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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1929

Page

4

The Evening Star Publication Details and Rates

The Evening Star in Winchester Virginia outlines postal status and affiliations. It lists subscription rates for annual, semiannual, and monthly terms for reader copies and carrier delivery.

Covenant Promise and Prayer Verses

The text quotes Jeremiah 31 33 about God putting the law in Israel hearts and becoming their God. It adds a prayer asking for the new law to be written on the heart with love.

House of Israel

Mystery Man Timelines in Hoover Era Debate

Baltimore Sun discusses Horace A. Mann known as the mystery man and his break with Republican leaders. The piece reflects on patronage in federal hiring, calls for decisive action by President Hoover, and suggests Mann’s retirement signals a shift in political influence.

Horace A. Mann Hoover Mann Washington

Telephone Courtesy Rules For Public Life Urged

Richmond News Leader argues for stricter telephone etiquette to curb wasted calls and protect public officers during crises. It notes many calls disrupt business, waste time, and burden officials who rely on votes, urging readers to reduce interruptions and practice consideration.

Richmond News-Leader

Street clutter and overburdened wires hinder emergency calls

The text notes cluttered streets near a fire and overloaded lines essential for urgent business. It argues the rising number of telephones does not match idle call growth and urges mutual courtesy from subscribers to improve overall service and safety.

Bird Migrations Show Nature's Marvel and Need for Preservation

The article extols bird migrations as a remarkable natural feat, detailing their long journeys to warmer regions and back. It notes the birds' instinct, their resilience, and their value in controlling pests, while lamenting humanity's destruction of these useful creatures.

South America

Fine Old Virginia Ham

A truncated Virginia dispatch notes a man who has insured his twenty seven year old body in an unspecified context. The fragment hints at a satirical or human interest angle from The New York Times.

New York Times Virginia Dispatch

Ham Insurance Mystery and Culinary Valor in Virginia

A whimsical note ponders a $1,000 ham insurance claim whose risk remains unspecified. The writer jokes it cannot be fire or theft of flavor, considering unlikely disasters like explosions. The piece questions who would judge the ham’s future savor as it awaits carving on a future day.

Virginia Massachusetts Gwaltney

Blush Meter Measures Heat of Emotions

Dr E E Free of the American Institute developed a device to measure blush heat. The thermopile records radiation from blood rushing to the cheeks during emotion with wide temperature ranges among subjects. He reports blends show larger temperature differences in the tests.

E. E. Free American Institute

Blondes vs brunettes in wartime blushes and cures

The passage notes blondes blush hotter than brunets and hints at a playful rivalry. It suggests a merry war over Dr Free's discoveries and plays on hair color and heat. The text uses light, humorous tone to compare appearances and scientific notes.

Brunete Brunet Dr. Free

Greenwood Gleanings items from Greenwood Virginia

Greenwood notes report several moves and visits around March including McClung buying Mrs. Anna Brown’s farm and moving his family this week, Thomas Willis moving to Ed Snapp’s Cedar Creek grade, and Alvin Taverner’s recent in neighborhood. Births include Vernon Lee to Mr. and Mrs. William Lickliter at Memorial Hospital.

Greenwood McClung Charles Town W. Va Anna Brown Thomas Willis Ed Snapp Cedar Creek Alvin Taverner Virginia Allen Gladys Miller Winchester Memorial Hospital William Lickliter Memorial Hospital Vernon Lee Mary Wilson Boyer Anita Lanahan Adam Bentzel Walter Bush Winchester Joseph Bush Brunswick Peter Hamman Jerry Jirak Clyde Ficfe Baltimore Johnson Wilbur Johnston Retha Jackson Emma Leidig

Ill at Sister’s Home Slowly Improves

A woman is ill at the home of her sister Mrs. Mae Hamman and is slowly improving, with her condition monitored by family and, presumably, local medical attention.

Mae Hamman

Death linked to moonshine trip sparks city arrests

Martinsburg detectives arrested Charles Grimes and William Chaney on Baltimore police charges of indirect responsibility for Raymond Hartley s death after a Baltimore trip. Hartley 19 drank moonshine with Grimes and Chaney at Sharpsburg then collapsed in Baltimore. Hartley s body to be brought home for burial. Baltimore and Hartley family details noted.

Martinsburg W. Va Charles Grimes William Chaney Baltimore Raymond Hartley Hartley Grimes Chaney Sharpsburg Balti More

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