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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1930
Page
6
A Winchester resident Edward O. Thomas complains of a mud and sewage spray from a speeding car on the Mar ocoee pike near town. He urges local officials to enforce road safety and cleanliness after the incident dated December 15, 1930.
Thomas Littleton a Virginia man who fled after a court hearing in Jefferson county is back in the Charles Town county jail. He had been found guilty of child support charges, escaped to Clarke county, was recaptured by Sheriff Smallwood, and now awaits action by the next grand jury.
A fragmentary quotation notes a derisive view of a star and a spear piercing the heart. The lines imply themes of broken support, fragile hope, and damaged peace expressed in brief archaic style. The source presents a poetic excerpt rather than a news item.
A female aviator flying with Amoco Products completed a record time flight from Wichita Kansas to Roosevelt Field Long Island New York with a single stop totaling 13 hours 21 minutes 43 seconds. She achieved the second fastest time to date, surpassing the Lindberghs.
The Associated Press reports a broad grain selloff led by corn amid weak securities. Corn fell 2 1 4 to 2 5 8 cents, wheat mixed or down, oats down, and provisions off. North American corn supplies rose to 2.9 million bushels last week, with larger receipts at domestic centers. Prices in Baltimore Richmond and Washington markets noted, with various cash quotes for wheat corn oats and livestock.
Baltimore market unchanged. Philadelphia live poultry and butter prices steady with 92 score eggs and dressed poultry unchanged.
Richmond market notes show varied prices for fruits vegetables and livestock with liberal baskets apples and potatoes steady or rising. Hog cattle and sheep quotations listed with top prices and regional receipts from Baltimore Lancaster Jersey City and Chicago.
A fragmented tale centers on a divorce and custody battle involving Sheila and her mother in law Mg Engh ECEC. David and a publisher Wentworth navigate love, illegitimacy, and a birthday mystery as Fawn offers a keepsake locket and promises future reunion with Sheila’s daughter on a school day.
Sheila aged eleven feigns illness and sneaks down to school against orders. Her grandmother and Leona intervene as the doctor fears new fever is possible while Sheila clutches a gold locket and pleads for a half hour. The scene hints at deeper turmoil as a family reacts.
Sheila plans a journey as a scarlet fever outbreak closes schools. Her father and grandmother see her off but no one at the Rogers’ home has heard from her by telephone. A telegram hints she will miss the visit and the next chapter promises answers.
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