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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1930
Page
4
The Evening Star Winchester lists publication terms and rate cards for print editions. It notes pricing options for one year six months three months and monthly advances, plus national ad representation by Devine Trenney Corporation with offices in New York Des Moines Chicago.
The Associated Press credits re publication rights for all news items and local content published by this paper. This notice indicates AP holds exclusive rights to issued material whether credited or not.
The text contains a Bible quote from Colossians 2 8 10 extolling Christ and warning against philosophy and worldly tradition. It includes a prayer line seeking divine guidance and rest in God's hands.
The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch notes Virginia’s population rose only 4.7 percent from 1920 to 1930, and explains the slower gain. It cites migration of Black residents to the West and North, wages, and lingering economic factors, while praising solid citizenship and industrial progress shaping future prospects.
Typhoid fever is largely controlled by sanitation and clean surroundings. Cities triumph in preventing the illness through pure water and safe dairies while rural areas lag. Last year Missourians in towns under 200 suffered much higher deaths than those in large cities.
The text notes knowledge of preventive measures against unwholesome food and drink and cites comparative immunity of cities from dread. It emphasizes beneficent results of taking precautions and suggests public health benefits from cautious practices.
Chicago shows decline with ten performances left for the nation amid five stock productions two musicals and a minstrel act. Critics label this a hard summer as audiences cut luxuries while film houses fare better and actors migrate to Hollywood.
Richmond Times Dispatch essay notes summer brings heat driven talk on weather. It contrasts seasons and urges open discussion of heat while promising memories of ease and outdoor life to warm winter nights.
A letter dated July 23 1930 from Nannie R Glass discusses applying the Ten Commandments to personal life. It presents the commandments in poetic paraphrase and closes with a Christian affirmation of faith and gratitude.
Mrs Andrew L. Shram 70 former Dayton resident died Tuesday morning at her Clarkesburg West Virginia home after two weeks illness. Survived by husband and two brothers J. W. Keller Dayton and Feu Keller Petersburg WV. Body to be brought to Dayton today for 1 pm grave services led by Rev. J. C. Thrasher Bridgewater and Rev. A. P. Hovermale. Born in Frederick County to George and Emily Keller long-time Dayton residents.
A derailment near Winston, four miles south of Culpeper, Va, blocked both directions on the Southern Railroad for hours as three freight cars and a caboose left the track. Heat expansion caused the rails to buckle, with the caboose rolling down an embankment and pulling down telegraph wires, interrupting service briefly. no injuries reported.
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