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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star consolidates with Morning News The Times and Weekly Mir and publishes in Winchester Virginia. Rates list include annual $3.50 six months $1.75 three months .90 one month .30 Carrier rates 7 and annual and monthly terms. Associated Press rights noted for news dispatches.
A short devotional plea asks for divine guidance to gain the right gear and understanding to achieve a victorious mindset and calm confidence.
The piece argues Dr. Brown as a candidate would reverse reforms and attack road funding. It warns cutting the gasoline tax by half cent would shrink the state's fund for roads, hampering modernization of Virginia's transportation network and burdening taxpayers with higher maintenance costs.
The piece argues for continuing the pay as you go road program in Virginia, praising Pollard for backing progressive infrastructure and opposing fusionist Dr. Brown’s half cent gas tax cut as impractical. It emphasizes fuel tax funding for county farm to market roads and warns against bond dependence.
The Virginia Conference memorialized the disciplinary rule banning tobacco use by local preachers seeking ordination. The article argues for reform to resolve a two-tier system where older ministers may smoke while younger ones cannot, calling it a patent absurdity in a tobacco-growing state.
The Baltimore Sun notes Leopold Stokowski at Carnegie Hall rebuking a New York audience for hissed Schoenberg. The piece argues booing or hissing can be honest expression and urges more lively audience feedback in classical concerts. It envisions a diva trading barbs with boxes and critics a future where passion replaces frigid Olympian distance.
A Portland banker, once head of a local bank and emblem of fiscal stability, was sentenced in a standout trial reported by the Daily Journal. The piece frames him as a symbol of dependable community finance amid a broader case.
The article recounts Waggoner's conviction for defrauding Gotham banks of 590000. He fled across countries, pursued by detectives, and received a sentence of 15 years at hard labor in a New York penitentiary. The piece warns bank presidents against corruption.
Newport News Press recounts seasonal cold precautions from the American Medical Association. Wash hands before eating avoid sharing cups and close contact keep warm and clean rest and bodily care to prevent spread. The piece urges immediate adoption of these simple rules to reduce infections.
Rosenberger Virginia residents hosted and visited relatives across multiple households including the Allomangs Prva Clowser Haines and others. Mountain View school opened October 7 with Mr. Triplett as principal as community ties and local sport reference noted.
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