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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1931

Page

5

Electric progress and jobs shift from manual toil to power

Scientist Dr Langmuir notes energy equal to seventy eight million tons of dynamite. Ripley highlights rapid growth in telephones cars and aviation powered by electricity, with one million new customers yearly. He argues electricity raises productivity and reduces hard labor, while noting wage and employment implications in a transforming economy.

Theuere Ripley Edison Central Electric Station Henry Ford United States Mr. Edison Herbert Hoover America JM. Ripley

Brides of the future move into stylish apartment homes

The speaker envisions brides of the future moving into stylish ultra convenient apartment homes. Electrical appliances and home making equipment will be built in and connected to service lines. The cost will be folded into the mortgage, as labor becomes power directors rather than generators.

Jesus in Gethsemane and Calvary Faith and Fear

Dr Alvin Bell reflects on Jesus agony in Gethsemane and crucifixion, noting the fear of being made sin and the weight of world sin. The piece connects the travail of the soul to spiritual birth and life, urging reverence and victory over sin. The May 31 Uniform Lesson centers on Luke 22 39 to 54 with the theme Jesus in Gethsemane.

Alvin Bell Jesus Gethsemane Calvary Luke Christ

Church Schedule and Meetings for Reliance and Stephens City

Reliance Sunday school at 10 a.m. sermon 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p.m. Stephens City Sunday school 2:30 p.m. sermon 3:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday 8 p.m. Ladies Aid Society June 2 at 2:30 p.m. at Mrs. Mable Hix's at Relief. Cordial invitation to all.

Reliance Christian Endeavor Stephens City Ladies’ Aid Society Mable Hix

Opequon Group Announces Massanetta Booster Meeting

The Opequon group led by Rev G M Morrow invites worshippers to Sunday services at Opequon Memorial Burnt Church and Opequon Chapel with Sunday school at 10 am and preaching at 11 am The Christian Endeavor societies meet jointly at Round Hill at 7 pm to boost Massanetta Springs youth conferences.

Opequon Memorial Burnt Church Opequon Chapel Round Hill Christian Endeavor Societies Massanetta Massanetta Springs

Brucetown Revival Opens June 1 With Weekly Services

Brucetown circuit Rev. R. J. Clark leads revival services starting Monday June 1. Sunday schedule lists Stephenson Crums Weirtown Factory and Brucetown churches with Sunday schools at 10 a m and services at 11 a m Epworth League at 8 p m.

C. J. Clark Stephenson Brucetown Crums Epworth Weirtown

Market Report Sees Wholesale Dairy and Feed Prices

The Star presents a market digest with wholesale prices for flour dairy feed and grain items. Listings include cracked corn shelled corn middlings and various feeds with per unit costs noted, plus live stock quotes for steers cows calves lambs and poultry. The Baltimore wholesale section shows end of day corrections.

Gg- Ae Saece Saeek Baltimore

Hair Growth After Death Doubt Casts On Claims

The U S public health service says there are no authentic records of hair or nail growth after death. Belief arises from skin shrinking toward hair roots, creating the appearance of growth.

United States Public Health Service

Americans Submit Plans to Calendar Re tire League

A hundred calendar change proposals were sent to the League of Nations by Americans, a number that would be a small portion of potential payroll shifts if more pay days could be arranged.

League of Nations Newport News Times Herald

County Presbyterian Rev Allen Jones to Lead Services

Cedar Cliff and Mount Hope Chapel schedules show Rev Allen Jones preaching at 10.45 a.m. and 8 p.m. The ongoing special meeting will conclude with the service. Local notices mention Sunday school at Cedar Cliff at 9.30 a.m. and sermon times at Mount Hope Chapel.

County Presbyterian Allen Jones Cedar Cliff Vaucluse Mount Hope Chapel

Frederick Circuit Invites Worship at Community Church

Pastor Rev P R Diehl presides over Carper's Valley Sunday school at 10 30 with sermon at 11 30 Relief Sunday school at 10 Epworth League at 8 30 and a cordial invitation to worship. The notice lists times and church groups for a local circuit gathering.

Carper’s Valley Relief Epworth League

Winchester Ju B Circuit Rev C J Racey Pastor Notice

Mount Pleasant West Virginia Sunday school 10 am sermon 11 am Christian Endeavor 730 pm Fairview Sunday school 230 pm No preaching service until third Sunday at 3 pm Pleasant Valley Sunday school 10 am Senior Christian Endeavor 7 pm Sermon 8 pm Cordial invitation to all.

Mount Pleasant W. Va Christian Endeavor Fairview—Sun School Pleasant Valley

Stephens City M. E. South Pastor O D Lambert

Stephens City M. E. South announces Rev. O D Lambert as pastor. Sunday services listed with varying start times across locations Kernstown Refuge and Fairview. Memorial, Sunday school sessions, and preaching events scheduled through the day.

Stephens City M. E. South O. D. Lambert

Ovation for Briand After Defeat in Paris Rally

Following a large ovation in Paris, Briand the French foreign minister, defeated in the presidential race, is believed to be returning from Geneva where supporters hailed him amid the political shakeup.

Paris Geneva Aristide Briand

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Directors of Power Lord Harmsworth Ahlan Alvin Bell Opequon Group G. M. Morrow Brucetown Circuit Market Report Borg Firemen’s Fund James H. Jones South Main Street Firemen’s Convention Futocrat Miao Bayerson Oil Works Erie, Penna Tiona Peoples Service Drug Store North Main Street Winchester Winchester JU. B C. J. Racey Kernstown Refuge Fairview Ovation Greets Briand Pierre Laval Versailles N. Loudoun St Greyhound Washington Clarksburg Bristol Cincinnati ST. Louis Kansas City Union Bus Station Braddock and Piccadilly Sts Chester Valley Lines 11Th St Wilmington Capitol Greyround Snapp Foundry, Inc Cameron Street The Evening Star Glaize & Bro Virginia Lone Star Cement Noor” Bromd Cork Saputhen Lone Star Cement CO Pennsylvania Philadelphia Lone Te Ae . Ethage Lupton Orchard SFP Viceco Kelvinator E. Water ST John S. Solenberger & CO. Inc Loudoun Street
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