Evening Star Publication and postal details
The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia is printed as a second class publication. It is consolidated with the Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror. Subscription and carrier rates are listed for various time frames. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with rights to republication of news dispatches.
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Three From Two By Humility and Fear of the Lord
A devotional line cites Proverbs 22 4 and offers a prayer asking grace to live humbly before the Lord in faith. The brief reflects on humility, fear of the Lord, riches honor and life as blessings sought through grace.
Editorials Call for Narrowing Personal Attacks in Campaign
The Oscela Leader reprints Collier's Swat the Scandal mongers and the New York World Proposal for a Bonfire to warn against personal attacks on Smith and Hoover. The Star endorses Alfred E. Smith and urges voters to judge by principles and records, not idle gossip, while condemning slander of both candidates. The articles that follow discuss campaign civility and candidate qualifications.
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Alfred E. Smith
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New York
Alfred B. Smith
Swat the Scandalmongers in Osceloa Pennsylvani a Leader
A rally urges the public to ignore slander and innuendo around Presidential candidates. The piece criticizes scandalmongers and argues Hoover and Smith dominate Republi can and Democratic nominations, asserting the public can handle the truth.
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Campaigns free of slander demand calm voters
Collier's argues voters should ignore gossip about Hoover and Smith and focus on their real policies. The piece highlights lifelong patterns of smear against presidents and urges choosing leaders by principle, not scandal. It notes past cases of false accusations against Wilson Roosevelt Harding Washington Jefferson Jackson Lincoln and warns against repeating rumors.
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Herbert Hoover
Whispering Gallery
Hoover
Ernor Smith
Smith
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Woodrow Wilson
Little Mars
Roosevelt
Harding
George Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Collier’s
Proposal for a Bonfire
New York World asserts a duty for press to curb hysteria during the campaign and to uphold reason and fairness. It commends Hoover and Smith as worthy champions, vows support for Smith, and promises a war of extermination on any who attack the opposition with foul blows.
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Daily Press
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Hoover
Smith
Gov. Smith
Political rants target Hoover and British ties admonished
The speaker rejects dogged attacks on Sir Herbert Hoover and alleged British connections as rubbish. He urges Republicans to join the heap, hinting at future additions, to please the self-respecting people of America.
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Herbert Hoover
America
Bishop Candler Urges Clergy To Stay Out Of Politics
Richmond Times Dispatch notes Bishop Warren A. Candler of Atlanta asserts the church is for spiritual matters not government affairs. He opposes clergy involvement in the presidential campaign, praising the stance as a service to the Methodist Episcopal Church and to national discourse.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Warren A. Candler
Atlanta
Candler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Booth
United States
Virginia to span 7000 mile state road system by 1929
The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch reports that by 1929 Virginia will expand its state highway system to about 7000 miles funded by automobile and gas taxes. The gasoline tax rise to 5 cents allows 1587 additional miles to be folded into the system, with disbursement supervised by the Highway Commission to replace county maintenance.
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Norfolk Ledger Dispatch
Virginia
Highway Commission
Presnet
Mrs Dunlap Wins Federated Council Flower Contest
Bruce Dunlap wins best flower bed while Laura Good takes best box of flowers and Elizabeth Cane earns best hanging basket in the Federated Council of Churches contest in the Highland avenue section. Albert Brill earns honorable mention. next year the council plans a best kept yard award.
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Bruce Dunlap
Laura Good
Elizabeth Cane
Federated Council of Churches
Highland Avenue
Albert Brill
Commission Has Not Decided On County Mileage
Hugh B. Sproul of Staunton writes that the State Highway Commission has not decided which Frederick County roads will receive mileage additions. The commission only received information from Frederick County citizens at the Harrisonburg public hearing on July 18, 1928, and has not yet considered any road selection.
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Frederick County
Harrisonburg
Hugh B. Sproul
State Highway Commission
Staunton, Va
Fauquier County Fair to Exhibit at Marshall
The eighteenth annual Fauquier County Fair will be held at Marshall on August 22 28 and 24 with Seldon Peach as executive secretary. The Smith Hughes agricultural high schools of northern Virginia will present a large educational exhibit in the main building featuring Floris Boyce Culpeper Manassas and Winchester schools.
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Seldon Peach
Smith-Hughes Agricultural High Schools
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Manassas
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Vinous Morning Drink Promises Quick Health Boost
A vintage health tip urges readers to drink a glass of VINOS before breakfast to relieve fatigue and digestive discomfort. The ad promotes a full week of use as a cure for tired digestion and a general lazy feeling, framing VINOS as a sparkling eye opener.
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