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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star and Morning News publish daily editions with a Sunday exception. The Evening Star Publishing Co. operates in Ester, Virginia, distributing the Evening Star, News, and Weekly Mirror through local offices.
The document lists varying subscription prices with different payment terms. It shows year in advance costs for Mall customers, monthly and quarterly rates, and carrier options with state and month figures. The figures include 3.50 and 4.50 in certain sections, with monthly and multi month terms noted.
An Associated Press led roundup notes republication practices and credits AP for many dispatches with some local papers using AP wording or attributing to their own staff for publication.
T W Harrison endorses Claude A Swanson in a campaign for the United States Senate listing Swanson as the preferred candidate and outlining support for his political platform in the era.
A brief devotional fragment urges keeping a pure heart before God and avoiding sinful speech. It emphasizes that God is in heaven and warns against letting words lead the heart astray while urging steadfast prayer and diligence.
The Roanoke Times notes the Virginia Agricultural Commission, created by the 1928 General Assembly, will study broad farm issues. Six members lead by state leaders will examine agriculture’s health, living standards, and its role with industry, urging balanced growth and new markets.
A Virginia review commission will study the state's scattered agricultural agencies to improve efficiency and coordination. It will address farm taxes tied to county government, grading warehousing and marketing, and propose plants for surplus products like canneries and condiments. The panel aims to serve farmers and the state's future.
The Republican National Committee pamphlet cites Hoover secretary of commerce actions to boost cotton textile exports while criticizing him for neglecting farm product exports. It claims commissions and trade missions abroad supported the textile industry, but agriculture suffered from a lack of export-led relief and farm groups faced lower markets, with Coolidge backing similar limits after vetoing the McNary Haugen bill.
A Nevada woman, through her attorney, seeks Supreme Court relief against a poker club she says deprived her of companionship and her husband’s income. The piece argues the issue is personal and belongs in divorce court, not courts. Senator Brookhart of Iowa is noted as having been tamed.
The article compares early U S Steel with modern firms noting eight American corporations now exceed one billion in invested capital. It argues consolidation will add several more within a year and claims postwar big business is larger yet better behaved as ownership spreads to millions of investors.
A brief note from the Ohio State Journal discusses the potential high cost of participating in a free demonstration. It warns readers about hidden expenses and the impact on personal budgets.
Market report lists wholesale prices for local buyers including flour eggs butter and feed components. Notable items mention cracked corn mixed feed screen ings and livestock categories such as hens young chickens calves lambs and pigs with approximate percentages and figures appearing from Baltimore wholesaler sourcing.
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