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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1934
Page
4
The Evening Star is published daily at Winchester Virginia except Sundays. It operates under The Evening Star Pub poses Co. It is consolidated with The Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
The Associated Press states it holds exclusive rights to its dispatches and local news published in this paper. The notice declares re publication rights and credits for AP material.
Rates listed for subscriptions by mail and by carrier. One year in advance costs 3.50 by mail and 4.50 by carrier. six months 1.75 and 2.25. three months 0.90 and 1.20. one month 0.30 and 0.40. Weekly price appears garbled.
Advertising rates listed include 2 cents per word or a minimum charge. Memorials require an accompanying base text at 50 cents for four stanzas. Cards of Thanks cost 75 cents. Display ads with borders must be in the office by 10 AM on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. Contract rates available.
National advertising statements from Divine Tenney Corp list multiple markets including New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta with varied regional projections and campaign notes.
The Shenandoah Valley apple industry suffers from drought disease and pests, worsened by growers’ finances. The East Central Fruit Growers Production Credit Association offers crop production loans from Baltimore. Experts including Dr. W S Hough provide guidance, urging fertilization, spraying, and bark removal to protect and sustain the orchards.
In Russia the contemporary theatre shows the art’s relation to the drama as practiced nowhere else. Patrons go to a play that breaks with old dramatic traditions and explores new forms and meanings.
The critic A. D. Emmart argues Russian theatre reflects broader changes in modern Russia. Oblomov disappears from literature as theatre and drama reveal a vibrant, evolving national character through Tolstoy Gorky Chekhov and others. The piece links theatre vitality to shifts in Russian life and art.
An educated reader questions a December issue’s depiction of speech and vulgar pronunciations. He argues that the supposed mispronunciations mirror his own speech and that of many educated peers, asking readers for explanations.
The piece mocks idealized Antarctic adventure as a mirror of unstable America. It recalls Byrd’s expedition where ice shelves buckle and ships drift, cows float away, and hay parts, drawing a sharp satire on unemployment traffic and political woes while noting a tire code dispute.
February 8 to March 6 notices list stock and farm implements, household goods, and personal property for sale or auction. Entries name buyers and sellers, including H J Benner near Jordan Springs, Robert L Kerns near Berryville, C L Taylor north of Winchester, H B Nicodemus near Rippon, Scott Grant Estate near Martinsburg pike, C F E Ramer at Boyce, Miss Mary Gold near Berryville, and Thomas Heskett near Myerstown in Jefferson and surrounding counties.
On board a ship from India to England Captain Tiggie Turner befriends Viola Norman and learns of her troubled marriage. Spot Rutherford lies to Tiggie about a new acquaintance, while Tiggie bonds with Viola’s future in law and with the Rutherford clan’s children. The tale hints at a looming summons as a mysterious figure appears at dusk on deck.
Present and past rainfall figures show 11 in. for the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. February 11, year to date 28 in., and year to date 1.33 in. Average annual precipitation over 21 years is 34.71 inches. Monthly averages range from 2.15 inches in September to 3.81 inches in June.
Trustee出售 Frederick County farm four miles south of Winchester on Valley Turnpike with 214 acres including a productive apple orchard and dwelling. Sale February 15 1934 at 11 A M in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Va. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and fire policy. Auctioneers Brumback. Oaw-4wks.
One year ago Pete McIlwee faced a charge of assisting in the murder of Mrs Frances Nicholas Orndorff. Evelyn Dulaney Randolph, 45, wife of Dr Archibald Cary Randolph, died in Emergency Hospital in Washington DC. Roosevelt's fishing party reportedly in the Bahamas amid local police activity and a crackdown on Bible Students soliciting order. A spelling bee plan is announced for Handley High School on February 10.
Henry William Baker, 80, died at his Berryville residence from blood poisoning. He recently resided there with family and leaves behind several relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending local notice.
Flavius J. Farmer, 73, former resident here, dies from pleurisy at his West Philadelphia home. Miss Mary E. Argenbright, an invalid for 27 years, dies at Stephens City. Forty-one men drown when a mine caves in at Crosby Minnesota.
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