Remembering Blessings Amid Hard Times In 1930s Ledger
The Grand Rapids Herald notes a shift in mood from gloom to balance, highlighting viewers who overlook gains such as 13.4 million savings accounts and $11.7 billion in deposits while recalling 72,468 new savings openings and 20 percent of farmers debt-free assets. It argues society should acknowledge prosperity alongside hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Herald
Ledger
United States
Mutual Savings of America
Federal Reserve
Detachable Cape Pattern 9378 Promises Modern Wardrobe Trickery
An advertisement describes Pattern 9378 a detachable cape fashion from Marian Martin. It highlights fabric options from canton crepe to wool or tweed and lists sizes 14 through 40 with detailed yardage for size 16. Orders are to Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budget
Marian Martin
Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department
West 18Th Street
New. York Y. Si
Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau seeks handbook revision
The Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau announces a proposed consolidation and revision of the Virginia Hand Book including Rules and Schedules. A hearing is set for January 23, 1933, at the State Corporation Commission in Richmond. The note lists specific rate increases on insurance classes and notes copies are available for inspection at the Bureau and State Office Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Corporation Commission of
Virginia
Commission of the Same
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
AIMIU
Bureau of Insurance and Banking
Virginia Insurance
E. W. Spencer
Forgotten Prosperity Amid Depression Message
A speech recalls that industrial output fell after 1929 yet highlights positives such as 1931 car production of 2,037,000 and United States leading exports while still reporting 1.3 billion in profits across 1,600 corporations. It urges balance, noting many prosper while others suffer and urging courage until gloom ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Am
Robertson Dominates Seventh District in Election Returns
Democratic candidate Major A. Willis Robertson of Lexington won the largest majority in both old and new Seventh districts based on complete returns from the November 8 election. He led Republican Jacob A. Garber of Harrisonburg, with figures reflecting the old district tally.
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Virginia Court of Appeals
Major A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
Congress
Robertson
Jacob A. Garber
Harrisonburg
Rob’t’sn Garber
Albemarle
Clarke
Frederick
Greene
Madison
Rappahannock
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Warren
Charlottesville
Winchester
Appomattox
Augusta
Bath
Buckingham
Cumberland
Fluvana
Highland
Nélson
Rockbridge
Staunton
Stamps and Murals Highlight 19th Century African and American Artifacts
Postage reached the Cape of Good Hope in 1853 with triangular stamps designed by Charles Bell depicting the emblematic Hope. Natal issued primitive stamps in 1857 while New Caledonia produced crude Napoleon I imagery in 1859. Separately, the Los Angeles Public Library houses the era’s largest modern murals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape of Good Hope
Charles Bell
Hope
Natal
New Caledonia
Napoleon I
Triquerat
Los Angeles Public Library
Horses Fetch Tiny Sums at Statler Sheriff Sale
Sheriff sale of Frank B. Statler's personal property near Greens Castle Pa shows animals at five cents per horse and sows calf price range from ten to seventy five cents. Hogs averaged fifty cents, mower one dollar binder three fifty, crop share thirty seven fifty, grain drill and wagon five dollars. Total executions against Statler reached one thousand dollars. Farmers reportedly refuse to bid, letting owner buy back at near his own figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Statler
Greencastle
Statler
The Twelve Days Of Christmas Myth And Mistletoe Lore
A quirky note traces mistletoe varieties and berries, mentions Great Sitain and a 12 day Christmas span from December 95 to January 5, and recalls Puritans calling it The Twelve Days Madness. It also links the word ill to evil and witchcraft beliefs about sickness.
Funeral Rites Tomorrow For Milton S. Pyle
Funeral services for Milton S. Pyle will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. from Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel Boyce Virginia with Rev. B D Chambers officiating. Interment will be at Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester. Active pallbearers include Kenneth N. Gilpin Edward A. Lindsey John T. Lindsey J G Burch Alfred M. Kerfoot W D Wisecarver. Honorary pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce
Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel
Milton S. Pyle
B. Duvall Chambers
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Winchester
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Edward A. Lindsey
John T. Lindsey
Alfred M. Kerfoot
W. D. Wisecarver
C. VanDevanter
Thomson Sowers
J. M. H. Clagett
Alex Jolliffe
Thomas B. Hardesty
B. B. McKay
Henry Kerfoot
B. F. Lippett
William Holiday
C. W Glasscock
For Sale Purebred Bourbon Red Turkeys and More
Classified ad notes Bourbon Red turkey hens for 3 dollars and toms for 4 dollars by J. Edwin Barrett in Grimes Virginia contact 2007F24. Also offers an eight tube electric radio for 15 dollars a ladies raccoon fur coat size 38 in good condition for 15 dollars at 121 East Water.
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J. Edwin Barrett
Grimes
East Water
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Germany
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China
Japan
U.S. A
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Just
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Fairmont Ave
Peyton Street
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Cork Street
South Stewart Street
North Main
Frank Gearing
E. Piccadilly Street
W. P. Anderson
South Braddock
Clyde Thompson
Middletown
C. B. Smalts
National Avenue
Stephens City
Phil Bowman
Betty Thatcher
E. Meniouts
Jail Hill
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Parkway
Miller Jenkins
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