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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1928
Page
4
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Mon day December 31 1928 reads as a religious call to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. It cites Isaiah 61 2 and urges comfort for mourners Zion beauty for ashes and the oil of joy. It also includes a prayer line about crowning the Savior and Jesus’ trophies.
A Republican columnist reflecting on Woodrow Wilson four years after his death credits him with a bold dream of a federated world where nations are free by self determination. It notes Wilson’s failings and argues his legacy endures, despite opposition from his era and the peace conference.
A Boston architect once adopted from an orphanage is traced through records. At twenty one his adoption was finalized. He served in France during World War I and returned home afterward. The article notes similar cases involving inquiries about birth origins and government recognition.
A man denied a passport due to lack of birth evidence reveals failures in orphanage record keeping and questions of citizenship. He has spent decades seeking parentage facts, hiring lawyers in vain, while criticizing both the State Department and orphanages for missing public records.
The United States surgeon general and local health authorities call the current flu sweep an epidemic threat. Past outbreaks showed high mortality but improved control through medical progress and precautions, with no cause for alarm. If fever or catarrh appears, seek a physician promptly to reduce mortality.
A broader building program in the fifth reserve district provides work for many workers, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond review. Labor conditions are reasonably good for year end, unemployment largely removed as factories run full time and public works accelerate. Seasonal coal demand also boosts miner hours.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Cather and family and others from Winchester visited family around the Hogue Creek area during the holidays. Several local residents shared Christmas and Sunday companionship with neighbors and relatives including the Orndoffs Foster Larrick Cooper and White families. A son arrived at Memorial Hospital on Christmas day as Mr and Mrs John Triplett received congratulations.
A youth brought a pair of tan shoes found in an areaway of the Lutheran Church along Indian alley to police headquarters. The cleated shoes likely belonged to a football or baseball player and are believed to be stolen loot discarded by a thief.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Winchester announces its annual stockholders meeting to elect directors for the coming year and to conduct other business. The event will be held at the banking house in Winchester on Tuesday January 8 1929 between 11 and 12 o'clock. J H Yost cashier.
Daily market list shows prices for wheat corn and feed with odd OCR noise and a note on disarmament movement in Chicago. A Springfield Union report mentions a husband striking his wife and divorce court testimony.
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