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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star offers daily publication in Winchester Virginia with multiple weeklies and a classified rate card. It notes Associated Press membership and features a prayer urging faith and belief in prayer.
The sudden death of Dr Asbury C Swimley following a brief illness shocks scores of friends. He served the community as a dedicated family doctor, answering calls in sickness and distress, despite fatigue. His steadfast loyalty and old school professionalism left a lasting impression on those he healed.
The piece argues Virginia’s highway program supports tourism and economic growth. It cites Newport News Daily Press on the Hawaii tourist spend and urges continued road development against calls to curb spending, noting voters favoring road progress over tax cuts.
In a current magazine piece Henry Ford states his preference for auto manufacturing over the return of liquor in the United States. He argues that sober, steady workmen are essential to his factories and that the revival would affect production and employment.
The excerpt argues that sobriety aids economic life by enabling an eight hour day and five day week. It suggests gasoline and alcohol do not mix, notes support for moderation over Prohibition repeal, and claims temperance gains with modern household progress. It frames temperance as a shared goal across wets and drys through different approaches.
Clarke County gains prestige as Berryville hosts its twenty eighth annual horse show. The event draws visitors, boosts purses and prizes, and signals a rising equine aristocracy. Organizers anticipate bigger and better shows in coming years after this record exhibition.
The article notes next April’s census will ask about 30 questions per person with extra queries for the unemployed. It argues the census aims to gather data for industry and sociology and may aid job seekers, stressing population figures are just one part of the overall tally.
Washington reports brides press a solemn pace to the altar as postwar trends shift from hurried nuptials to stately ceremonies. Short skirts fade, veils and sweeping trains return, lilies dominate, and church weddings with stained glass light and organ music embody the demure mood.
Aug 31 report notes extreme dryness harming corn and crops with rain needed for apples. Local lime plants operate but demand not brisk. Social notes list guests and visits among residents from Strasburg, Washington, Cumberland, and Dayton. revival in Lu Tay. several residents plan moves or returns.
The Capitol Theatre hosts From Headquarters tonight featuring Monte Blue as Happy Smith a deserter turned ally of Marines in a globe trotting tale of revolutions and peril Also at the Colonial Ken Maynard stars in The Red Raiders a Western set near Lodge Grass Montana with Custer history and Crow and Sioux territory praised as a top Western thrill in local cinema listings
A writer urges balance between scrutinizing political corruption and tending private gardens. Citizens should stay alert to public issues without neglecting everyday tasks like yard work. The analogy warns against overzealous focus on one area.
Paris reports indicate winter skirts will be longer with floor-length options at evening shows, front and back extensions, and indoor frocks that reach the toes. Daywear remains near current lengths with slight gains, street styles adding one to six inches while afternoon dresses vary from medium to near evening lengths. The shift ties to new dress silhouettes and social concerns about wealth, travel tales, and faster car speeds.
Washington report notes nations push mechanization after World War I to cut blood cost of future wars. France keeps over 2000 tanks ready, England funds heavy mechanization, U S fields over 1000 tanks, Germany studies anti tank devices, Soviet Russia expands experimental land battleship models. The United States relies on its vast auto industry and stores of older tanks for potential future use.
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