Classified Advertising and Publication Details at Winchester Star
The Winchester Evening Star provides advertising rates for classifieds at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, display ads 9 PM prior, transient rate 45 cents per inch, and construction rates on request. National reps include Teaney Woodward and Conklin. AP rights noted. subscription info by carrier.
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Teaney- Woodward and Conklin, Inc
New York
Detroit
City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Classification of American wealth ideas and reality
The article contrasts common notions of wealth with official measures, noting that consumer goods account for only 11.8 percent of U S wealth while land and buildings dominate at 54.4 percent. It cites total national wealth at 321.792 billion dollars, with earlier peaks and details on gold, warehouses, and retailers.
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Bureau of the Census
United States
Ophir
New York Stock Exchange
Land Drives Nation's Wealth, Says Study
The report breaks wealth into land and buildings 54.4 percent, productive assets 7.5 percent, public utilities 15.2 percent, and stocks of goods 22.9 percent. It emphasizes land as the fundamental spring of national wealth despite diverse industries.
Reprinted Editorial Traces Durant Critique Of Modern Wives
The Richmond News Leader rebuts Will Durant suggesting the modern American wife is a luxury. It argues wives handle finances and family life, face heavy burdens, and must remain youthful and efficient, while balancing work and home demands with limited resources.
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Richmond News
Will Durant
Mr. Durant
America
Durant
Perfume Ink Prompts Scented Newspaper Stunt
The Indianapolis Star printed an edition with perfumed ink to match advertising colors. Readers noted a pleasant aroma drifting from pages while ad execs debate implications of aromatic ads next to paint or ham features. The prank raises questions about scent in mass media.
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Petersburg Progress Index
Indianapolis Star
China
Milady
Bus Train Crash in Utah Kills Over Twenty Three Kids
Nation records a second deadly bus train collision in two years as Utah reports 23 or more schoolchildren killed. Col. Robert R. McCormick, famed Chicago publisher, visits Clarke County amid the tragedy.
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Utah
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago
Clarke County
Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Frederick county elects W Erle Edwards president
W Erle Edwards is chosen as president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Frederick county. Shenandoah River traffic is blocked at both Riverton Va bridges after a 24 foot rise, with debris along banks. Baby Face Nelson, the nations top public enemy, is found dead in a ditch and his wife is being sought by federal agents.
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W. Erle Edwards
Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Frederick County
Shenandoah River
Riverton
Baby Face Nelson
Winchester's Hero leads home movie feature in ten year old item
Miss Ann Tucker McGuire is given lead in a home movie titled Winchester's Hero. President Hoover appeals to Congress for stronger prohibition enforcement. Ford raises minimum wage from six to seven dollars a day boosting annual payroll by twenty million.
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Ann Tucker McGuire
Winchester
Hoover
Congress
Ford
Berlin war report cites 65000 prisoners on eastern front and Red Cross drive
Twenty five years ago Berlin announced the Russian army faced heavy losses with 65000 taken prisoner while Germans held the western front. The Red Cross began a wartime aid campaign earlier that year. Rev. D W D Smith preached a sermon urging youths to sow their wild oats in a special Advent service at the Episcopal church.
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Berlin
Red Cross
D. W. D. Smith
Episcopal Church
Boiler arrival signals Winchester Gas and Electric plant
Forty years ago a huge boiler for the new Winchester Gas and Electric Co. plant arrived at Cumberland Valley station. S. L. Lupton left his Frederick county farm in Richmond to be sworn in as state senator from the district. Rev. S. D. Skelton was pounded by his congregation and friends as a Thanksgiving surprise.
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Winchester Gas and Electric Co
Cumberland Valley
S. L. Lupton
Frederick County
Richmond
S. D. Skelton
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
A reader guide from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau with Q and A on topics from December sales months to NRA constitutionality, salaries, memorials, beverage sales, and notable historical inquiries with concise answers and dates.
Ideal Christmas New Testament Red Letter Edition
The Red Letter Edition offers red print Words of the Saviour with added historical facts tables and references to aid study. A compact 254 page Bible paper volume in black cover, priced at twenty cents postpaid. Information Bureau Winchester Evening Star Washington D C invites orders with name address and payment.
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Winchester Evening Star, Information Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Tell Bill Goodbye Sy Marie Slizard synopsis
Abienne Seymour, rich and beautiful, and Nicky Bartlett in love with Fabienne. Wllen Chapman, mistress of Willoughby house, and Dr Bill Mallory, Elien's close friend. On a night at a cheap dance hall Fabienne encounters a girl from the settlement house and resents her intrusion.
Fabienne confronts duty after Rose visit to settlement house
Fabienne debates social responsibility after Rose, a poor Italian girl, confronts class and charity. She recalls hardship in her own family while considering how funds and programs could help abused or neglected children. Rose explains rough homes, revealing depth of impact.
Daily Quiz Answers on Page Two
Questions cover Welland Canal location, earth’s circumferences, 1938 Best Actor Oscar, RBIs on walks with bases loaded, water as a compound element or mixture, pronunciation of traditive, first three words of the U S preamble, square root of one, country owning Greenland, and a mass of compacted ice from a snow field.
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Welland Canal
Earth
Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences
United States
Greenland
Is It Us or We in Common Error Guide
A brief note on correct pronoun use distinguishes whether the phrase should read is it us or is it we. The guidance emphasizes choosing the subject pronoun based on strict grammar rules rather than informal speech patterns.
Fabienne and Rose in a City Gritty Tale of Scarcity
Fabienne reflects on class and privilege as Rose Riccio entertains the idea of dancing and money. Their conversation ranges from dance halls to settlement houses, then shifts to Ned Blakely's Carousal gamble and Fabienne’s plan to escape with a cruise once five hundred is won.
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Rose Riccio
Fabienne
Fabienne Seymour
Ned Blakely
Ned
Greatest Problem of Medicine Today
Dr. Clendening argues the era’s true medical problem is self made invalids from excessive medical intervention. He cites a 60 year old woman subjected to multiple needless surgeries, chronic appendicitis myths, and repeated treatments, yet she remained physically normal aside from scars.
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A. E. Hertzler
Hamlet
Wordsworth
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