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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1931
Page
4
The Evening Star is mailed as second class from Winchester Virginia. It is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia.
Rates listed for Mall subscriptions: one year 3.50, six months 1.75, three months 0, one month 0.30. Carrier delivery: one year 4.50, six months 2.25, three months 1.20, one month 0.30. Includes national advertising reps Devine Tenney Corp for New York Des Moines Chicago.
Fragmentary OCR hints at religious publication language with Bible verse and journalistic attributions. The readable text references Christ, faith, and a God’s pleasant surprise theme, unclear event context, and a scripture quote from Corinthians.
Three men confessed guilt and were swiftly sentenced to life terms after a brutal early Tuesday murder near Ann Arbor. The editorial lauds rapid, fair punishment and calls for reforms to ensure equal, prompt trials regardless of social or financial status.
The Richmond News-Leader notes new Empress Eugenie hats spark fashion questions. Dresses may need remodeling, corsets face demand for stays, and hair must be knotted below the rear brim, raising concerns about bob cuts and wet or active hair styles.
A brief Baltimore Evening Sun notice discusses Defense of Mr Britten with mentions of Fred A Britten and related actions. The fragment signals a legal or court defense context involving a person named Britten.
The piece argues Congressman and realtor Mr Britten pressed the Navy Department to visit Montauk Point, framing it as advertising for his private interests. It contends a public official should not boost personal gain and labels the move as poor advertising, not immoral conduct.
Stephens City Va August 17. Mr and Mrs W K Baker and family of Washington visit Mrs Bakers parents Mr and Mrs J M Steele. Many residents are noted visiting relatives and recovering relatives. Several trips to Winchester Roanoke Martinsburg and Pittsburgh are listed along with a birth announcement for Haller Beaver and a Firemen’s Convention visit.
Market items list wholesale and retail prices for dairy feeds crumbs, crack corn, mixed feed, butter, eggs, hens, lambs, wool, and cattle. Local and Baltimore wholesale rounds show price ranges and stock details, with notes on corrected figures and market close.
Warner Brothers presents The Great Lover at the Capitol Theatre today only. MGM’s film stars Adolph Menjou Irene Dunne Ernest Torrence Neil Hamilton Badanova and Cliff Edwards. Menjou and Dunne play opera singers amid romance and backstage intrigue in this adaptation of a New York stage hit.
A print of The Last Flight starring Richard Barthelmess has reached New York from the First National west coast studios. It carries a tentative national release date of September 5. The film adapts John Monk Saunders novel Single Lady, earlier known as Nikki and Her War Birds in Liberty.
Capon Bridge and Maurertown residents joined delegates and visitors for the Churches of Christ convention in Capon Bridge. Among attendees were J. W. Leithis, Kenzel Oates, Frank T. Clark, Harrison Kalbaugh, and Miss Lille Messener with relatives. One hundred sixty delegates were entertained. other local visitors included Martha Riley and Conrad Gill family. Little James Funkhouser, ill with an abscess, was mentioned as improving.
LEDO Ohio Aug 18 delegates at the national and state Eagles conventions approve a drive to add 300000 members so the order can report a million membership to the national convention next year. New officers are installed including Judge J C Canty of Galveston as grand worthy president.
Wages in America are spoken of as higher than elsewhere, but the average industrial wage is not more than $25 per week.
Under a bankruptcy order in the U S District Court for the Western District of Virginia, a public sale of listed bottling equipment and supplies will be held at 329 North Market Street Winchester Virginia. Cash terms. Items include bottles bottles and related machinery with approximate case counts and a trustee named Philip R. Fowle and auctioneers Duvall and Dunn.
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