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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1929
Page
4
The Evening Star operates in Winchester Virginia as a second class publication. It lists consolidated papers and subscription prices for varying terms including annual payments and carrier options. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and reserves rights for news dispatches.
The text contains a biblical verse about Jesus crucifixion from Matthew 27 35 and a prayer invoking God and Christ Jesus as mediator. It reads as a devotional snippet rather than a news item.
The piece argues professors entering politics show two paths: idealistic goals or demagogic tactics. It cites Dr. William Moseley Brown, a Hoovercrat gubernatorial candidate in Virginia, who is accused of sensationalism and pandering rather than addressing Virginia’s domestic affairs. It contrasts his approach with Woodrow Wilson’s more practical campaign methods.
Petersburg Progress Index reports Roger Babson warned of a coming stock market crash and Irving Fisher contradicted him saying prices were not too high. The New York market plunged then recovered, highlighting Wall Street’s nervousness and divided opinions among traders.
A missionary sermon depicts a scene with a medicine man and two circles drawn in sand. The smaller circle represents how much Indians know, the larger circle represents how much whites know, and the space outside both circles is said to be equal to what Indians know beyond white knowledge.
Washington, besieged by English forces, wrote to Phyllis Wheatley praising her poem about him and noting his reluctance to publish it. He offered to meet if she visited Cambridge, signing as George Washington.
Violent lament over urban decay and moral danger. The poem warns that Mammon claims the best places while the city offers space for shops dives and dens that corrupt youth. It pledges concern for the soul of the metropolis and calls for reform.
In the latest chapter, Marling warns Grenofen of imminent arrest linked to Pell's death and a hidden black bag. Grenofen and Somerfield face a tense search of Woodcot as they eye the bag's contents and Veronica's role while a dangerous conspiracy looms.
Denis A McCarty argues for city funds to build playgrounds and public spaces instead of courts and jails. He warns that delaying such investment leads to higher future costs and greater social harm, urging immediate action for innocent youth.
Martinsburg high school senior Mary Catherine Peery testified in Hagerstown that she married Calvin Roy Peery to avoid studies. Judge Wagaman voided the marriage in the circuit court on grounds of minority. she was 16 and he 19 in August 1927 after a ceremony by Rev C W Hicks.
In the Richmond Christian Advocate Bis W A Candler argues against church leaders engaging in politics. He cites Bishop Thomas Coke’s 1784 abolitionist stance and a 1785 Brunswick county Virginia petition urging emancipation, saying unwisdom in political agitation damaged Methodism and distracted from preaching.
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