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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1930
Page
4
Classified snapshot shows subscription pricing by mail and carrier for a Virginia post office, with annual and monthly rates listed. Also notes advertising representative regions and credits the Associated Press as the source of all news dispatches and local news published.
A reflective Christian devotional text references Galatians 3 13 and concludes with a prayer inviting Christ to abide in the heart. It notes redemption from the curse of the law and the blessing promised to Abraham through faith in Jesus Christ.
A mentally ill farmer near Danville, Davis, starves himself, prompting questions about community and authorities. The piece warns of dangerous influence on vulnerable individuals and cites a broader public concern over potential violence and the need for intervention.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch reports nearly 10 000 people were killed or injured crossing grade rail lines in automobiles during 1929. The piece notes the rise over the prior year and urges joint action by state, city, and railroads to reduce dangers with gates, bells, and a unified protection system spearheaded by the American Railway Association.
Grade crossings are standardizing equipment through cooperation with state, municipal and county authorities and the railroads. The old warning Stop Look and Listen remains essential as motorists often fail to heed it, making the railway track a grim warning and grade crossing tragedies common when ignored.
The text contemplates Death Valley flowers as symbols of hard life, resilience, and paradox. It suggests seeds awaken after extreme heat, painting a vivid spectrum, and ponders whether the bloom serves as lesson for stunted minds, or a rebellious image against restraint.
Fragmentary lines discuss aging, nature wasting beauty, and a critique of grand art amid scarcity. The passage imagines a symphony or heroic painting undone by deserts of critics and modern schooling, hinting at a clash between culture and harsh realities.
In a letter to The Star Mayor Shryock asks residents to share opinions on the city budget while Miss Ella Louise Kremer wed John North Jr. A Virginia site report notes E P Bears from the city recently caught a 35 pound bass off Chrinnocteague Island.
Five years ago on June 10 1925 newly developed city districts asked the City Council for improvements granted to the core city. A senior Miss Madeline Whitlock Handley received an honor bowl from Principal Jarman. A new budget plan would allot seventeen percent of city revenue to education. James B Duke the tobacco magnate contributed a donation to support local efforts.
Thelma Clark wed William H. Brown in Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South. The ceremony marked a notable union reported in the district society notes.
William Jennings Bryan has resigned from President Wilson's cabinet citing the harsh tone of the note to Germany on submarine warfare. R 8 Jolliffe of Troop No. 2 Boy Scouts attends a Philadelphia scoutmasters meeting sponsored by Curtis Publishing Company. Locals plan a conference to secure guarantees for this year's chautauqua as Virginia draft horses see strong European demand for front line hauling.
An advertisement touts Radox Bath Salts as a simple cure for corns, calluses, and hard skin, claiming painless, rapid relief with a three to four night foot soak followed by corn lifting. It promises strong, flawless feet within a week and urges readers to buy at Baker's Drug Store or any drugstore.
Trustee offers 126 acre farm and orchard in Frederick County near Mill and Buffalolick Road for public auction at Winchester courthouse. Sale June 7, 1930 at 11 am. Property improved with house, outbuildings, wells, running water, 500 bearing apple trees and 200 bearing pear trees. One third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and insured buildings. H R Kern, Trustee. Dunn and Duvall, Auctioneers.
An oddity observed in aging notes that every centenarian either drank whisky most of life or avoided it, a comment attributed to the Los Angeles Times.
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