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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star Winchester Virginia notes its second class mailing status and daily publication excluding Sundays. It lists consolidation with several papers and subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery by year, half year, quarter, and month.
A devotional fragment cites Malachi 1 11 praising Gods name among the Gentiles and heathen with a prayer asking hearts to confess and adore His name in a devotional moment.
Virginia shows the lowest local tax burden among states in 1927, with a local tax to wealth ratio of .78 percent behind Arkansas and Delaware. The adoption of the segregation tax plan reduced land and tangible personal property taxes, boosting state surplus and funding for local schools, roads, and rural improvements.
In a Richmond Times Dispatch snippet, men prefer mending old garments while women buy new frocks, reflecting tighter budgets. The brief notes rising costs and shifting spending between genders as fashion trends push apparel choices.
The article notes a shift in fashion as men and boys cut back on clothing spending while women’s attire rises. It cites New York Merchants Association figures showing men’s clothing value fell from 379 million dollars in 1925 to 260 million in 1927, while women’s clothing rose to 1.145 billion. It observes men keep outfits longer and urges fathers to dress up more.
The Cincinnati Enquirer urges creating a national shrine at General Robert E. Lee’s birthplace. It argues Lee, a noble Confederate commander, deserves memorial honors amid a lacking set of monuments to Southern valor and calls for national unity through such a tribute, especially embraced by Virginia and the South.
The Roanoke Times notes Capone and his bodyguard were arrested leaving a Philadelphia theater and found guilty of carrying concealed weapons. Capone faces a year in Moyamensing penitentiary, delaying plans for a Wisconsin summer lodge while lawyers seek a quicker release. Philadelphia aims to show Chicago crims are jailed.
A city reports a shift from public baths to in home bathtubs making former seven bath houses turn into municipal pools gyms and neighborhood centers. Fames folk dancing and community clubs flourish illustrating local prosperity and civic improvement.
A brief Atlanta Constitution note warns that failure to quiet public uproar over the Louisiana purchase may lead readers to believe they overpaid for the deal. The item reflects editorial sentiment from the era on the acquisition.
Figures from the U S Bureau of Education show public high school attendance rising from 915000 in 1910 to 3757000 in 1926 with more than a million in junior high schools and about half of high school graduates entering higher institutions. The era sees crowded schools and eager participation in adult education night courses.
Secretary Stimson said officials and leaders meeting with President Hoover favor a reduced German reparations share only if other Allies accept a smaller percentage. He noted the United States could not bear a greater cut than the allied percentage and that any reduction would be limited to the same proportion for American payments.
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