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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1924
Page
4
The Evening Star is published in Chester Virginia with Harry Flood Byrd as publisher. The paper is consolidated with The Morning News and The Weekly News editions. Pricing and mailing information for subscriptions are listed, and Associated Press content is credited for republication. The issue is dated Friday, July 11, 1924.
The piece reviews Davis and Glass as leading figures in the New York delegation’s choice at the Democratic Convention. It notes Davis as a balanced, steady heir to Wilsonian ideals, with Glass as an equally strong alternative admired by many factions. The Virginia delegation’s veto over McAdoo is highlighted as decisive, preserving unity and the party’s strength.
The analysis notes McAdoo ran a highly efficient organization and mounted the only serious pre convention challenge. His strength came from preparedness, yet large hostile minorities in unit-rule delegations undermined his bid. Opponents and allies recognize his courage, while the convention’s outcome marks a historic tribute to the Democratic Party’s durable vitality.
Norfolk Virginia Pilot notes renewed evidence that law and order gains reduce mob violence with five lynchings in the first half of 1924 versus fifteen in the same period last year. Tuskegee Institute records show a downward trend through 1921 to 1923, including twenty‑eight lynchings in 1923, signaling progress yet acknowledging five lynchings in six months remain too many.
Houston Dispatch notes graduates face disillusionment after college as they confront real world demands. Critics argue schooling is too mechanical with insufficient practical training, fueling calls for reform in the education system.
A poem depicting aging workers known as the gray men toiling in streets and ditches in sun and rain. It contrasts their hard labor with wealthier figures in limousines and laments youth traded for wages and dignity as winter of life approaches.
A tale where a girl avenger failed to meet the royal chief tain Duet, enters the editorial rooms of L Action Francaise, shoots Marius Plateau with five bullets and kills herself with the sixth, as the hour nears. The New York Sunday World Magazine will feature this and other family pieces next Sunday with advance copies available from dealers.
Mrs Jetta Fadeley of Harrisonburg Virginia testifies Vendol relieves constipation indigestion and gas and eases back pain. She says it makes her feel younger and helps her sleep says neighbors also benefit. In Winchester Vendol sold by Franck Baker & Sons. out of town orders via Vendol Company Baltimore Maryland for mail delivery.
The Associated Press reports more than 1 000 Endeavorers arrive for the all southern Christian Endeavor conference in Richmond Virginia beginning a four day gathering. A special train with 2650 delegates from Arkansas arrives and North Carolina delegates follow. Virginians join throughout the morning. Governor Trinkle will welcome the delegates along with city and church leaders.
In the Blue Ridge foothills near Luray two men, Philip Cubbage and his uncle Lewis Capehee, fought over a cow. Philip suffered a fractured skull and possible unconsciousness after blows and a rock strike. No arrests have been reported.
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