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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1932
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for one year three months and one month with advance payments. It also notes consolidation with other local papers and credits The Associated Press for local news content.
A religious verse citation states that the kingdom of God is not about meat and drink but righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Ghost from Romans chapter fourteen verse seventeen.
The Industrial News Review notes 1931 as a study in contrasts where fatalities from motor accidents reached a record 33 500 while industrial injuries fell 38 percent and railway crossing crashes dropped 10 percent. It urges safety discipline by workers managers and drivers alike to reduce deaths and injuries.
The piece recalls 1904 price rises impacting households from eggs to butter, noting the era’s “high cost of living.” A wealthy Carolinian demonstrates frugal feeding, showing a five person family can subsist on 50 cents weekly and a dollar per week with careful buying, illustrating enduring price pressures.
The text argues that many Americans face reduced incomes or charity, while higher prices could stimulate production and work. It notes a complex, often confusing balance of forces in price regulation and suggests survivors may favor higher prices to secure higher incomes.
The Roanoke Times discusses Dr. Frank Vizetelly's distinction between Olympiad and Olympic Games. He notes Olympiad is the four year interval between games, dating from 776 B.C., while the public often misuses the term to mean the games themselves.
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce mails a summer issue of Virginia First in the Heart of the Nation featuring Shenandoah and Petersburg national military memorial park photo spreads. It also covers Norfolk's 250th and Richmond's 150th anniversaries, Wakefield building, Wytheville des ruction, and Merrimack's anchor gift to a Richmond museum.
Governor Pollard authorizes a joint program by the health and welfare departments to supervise jail medical services in Virginia. Dr Roy K Flannagan will direct the new service, advising Arthur James on regular jail medical supervision and sanitary inspections to improve inmate care and reduce costs.
A collage of events from 1881 to 1884 notes Garfield shot and dies, the Red Cross founding, Atlanta cotton exposition, Greely Arctic explorations, Yorktown centennial, Emerson and Longfellow deaths, Chinese exclusion act, polygamy suppression law, standard time, and other 19th century milestones with references to the era’s presidential administrations.
In the South Seas adventure, Livingston lies dead after a rock collapse while Utato is killed, and the crew fights to recover a fabled black pearl. Pauo and Holmes secure the crystal gem as Neo sails away, promising to return the item to its rightful place.
The article notes a large quantity of salted water for boiling corn on the cob. It advises adding corn slowly to keep the boil and to boil for ten minutes before serving hot. It also claims light needs about 499 seconds to reach Earth from the sun.
Trustees under Warren Rice and Luther Pannett offer at public sale a 31 acre tract east of Winchester on Senseney Road. Sale in court yard at 11 A M September 3 1932. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments at 6 percent. Deeds of trust secure payment with insurance policy on improvements.
The listing shows dairy feed 16 percent Cracked corn Bran Mixed feed Shelled corn Middlings and Bologna items. It also notes eggs Butter fat Creamery butter Hens chickens steers calves hogs cows heifers lambs and sheep, with mixed and scratch feeds and local retail market figures in Baltimore area markets. The page captures price markers and product categories for farm and dairy interests.
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