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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1934
Page
4
The Evening Star Publishing Co. runs a daily paper in Winchester Virginia, excluding Sundays, as stated in the header.
The notice lists AP exclusive rights and pricing for subscriptions by period and delivery method. It mentions yearly and monthly rates and includes stray characters that indicate pricing in advance and carrier options. The text appears to be an old classifieds or policy snippet with broken formatting.
Classified advertising charges set at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. Memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines each. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads with border 42 cents per inch, due by 10 AM. National reps Divine Tenney Corp in major cities.
Fragmentary text depicts religious phrases and Psalm 103 verses about redemption and being crowned with mercy. The readable lines invoke blessing and gratitude and reference biblical wording. The source presents devotional language without a clear news event or date.
Roanoke Times notes statistician Mr. Haskin compiles income data from 1928 to 1931 showing earned income declines for 4 percent of taxpayers, with wage losses estimated around 2.5 billion, and business losses over 1.35 billion. He cites 1932 and 1933 as continuing hard years.
The Baltimore Sun quips that Hitler's decree proclaims golf the national sport with strict price caps and low equipment costs. The cartoonish critique warns that beneath the surface action lies deeper dangers as Germany channels national passion into the game amid wartime tensions.
The text recalls Washington birthday celebrated after independence and notes it became a major American holiday. It identifies Ferdinand, Count von Zeppelin, as a key figure in early aviation development. It defines fiat money as government issued paper currency with no redemption promise.
The text blends golf metaphor with a biblical allusion to Samson and a harsh political note about Hitler. It critiques violence and the idea of power, suggesting weapon-like skill in golf could overwhelm foes.
Edward Grubbs nine is fatally struck on Valley Pike in Front of Kernstown school by C C Skyles Woodstock. Mass meeting called in Winchester and Frederick counties to discuss the Apple Blossom Festival. Dr Otto Fisher Keyser given ten years for medical malpractice. Kiwanis Club to enter Apple Blossom Festival parade.
Ralph G. Pollard and Thomas N. Pollard of the county are among the many claimants to the Robert Edwards estate of New York, valued around 400 million dollars. Mrs Emma L Arnold age 57 wife of Irwin Arnold dies locally. Snow drifts delay funeral of Mrs Selina B Good on Capon River West Virginia. A famous old Washington cannon is placed at George Washington headquarters as New George Washington Hotel to open in June.
Report notes the Brown House on Hirschengasse Vienna once served as Nazi party headquarters in Austria. A raid closed the premises while soldiers battled rioting Socialists. A cloth at the upper right covers the swastika.
Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Russell Miller included Misses Minnie Tucker May Georgia Bywaters Maymie and Gladys Kingree.
An old advertisement promises rapid fat loss of 15 pounds in a month with Kruschen Salts. It urges weighing before and after, claims energy and health gains, and touts an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks sold by Bakers Drug Store.
Captain Tiggie Turner returns from India to England with Viola Norman, who waits motherhood and a guarded future. In London he confronts Harvey Gilmore and a troubled artist paints a disturbing vision titled Corruption while Tiggie wrestles with longing and secrecy.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour ending 8 a m none February to date 34 inches year to date 1 39 inches. Average annual precipitation over 21 years 34 71 inches. Monthly averages list January 2 36, February 2 70, March 2 70, April 3 11, May 3 73, June 3 61, July 3 45, August 3 45, September 2 15, October 3 06, November 2 25, December 2 37 inches.
Clarke county sales list shows multiple auctions including stock and implements on farms near Berryville and Stones Chapel, dates Feb 23 to Mar 2. Items include household goods, farm equipment, livestock, and a 95 acre farm with a grist mill near Burnt Factory Church. Benj L Byers executor conducts on farm near Burnt Factory Church.
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