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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star combines with Morning N to form a single news outlet amid a regional media consolidation. Local editors and reporters reframe coverage across committees, courts, and community events to serve a broader readership.
Subscriptions offered for one year at 3.50 in advance and six months at 1.75 with three months at 0.20 and one month at 0. The carrier plan lists one year at 4.50 and one month at 0.40 plus a weekly rate of 0.10. The Associated Press retains rights to dispatches.
A short religious verse reflects on God’s eternal throne and human frailty. The prayer asks for praise to the Great God and invites all creatures to bow in reverence. It cites Lamentations 5:19 as a scriptural anchor.
Despite alarming aviation accidents including the Colonial Ford disaster in which thirteen died, public confidence remains high as a Miss Newark test flight with thirteen passengers proves flight safety and resilience. Advocates stress aviation is in its infancy and losses are comparable to early transport risks.
The piece analyzes Texas Guinna a Broadway hostess who counsels on marriage claiming wives provoke infidelity. She argues three types of wives drive husbands away and that men seek amusement after work, a view tied to her nightclub role and audience.
A hostess cites three wife types to explain divorce motives. One keeps husbands on a payroll and out all night, another cries, and a third is a compliant mate until betrayed by abuse of power. Miss Guin an offers cynical reflections on marriage and the courts.
A Washington mounted officer seized a truckload of liquor owned by an embassy moving from Baltimore to Washington. Diplomats dispute the arrest and consider limiting the diplomats liquor use to private functions, arguing it could ease local jealousy over the privilege.
A health examination service screened over 3,000 apparently healthy individuals and found about 8,000 health defects, averaging nearly three per person. Lead ailments included bad teeth malnutrition and obesity with frequent tonsil disease flat feet and eye and heart issues. Coffee consumption totaled about 22 million bags worldwide.
New York and Chicago draw large crowds and sizable purses for six day bicycle races. Chicago hosts its twenty first event as world famous riders travel between cities. Despite views of cycling and horse racing as outdated, major races persist, proving sport’s lasting appeal.
In Boyce Virginia Rev. Moore and Rev. Vanderlinden host evening reunions in the Methodist Church this week at 8 o clock with next week at the Baptist Church. Residents and visitors, including Misses Yowell and Fritts, Mr. Langbern of New York, and families, share travels, hospital stays, and social visits across town and nearby cities.
Gaunt is able to be out after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Charles A. Jones spent last week at Port Royal with her daughter Mrs. Robert Hicks. Henry Post Mitchell and Bobs Randolph, attending Episcopal High School in Alexandria, are home for the weekend. Miss Nina Lloyd hosted a birthday dinner Sunday. The Denny family and Mrs. Reid visited New Market, the Reid home, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brubaker and Mrs. Reid spent Monday in Washington.
The Topeka Capital laments a bleak period for the stock market as winter arrives, noting poor timing ahead of Christmas and the seasonal slowdown on Wall Street.
A festival of rare delight describes Virginia apples thriving in autumn along the Shenandoah River. The verse notes moonlit scenes, mountain valleys, and scenic welcomes to tourists with abundant orchards spreading toward the northwest. The author signs as Virginia Albaugh.
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