Winchester Adopts Ordinance Against Deceptive Advertising
Winchester city council passes a third reading ordinance targeting false and misleading ads for merchandise securities and services. Violations carry a fine up to five hundred dollars and cover liner ads second hand goods and various sale classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Common Council
Retail Merchants Association
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Andrew Bell
The
Commerce Organization
Richmond
Winchester
U. S
Rates Reduced For Holidays By The P. R. R.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces a 33 13 percent cut in passenger fares for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Special round trip holiday tickets go on sale December 23 24 and until noon Christmas Day valid return until January 15. Use on all trains with Pullman charges where applicable. Weekend tickets reduce 45 percent from the regular rate and remain available for the holiday weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Virginia Income Tax Changes and Land Book Revisions
The article reviews changes in income tax exemptions under a new amendment, detailing how unmarried heads lose one exemption and how exemptions apply to widows and dependents. It outlines current state exemptions, including $2,800 for certain cases, and explains the $400 added per dependent. It also describes 1932 land book changes separating district from town lots to adjust valuations.
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Morrissett
General Assembly
W. R. Parr
Barber’s Modest Shop Builds Remarkable Estate
A Black barber named Henry N. Hopewell died with an estate valued near 44000 dollars in today’s values. He earned through barbering while engaging clients in conversation and saved to buy stock in major banks and high grade securities. He held about 13000 in government bonds and over 8000 in cash. His home, shop, and automobile were valued together at 750.
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Henry N. Hopewell
New York
Yule Gifts and Morality Across Boundaries
A fragment notes charity from a housewife gifting seldom used items to the poor and reflects that morality knows no geographical or racial bounds. It also mentions Acadius as the first emperor of the East in a historical note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
Spencer
Acadius
East
Rural groups reorganizing for next year
Reorganization plan for 4-H clubs and home demonstration groups outlines weekly activities for December 1924. Dates include meetings at Middletown High School, Stephens City, and High View. emphasis on remodeling garments, food demonstrations, market management, and clerical office work.
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Relief 4-H Club
Middletown
Middletown High School
Stephens City
F. B. Cadwallader
High View
Bryarly
Ordinance Penalty and Effective Date Passed December 13 1932
The ordinance imposes fines from one hundred to five hundred dollars for violations and treats each day of publication or continuance as a separate offense. It takes effect upon passage. Passed in Common Council December 13 1932 with S Lee Grant acting clerk of council.
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S. Lee
Grant
Mercy Killings Prompted a Youth to Murder Foster Parents
Police say 19 year old Robert Jonah of Newton Massachusetts confessed to killing his foster parents Mr and Mrs Charles Jonah with a hammer. He reportedly tried to take his own life first by slashing his wrists and said he killed Mrs Jonah to spare her from an incurable disease and then killed Mr Jonah so he would not be alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jonah
Newton
Mass
Charles Jonah
Jonah
Funeral Rites Held For Late Mr. O Flaherty
Funeral services were held at Wood stock Methodist Church for William Cullers O Flaherty 73 a Shenandoah county leader in church school and civic affairs over 40 years He died Friday after a two months illness Interment Massanutten Cemetery Survived by widow Elizabeth C Rinker and numerous children in Woodstock Washington DC and Richmond He was born at Powells Fort Shenandoah county and long known as a teacher and farmer Also noted is a brief 215 B 214 B Rome treasury crisis anecdote and Edward Lear credited with inventing the limerick
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Woodstock
Elizabeth C. Rinker
Wilmer L. O'Flaherty
Richmond
Daniel
Lester D
Otis H
Mapha E
Maud I. O'Flaherty
Washington, D. C
Edward M. O’flaherty
Paul Stoner
W. C. O'Flaherty, Jr
John O’flaherty
Washington
O'Flaherty
Powell's Fort
Shenandoah County
Valley
Virginia
D. C. O’flaherty
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Winchester Bank Directors
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Shenandoah Valley National Bank will be held at the Banking House in Winchester on Tuesday January 10 1933 at eleven o clock A M. The meeting will elect directors and handle other business. Wm G Hardy Vice President and Cashier.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Wm. G. Hardy
French cabinet crisis leads Paul-Boncour to form government
After Camille Chautemps failed to form a new ministry Joseph Paul-Boncour, the dynamic statesman, takes the task. He has long represented France at Geneva conferences while the note adds that a well managed acre of ground can evaporate about 3 500 tons of water in the growing season.
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Camille Chautemps
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Paul-Boncour
France
Geneva
Mrs. Burns Seeks Cleared For Extradition Case
Catherine Burns of Pittsfield Mass says her son Robert Elliott Burns the Georgia chain gang fugitive will be cleared after his East Orange arrest and pending extradition to Georgia. Burns author of I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang once drew national attention.
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Catherine Burns
Pittsfield
Mass
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
New Jersey
East Orange
Burns
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Gloria Stuart
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Slim Summerville
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Eric Linden
Sidney Fox
Colonial News
Zane Grey
Wild Horse
Mesa
Defoe
Toléto Blade
Hansbrough & Carter
J.W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Local Claim Service
W. F. Shryock
Virginia Loan
Thrift Corp
Hott. Sec
Loudoun St
Farmers & Merchants National
Greenwood Farm Cooperative
Santa Claus
Barber
Mr. O'Flaherty
Rome
Limerick
Edward Lear
Marx Bros
M. Wjz
Standard. “Oil Company
Madras
Oxford
Silk
S & Boys
Sheetz
N. Main St
Hunter
Pyro Ts
Orris En
Aaa
Mae Clarke
Mary Doran
Theodore von Eltz
Aes Oe
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Rupert Hughes
Paramount News
Tom Howard
Mrs
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Will Osborne
New York City
Jean Helmes
Miss Helmes
Big Joe
Pure Food Store
Braddock and
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