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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1932
Page
2
Danville Urges Economy in City Administration
The Danville Taxpayers Association reports to the city council proposing numerous small savings to cut operating costs and halt nonessential public works. They suggest salary adjustments, oppose an independent utilities commission, and urge the School Board to live within income and reduce the curriculum if needed, including disposing of a $62,000 debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Danville
Motor Truck Operators Conference With Governor in Richmond
Gov Pollard met with Virginia and North Carolina truck operators to consider a reciprocal four trips a month license arrangement. The issue, challenged for constitutionality, was postponed pending a legal opinion from the State Division of Motor Vehicles. Meanwhile Winchester apple growers show interest in the new motor truck law and Virginia forestry directors discussed reciprocity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
North Carolina
Pollard
Richmond
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Winchester
Virginia Eee Coresty
Public Sale of Live Stock and Farm Equipment in Virginia
Walter M. Fishpaw estate auction near Middletown Frederick County Virginia offers two heavy draft horses three milk cows one Holstein heifer due December one registered Poland China sow with pigs by side one seventy pound shoat one Poland China male hog and a full set of farm implements including a High quality plows mowers harrows and wagon gear plus hay and grain lots. Auction by trustee James P. Reardon with Dunn and Duvall as auctioneers scheduled for Wednesday August 17 at 11:00 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Fishpaw
Middletown
Frederick County
Virginia
Poland
China
Garner
Observation on memory loss in everyday hearing
A Milwaukee Sentinel remark notes that when doctors find a cure, it targets conditions few have. It claims the average person retains about one fifth of what he hears, implying remembering becomes a fifth that might as well not be remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Sentinel
Reynolds Store Notes Unspecified Sunday social notices
Reynolds area social page lists names visiting and visiting groups across several households. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. George Peacemaker of Whitacre, Mrs. E A Shenk, Mrs. Dorsey Strother, Miss Lola May Unger, and others from Winchester and Ridge. Several families from Albin Ridgeview Gainesboro and Berkeley Springs are mentioned with Sunday dinners and gatherings. Pearl Buzzard shows improving health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dove Payne
Berkeley Springs
Lansey Batt
Pearl Buzzard
C. H. Lineweaver
Foster
C. W. Moore
Laney Batt
Ruth Flowers
Gainesboro
Hats Steadying Fashion Tilt Marked By Fall Shows
Fashion commentary notes hats worn straight to be in style with exaggerated tilt fading. Bright colored hats with black frocks dominate, while dresses feature princess and natural waists, high necks, and trim details. Skirts remain sheath or gently full, in wools, checks, velvets, crepe, and satin fabrics, reflecting varied silhouettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Americanism and Taxing the Home Folks in Far Lands
A compact critique argues that Americanism aims to aid distant peoples by giving aid while seeking to relieve burdens at home through new taxes, highlighting a tension between foreign relief efforts and domestic fiscal policy.
Galilee Church Adds Sixteen New Members at Close
Grimes Gleanings notes Dr Lillie friendship with Mr Orndorff and Lucille Gordon visiting aunt Mrs Brooke Taylor. The Galilee Church meeting ends after two weeks with 16 new members. William Crim made a business call Monday. Mrs George Merritt and daughter Wilma visit sister Mrs Stella Taylor. Woodbine Community League picnic postponed with date to be announced. preaching scheduled next Sunday August 14 morning and evening. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie
Orndorff
Baltimore
Lucille Gordon
Brooke Taylor
Old Galilee Church
William Crim
George Merritt
Wilma
Stella Taylor
Woodbine Community League
Galilee
Evolutionary shift leaves birds without teeth
The early birds descended from flying reptiles had teeth, but as bird evolution progressed the teeth were lost and modern birds have none. This dental change marks a key adaptation in avian history.
Ways of Wages of Man Seen in Weekly Echoes
In a Jackson Citizen-Patriot excerpt titled Ways of Wages of Man, the piece notes some wives insist on being paid wages while others are content to take only their husband’s wages, reflecting shifting domestic labor norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Citizen-Patriot
No Limit to Charity Quote by Bacon
The text presents a moral aphorism on charity citing an aphorism attributed to Bacon about excess power and knowledge leading to fall, contrasting with charity which carries no excess and danger remains minimal for both angels and humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
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Hogs
Ida Bess Bright
Berrie
Muskogee
Ford
Pleasant Valley
Little Mountain
James P. Reardon
Dunn & Duvall
Robestos
America
Plymouth
Plymout
P.O. B. Pactor
Philco-Transitone
Cee
Ofaler
Grimes
U. S. Royals
Herrell Sales Corp
S. Loudoun St
R. B. Rogers
Dellinger Bros
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Vesler
Licceri & Myers Tordcco Co
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