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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1961
Page
4
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A historical column recalls Sinclair Lewis and his novel Main Street, detailing its rapid rise, critical reception, and impact on American culture. It covers reactions from peers like Mencken, Harcourt, and Dreiser, and notes the book’s influence on midwestern identity and the Nobel/Pulitzer debates, ending with a reflection on generational wisdom.
A terse verse exchange contrasts Luther Markin with a pompous friend. The speaker notes Markin’s strong sense of purpose and his confident stride, implying others underestimate him. The fragment shows playful critique of self-importance.
The piece argues abstinence as a moral stance, citing Abraham Lincoln Robert E Lee Thomas Edison and Henry Ford as notable abstainers. It notes Edison’s disdain for alcohol and discusses alcohol involvement in road fatalities and accidents, urging consideration of these facts in a modern mechanized society.
Eugene C. Pulliam compares future taxpayer subsidies to buggy whip makers vs the horseless carriage. He argues that shifting industries erode subsidies as new technologies emerge, implying current lawmakers resist overdue economic change.
For the third straight day gale force winds were recorded on the Pacific Coast causing a 24 inch swing of the Golden Gate Bridge. Two Winchester building lots on Stewart Street near the Court House sold for 7150 dollars. Mrs J Kenneth Robinson of Merrimans Lane left for Richmond to spend several days.
1936 notices claim the British Cabinet might quit while the Duke and Duchess of York could rise to rulers. Gossip mentions Mrs. Wallace Warfield Simpson though not named. Four city banks had distributed 65,125 dollars in Christmas Club funds. Mrs G R Haines hosted bridge at her West Leicester Street home.
Fifty years ago 1911 Cadet W Bunting elected to lead the Shenandoah Valley Academy football team. Those awarded the letter S for playing football include R P Hildreth W and L Bunting J B Eyster De C Tilghman H L Keyser Jr Peyton Marshall Lee Coble Whiting Faulkner EB Mcllough R V Weaver W C P Perry and B Wirgman.
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