversary with speech
Ten years ago in 1938 Lt George F Miller left for Camp Perry with wife and son. Helen Wright announced swimming classes at the Legion pool. Mayor C R Anderson planned a short speech for Monday at 8 p m. in observance of the library’s 25th anniversary.
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George F. Miller
Camp Perry
Helen Wright
Legion Building
C. R. Anderson
Handley Library
Drowning Rescue by Julian Lillies 1893
Fifty years ago in 1893 Julian Lillies saves 14 year old Willie Shiner from drowning. Mrs Sarah Jackson suffers an electric shock and is slowly recovering.
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Julian Lillies
Willie Shiner
Sarah Jackson
Vaccine Hope and Limits for Tuberculosis Protection
Medical overview on the BCG tuberculosis vaccine including its history from 1906 to adoption in the United States, method of administration, observed protective effects, and questions about duration and optimal vaccination plans. It notes safety, potential six year protection, and that vaccination should supplement but not replace existing TB prevention methods. It also includes a brief Q and A on a skin eruption.
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United States
King
Daily crossword across clues list
Across clues present for a crossword puzzle with numbers 1 through 39 plus a yesterday’s answer line. Includes definitions such as American Indian spouts out in a stream learning wicked Greek poet and river poet. Clues cover landing label before assists deception bottom of a river circle of light soaks flax timid flourish preludes Eskers factors island harbor weary make choice and bad temper.
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Wicked
Topaz Humming Bird
Struggle
Song
Devour
Gold Her
Pakistan Envoy among Mauretania passengers in New York
Pakistan ambassador to the United States M A Ispahani is listed among 1 079 passengers aboard the Mauretania as the liner docks in New York.
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Akistan
United States
M. A. Ispahani
Mauretania
New York
Strength For The Day By Earth Douglas BD
We all have to face it Old Thomas Carlyle was a roaring lion seeking whom he might devour He loved his gifted wife but he bedeviled her to an early grave He was angry at his generation for its stupidity and indulgence Every day is doomsday until one knows final judgment looms ahead
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Thomas Carlyle
Thomas
Life's Like That insight on life and judgment day
Fred Neher reflects that life’s value rests on total actions, not moments of grandeur. He compares life to a school and death to a day of judgment, noting the payoff depends on weekly faith in action. Every day is doomsday, he asserts, echoing Thomas Carlyle.
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Thomas Carlyle
How's Your I. Q. Quiz Sparks Memory Growth
A short reading invites readers to answer ten questions for a self rated score. It outlines rating levels from Genius to Poor and suggests turning to Page 2 for the correct answers and tracking monthly averages.
Five most recent world heavyweight champions in order
The question asks for the last five world heavyweight boxing champions in sequence. It requires listing the titleholders from most recent backward through the previous four reigns with names and dates as available.
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United States
Philippine Commonwealth
Haile Selassie
Salmon P. Chase
Abraham Lincoln
China
Mystery of the Cloade fortune grows in postwar tale
Hercule Poirot faces a challenge to prove Rosaleen Cloade is not Gordon Cloade's widow as Lynn Marchmont returns from war to a web of intrigue. Rosaleen and her brother David plot riches while Lynn confronts love and danger near Rowley Cloade’s farm, with Frances appearing at the gate.
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Ernursis
Rosaleen Cloade
Cloade
Hercule Poirot
Sne
Gordon Cloade
Lynn Marchmont
Cloades
Rowley Cloade
Rosaleen
David
Lynn
Adela Marchmont
Marchmont
Long Willows
Row
Rowley
Lyn
You
Frances
Money Crisis Eases as Aid Arrives in Harsh Talk
Adela Marchmont admits overdrawn finances and unpaid bills while Rosaleen offers a five hundred pound check. The scene reveals Adela’s relief at relief, though she privately questions the ease of the victory and Rosaleen’s seeming simplicity.
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Adela Marchmont
Rosaleen
Adela
Gordon
David
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