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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1935
Page
4
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A religious reflection cites Isaiah 43 2 promising protection through waters rivers and fire. The verse asserts God will be with the believer, preventing harm and burning in trials.
Winchester Mayor Anderson urges careful driving and detailed attention to reduce highway accidents. He cites hazards such as passing on curves, wrong-way driving, weaving, jumping signals, speeding, and faulty tires, linking rising fatalities to carelessness and proposing a year of safety beyond a single month.
The 86 year old Russian scientist Professor Ivan Petrovitch Pavloff reports in London that dogs react to influences like humans in four types: choleric phlegmatic sanguine and inhibited. He presents these as facts from sixty years of study noting the inhibited dog resists change yet can respond to stimulation. Domestic dogs often become inhibited when families are away and kennels house them, leading to barking and distress.
A veterinary expert warns that dogs absorb inhibition when the family is away. Overinhibition can cause excessive mourning or frantic running. The season proves challenging for dogs whether highly or lightly inhibited.
At a national convention of furniture makers the rocking chair, long tied to American identity, was declared out. The piece notes chairs now favor fit and comfort, the rise of gliders and springy steel seats, and the shift from rocking to sedentary ease in daily life.
The essay argues that nationalism prizes its own honor over universal ethics, with nations often breaking treaties and repudiating debts when advantageous. It calls for noblesse oblige, a courteous responsibility accompanying power, to temper aggressions and sustain trust among nations.
Bath County Enterprise notes a Memphis survey showing motorists wildly underestimate stopping distances. For a 40 mph car with four wheel brakes, only 6 percent correctly cited 80 feet. 23 percent guessed 21 to 30 feet, while many thought 10 to 60 feet would suffice. Authorities urge continuous driver education.
The Prairie Philosopher describes braingenesis as two brain hemispheres failing to develop. After the child died, about ten ounces of fluid were removed from the cranial cavity. No outward signs appeared until day seven. The infant's appetite faded, skin turned bluish, and the head began to enlarge in the final days. The infant’s identity was withheld.
The driver who has operated a car for twenty years should be given attention, as well as the beginner. Adequate knowledge of the limitations and capacities of the motor car is a fundamental of accident prevention.
One year ago Winchester and Frederick County Republicans named delegates to the Seventh District convention to be held in meeting here August 23. Rouss firemen win $190 cash award for largest number in uniform at Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association meeting at Waynesboro Pa. Heboes arrest looming on vagrancy warrants to be sent to state roads. Marie Elizabeth Robinson 17 dies here. Mark B Pulliam 67 of Berryville dies from heart attack.
Janet Lord travels to the Boisevain estate amid a storm and a secretive house. A silent servant Nita and a deadly dog Rajah fear the mistress Miss Boisevain, while Blair Rodman pursues clues about the uncanny residence. Janet senses danger and plans to escape, yet Rajah’s watchful presence and unseen forces keep her tethered.
Central Press reports a proposed constitutional league forming in Washington with sponsors from the South and figures like Gov. Eugene Talmadge and John Henry Kirby. It aims to influence Democratic policy rather than serve as a party, and may include northern figures like ex Senator Reed. The piece also discusses Detroit’s GM program, labor dynamics, and Ohio’s May primary political calculations.
Five years ago drought losses reach 100 million dollars in Virginia. A downtown fair association opens an office. An Italian earthquake reports 1,475 deaths. Miss Odell Bean and Gilbert Gray Rosenberger wed at United Brethren Church by Rev. George W. Stover. Agriculture Secretary Hyde named national drought relief chairman.
A retrospective item notes W F Brill resigning from the Middletown common council ten years ago. It mentions an option secured on a woolen mill site for Middletown and a local incident involving Maggie M Mowery wielding an axe in the region. It also recalls Gertrude Ederle’s failed English Channel swim attempt.
An infant born July 21 at St. Vincent's Hospital lived 27 days with a brainless cranium, containing only fluid. Autopsy revealed the unusual condition. the child appeared normal for six days, fed, cried, moved limbs, and reacted to pain tests. The diagnosis remains perplexing to medical science.
A reader quiz lists facts on Daniel Boone burial history with a 1845 transfer to Frankfort Kentucky and a monument, claims Anne Dudley Bradstreet as America’s first woman author, and explains the origin of the word bridegroom from the Anglo Saxon brydguma meaning brideman.
Present and past rainfall data show a 24 hour total ending at 8 a m with no precipitation. August to date records 2.10 inches, year to date 21.59 inches. The Winchester Laboratory notes 34.61 inches as the 22 year average monthly precipitation across the year with monthly figures for January through December.
The twelve apostles listed include Andrew Peter James John Philip Bartholomew Matthew Thomas James the Less Jude Simon Zealotes and Matthias. Matthias was selected by lot to replace Judas Iscariot. Distilled and Synthetic Gin Describe bath tub gin and distilled gin differences and blending.
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