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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star is mailed as second class matter at the Winchester Virginia post office. The paper is published daily with weekly, semi weekly, and consolidated editions listed. The notice confirms carrier and publication details for readers and advertisers.
AAP notes list subscription rates and republication rights dated Tuesday January 1 1929. The piece quotes Isaiah 60 2 and 8 about light arising and Gentiles coming to the light with a Prater caption referencing Light of the world and the darkened land.
Dr Archibald Henderson of the University of North Carolina writes in Golden Book that Bernard Shaw is a model private life figure. He praises Shaw as physically moral and happily married, noting no habits of intoxication, smoking, or swearing. The letter also quotes Shaw on modesty and artistic effort as the price of achievement.
The article discusses forecasters and business leaders offering views on 1929 trends. It notes the value of annual economic opinions from captains of industry bankers and professors, though many provide only cautious optimism and broad generalities. It emphasizes that these year end reviews help leaders chart safe paths for their enterprises.
A middle aged New York woman sues her brother over promised support after years of caregiving from childhood. She cared for him, kept house, and helped him prosper, now seeking fair recompense for her sacrifices amid a wider reflection on unequal rewards for women and men.
A Mississippi case features a young woman charged with theft who claims she acted in her sleep. Testimony describes somnambulism as she walked a quarter mile to a neighbor’s house, took money from trousers, and returned to bed with the bills in her hand. The piece notes potential courtroom implications for how thieves may plead.
News of the death of Capt. John Turner Ashby 87 at the Richmond Soldiers' Home reaches Virginia. Buried at Upperville. he resided at Yew Hill near Delaplane. He served in the Eighth Virginia Infantry, was wounded at Seven Pines and Sharpsburg, fought at Gettysburg, captured near Richmond and held as a prisoner until June 1865. Survived by brother Scott Ashby, son John Turner Ashby Jr., and two daughters Sallie Ashby and Mrs. Thomas R. Leachman. his wife Louise Herndon had died two years earlier.
State officials push toward ending the case of Ada Bonner Lebouef and Dr. Thomas Dreher as the governor weighs the pardon board's life imprisonment recommendations. They were sentenced to hang January 5 for Lebouef's husband murder, with Beadle claiming the "new evidence" is faked. If clemency fails, Lebouef would be the first white woman hanged in Louisiana.
Mrs. Mary Dodson named administratrix in Corporation Court for her father Hugh McCoy who died February 16 last. She gave bond of two hundred dollars.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Winchester will be held at the Banking House in Winchester on Tuesday January 8 1929 between 11 and 12 oclock for election of directors and other business. J H Yost Cashier.
Shenandoah Valley National Bank notifies shareholders of a meeting led by Wm G Hardy cashier. The notice references stockholder actions and meeting details with official banking wording from the period.
An advertisement urges readers to try Cystex for backache bladder weakness and nocturnal pains. It promises full pep and better sleep within 48 hours with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied, at Baker's Drug Store for 60 cents.
In Tampa Florida the steamship Aagot loaded 3 500 tons of crop freight of which a portion came from old motor cars destined for a German smelting plant.
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