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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star entered at the post office in Winchester Virginia as second class mail. Published daily except Monday by The Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester Virginia consolidated with Morning News item The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror.
The text lists various advance payment options for a periodical service. Rates include one year at 63 with six months at 07 and three months at 90, plus one month at so. Carrier delivery is 460 for one year and 32 for six months. Weekly rates appear with illegible pricing.
An Associated Press dispatch notice appears with credit standards for republication and local publication rules. The note outlines attribution for AP material and non credited items in this paper.
A devotional fragment cites Jeremiah 31 18 and Hebrews 12 11 noting that present chastening yields later righteousness. The passage urges repentance and restoration under God the Lord.
Richmond readers followed a pivotal clash between John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Colonel Robert W. Stewart of Standard Oil Indiana over the chairmanship. The contest framed debates on ethics in corporate leadership and bond dealings with Continental Trading Company.
The piece notes a shift of movement from crowded cities to rural cottages as workers commute by electric lines trains and cars. It observes many city folk occupy seasonal country homes and the trend may seed future farming, with forests and streams remaining appealing.
A Danville Register item recounts a New Jersey poultry producer who reports rye mash found in the woods increased his egg yield to two or three eggs per day. He claims some eggs are really eggnog and jokes that distillers should try feeding mash to hens to diversify bootlegger profits and lower egg prices.
The piece discusses modern women's dress as healthy and comfortable and notes improvements come from adapting male fashion origins. Short hair is briefly mentioned as part of the evolving style. It reflects Atlanta Monthly's tone on aesthetics and societal shifts in attire.
Al Stone, a failed songwriter now a derelict, is brought back to life by Grace Farrel at Blackie Joe's in New York. Grace presses him to reclaim his gift and publicly reveal his past to his son Junior, threatening drastic confrontation if he resists.
Joseph Joachim once owned a Stradivarius now in the Wurlitzer collection. Mischa Elman helped build a stellar career with it. Hugo Mariani leads the White House Coffee 36 piece Radio Orchestra to perform Saturday night March 9 at 6 30 on WEAF NBC.
Special Receiver invites written proposals to lease the 179 acre Wilbur E Cather Orchard near Mount Jackson on the Southern Railway. Property includes orchard with eight varieties of apples, railway siding, orchard camp, tenant house, barrel shed and packing house. Proposals due by March 9 1929 to Judge Philip Williams Winchester VA. lease starts March 9 1929 and ends December 15. RO: Frank H Wissler, Special Receiver.
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