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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star faded daily except Sundays. The Star Publishing Co. includes The Morning News The Weekly News The Weekly Mirror.
Payment terms for mail and carrier subscriptions listed with monthly and advance rates appear incomplete with garbled OCR text. The fragment references the Associated Press copyright notice reserving republication rights for all news dispatches.
Fragmentary note links Claude A. Swanson in a U S Senate bid with T W Harrison and a cryptic phrase about guidance and a Christian path. The unreadable text limits further detail.
A brief devotional note urging parents to share daily Bible selections with children to build a priceless heritage. It emphasizes God’s word as pure and a shield and includes a short prayer asking for an open heart to every word of God.
In a Charleston era editorial tone the Portsmouth Star argues against clemency for intoxicated auto operators. It cites Governor's refusal to grant pardons in drunk driving cases and urges severe punishment to deter repeat offenses, stressing the danger to the public and the need for accountability.
Danville Register reports sensational claims about Charles Dickens private life. Henry Dickens disputes a novelists charge of secret affairs with Maria Beadnal and other lovers, arguing such allegations do not alter the author’s public reputation.
A letter claimed to be by Dickens surfaces to pressure censor and court action against the novelist Bedhofer. Critics are urged to judge the manuscript in Dickens style, with debate about its plausibility and impact on reputation.
The piece argues students in many schools join football to gain discipline and healthful exercise while warning of risks from insufficient supervision and training. It stresses football reveals character and that boys must be prepared to face life’s hard knocks with gentlemanly conduct.
A congressional committee reports prisons are overcrowded and require improvement. Authorities say inmates should behave to avoid confinement, but experts argue crowded, unsanitary conditions fail to reform or protect society. The aim is clean, decent facilities to prevent embittering inmates.
Daily market report shows wholesale prices for corn, meal, screenings, middling, feed, and livestock including young and heavy chickens, ducks, and butter. Retail marks include flour, mixed feed, scratch, screenings, cracked corn, country butter, and local regional prices from Baltimore and Conn markets.
George Bancroft, six foot two and a half, gains fame as a heavyweight boxer in the U S Navy after early defeats. He becomes a regular in Navy bouts and later appears at the Colonial tonight in The Showdown after storming Broadway and the movies.
Slow running pipes and torn floors are common nuisances. Use Red Seal Lye, 97 percent pure, to dissolve grease and hair in hot water weekly. Keep two cans in the home, one bathroom and one kitchen, to maintain sanitary, free flowing drains with minimal effort.
The Los Angeles Times notes that most baseball umpires object to plying their profession in Chicago yet acknowledges safety in the city is comparable to that of other people.
McCoy's Tablets promise weight gain and strength with sugar coated tablets sold nationwide. An ironclad guarantee offers a refund if a buyer does not gain at least five pounds after trying four boxes or two dollars worth. The ad directs readers to Baker's Drug Store and any drug store in America.
Milwaukee physician Dr A A Rock long a goitre specialist argues goitre is not a disease and can be treated at home. He promotes his method as highly successful and opposes unnecessary operations, offering a free book by mail to interested readers.
Building lot about 8 acres or more located 34 miles south of Winchester on Front Royal highway. Suitable for service station or home. Contact Mrs. K P Robinson Oxford North.
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