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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
4
Fragmentary text shows the Winchester Virginia newspaper noting second class mail, daily and weekly editions, associated press rights and republication policy. Indicates branding and rights statements common to local press. No clear event or person details available in readable fragment.
A compact excerpt presents religious reflections on worship and reconciliation. It includes a call to leave offerings until brothers are reconciled and a prayer affirming obedience to divine will. The text blends Biblical citation with devotional phrasing.
Richmond News Leader notes the paradox of a tariff wall crippling trade while Europe attracts American spenders. The piece cites Secretary Lamont’s report showing Americans spent 525 million abroad, far more than war debt payments, and contemplates Europe’s lure and the impulse to visit historic places, arts, and freedom.
Sheriff Wayne Hornung of Shawnee County Kansas becomes possibly the first county lawman in the United States to fly a patrol aircraft. The move aims to deter bank robbers and bootleggers, with air surveillance seen as a warning to criminals.
The piece notes rising civilian deaths by prohibition agents as bootleggers use planes and boats to traffic liquor across the Canadian border. It rejects air routes as a solution and warns aviation would worsen crime, predicting harsher warfare with uncertain consequences. It mentions the flying sheriff proposal and the evolving conflict.
Exchange notes women cause new turmoil by undermining stockings for summer wear. After hat pins, candy makers, corset and petti coat firms feel impact. Stocking production has lagged for two months, while dealers in cosmetics celebrate as mosquito bites become less noticeable in public.
An advertisement promotes Moorie's Emerald Oil from Baker's Drug Store as a penetrating antiseptic healing oil. It claims to relieve misery, pain, sores, and swelling in legs, and to aid ulcers and eczema, with hundreds of cases reporting blessed relief.
San Francisco June 27 Associated Press reports on 152 girls receiving diplomas with varied ambitions. Several wished to become aviatrices of note while one said she wanted to be a Greta Garbo. The text includes garbled names and stray phrases.
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