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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1931
Page
4
Fragmentary reading shows a historic newspaper page with publishing details and prices. The text mentions The Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester and Associated Press, plus varied subscription rates and advertising reps. The readable portion hints at religious or moral commentary and a cartoonistic caption.
A religious proclamation featuring the phrase Glory be to God in the highest and on earth peace good will toward men from Luke 2 14, signaling a seasonal message of harmony and goodwill.
The York Herald Tribune argues against differentiating between major and minor sports in awarding varsity insignia. It calls for equal recognition of all athletic excellence, praising broad support for numerals and letters across soccer, rugby, swimming, boxing, lacrosse, fencing, basketball, and golf. It warns against privileging a small elite and urges universities to foster Americanism and representative student achievement.
Former humorist L L Phillips argues Christmas should be a season of good will and giving but notes it has become a national endurance contest. He criticizes frantic shopping, bruising crowds, and gendered roles in the Great American Stampede while urging simpler, kinder cheer.
A Georgia woman who to paint in the last two years is winning high praise from art critics, and George Shaw has bought one of her pictures. Only the other day a New Yorker forsook banking for paint, following the example of the artist.
The passage muses on Gauguin and art history, pondering how often artists mature into true talent. It contrasts painting with music, jokes about ability and age, and suggests studying late blossoms in artists with data, while cautioning that aging is not a universal cure for unemployment.
A NY Times book section reader seeks the author and correct title for a five stanza poem. The first stanza extols compassion for a sin defiled heart and a wandering child. The note questions its author and cites praise while linking to wider world events about Geneva and Manchuria.
A Virginia film inspector writes to R L Moncure detailing 178 feature films and 350 short subjects screened in Newport News theatres. The letter recounts inspectors visiting cinemas to ensure trailers and approvals are shown, amid calls for heightened supervision of moving pictures.
An advertisement urges daily Kerr's Dyspeptone to relieve gas and bloating from excess stomach acid. It claims acid indigestion harms stomach lining and may cause gastritis or ulcers, touts two teaspoons after meals as gas remedy, notes harmlessness and low cost, and offers a money back guarantee with a dollar mail-in order to Kerr Laboratories, Reading.
The federation and parents groups in Richmond cited protection of youth and praised censors as inspectors observed a decided improvement in 1931 film quality. The Virginia board, though liberal at times, still orders costly cuts that can bar pictures from state showings.
Directors of the Rockingham Bankers Association met Saturday night to oppose a proposed federal two cent tax on bank checks. Secretary Peyton Beery was directed to urge Senators Swanson and Glass and Representative Fishburne to oppose the tax, citing confusion and inconvenience and warnings it would drive money from banks and hinder public movement to declare funds.
Richard S. Wright Jr., son of former State Senator Richard G. Wright, has taken offices on the second floor of the Taverner and Bauserman building on Court street in Woodstock to practice law. A UVA law graduate, he has three years’ experience with Mitchie Public? of Charlottesville, Va. publishers of law.
The Izaak Walton League advises keeping a Christmas tree fresh with only water and a small spear to satisfy its thirst.
Dent advice article promotes Pepso-Ginger chews to ease indigestion after meals. It claims the product stimulates digestion, neutralizes acids, and absorbs gases. if relief is not felt within two minutes, the druggist will refund the money. Baker's Drug Store advertises the item.
A fragment notes something destined to be erected in a house and decorated for the holiday season. The text implies setting up a decorative structure or display inside a residence for festive purposes.
In Evanston society, Sybil Morse, a bashful debutante, navigates her mother Mrs. Morse's plan to pair her with Bruce Durand a favored suitor. Bruce, wary of the social scene, contemplates a simpler life with Lois Corbin as party tensions rise and the Morse social circle flexes its expectations.
The article notes Hawaii as a U S territory under the Stars and Stripes with the official emblem featuring eight horizontal stripes in white red and blue and a Union Jack in the upper left corner.
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