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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1935
Page
4
Fragmentary text references a chaotic mix of phrases and biblical verse. The readable portion cites Proverbs 23 10 11 warning against disturbing the fatherless and mentions a “redeemer.” No clear news event, person, or place is identified for a factual summary.
The piece recalls Harry Nice’s gubernatorial platform with a $2 auto tax plank he later repudiated. It contrasts his earlier New Deal praise with recent criticism of the national administration. Nice shifts stance, touring the country and questioning federal proposals as he campaigns.
The California Synod of the Presbyterian Church adopts a resolution urging motorists to drive with courtesy and grace. It argues safe driving reflects the Golden Rule and warns that selfish driving endangers others, increasing deaths and injuries.
The piece argues Nazi leaders blame minorities to calm domestic strain as they mark a blood purge anniversary. It contends minority war against Jews Catholics and Protestants signals weakness, not strength, and notes tyrannies tend to undermine themselves over time. It laments the coming downfall of the regime.
A fragmented excerpt discusses the inability to measure the duration of something and notes the absence of a method to gauge length or time accurately. The text hints at ongoing uncertainty and the need for a reliable metric in the context described.
A Richmond News-Leader piece muses on men shedding bold colors for daily garb while women flaunt vivid attire. It notes grown men grabbing racing hats, fighting over them, and Roscoe Turner drawing heat for colorful flying outfits, urging freedom for masculine color.
Mr and Mrs James H Price hosted a reunion with 19 children numerous grandchildren and extended relatives including Franklin Roosevelt Price aged two and Eleanor Roosevelt six months. They served a modest feast after a busy day with chores and a hot day finish noting the question when there are no real women left.
Charles C. Stech of New York studies advertising effects, focusing on bond paper but applicable to other goods. He finds that adequate ads double brand familiarity, triple trial, and quintuple users, while profit percentage rises with higher ad spend, with small advertisers seeing lower returns than liberal ones.
The text defines cumulose soils as peat and muck forming at pond and swamp edges from continual plant matter accumulation with partial decay due to wet conditions. Deposits can span acres to thousands and are used for celery, onions, other truck crops, and in some states for alfalfa, potatoes, and mint oil production.
Missionary workers convene in Kilmar nock Virginia on August 14 to honor Henrietta Hall Shuck the first woman missionary to China The centennial event includes unveiling a tablet at Morattico Baptist Church a highway marker at her birthplace and a life portrait pageant with over 100 participants in Kilmar nock and Virginia speakers include Mrs H M Wharton Mrs W J Cox and Dr John Lake The event marks a century of Baptist mission work among Chinese communities.
The parachute jumper must steer to avoid trees houses or death. Strong winds drag the parachute, risking a ground collision. Skillful landing is essential to prevent mishap. Passengers are safer inside planes during crashes.
One year ago Senator Samuel L. Fergusong collapsed at his Appomattox Court House law office. A National Geographic Army stratosphere balloon worth half a million dollars was destroyed. Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss’s murderers salute Hitler from the gallows as Hindenburg weakens. Hitler is named as a presidential candidate. Frederick County man attacked by shotgun slugs during a granary robbery.
Five years ago a Negro poolroom on Fairfax Lane was padlocked after citizen protests. Byrd apple orchard picnic set for Rosemont on August 23. Dr C J Smith Roanoke College president urged Ro tarians to keep sane heads. Brucetown Woolen Mills opens new fire proof plant at Clearbrook. Dirigible R 100 approaches Canadian shores.
Ten years ago crowds flocked to Circus day headlined by John Robinson. Mrs. Mary E. Barrett died at her White Hall home. Judge Andrew Hunter Boyd aged 76, recently retired as chief judge of Maryland Court of Appeals, died at his Cumberland, Maryland home. Norma Talmadge and Corinne Griffith headlined at Empire Theatre as the American Federation of Labor endorsed a pending child labor amendment bill in Congress.
Twenty five years ago one of Britain's most sensational crimes ended when Dr H H Crippen and Miss Ethel Clare were captured near Quebec aboard a ship. Leneve fled England for Canada as officers arrested Crippen declaring I am the man.
A collage of short items from across the country. Stonington reveals deputy chief Edgar may resist moving to borough warden. Roosevelt’s yeast plant faces nuisance court charge. Smoky Mountains bears interact with workers near Skyway. Chicago court clarifies a man chased by police was not hoodlum. a man iron-shot accident tragedy. New York debuts a mumps hat with ink-spotted scarf as fall fashion.
The article notes no authentic record of the poet laureate's origin. It cites Warton describing a versificator regis under Henry III paid 100 shillings annually. It also mentions Geoffrey Chaucer assuming the title and receiving in 1389 a yearly wine allowance from the crown.
Former Congressman Charles West named under secretary of the interior is praised for diplomacy while Harold Ickes is described as undiplomatic. The piece outlines interdepartmental frictions with James Farley and Henry Wallace over policy and forestry control, highlighting party alignment and temperament.
New York reports a rift between Harry Hopkins and Harold Ickes over the 4.88 billion dollar relief fund. Hopkins favors job creation to circulate cash while Ickes presses for productive output and anti graft. The split signals a disorganized relief effort and potential reassignment of responsibility.
Blair Rodman drives through a thunderstorm in western Canada and becomes stranded on a private road near a large secluded house. A hostile mistress and a ferocious hound drive him away, prompting a cold trek through the night to a nearby town called Boisevain. In a hotel he contemplates his next move as the farmer McClure warns of devils in that house. The tale continues.
In 1769 John Harris crafted the first piano, named a spinet. The average adult skin area is about fourteen to eighteen square feet. Sidney Lanier wrote The Marshes of Glynn, sitting beneath an oak near Brunswick, Georgia.
Rainfall for the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. is none. August totals are none. Year to date rainfall is 19.49 inches. Winchester Laboratory records show 34.61 inches as the 22 year average. Monthly averages span January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.61, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 3.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30.
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