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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1932
Page
5
In Fredericksburg Virginia Jane Lewis a 33 year old washer woman signed documents transferring all seven of her children to the state to find they could not provide a home She sat with the children aged 1 to 10 noting poverty after her husband died a year ago and looked at the sow ground outside as she signed.
A witness described taking in washing to support her eight children, noting that income was barely enough to feed one mouth, let alone eight. The brief statement emphasizes hardship and frugal means in raising a large household.
History assigns the Mayflower’s funding to a group of merchants and identifies Captain Thomas Jones as leader. The text marks the peak of the Atlantic slave trade in the United States between 1804 and 1808, the final four years before Congress prohibited the trade.
The term gargantuan comes from Rabelais and describes something enormous. In Gargantua the word denotes an extraordinary, colossal size as part of a playful literary style.
An eminent surgeon warns against using cathartics for stomach ache, linking them to several deaths from appendicitis that progressed to peritonitis. He notes misdiagnosis and home treatment risks, urging professional evaluation and stating that early management can prevent fatalities. Editor also promotes six Dr. Clendening pamphlets for ten cents each.
AAS notes link between diet and behavior in schoolkids. Hunger causes irritability and inattention. small lunches with milk and calcium supplements improve nervous symptoms by 10 to 20 percent in weeks two to three. Calcium deficiency common. recommends adding dicalcium phosphate daily.
Former President Calvin Coolidge and former Governor Alfred E. Smith pose together during National Transportation Committee deliberations in the Empire State Building. The image captures rare bipartisan engagement as the committee seeks a solution for railroad investors.
Grain market update from Chicago and regional exchanges shows wheat, corn, and oats all slipping from prior closes amid news on international debt payments. Cash grain prices listed for No. 2 hard wheat and various corn and oats grades, with regional notes from Richmond Baltimore and Philadelphia on produce and live poultry markets.
Amelia Earhart Putnam received an honorary bachelor of science degree at Thiel College in Greenville Pennsylvania during the annual convocation. It marked her first visit to the college her father graduated from in 1896, and she posed with Dr. E Clyde Xander, the college president.
The article notes oxen, mules, and horses crossing the continent before railways. Oxen had the most endurance, horses the least, and mules balanced. It also cites government estimates of land needs per country, with two acres for the average American, one acre for the German, half an acre for the Chinese, and one quarter of an acre for the Japanese.
A trio of magicians entertained the Lions Club at the Washington Hotel during a weekly luncheon. Prof Shapero Prince Greenola and Carlie Costie performed tricks including escapes and skill shows while guests from Rochester and Cumberland attended.
The John Harvard statue on the Harvard campus does not resemble the original founder. It was modeled by a Harvard undergraduate. An inheritance tax is described as an ancient levy used by Egyptians Greeks and Romans, with heavier charges than seen in many states today.
A plumbers museum has been installed in Newcastle on Tyne England in the Modern tower. The display recalls Newcastle's first gold smiths plumbers glaziers pewterers and painters guild organized in 1536 and preserved as part of the city’s trades history.
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy and for the use of cars following the death of John Myers. Signed Mrs. Katie Myers.
Mrs Alpha Wanderwell widow of Capt Walter Wanderwell, slain by a pistol shot on his yacht at Long Beach California, testifies at the coroner s inquest into the death.
Palace presents Uptown New York at the Paramount then Loew's Columbia. Shirley Grey Leon Weycoff George Cooper and Jack Oakie star in a frank tale of modern living by Vina Delmar. Oakie shifts to a serious role while Grey shines as the good bad girl.
Warner Bros. CAPITOL Radio Pictures delivers The Conquerors a grand American epic starring Richard Dix and Ann Harding with Edna Mae Oliver and Guy Kibbee in support. A sweeping romance follows two lovers across a changing nation as their lives intertwine with history.
Warner Bros. presents Virtue at the Colonial starring Carole Lombard and Pat O'Brien. The film tells of a husband who learns his wife’s past too late, a dramatic romance from Columbia Pictures.
For rent items listed: a furnished apartment and a house at 311 National Avenue with contact phone 52-W.
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