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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star records its post office entry in Winchester Virginia as a second class matter. The paper publishes daily except Sundays and is produced by The Evening Star Publishing Co. It is consolidated with the Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly es The Weekly Mirror.
The text repeats ad copy and religious lines, citing the Associated Press all news dispatches and marketing rates. It includes biblical verses from Lamentations and a prayer urging mercy and spiritual blessing.
The Woodstock Herald reviews its own verbose column work noting scrambled prose and public indifference. The piece laments income tax burdens on small weekly papers and jokes about revenue from printed community notices while stressing editors’ reliance on pencil work and a magnifying glass to reveal earnings.
The Baltimore Sun owner Van Lear Black is described as the world’s leading air passenger. He has flown across continents and many archipelagos, with Associated Press dispatches naming him in distant places while his party fell ill in Broken Hill Northern Rhodesia.
A drunken driver crashed through a crowded street injuring school children and prompting calls for severe charges. The incident, described as highly dangerous, sparked discussion that reckless driving and lax traffic enforcement threaten public safety and deserve stern penalties.
A public speech condemns driving while intoxicated and reckless speeding. It notes that even ordinarily responsible people can become a danger, stressing the seriousness of failing to follow traffic signals and signals.
Greensboro News notes Secretary Mellon has served continuously under three administrations. If he completes the Hoover term he will have twelve years in office, longer than most predecessors except Gallatin. Admirers call him the greatest secretary since Hamilton and the wealthiest cabinet member, though Senate enemies threaten opposition.
An article notes a national swing toward small flower gardens after war time vegetable plots. Garden experts urge design and planning for city lots while warning against overelaboration, predicting growing appreciation of beautified private yards and community spaces.
A neighborhood youth, lively about Henry Ford’s claims on saving money, filed for bankruptcy yesterday in Ohio. The petition cites financial distress following the enthusiasm.
The Clarke Frederick Baseball League comprising Middletown Stephens City Boyce and Berryville high schools will open its 1929 season with a spring schedule arrangement.
The schedule lists league games on Tuesdays at 3 30 p m with matchups Stephens City Berryville Middletown Boyce and others across April May. It notes pairings such as April 9 Stephens City at Middletown Berryville at Boyce and April 16 Boyce at Stephens City Middletown at Berryville among others.
Al Warne, a singing waiter turned composer, faces heartbreak as his son Junior dies just as he prepares for a Broadway appearance. Grief threatens his stage performance, but Grace Farrel supports him while Molly’s past actions haunt the family.
Mar 19 Capper and DeHaven near Summit Point offer horses cattle sheep and hogs. Mar 20 E B Henry north of Good live stock implements household furniture. Mar 20 R C Rust Berryville stock and implements. Mar 26 T J West Sr near CharLee Town stock and implements. Mar 27 Brent DeHaven Carter's Ford live stock. Mar 28 Hugh Hardesty Berryville pike near Spout Spring stock implements feed. April 9 Neal Galloway Marvin Chapel stock and implements. April 25 Short Horn Breeders Assoc at J M Fishpaw e home short horn cattle.
Public sale will offer for sale on Tuesday March 19 at 10 oclock items include 650 hot bed sash 1 oil stove 1 heater 1 laundry cook stove garden tools wheel barrow lawn mower mowing scythe concrete finishing tools porch screen and door assorted lumber tools and drills and many more cash terms S Main St Old Frye Garden sales notice dated 3 15 31
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