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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star announces postal status at Winchester Virginia and publishes subscription prices for Mail and Carrier delivery. Rates list one year three dollars fifty cents by mail and four fifty by carrier, with shorter terms at set advances. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with rights to local and credited dispatches.
A devotional clip urges parents to make daily Bible selections with children and warns against early rising for worldly pursuits. It emphasizes heedlessness to the Lord’s work and the dangers of wine and pleasure. The piece closes with a prayer for pleasing the Lord in all ways.
The Anti-Sileea League of Virginia leader Dr. J Be iGonnell backs Governor Smith and the Democratic ticket, signaling a split with Bishop Cannon Dr Hepburn and Rev Peters urging desertion. Dr. McConnell and other Virginia leaders insist the national election is not a referendum on prohibition, stressing Democrats have long supported it while Republicans have failed to enforce it.
A Hopewell News interview with L C Dyer Republican representative of the twelfth Missouri district warns of dire consequences for the South if Herbert Hoover is elected president. Dyer, originator of an anti lynching bill that passed the House, discusses federal enforcement of the fourteenth amendment and the Senate outcome.
The speaker laments Southern Democratic filibuster blocking an anti lynching bill and argues for enforcement acts and funds to uphold the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. He contrasts Prohibition stand with Hoover and predicts federal enforcement in the South. Virginia partition and Wheeling politics are recounted as Republican misrule.
The piece surveys Virginia voters and generations shaped by 1860s events. It recalls 1861 Wheeling convention actions by western Virginians seeking a restored government and Republican recognition, framing the era as a political rift over secession and state partition.
The Indianapolis News notes that during his tenure as chairman, Smith will have many motor service options waiting for him when he exits the train for a visit through the corn rows.
A dense listing of 1930s era radio programs across numerous stations from New York to Detroit. Entries include dinner music, dance programs, political talks, and performances by groups like Roxy and His Gang, the Gypsies, and the National Committee. Notable brands include General Motors Party and the Republican National Committee programs.
A fragment from Everyday English Lesson XII lists rules for writing numbers and avoiding certain terms. It cautions against starting sentences with figures and suggests dictionary consults for hyphenation and word forms plus a note on the 43 most useful words.
Rev Charles Wagner visited the Ritter home last week. Visitors to the Gladdin home included Dan Keating of Martinsburg and William Kelsoe. Mrs. William Kelsoe underwent appendicitis surgery and is recovering slowly. Mrs. Charles Emery remains ill at home. L H Ruble and children visited Mrs. Emery. Miss Jessie Emery of Pennsylvania visits the Emery family.
Mary Ritter traveled to Winchester on business last week. Mr and Mrs V O DeHaven attended a Shiloh camp meeting. Frank Flowers and children visited Mrs Flowers brother Calvin Price in Martinsburg. Edith Flowers called on Mrs W D Ritter. Hilda Flowers recently visited Vir gin DeHaven and L H Ruble and plans to return home Saturday. Bessie Ritter visited aunt Mrs Earl Fansler of Alexandria and will return to grandfather next Sunday. Rev and Mrs Wagner left for the conference in Staunton Virginia.
Stella Lewis marks the one year anniversary of her grandmother Sallie Lewis Colman’s burial with a heartfelt tribute noting constant thoughts of the departed relative.
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