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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1932
Page
4
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The notice shows subscription prices in advance for print periods and carrier delivery, with one year four dollars fifty cents, six months two twenty five, three months one dollar twenty, and monthly thirty cents. It also lists Frost Landis and Kohn as national advertising representatives in New York Atlanta Chicago and Detroit.
Election note dated Nov 8 1932 endorses Franklin D Roosevelt for president and a vice president candidate and for congress. Includes a biblical verse about trust in the Lord.
The Woodstock Herald condemns landowners south of Winchester for opposing Valley pike plans by the State Highway Commission. It warns of possible condemnation and delayed completion harming the Shenandoah Valley, notes cooperation in other counties, and argues Winchester and Frederick County benefit from the arterial highway. It calls objectors selfish and urges support after a test drive on widened sections.
The New York Herald Tribune notes a shift as American gypsies rise to a modern leadership scene. It mentions a newly elected king described as a college author of the works Lavengro and related lore, signaling a sweeping cultural change.
A 1932 prophecy imagines gypsies shedding traditional trades and roaming spirit to adopt present-day costumes and jobs. The article warns a change could erase a long cherished nomadic identity and warns against surrendering their freedom to roam and avoid sedentary life.
Richmond Times Dispatch observes George Jean Nathan and Henry Mencken share an elevated stance while Nathan seeks a new monthly paper with politics banished. The piece argues the move is a commercial pose undermining integrity, appealing to aspiring elites.
Frederick County real estate notices show transfers including A L Slonaker to F I McClure along Opequon Creek for 1161.82 dollars and Amanda Crosen et al to Albert Monroe Seal for an 181 acre tract near Reynolds Store with nominal consideration. Other deeds include land at Middletown for 2650 dollars and 155 acres in Stonewall district for 13200 dollars. Rights of way for electric lines to Northern Virginia Power Co. with nominal consideration.
In 1346 at Crecy King John of Bohemia aided Philip of Valois but was blind and led by knights. His small group fell to Welsh men at arms as the Prince of Wales honored his Bohemian liege by adopting Ich dien meaning I serve as a motto.
Mrs F A Lawrence of Salem Virginia credits Natex with restoring her health after a long illness and bedridden weeks. She reports quick recovery after three bottles and urges others with fatigue poor appetite constipation indigestion and rheumatic symptoms to try Natex, sold by Peoples Service Drug Store.
The Star presents a daily market roundup with local wholesale and retail figures for dairy feed, grains, butter, eggs, and livestock. Prices vary by region including Baltimore wholesale and local markets, highlighting current cost differences and supply notes.
The crew views a vast rock temple on a Pacific island, noting winged canoes, Horus symbolism, and an eastern door set in a sheer cliff. They discuss age, cannibal altars, and the danger of climbing inside as a reefed reef exploration continues.
Weather summary reports no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a m. July total is 2.59 inches. year to date 23.25 inches. Normal monthly rainfall is about 16 inches per month based on a 19 year record from the Win Research Laboratory.
Notes document a drill with 61 enlisted men and 2 officers. Lieut Friffing spoke on camp prep and discipline en route. George F Miller to Alexandria for state police duty. Kitchen chiefs named. unit to leave for camp Aug 6 at 5 40 pm by Pullman. Mail addressed to Camp Pollard Virginia Beach care of Co I 116th Inf Va Nat.
Cumberland Maryland July 30 Arguments on the motion of State Senator Emory Coblentz for a new trial were postponed until August 22 at the defense counsel's request. Coblentz, president of the Central Trust Company of Maryland, was convicted of knowingly accepting an insolvent bank deposit for the Washington Trust Company of Ellicott City. The bank and all branches closed September 23.
John Morley argues that world improvement is not automatic and that gradual progress comes from people wishing for improvement and taking correct steps to achieve it. The quote emphasizes purposeful effort and moral resolve as the drivers of social betterment.
Notice to all persons with claims against the James G. Denton estate to present them in proper form at City Hall. Also a call to all indebted to the estate to come forward and settle. SEE BARR Sgt Adm estate James G. Denton (7-29-31).
Albert S. Osborn, handwriting expert, states mathematically that the probability of two people producing exactly identical handwriting without distinguishing traits is one in 68 trillion.
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