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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1931
Page
6
The 1930 library report shows 70,005 books loaned with 168 rebound, 609 donated, and 70 overdue fines totaling 168 dollars. New borrowers reached 659 with 78 non residents. daily average 253 over 307 open days. record day 409 loans on Sept 21 Apple Blossom Festival.
Sheriff Pannett reports Winchester prisoner with advanced tuberculosis remains in the local jail due to overcrowded state facilities at the State Farm. The inmate, housed with other prisoners, could infect them as he serves a long sentence awaiting treatment, underscoring a need for a new jail or extra rooms. The passage ends with a political quip about Americans and government money.
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