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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1927
Page
4
A brief exhortation urges parents to have their children memorize daily Bible selections as a priceless heritage. It quotes Psalm 107:1 and offers a prayer asking the Lord to continue loving kindness to all mankind.
Newport News Times-Herald reports Judge Williams of the Warren County Circuit Court vacated the county treasurer A L Warthen’s office after findings of a fifty thousand dollar indebtedness to the county. The bond company sought release from future liability, and Warthen failed to file a substitute bond. Public fund handling is questioned as a public trust and statewide concern.
The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch notes educational drives stressing the duty to make a will and appoint capable executors. It warns that neglect leads to distributions by state laws, causing possible injustice and suffering for families, and emphasizes planning to care for loved ones in the face of sudden illness or death.
The Kansas City Journal notes a nerve authority easing fears about urban noise and its effect on nervous systems. He says city racket harms are overrated while efforts to develop noiseless streetcars continue. The piece mocks loud vendors and city bustle and envisions silencing the hurly-burly for better life.
Cincinnati Enquirer reports President Angell spoke to Yale freshmen about college life stressing the physical side of student life and its impact, highlighting concerns over health and discipline within the campus community.
The educator argues vigor ranks first for a profitable college career as baseball peaks and football nears its season. He notes Tunney, boxing champion and schoolman, reads widely with a liking for Quo Vadis. Angell urges symmetrical development of students in modern colleges.
Milwaukee Journal notes a Chicago paper listing funeral services for one of the ten wealthiest men in Chicago on page 35. The column questions whether wealth defines a life and whether memory will endure beyond the “yellowed, decaying leaves” in library vaults.
The item rails against candidate Ware for Philadelphia promising direct ward leader appointments. It cites Lincoln's quip on endorsing a book and criticizes the Vare machine for using office to bolster a corrupt political structure. The piece warns voters about domination of municipal personnel and rising budgets and debt.
The Rev Thomas B Martin native of Martinsburg and pastor of the Sacred Heart Church Winchester Va may be the principal speaker at Armistice Day events Thursday November 10 at Martinsburg Council Knights of Columbus rooms. He has been invited but no acceptance as yet. The program includes bugle calls war time music and talks with ex service men of St Josephs congregation invited to join. Dr C B Harlee returned today from the American Dental Association meeting in Detroit.
The text cites Nature Magazine noting the rhodora of Emerson’s poem as rhodora canadensis with rose colored or purple blooms. It grows in wet places and blooms early before the leaves expand.
Halloween celebrations bring pooks witches and pumpkins to life with cheerful adornments and simple games. Guests arrive in costumes as jack o lanterns glow and flashlights light the way. Ducking for apples and flour face dips along with orange candles and pumpkin pies create a festive traditional scene.
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