Venice’s decline tied to long sea routes and new worlds
Medieval Venice rose on navigation around Cape and discovery of America. Roman writers noted specialized craft, with workers making only statue parts or specific garments.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1934
Page
5
Medieval Venice rose on navigation around Cape and discovery of America. Roman writers noted specialized craft, with workers making only statue parts or specific garments.
Walter Lipppman analyzes 60 years of labor disputes showing strikes rise at the end of slumps and during revival periods. He notes key years of strikes 1877 1901 and 1918 1919 and argues wage earners gain courage as recovery begins. The piece ends with a religious civic call and a teaser for tomorrow.
DMV officers announce today is the final day for the semi annual motor vehicle inspections. No extension is expected. Drivers will see new stickers tomorrow showing compliance. Fines for operating without a sticker start at $2.50, reaching $6.75 with fees.
Mrs Greene unveils a sweeping work on Christian history from the Rise of the Christian Religion through the Crusades the Renaissance and Christian Hymns. The prose promises living realities behind theories and facts shaping mankind’s view of God and faith.
Mrs J W Gibbons dies at 82 in Altoona Pennsylvania at her daughter Edith Hulls home Funeral conducted at Bethany Lutheran Church by Rev Harry L Saul with interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery She was born March 14 1852 in Winchester and had lived in Altoona for 54 years Survived by children Margaret Elvey Laura Fegal Katherine Sickles Walter Gibbons Lloyd M Gibbons Edith Hull Florence Stehley 26 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren One brother J Williams Merryman of Charleston West Virginia and the youngest sister Lena Merryman Davis of Keyser Cumberland Md The Charleston cousin Mrs Nannie Baker Merryman provided the notice
The infant Patsy Jenkins aged eight months died Tuesday after measles. services were conducted by Rev. W. L. Dudley at Jones funeral parlors. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers six little girls led by Bee McFarland. The death occurred at Mrs Arbutus Combs home 119 Indian Alley where she had cared for the child.
The Shire horse famed as the world heaviest traces its lineage to breeds used by armored knights in the Middle Ages.
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