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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1931
Page
4
An old Winchester Virginia notice details The Star Publishing Co. post office entry and daily publication with subscription prices. Rates show yearly prepaid 3.50, six months 1.75, three months 0.90, one month 0.30 by mail and advertising handled by National Advertising Natives Devine Tenney tson New York Chicago.
The notice states the Associated Press enjoys exclusive re publication rights for news dispatches and local news in this paper. It lists Consolidated with Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror as part of the union of sources.
Incoherent OCR text shows garbled religious phrases including a partial Bible verse from First Samuel about fearing the Lord and serving him in truth. The readable portion references great things done for you and includes disjointed fragments and stray punctuation.
A critical look at President Hoover as not a miracle worker or magician. The piece argues the Republican National Committee overstates leadership while failing to deliver dramatic policy or gains. It likens Hoover to a stage act lacking entertaining, decisive results.
A Kansas farmer dumps wheat and curses the Farm Board rather than sell at low prices. The piece notes broad depression woes, drought, bread lines in cities, rising car ownership, and references Ellen Lease and William Allen White as part of Kansas history and mood shifts.
Exchange Warde and H C Hill of the Stateville prison near Joliet Tl ordered spot inspections of prisoners in their cells and a thorough search of general quarters and the yard for explosives sledge hammers and escape tools. He asked state highway policemen to stand ready for services at the prison.
The official argues most convicts prefer peace and vows a crackdown on a small group of agitators to prevent trouble. He warns citizens not to be swayed by loud extremism and to avoid becoming a mob.
The Opequon Group of Presbyterian churches plans a Country Church Day on Sunday August 23 at von Memorial Church Kernstown with a 10 30 a m start and a 4 p m close. Dr Henry W McLaughlin will speak on Rural Religious Training and invite the public to attend and bring lunch for noon.
Isaac Allamong, once a Winchester boy and soldier, recently reported by a friend to own a large ranch near Fresno, California after travels abroad.
In a letter from Sacramento Mr Allamong says he recently bought a ranch and will live there. He has been in California five months and oversees over 1000 acres of land. He reports progress and expects to visit Winchester soon, listing box 2900 R F D 7 as his address.
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Rosenberger Virginia notes list visits by Mrs Iven Miller in Washington this week. Mr and Mrs Mina Snapp and son with Forest Glen friends spent Sunday wearing. J B Snapp and family visited Edison Fawcett at Fawcett's Gap. Joseph Jaktenholh and sister with Pennsylvania friends weekended with Bennett Clowser. Clark Kerns family and Mrs Graham Orndorff visited Virginia Orndorff near Lynchburg during recent days.
A historical voice notes a July headline vowing prosperity via labor, then cites a later report of lasting gloom with 75,000 Ford workers left jobless in a temporary factory closing. The passage contrasts sermons on social revision with ongoing economic strain during the Depression era.
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