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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star published every day except Sunday by Evening Star Publishing Co at %ester Virginia. It consolidated with the Morning News Weekly News The Weekly and The Weekly Mirror.
The notice lists subscription pricing by prepaid time frames including one year sixty months and three months in advance with per period charges noted and a carrier option.
Readable fragments cite a biblical verse about honoring father and mother. The lines reference a corrupted quote noting duty to parents and labeling failure as transgression. No clear event or person identified.
Washington Post reports a navy test of a submerged submarine rescue device. Two divers at 110 feet used a bag of oxygen and a buoyed life line to ascend hand over hand to the surface without ill effects. Further trials may push depth to 200 feet, with aims to allow crews to escape vessels in emergencies.
A New York Times note compares a Virginia country paper to others, highlighting editor Sherwood Anderson’s brand of moral commentary and prohibitionist stance. It includes fragments of a Virginia reader’s letter praising liquor and urging political defeat of Smith, reflecting the editor’s satirical and outspoken style.
A reported Panama Canal style feat describes a swimmer navigating the Gatun Lake locks, suggesting the cost of such feats to national waterway operations. Separately at Willard Parker Hospital a French serum trial reports 101 children vaccinated against tuberculosis with one prenatal death and no illness from the bacilli among the rest.
Special Commissioners will auction a 10 acre leasehold with option to buy at 500 per acre plus 120 yearly rent, plus tangible personal property. Auction held in Winchester Virginia on September 6 1928. Terms cash. Bond filed for $3000 with the Clerk.
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