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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1929
Page
4
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An Associated Press exclusive notice states reprint rights for AP dispatches and local news published in the paper. It confirms AP ownership of exclusive rights to use and publish supplied material.
A fragment shows Biblical verse Luke 1 49 praising the mighty works and a prayer for divine spirit to bless a house with a homey sense. The text emphasizes reverence and dedication in a religious setting.
The State Commission of Conservation and Development notes more visitors returning to Virginia in winter, praising roads, hospitable people, and historic markers. Letters from across states and nations reflect cultural progress and renewed interest in Virginia’s natural beauty, history, and shrines as improved highways invite exploration.
The World Peace Postage Association in Santa Elena Minnesota proposes world peace stamps to supplement regular issues. Stamps would bear a peace emblem with a motto like Pax Per Legem and be sold at the same price. Noted leaders and nations show interest as stamps are viewed as a powerful advertising and unifying symbol.
Mrs Dolly Gann abruptly ends a Topeka engagement and boards a train, triggering fallout reported by the Roanoke Times. The note indicates disarmament themes tied to the stoppage and ensuing travel details.
The Sun mocks the looming peace scene in Washington as Ramsay MacDonald visits, predicting turmoil with socialite Mrs. Gann and Mrs. Longworth drawing press notes and officials chasing sailors’ tonnage data. It jokes the Atlantic may stay as is, and women’s dining seating could sway disarmament and world peace.
A dramatic proclamation from Grand Rapids Press declares a new millennium dawn with apocalyptic imagery. It cites celestial auroras, rockets of Armageddon, Four Horsemen motifs, and a sense that mankind reaches destiny while chaos looms. The text then oddly names John Coolidge and his best man in wedding attire.
Cross Junction Virginia notes list visiting relatives from Martinsburg and Washington. Urban Braithwaite and family stay with S. H. Braithwaite, Hazel Baker returns from vacation with C. G. Baker family, Luther DeHaven family as guests of O. G. DeHaven, Walter Baker moves to Winchester, and J. S. Braithwaite hosts guests on Sunday.
Berkeley Springs and Martinsburg residents join relatives in extended visits. C G Baker shows improvement amid a spree of social calls from Braithwaite and Luttrell families. Westernport Maryland guests include R G Braithwaite and daughter Bessie with Pearl and Etna Braithwaite. Opan Luttrell visits Siler and stays with the Bakers. Gilbert DeHaven visits from Winchester to see his mother.
The Massanutten Society dedicated a 25 foot Massanutten stone marker on a hill above the Shenandoah near the Lee highway to honor the 1727 Massanutten settlers. Harry M. Strickley and Prof. J. W. Wayland spoke, with Rev. C. W. Cassell noting the monument’s meaning. Isaac Long pledged boxwoods for grounds beautification.
Property seeker D. F. Fort Jr seeks eight to ten acres of vacant land on or near Highway in Kernstown Virginia. Contact 208 West Market Street Harrisonburg VA for details.
Descendants of the Masanutten pioneers hauled the material to the site to honor a claim as the first settlement in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Pioneers named include Adam Miller Abraham Strickler John Brubaker Martin Kauffman Michael Kauffman Philip Long Paul Long Michael Rhinehart John Rhodes Jacob Stover Christian Clemon Ludwig Stone Matthias Selzer Henry Vonter and Michael Cryter.
Colonel Joseph C. Button, state commissioner of insurance and banking, resigns effective October 15 to become president of the Union Life Insurance Company of Virginia in Richmond. He has served five terms and joined state service in 1906, overseeing the merged department since March 1 1938.
Ident of the National Insurance Commissioners convention in 1910, later serving as chairman of the executive committee and secretary-treasurer. Born in Lynchburg and resident of Appomattox County, Button was prominent in Democratic circles. He served 22 years on the State Democratic Committee and ten years as Tenth district chairman.
The Associated Press reports the National Grain Market Corporation, a 2 million dollar entity, may cooperate with the Federal Farm Board and become a working reality within a week. William H. Settle of Indianapolis chairs the committee and authorizes the corporation’s actions as set up.
A waitress dividing a pie into six parts prompts a reflection on historic political splits. The remark compares dividing Gaul into three parts to modern division, highlighting the ease of partition in provocative humor.
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