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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1933
Page
7
The Department of Labor index shows a dollar today buys more merchandise than in most prosperous pre depression years. Only 1932 was slightly higher due to sweatshop labor and many bankrupt sales. Purchases are up 38 percent versus 1924 and remain well above 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 and 1930 levels.
Marian Martin offers patterns 9705 and 9706 for attractive aprons ideal as gifts. Patterns require small to large sizes with fabric estimates and cost 15 cents each. order to Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department, 232 W 18th St New York NY.
Mount Zion near Milldale hosts a 18th century estate once owned by Rev. Charles Mynn Thurston and later by the Earle family now home to Mr. and Mrs. John B. Earle. From local history notes Samuel Earle III served in the House of Burgesses 1742–44, with tomb inscriptions dated 1748 at Earle plantation. The article recalls land purchases on Opequon creek and the old Pegrim Church linked to Rev. John Hoge and Joist Hite, with burial sites and a later chapel honoring early settlers.
The text notes an old Presbyterian Church in America west of the Blue Ridge and cites long standing beliefs among Opequon congregation members about Joist Hite’s burial site.
The Italian city Roma is known in English and French as Rome while Napoli appears as Naples in English usage. The note discusses how these exonyms reflect language preferences for major Italian cities.
Middletown Virginia at the regular meetings of the Subordinate and Juvenile Granges the groups appointed executive committees for the Subordinate. The session highlighted other important business and set the course for forthcoming activities within the organizations.
Washington will handle federal liquor control for the nation while DC remains dry except for 3.2 beer until Congress acts. Joseph H. Cheat Jr. named chairman of the federal alcohol control administration with a four member team from treasury justice commerce and agriculture departments. The board begins full function Feb 1 and Treasury and Agriculture will set import volumes. New York and national notes touch youth movements lynchings and criticisms of the NRA era.
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