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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star publishes in Winchester Virginia with subscription rates listed for annual six months and three months in advance. The paper notes Associated Press news dispatches are exclusively entitled to republication and local news published herein.
A devotional fragment cites Matthew 6 25 about life and sustenance. It includes a prayer line seeking divine guidance and surrender of all to God. The text emphasizes trust over material concerns and ends with a brief plea for love and release into divine hands.
The Danville Register reviews Dr John Y Pollard s tax policy plank. It contrasts his cautious tax reduction stance with Mapp s pledges to cut taxes all along the line. The piece lauds Pollard s broader social vision and readiness to build roads and support education while avoiding premature tax promises.
Companions recall a death caused by grief and argue against cageing and torturing a jungle relative. They note that even a gorilla could kill a human, yet humans should show empathy rather than cruelty toward apes.
The author defends Bonnie Prince Charlie against harsh revisionism noting his romantic image inspired Scottish nationalism yet also influenced American history. He argues the Jacobite leader was brave and open about his character, shaping feelings that fueled later American courage and independence.
Fredericksburg editorial questions Christian ethics and animal cruelty. It argues gorillas in captivity suffer, noting they are taken as families and die from grief, with examples like the Malayan ape Peter Goliath in Budapest showing profound mourning before death.
The fragment recalls a dramatic figure described as a bonnie fighter and the last of the cavaliers. It contrasts his plumed bonnet with Scotland’s strong brew, noting his failure and the pressure he placed on friends, framing him as a dramatic, doomed hero.
Penetrol a by product of Pennsylvania crude oil proved the only 100 percent satisfactory spray against the pistol case bearer pest in a West Virginia experiment. Tests at the Inwood laboratory showed Penetrol highly effective against the armor plated pest that has devastated the James Higgs 100 acre orchard near Charles Town and threatens fruit buds and trees.
An experimental spray combination using nicotine sulphant boosted by penetrol will be tested Tuesday at Higgs orchard. The plan calls for water boosted nicotine and other additives, with ten to twelve gallons applied per tree. If successful, the method could cut orchard spray costs and influence future pest control research. The article notes a past reversal where losses were blamed on referees, not play.
The passage notes that handshakes are considered dangerous due to germs, yet politicians appear ready to assume the risk in public interactions.
Lonnie Whiteside, 23, of Shenandoah Page county died Saturday night when the car he rode in on the Elkton Shenandoah back road sideswiped another vehicle and overturned down a 30 foot embankment. Evans Cook, driver of Whiteside’s car, was unconscious but not seriously hurt as a wheel tore off the Whiteside auto before it plunged over the embankment. Whiteside’s skull was fractured. he had moved to Shenandoah from Buena Vista years earlier.
The piece notes the need for a compact social group where younger members can access the neckties and silk stockings of older members, emphasizing intergenerational sustenance and support within a close unit.
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