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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1931
Page
5
Theatres in Winchester announce advances and reviews of upcoming and ongoing bookings. Managers highlight new releases and season schedules across several motion picture houses.
Warner Bros presents The Road To Singapore at the Capitol Theatre about white life in tropics and social failure. Ken Maynard stars in The Pocatello Kid with Tarzan the horse. Chicago Sale appears in The County Seat and Booth Tarkington’s Batter Up.
The family and devoted friends express sincere thanks for acts of kindness shown during Hattie Marple’s illness and death. Grateful mentions go to Mrs. P. W. Lockhart Mrs. C. C. Gough employees of The George Washington and Jack Hotels and the Winchester Memorial Hospital staff.
The Supreme Court settles the invention claim on the telephone naming Alexander Graham Bell. Italians insist Meneci deserves the honor, reflecting competing national pride in a landmark discovery.
A replica of early Nevada California stage coaches stars in the Tiffany western drama The Nevada Buckaroo featuring Bob Steele. The Colonial Theatre presents the show Saturday, highlighting the old routes from San Francisco to Carson City and to Los Angeles. The piece notes coaches built in New England and shipped around Cape Horn, with some preserved in Pacific Coast museums. It recalls the Carson City to San Francisco highway as a once heavy traveler route for miners and freight, underscoring the grueling overland supply lines in the arid west before railroads.
Betty Compson stars in The Lady Refuses at the Palace today. The film features a strong supporting cast, sharp dialogue by Wallace Smith, and a dramatic story by Robert Milton and Guy Bolton.
In memory of Jane Catherine Chapman who died a year ago on December 4 1930 leaving a vacancy in our homes. She bade no farewell and her heart ceased to beat before we knew she was gone. Her cheery smile and kindly ways remain pleasant to recall and beloved by all. By her children.
The phrase describes constant harassment and lack of rest. It likely began as whipping post to pillory, two old punishments. The pillory, a board with holes for head and hands on a post, last saw use in England about a century ago.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ends at 8 a m shows a trace. The 18 year record for January to November lists 1931 monthly totals with January 2 43 inches February 1 93 inches March 2 64 inches April 3 22 inches May 3 38 inches June 4 02 inches July 3 28 inches August 3 59 inches September 2 24 inches October 2 89 inches November 2 24 inches Totals 31 81 inches and 33 36 inches for 1931. First 12 months of 1930 show January 1 55 inches February 0 48 inches March 2 22 inches April 1 79 inches May 1 19 inches June 3 06 inches July 2 84 inches.
The Frederick County Circuit Court is asked to decide Winchester's ownership of the local jail and county poor farm. W O Parlett, local funeral director, spoke at the Winchester Kiwanis Club luncheon. Handley Council and United Commercial Travelers honored Charles W Trenary. Funeral services were held at Lamps Church for Rebecca Susan Orndorff.
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