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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1928
Page
4
The Evening Star is issued as second class matter at Winchester post office and published daily except Sunday by the Evening Star Publishing Company. It is consolidated with the Morning News The Weekly News and The Weekly Mirror.
The text lists subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery with various advance payment periods and durations. It includes a statement that The Associated Press owns republication rights for its dispatches unless credited otherwise to this paper and for all local news published herein.
Parents urged to have children memorize daily Bible selections as a priceless heritage. The devotional notes quote Ecclesiastes 9:4, praising hope for the living and citing a prayer of repentance, thanking the Lord that the lamp still burns and the greatest sinner may reform.
An editorial reprints a Richmond News-Leader piece arguing that Al Smith’s religion should not block his presidency. It cites his gubernatorial record, noting Catholics hold three of fourteen departments, and quotes Smith endorsing church-state separation and religious freedom. The piece urges readers to judge by policy, not faith.
The excerpt questions religious tolerance by asking readers to substitute a church name in a preacher's creed and note how their own beliefs align with Virginia's proclaimed doctrine. It challenges universal condemnation of others' faiths and underscores shared ideals across denominations.
Mayor Mackay of Philadelphia seeks a Billy Sunday revival to uproot illicit liquor traffic and reform the city. Faced with a grand jury probe and graft revelations, he appeals to ministers to close speakeasies, courting a faith driven purge of bootleggers amid a history of political machine corruption. The move echoes past Vare influence and Hoover support, signaling a dramatic citywide reformation effort.
Johnson City Chronicle details Mrs Henry Ford aiding farmers wives by building a roadside market from stray boards on the Dearborn farm. The model shopfront, painted green and white, displays beans tomatoes pickles cucumbers nuts eggs squashes jelly and more to attract passing motorists. The idea promotes selling small farm produce beyond trifling sums and was showcased at a Detroit flower show. Farmers wives are urged to emulate Mrs Ford's example.
Market report lists local wholesale prices for flour barrels, cracked corn, corn meal, mixed feed, midlings, bran, creamery butter, and various poultry items. They note daily corrections and include Baltimore wholesale figures and Kansas reference quote. A closing newspaper snippet cites a humorous Kansas quote about a parent and lipstick.
Lady Astor sails from Southampton aboard the Aquitania for a two week visit to Virginia. She will also spend time in Boston New York and Washington during the trip.
Mrs. Charles H. Leftridge of Cedar Hill near Grimes Va dies after months of illness. Funeral services were held at Cedar Hill Church with friends gathering at the house, and interment followed in Winchester.
The listing details Monday September 24 radio broadcasts across multiple stations in EST and PDT. It lists hour by hour lineups from WEAF to WWJ including Orchestra and Features, Dance Music, Republican National Committee programs, Cabin Door, Riverside, and Slumber Music, with stations in New York Philadelphia Boston Buffalo Chicago Detroit and more.
Special Commissioners and Trustee act under a June 14 1928 Frederick County Virginia court decree to offer at public auction a store room parcel and a steam flouring mill parcel at Stephens City along the B and O Railway. Bids may be taken separately or for both. sale noon September 15 1928 in Winchester with one third cash and remaining balance in two yearly notes bearing six percent interest.
She was well liked by all who knew her and a favorite with many white families she served as nurse, cook, and domestic helper. In numerous homes her untiring honesty and trustworthy spirit earned broad respect, and she was affectionately called Aunt Jinnie.
Advertises Capudine as fast acting liquid relief for headaches and other nerve pains including rheumatic and neuralgic distress. Claims instant soothing effect, safer than pills, with 30c and 60c sizes available at drug stores.
An old advertisement urges underweight readers to try McCoy's Tablets as the best flesh builder. It guarantees a return of cost if users do not gain at least five pounds after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes, with the druggist authorized to refund.
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