This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Virginia Evening Star page from December 28 1935 includes publishing policy, subscription rates, advertising terms, and a Bible verse feature. It lists postal, pricing, and display ad details and notes Associated Press affiliation. The page carries the date Saturday December 28 1935 and is typical of a daily local paper.
Baltimore Sun editorial blames public cowardice for racketeering in New York. It cites witnesses intimidated from testifying to a grand jury and district attorney campaign against restaurant rackets. The piece argues merchants fear retaliation and law enforcement lacks public support to break up protection rings.
In the Fairfax House of Delegates, two-fifths of the 81 respondents in January identify as lawyers. Of 37 legal professionals, 28 hold other professions include farmers merchants bankers and physicians. Numerous one representative roles fill trades and crafts with no teachers or artists among the group.
Charles G Armstrong, longtime Knoxville merchant, has decided to mark all old accounts as paid in full. He says he will tell debtors who pass him on the street that they owe nothing, after retiring with bills totaling about 38000. His act is noted as generous in tone.
A town editor, walking past a church on a summer night, sees a delinquent subscriber among the congregation singing Jesus Paid It All. He slips a receipt through a church window and jokes I have not seen the money, but I am glad somebody has paid your bill.
Dr Lloyd Arnold of the University of Illinois predicts the common head cold will cost the U S an estimated 100 million dollars between now and winter. He says 2000 workers will miss eight days due to colds and related illnesses like sinus infections sore throat influenza and pneumonia. He suggests health precautions and healthier heated spaces as remedies while urging adherence to simple health rules.
A distinguished American on his 89th birthday argues age is mind made. He offers a short poem saying true aging depends on attitude, hope, and love rather than years, urging to hold onto life’s best.
One year ago a thief phoned his girlfriend from a store during a Middletown robbery. A railroad engineer blamed for a Delaware Ohio wreck dies. Ford Luttrell and Mrs. Pratt Watson injured in a Florence area auto wreck. A Hamilton excursion train crash leaves many dead or injured. George C. Dinges dies at 69 in Stephens City after a stroke five years earlier.
William H. Spotts, 67, dies here. Mrs. William Henry Cox, 79, dies at Millwood. State collects $11,750,000 in gas taxes. John W. Carpenter, 87, is dead here.
Ten years ago Robert L. Gray Jr. of this city wed Miss Maude Christian Clary of Selma Alabama in London England. Miss Ruth Virginia Bean from this city married Russell Sonner of Front Royal. Thomas N Wathey a 54 year old oil wagon driver here died of a stroke. Virginia finished 246 miles of new highways in 1925. A cold wave and near zero weather hit the east.
Twenty five years ago Miss Mary Elizabeth Hart and James Howard Lock wed at Berryville. Miss Laura M. Hudson of Albin marries George W. Miller of Inwood West Virginia. Maps show trolley line plans Cumberland Maryland to this city. Frederick county supervisors report receipts and expenditures totaling 10 690 66. Hagerstown suffers 25000 fire loss.
A four day Dairy Short Course at V P I Blacksburg during Dairy Farmers Conference Week runs February 18 to 21. The program targets dairy farmers managers and helpers with topics on breeding feeding management cattle diseases herd sire selection pasture improvement and grazing extension. Attendees contact V P I dairy department or local agent I Fred Stine for room meals and other details. Prominent speakers include C W Holdaway T B Hutcheson L E Starr A D Pratt R G Connelly and P M Reaves from the dairy husbandry group.
Appropriations Chairman Buchanan suggests a sales tax on luxuries to fund the social security program, arguing it would replace payroll taxes and reduce burden on employers and workers. The plan contrasts with current authorizations of payroll taxes rising to 3 percent by 1938 and faces White House opposition.
Present and past rainfall figures show no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. December to date totals 1.53 inches, year to date 34.92 inches. Average annual rainfall over 22 years is 34.61 inches with monthly averages listed for each month.
A reader asks about Procrustes bed and its cruel fits. It notes Andrew Jackson and Grover Cleveland as Presidents after previous losses. Harriet Beecher Stowe is identified as the American novelist known for Tom's Cabin (1811 1896).
Mrs Gertrude E Fielding sued for divorce from Percy Fielding claiming abuse at home including a bedroom radio set a frying pan an auto wrench a telephone and dishes. She won the suit.
Mrs Page M Baker of Memphis Tennessee urges New Year superstition using hogs feet black eyed peas and money peas as charms for luck in 1936 She advises leaving peas on the plate to invite wealth and prosperity throughout the year.
Two men dug up a heap of buried coins beneath an old Indiana territory trading post and learned the coins are cheap amalgam with a thin gold covering. Secret Service agent John Osborn declined to name the men and called the case a 75 year old counterfeiting mystery.
Janet Hough of Drake University won a beauty contest in Newton Iowa and later sought medical help after a doctor removed splinters and treated cuts from a glass framed picture incident. The accident left her seated on the frame.
Approximately 300 dogs at Irene Castle McLaughlin's orphans of the storm dog haven were described as friendly. A bar blar raid allegedly ran the canine gauntlet and stole $200 from an office while two guard dogs were ignored by the intruders. The superintendent told police he heard no growl.
The column discusses Justice Black's proposal for reorganizing the Supreme Court by geography and limiting its power to overturn Congress. It questions feasibility, potential constitutional amendments, and the impact on a liberal majority, noting Roosevelt era politics and possible Senate picks. The piece also includes a travel diary blaming railroads for poor Christmas holiday service and urging railroad modernization and leadership changes.
The New York justice argues for dividing the United States into clearly marked areas each with a supreme court justice to speak for his region, likening it to senators and representatives representing states and districts.
William H Taft remains the only person to have served as both president and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. The text also notes wind speeds with classifications from moderate to whole gales, citing 40 45 50 mph thresholds.
A fragment notes Bethlehem's nativity shrine date to 330 AD by Constantine. It recalls desecrations looting and wars outside its walls and bloodshed within, yet emphasizes the church's enduring presence.
Lieutenant Larrabee investigates the stabbing murder of Andrew Darien at a boarding house run by Alice Penny. Mrs Penny recalls cash from a will and fears the detective suspecting her while she tends to frightened residents including Helen Starmont and maid Delia Randall as police hoard the halls.
The group traveled Indian file to hide their numbers, each stepping in the prior footprints and the last man erasing traces. The method aimed to obscure how many Invaders were present during their route.
A survey shows church attendance averaging 71 percent in villages under 2 500, 42 percent in cities 10 000 to 50 000, and 30 percent in larger cities. In 24 French mountain villages along the Swiss border residents pay no taxes yet receive dividends from municipalities due to efficient municipally owned forests.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.