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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1929
Page
2
The piece argues against legal Sunday enforcement, urging voluntary worship instead. It cites Genesis creation, the Sabbath commandment, and Jesus teaching that Sabbath was made for man. It contrasts Jewish law with Christian Sunday practice and stresses religion as a voluntary, non coercive matter.
A speaker argues that ending Sunday as a day of worship erodes Christian churches and invites vice and crime. He warns the nation to keep Sabbath laws, follow God, and avoid moral decline and national peril.
The Star lists wholesale and local retail prices for grains feeds animal products and more. Prices include flour per barrel 8.25 to 8.78 and mixed feed around 2.20, with futures like wheat and corn meal shown and live poultry figures noted for hens young chickens and ducks.
The National Geographic Magazine and the American Motorist will publish Virginia editions in April focusing on the state. W J Showalter writes the feature for National Geographic. Paul Wilstack covers Monticello and Historic Garden Week. The Virginia Garden Club hosts, and the Garden Club of Virginia provides over 400 photos. The American Motorist will devote 24 pages to northern Virginia, following last year’s Virginia focus. Darrow’s criminal return is noted in a Philadelphia Inquirer aside. Miami hosts 379 charter members of the Threescore and Ten Club aged 70 to 97.
The March 1 1929 USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics report shows apples stored in 1 125 000 barrels up from 846 000 a year earlier and below the five year average of 1 989 000. It also lists 7 973 000 boxes of apples and 2 175 000 bushel baskets versus prior year totals and averages. Pear storage totals include 503 000 boxes and 6 000 barrels with contrasts to 296 000 boxes and 7 000 barrels a year earlier. The note ends with a quip about political figures Jim Reed and Borah.
The local Red Cross chapter thanks Mr. Boucher, manager of the Colonial Theatre, for allowing use of the theatre without charge and supplying light and heat for a Junior Red Cross meeting. The generosity enabled unlimited hospitality and cooperation for the event.
Spirited citizens praise the local Red Cross chapter with thanks to Chairman Robert B. Nelson. The note contrasts public concern for automobile accident prevention with flu prevention and mentions Florida’s governor ordering all gambling halted, while commenting on marriage news from San Diego Union.
Property listing offers 65 acres with a nine room stone house, large barn, dairy equipment, and a never failing well with running water. Includes a 15 acre apple orchard just coming into bearing. Located at Kernstown on Valley Pike. Dated 2-43.
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