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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star is listed as second class matter at the Winwa post office. The Star Publishing Co. is consolidated with Morning News and Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror.
A clipped AP dispatch notes T. W. Harrison as a Congressional candidate leading a Democratic effort. The brief cites subscription rates and carrier pricing in a miscellaneous page fragment, with no further context on election results or district details.
A religious devotion notes God’s purposes cannot be thwarted and affirms divine progress. The prayer extols the Omnipotent One and declares that no one can stop His hand from moving forward.
A regional reader laments Republican policies harming coal states in Virginia Kentucky and West Virginia. An Kentucky citizen cites the Interstate Commerce Commission Lake cargo rate decision as discriminatory favoring Pennsylvania Mellons state and predicts Hoover will fail to help while turning to Al Smith for relief.
The piece attacks the Republican party for eight years of perceived prosperity that benefited political allies over farmers and the broader public. It cites lake cargo rate decisions and oil reserve leases to illustrate favoritism and forecasts continued privilege without reform.
The Baltimore Sun reports the Citizens Union, watchdog group on New York politics, endorsing twenty eight Democrats twenty three Republicans and five Socialists for the New York Legislature while warning Tammany dominance in Manhattan and the Bronx may mislead voters. The union classifies endorsements as indorsed qualified and preferred and hopes to curb deceptive campaigning.
The Bristol Herald-Courier discusses modification of the Volstead act with Governor Smith and Herbert Hoover. It notes dry Republicans support Hoover, while some Democrats bolt their party over reform, urging a direct question to Hoover about modification and enforcement.
A federal judge notes clemency bias by age in arraignments with old men favored and young men benefited by youth. He warns the middle aged face misfortune in work and home life while caring for others and bearing health burdens, amid shifting gender dynamics.
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