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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1928

Page

4

Evening Star publication details and subscription rates

The Evening Star of Winchester Virginia announces daily publication except Sundays and lists consolidation with local weeklies. Subscription rates are shown for one year six months three months and for single copies with in advance payments and carrier delivery options. It notes Associated Press rights for news dispatches credited or published locally.

Souscarerion Tember Associated Press

Christ for All a Por Christ Daily Path Thought

A devotional fragment urges parents to have children memorize daily Bible selections to pass a priceless heritage. It quotes Proverbs on speech and justice and prays for a path of the just toward a perfect day.

Eccentric petty thievery in New York store suspicious acts

A New York Times note highlights a department store thief who began with an umbrella and small items then stole a fish and a canary, suggesting a possible psychopathic tendency. The piece ponders whether such acts indicate a deeper pathology or merely odd impulse.

Henry

Home Made Sunlight Trial Aids Sherwood Mine Boys

A December trial at the Sherwood pit tested artificial sunlight on 100 boys of similar age. Fifty received ultraviolet exposure twice weekly for several minutes while the other fifty served as controls. After three months the light group gained four pounds six ounces and two inches in height, roughly double the gains of the non treated group, with improved mood and spirits.

Sherwood

Farce of Crime Suppression in Big Stone Gap

The piece argues that crime control efforts fail because criminals evade punishment and laws create maze-like procedures. It contends firearms are not the root cause and that enforcement and legal gaps let guilty parties go free.

Big Stone Gap Post Aerialla Crim Perena

The Doughroys Pack Exchange

The fragment mentions Austrian army equipment with sagged water skis and narrow pontoons stretched over alum for a purpose. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.

Weight of modern war gear overwhelms soldiers

An editorial notes soldiers now carry about 61 pounds of gear plus 18 pounds for armor, with skin adding another 74 pounds. The piece warns that increasing bulk could render troops unable to advance or use weapons, potentially ending hostilities as fighters become buried under equipment.

Beauty and Sanity in Mental Hospitals

A Minnesota doctor supports using cosmetics in insane asylums to restore balance in women patients. Readily available beauty activities help reduce hallucinations, giving women worthwhile focus and fostering self confidence, with little harm from the imagined superlatives.

Minnesota

Virginia Firemen Hear National Figures At Banquet

An evening event for firemen featured William J. Showalter of National Geographic speaking on Virginia's opportunity and future landmarks like Lee Boulevard and the National Park, with Rev. Dr F T McFaden urging neighborliness and open friendship. A solo by Robert Barr and a cheerful quartet added to the program.

James P. Reardon Colonel Conrad William J. Showalter National Geographic Magazine Washington Shenandoah Valley Mr. Showalter Virginia Lee Boulevard National Robert Barr Ands

Star Job Office Offers Quick Sale Printing Services

Job printing available with short notice using display cuts. The Star Job Office prints sale bills and places them in a sales directory. They offer all kinds of job work including letter heads envelopes bill heads tags window cards programs and Poogiets at reasonable prices. See them before placing an order.

Walter L Main Circus Hits Winchester On 48th US Tour

The Walter L Main Circus, a national institution now on its 48th tour, visits Winchester on Thursday May 24 with a full program of top world acts. Features include flying aerialists, a wire dancing sextette, educated elephants, Chinese acrobats, forty clowns, tango horses, a new deputy and somersault rider, tandem acts, and a Paris Follies star. A downtown street parade at 11 am precedes exhibitions. gates open 1 and 7 pm with shows at 2 and 8 pm.

Walter L. Main Walter L. Main Circus Big Walter L. Main Circus United States Winchester Cottrell-Powell London Hippodromes Bessie Hollis

Democratic harmony described by Southern editor inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer notes a Southern editor praising Democratic harmony as a beautiful thing while the Minneapolis Journal quips that American college students, now about a million strong, lack pep to place the cow in chapel, illustrating playful nationwide wit about campus life.

Philadelphia Inquirer Minneapolis Journal

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