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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star is entered at the Winchester Virginia post office as second class matter. It is published daily except Sunday by The Evening Star Publishing Co. Consolidated with Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror.
The notice lists subscription prices by mail and by carrier for one year six months three months and one month in advance. It also includes a brief Associated Press note and a Bible Thought and Prayer brief encouraging daily memorization for children and a proverb warning against strife.
The Democratic party nominates Alfred E Smith for the presidency describing him as a figure of high character and executive ability. His four NY election majorities show public goodwill and proven leadership, with broad human sympathy noted as an asset for the nation’s chief executive.
A train stop at Moultrie yielded several thousand pounds of poultry and $3576.27 in loose change set aside for patrons. The effort supported 280 farming families in a single day, with Moultrie among many towns served by these poultry shipments.
A Colliers Weekly critique links crime rates to population and notes Indiana’s habitual criminal case. A colored man with prior robberies was sentenced to prison, paroled, reoffended, and paroled again, prompting a call that known criminals must be kept from causing harm.
A morning photo feature shows two smiling women sent to prison for vote fraud, while George Remus is free after killing his wife. Other officials including Mayor Thompson and figures like Florence Knapp and Mr. Vare are pictured smiling despite graft facing repayment, highlighting a paradoxical era of liberty and scandal.
The Savannah Morning News reports south Georgia railroads move poultry in train loads labeled gravy trains. The piece notes the money trails to farm families and describes weekly poultry shipments as a lifeline when cash is tight on the farm.
A jaded satirical piece notes officials and magnates from Indiana to France smiling at political and legal stumbles. It mocks optimism in public life, mentioning Clyde Walb Will Hays John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Doheny, and ends with a refrain to "Smile" at the world’s troubles.
The Enrico Caruso estate accounting shows just over one million dollars seven years after his death. The piece argues that art earnings are now profitable in America, with singers and other arts talents achieving wealth once thought rare. It notes a shift from scarcity to investment in the arts as national taste and education grow.
Vaucluse Virginia July 2 report lists Mr and Mrs Clarence Pope and Ruth returning to Washington after a visit. Also noted are visits by Silas Grim and Mrs McCauley to Mr and Mrs David Ebersole. Sunday guests at C H Willis included John Willis Tulip Miss Jacky Willis Baltimore Jack Miller Riverton Florence Grandle Marshall Snotts Raymond Staples and Howard Foréeach Brunswick Md.
Mrs. David Ebersole improves after illness while Robert Cadwallader and Mrs. Annie Leidig visit Winchester. J W Costello family weekend trip to Greencastle and others visit relatives in Stephens City, Washington and Martinsburg. Elizabeth Costello and Katherine VanMeter visit relatives in Middletown.
A historical public notice cites the Loudoun Registrar on September 10 1928 directing correspondence to Mary B F Bush at the registrar’s office reference date 7 3 31.
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