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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1929
Page
4
Winchester Virginia daily newspaper The Evening Star is entered at the post office as second class matter. It is published every day except Sunday and consolidated with Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times The Weekly Mirror.
Rates listed for annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly subscriptions with advance payments. Carrier delivery options show frequencies and prices. The page notes Associated Press rights for news dispatch republication and local content.
A religious fragment quotes Ezekiel 16 60 62 promising an everlasting covenant in youth and ends with a prayer praising the Lord of lords and King of Kings with glory. The text reads as a devotional note or scripture excerpt.
Richmond readers learn the Fox Film Corporation will drop silent pictures and produce dialogue and musical films. The move, likely followed by other studios, threatens employment for silent stars and musicians while reshaping national entertainment habits as sound technology improves.
Albany gossip notes Al Smith keeps a hurdy gurdy in his Biltmore suite playing old tunes like Silver Threads Among the Gold and Maggie The instrument is sent back to the factory for new rolls prompting playful sympathy and nostalgia for the former governor The column blends affection and whimsy in a light local voice.
General Electric tests seek best pedestrian safety on roads at night. White clothing or a white handkerchief proves most visible, while dark garb vanishes even under bright headlights at 100 feet. Suggests regular street lighting or dedicated footpaths to separate walkers from motorists.
An air mail pilot yesterday circled Ringtown Pennsylvania six times to wake firemen, sparing several buildings from near destruction. The incident highlights the value of aviation in fire defense for inhabited areas and suggests even greater usefulness in forested regions where crews must travel from afar.
The Bucharest Synod of the Orthodox Church decided to advance Easter by 14 days to align with the Gregorian calendar, uniting Easter with Jewish Passover and Christian groups for the first time in 347 years. The change resolves the century leap discrepancy from Julius Caesar's original calendar reform.
Mount Williams Virginia reports a flurry of family visits and moves. Mrs Peyton Bucher returns home after a stay with Mrs George Dyke and Dr Shaffer from Winchester attends Mrs Dyke who has been paralyzed for five months.
A San Francisco Chronicle line notes a girl feeling newly sophisticated after her first cigarette and coffee interplay, capturing a moment of adolescent self awareness in urban life.
A series of sale notices list March 28 Hugh Hardesty in Berryville Pike near Spout Spring for stock implements feed and more. April 2 Thronton Goode Millwood Pike for stock farm implements household goods and furniture at 10 o clock. April 8 Neal Galloway Marvin Chapel for stock and implements. April 9 H C Campbell at Opeq uon for livestock feed implements and household goods. April 10 I H Zinn near Stephenson Va for livestock and farming implements. April 25 Short Horn Breeders Association at J M Fishpaw s home for Short Horn cattle.
The two week revival led by Rev. Mr. Good and Rev. Mr. Wagner in Gainesboro ends successfully with eleven conversions, ten joining the local church. Names listed include Sophia Brown Mabel Dellaven Sadie De Haven Gladys Adams Glenna Garrett and others.
A St Louis Post Dispatch editorial suggests a tax plan in Samoa where tax is based on height. A 6 foot man would pay one sixth more than a 5 foot man, claimed as a potential solution to income tax issues.
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