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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star provides daily publication in Winchester Virginia as a second class matter with subscription rates listed. Rates include one year three dollars fifty in advance and six months four dollars and fifty cents in advance for Mall edition and weekly newspaper access through associated press content.
A devotional fragment cites Matthew 19 29 promising a hundredfold reward for forsaking family or lands for Jesus name. It lines the verse with a prayer on dedicating soul life and all to the divine eternal life.
A Paris reception for a U.S. business and professional delegation highlights American women earning prominence abroad. French hosts note the American women’s executive roles, household influence, and financial involvement, while recognizing French expectations of female power and nuance in business.
The publicity push claiming Wilber Huston as the brightest boy in the country backfires as he downplays the compliment. The piece argues there are many forms of brightness and many kinds of genius including painters poets and builders, urging society to honor all talents.
Count Hermann Keyserling, writing for the Atlantic Monthly, praises Virginia as the most cultured atmosphere in America. The piece notes Virginians may debate the mood of the moment between expressions of pride and curiosity as they read of his remarks.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot discusses Count Keyserling's concept of culture, asking if Virginia's distinctive flavor will endure amid industrial and social change. It notes that real culture requires some material prosperity but warns prosperity can breed materialism and unequal wealth distribution that erodes culture. It hopes for a future reaffirmation of taste.
A coat in a rich wine red with a diagonal unwoven stripe and a matching hat. The coat features a black broadtail neck finish.
Mrs Florence Howard and Mrs W D Ritter met last Thursday at Mrs A P Hollands home. Families and visitors from the area attended Baker reunions at Belle Grove Inn and at home of W D Ritter. Epworth League council named Evelyn Fonte leader for Sunday Sept 1 at 8 pm.
A Field Museum expedition in China uncovered a fifteenth century ink painting showing Chinese women at a garden party with some women playing football. The work by an unknown artist suggests women played the game before European conquest of India and before it became a male dominated sport in America.
Civil engineer Alexander Spottawood Dandridge of Winchester Virginia urges economic laws to prevent locking up new inventions. He argues rulers should reward efficiency but ensure public access, citing oil and gasoline as examples and calling for Germany's model. Dated August 23, 1929.
A reward of 25.00 is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone seen trespassing or stealing apples from the late R. M. Henry orchard south of town. Contact Emmett L. Henry at 442-W. year 8-29-tf.
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