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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1932
Page
4
The Evening Star Pub Company Winchester offers subscription rates and carrier terms for the Sunday News Weekly Times and Mirror. Rates include yearly 3.50 via advance payment, six months 1.75, three months 0, one month 0.30, with carrier options yearly 4.60 and six months 2.25. National ad reps listed Frost Landis and Kohn in major cities.
A religious exhortation repeats creed phrases and a Bible verse urging faith and support. The text emphasizes fear not and God’s presence, promising help and righteousness. It combines devotional slogans with scriptural quotation Isa. 41:10.
A Richmond News Leader column argues stocks rose too quickly last week. It notes the New York Times industrial index dipped recently and warns bulls to consolidate gains before another upward move. It questions cotton price prospects given large storage and crop data.
Roanoke Times notes Judge Turner Clement returns 10 percent of his salary to the state while colleagues largely ignore the cut. The piece lauds his propriety and patriotism for aligning with Governor Pollard's policy, despite constitutional exemptions.
The fragment notes Latin American nations Bolivia Paraguay and Honduras aim to halt fighting among nearby countries. It compares the potential intervention of the United States Canada Mexico and a similar scenario to a ring dispute without a clear force present.
The speaker notes the value of youth in peacemaking and urges cooperation among nations in the Americas and Europe. They argue Latin American groups can model restraint for older powers, and praise today as a moment of peacemaker blessing.
A man from Jewell Kansas on a business trip meets a nonresponsive contact, helps a cat caught with an oyster can on its head, and is bitten by a dog while returning home. The incident leaves him distracted from the countryside scenery.
Mrs. G. W. Lawrence of Salem Virginia reports relief from severe stomach upset indigestion and back pain after three weeks on Natex a tonic claimed to banish pain improve appetite and boost blood flow. The ad touts Natex as a nationwide remedy sold by Peoples Service Drug Store and other druggists.
Nelson and James City counties show strong support while Henrico Nottoway and Warwick reject the plan. Across counties Chesterfield Fairfax James City Lunenburg Mecklenburg Nelson New Kent Northampton Orange Stafford and York embraced the plan with sizable majorities. The Byrd plan aims to lift local road levies by state financed county road systems and gas tax funds, reducing local tax burden by about 3 million dollars.
Eleven of fifteen Virginia counties voted to place themselves under the Byrd Plan for state construction and maintenance of county highways. They joined 85 counties already included last July, leaving Arlington outside the program.
Record from Winchester Research Laboratory lists precipitation. Past 24 hours ending 8 am shows none. Year to date 23.92 inches with August to date 0.50. Monthly figures include January 2.36 February 1.95 March 2.70 April 3.17 May 3.58 June 3.89 July 3.50 August 3.54 September 2.20 October 2.87 November 2.14 December 2.39.
An 85 cent bottle of Allenru is advertised to remove rheumatic pain in 48 hours with a money back guarantee. The ad claims rapid relief for neuritis sciatica lumbago and neuralgia and instructs buyers to procure from Baker's Drug Store or any druggist.
A period cycle frustration is addressed with a vegetable tonic claimed to build strength and relieve pain. The ad asserts 98 of 100 women benefit, recommending readers buy a bottle and keep it ready for monthly relief.
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