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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1929
Page
4
Publication notice from The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia mentions daily issues except Sunday and lists price points across subscriptions and issues. The fragment indicates a price of 4.50 and 2.25 with a 40 minus 10 notation.
A devotional fragment quotes Luke 16 10 on being faithful in small matters and unjust in little. It invokes a prayer asking God to fill life with praise across every part of the self.
On October 24 1929 a Virginia critic brands Brown a trifler and demagogue for refusing to explain his vote on the short ballot He questions Brown’s seriousness to seek high office and warns Virginians to rebuke him before the state sinks further into bad politics.
The German government sells a 50 year match monopoly to private Swedish interests while retaining half itself. Sweden loans 125 million and advances 300 million to foreign governments. The move, odd to Americans, invites doubts about matches as a lasting light source.
The New Orleans superintendent of police orders all officers to be more polite when guiding visitors to places of interest. The columnist notes New Orleans cops are already famously courteous and jokes about the city’s bootlegger inquiries.
The New York World notes faculty indifference to college sports and cites professors as largely unaware of athletic realities on campus. It argues many faculty committees mirror alumni and coaches in enforcing rules while ignoring violations in spirit, provoking anger at the Carmi report and widespread disillusion.
William E. Carson warns the park plan amid attacks by Dr. William M. Brown who calls it a fiasco and claims cost figures. Republican leader Robert Angell and the conservation commission rebut the claims as harmful to the movement though a northern donor’s half million dollars remains at stake.
Norfolk shows Dr. Brown, coalition candidate for governor, refusing to say how he voted on the short ballot amendments. The incident draws national attention and is praised as a landmark moment in political practice.
The Winchester Playgrounds Association reports summer 1929 activities ending August 31. Four playgrounds operated with daily attendance around 220 across Friends' Church Handley School Harrie Addition and Colored School. No accidents occurred, no junior league formed due to lack of eligible boys. Field day held at fair grounds with prizes donated by local merchants. Suggestions include installing sanitary drinking fountains at each site and possibly a swimming pool at Harris Addition.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes that the Senate retains the duty to listen to its speeches, returning to correspondents the obligation to report.
The Indianapolis News quotes a local speaker suggesting a low cost project to create a valuable Winchester lawn and home area. It notes people think better at night and jokes about the country needing an automobile to mow the lawn as the baseball season ends.
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