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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1935
Page
4
Advertising rates listed per word with a 25 cent minimum and cash required with copy. Obituaries priced at 1.50 for four stanzas. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads due by 10 A.M. on publication day. transient rate 42 cents per inch. contract rates available.
A brief notice states that the Associated Press retains exclusive rights to use news dispatches credited or uncredited to AP and all local news published in the paper.
A religious proverb quote appears on page front, citing Proverbs 14 34 about righteousness exalting a nation and sin reproaching a people, reflecting moral civic framing.
Staunton News Leader argues Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley must mimic Florida's tourist strategy. Florida drew 1.75 million winter visitors spending on lodging, entertainment, and property, yielding a big cash crop. The piece urges cooperation, aggressive advertising, and regional unity to attract year round tourism and rivet attention on Virginia's offerings.
The term Easter originated with the introduction of Christianity among the Saxons and traces to Haster, a Saxon goddess, whose spring festival was celebrated annually. The question also notes Boston as the Athens of America. The first Britannica edition appeared in 1290 with 13 volumes by Francis Lieber, titled Encyclopedia Americana.
Items from the past week list events and people including Troop F of the Third U S Cavalry at the festival, Bishop Cannon resisting naming campaign fund recipients, the death of W C Feagans near Charles Town West Virginia, and beauty pageant plans.
F. Shryock accepts the position as auditor for the Western Maryland railway. A Bentonville couple waits all night for a marriage license in Hagerstown Maryland. Frost may form tonight in the Shenandoah Valley. Cy McDonald, former Winchester first baseman, slated to play for Trenton in the Tri-State League. A blizzard rages in Chicago.
A Baltimore poet Miss Sarah A. Kemp writes of Shenandoah’s stage where apple peach and pear blooms form a dreamy pageant. A pirate ship waves through mountains and wrecks blooms, leaving a harvest of ripe fruit for all to feast on as autumn returns and hearts glow.
The Congregational Christian Church invites all to a 6 o'clock Easter sunrise service with special choir music and new vestments. The program includes The Last Supper and Communion, The Crucifixion, and The Empty Tomb under the theme Jesus Through the Centuries. A second service at 11 a.m. will also feature the choir.
EASTON Pa April 19 In a new attack on the Roosevelt administration Representative Hamilton Fish Jr New York Republican declares the governments free trade policy threatens wholesale factory closings in Pennsylvania and other states He indicts the new deal administration as the greatest failure in American history and accuses Roosevelt of destroying business confidence squandered resources and impairing national credit
March reports show brighter business conditions in the United States than March 1934, with 28 states and the District of Columbia posting higher activity while 10 states unchanged. The chart factors in wholesale price rises and total check payments for the month.
A fragmentary newspaper item references a Psy Girl romance series or feature likely titled The Story of an, with unclear details about presentation or pricing. The text is garbled and does not provide a complete event, date, or participants.
Consuelo bursts with news after a night of romance and tension. She reveals to reporters that Louise L’Ville has withdrawn and that Consuelo will take her place in Goldberg’s Follies tonight, signaling a major career break.
Present and past rainfall figures show no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. April to date totals 2.62 inches, year to date 10.94 inches. The Winchester Research Laboratory lists 34.61 inches as the long term average annual rainfall. Monthly averages are given for each month from January 2.35 inches to December 2.30 inches.
A reported elopement ties together Ruth Dodd of Atlanta and Harry Anderson, with Julian Bach the New York broker hosting a celebratory dinner. The note adds unrelated lines on cranberry cultivation and Keats, mentioning death through sensitiveness.
Garden expert Dean Halliday notes irises require sunny, well drained beds with shallow root exposure for bearded varieties. Many iris types prefer different soils. divide clumps every three years, transplant in autumn or now, and enrich soil with wood ashes and bone.
Pretty summer frocks for children highlight feminine details like puff sleeves gathered edges and small cut outs. The Barbara Bell Pattern No 1631 B offers sizes 2 4 and 6 years with a neck band and optional sleeveless summer version.
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