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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1931
Page
8
A compact reflection on how harmony between action and speech elevates art, noting surprise as a key ingredient and warning that repetition dulls wit. The quote attributed to Montaigne frames craft as a balance of practice and expression.
Plans advance for the ninth and union picnic of the Frederick County Sunday School Association to be held Saturday August 8 in Kline's Grove at Vaucluse. The event features horse shoe games age contest athletic banner contests sack race wheelbarrow race potato race nail driving and prizes for winners.
Capon Bridge notes report the Ladies Aid of the Church of Christ will hold a festival on Schaffenaker's lawn Saturday August 1 inviting all. Local residents include Frank French from Binghamton NY visiting Hutchinsons and Geneva Sirbaugh employed at Green Lantern.
An advertisement touts Bisulated Magnesia as providing quick relief for stomach gas after meals. It claims to end gas sourness and acid indigestion, making the stomach feel fine and is marketed for global demand.
Rainfall data show no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a m today. July to date totals 7 29 inches. Comparison with 18 year averages for January through May yields values: 18 year averages 2 43 1 93 2 64 inches. 1932 totals 4 02 inches. 1931 totals 7 20 1 57. First seven months of 1930 report: January 1 55 inches February 0 48 March 2 22 April 1 79 May 1 19 June 3 06 July 0 84.
A husband was arraigned in county magistrate's court on charges of whipping his wife with an apple stick and fined 10.25 dollars. Protests mount over the new United States tariff. Frederick county reports two springs increasing flow despite drought. Brooklyn leads the National League and Philadelphia tops the American League in baseball. Star writer Alexander Spottswood Dandridge predicts coal will be unavailable in Europe and the U.S. for 300 years.
Miller O Rear of Winchester becomes resident manager of the Read House in Chattanooga Tennessee. Snapp Foundry Inc donates twenty five dollars to each local fire company for quenching a recent menace to their business. Mr and Mrs Louis L Baker open North Braddock street gardens to the public this week. England agrees to cooperate with the United States against trans continental boot leggers. Big wheat yield prevails in the Valley with pease price at 1.31 dollars per bushel.
The United States Mexico dispute nears settlement in days. A September 2 Democratic primary selects a candidate for Congressman Hay's seat. An engine explosion at Old Dominion Paper Co plant followed water ingress. Norton Publishing building suffered fire damage. Virginia receives $991 660 federal road funds.
Relief Brevities notes several local visits and engagements. Luther Snapp and sister visited Mrs Crabill who is homebound with a broken limb. Relief Epworth League plans a yard party at Relief Church July 30 and Middletown Epworth League hosts a pageant titled The Challenge of the Cross on August 1 at Relief Church.
George Sturmer 80 grand president of the Baltimore and Ohio Veterans Association remained in critical condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital after an automobile crash near Edinburg Shenandoah County Friday. He suffered probable skull fracture a dislocated hip and facial bruises while staying at Rest Haven Inn Edinburg.
Cicero warned that unchecked freedom breeds servitude for both states and people. The quote underscores limits on liberty and the dangers of excess in governance and personal conduct.
A quotation praises a father known as Paw, describing how a man cherished by his children governs his home with quiet authority. The line frames paternal leadership as the core of family order and respect.
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