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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia lists daily publication except Sunday and consolidated with several local papers. It outlines subscription prices for various terms and notes Associated Press news use rights and local news republication restrictions.
The fragment quotes Matthew 6 24 warning that no man can serve both God and mammon and calls for submission to Jesus in prayer. The excerpt presents a religious quotation and a prayer line "My Jesus as Thou wilt" within a devotional context.
The Ledger-Dispatch discusses Governor Byrd's eight hour day order and the so called Byrd Machine. It argues state employees and officials oppose efficiency reforms, with the public casting ballots to reshape governance and counter the machine’s influence. It names G Walter Mapp and others as key figures in the factional struggle.
The year shows notable private gifts to Yale and Harvard with Yale receiving a major endowment boost and Harvard reporting strong growth in productive funds. Harvard’s productive funds stood around $86,000,000 a year ago, with substantial gifts supporting a new housing project and continued operating expenses near $10.
The text notes two of the wealthiest thrivers in the country and mentions around twenty institutions with endowments over 10 million dollars. It asserts education has entered the ranks of big business in America.
Senator Farnsworth of Waterville credits honey bees for a rich cherry harvest. He claims he hired 104 swarms to pollinate his trees, boosting fruit development as bees carried pollen during bloom.
A banker says robberies burden banks with insurance payouts and rewards for capture. In one state the annual expense for this item reaches about a quarter of a million dollars.
A columnist argues criminals have become emboldened and bankers have relied on others to defend funds. The piece advocates a proactive stance with gun-courageous youths posing a threat and suggests pistol practice for bank employees as essential training alongside bookkeeping.
The Interior Department studies western reservations and finds about 7,000 able bodied Indians who could be put to work. It envisions them as the first line of a larger idle, impoverished group drafted into industry to learn to work and live like white citizens.
The passage contrasts how Native Americans adapt to white society and lose their traditional resources. It laments the blanding effect of civilization on “grimy” Indians in rough homes, questioning where the romance lies when people yield to standardization and mass production.
Regina marks the fiftieth anniversary of agriculture in Canada with a world grain exhibition and conference from July 25 to August 6, 1982. Representatives of all grain-growing nations attend. More than $300,000 in prizes are offered for exhibitions, including at least $2,500 for the best hard red spring wheat exhibit.
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