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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1930
Page
2
A Chicago man declines to speak at a banduet claiming nothing to wear. The remark hints at a broader joke that someday 60 will refuse to speak for lack of something to say, joking about the millennium arriving.
A World dispatch notes President Hoover's hand was swollen from enduring 6,348 New Year handshakes. The piece comments on widespread headshaking about the spectacle across the country.
A dense listing of upcoming sales by date and locale highlights stock and farm implements offered by individuals in towns like Winchester Berryville Middle Stratsburg Jerome Ridgeway and Rippon. Entries cover dates from January through March with buyers selling stock household goods and Guernsey cattle and hogs alongside antiques.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes that old fashioned long skirts cost less than modern abbreviated styles, hinting the newer longer designs will become more expensive. The remark contrasts cost differences between traditional and current fashion trends.
Anne Wilmot contemplates an arranged match with Morse as her aunt and Douglas eyes her. Morse pushes for marriage tomorrow while Anne uses wit to demand terms and reveal a hidden romance with Glenn. The chapter ends with a dangerous tease of tomorrow’s revelations.
Thornton T. Perry of Charles Town offers City Council a free park site along Evett's run. The proposed area spans about four city blocks with seventy feet of frontage each side of the stream. An outdoor swimming pool is included in his plan. Perry says the gift aims to provide a play area for youngsters and envisions development akin to an English village stream setting.
In Friday league games Nazt results alter the Valley Athletic League standings. Martinsburg defeats Charles Town by a heavy score while Waynesboro joins Hagerstown for the central berth. Berkeley Springs and Charles Town sit in the lower tier. Berryville splits with Marshall. girls win 17 16.
Martinsburg club plans to propose a monthly salary cap of 2406 dollars excluding the manager at the league meeting in Martinsburg next Thursday. Officials say the 2406 limit, below the current 2800, would reduce deficits and improve ball quality, opposing last year’s raise backed by Billy Evans and club owners.
Richmond January 20 delegate Wilbur C Hall Loudoun county chairman of the House finance committee says a chain store tax bill will be introduced to tax each chain store in Virginia to protect small middle men from being forced out by competition. He cites North Carolina’s recent constitutional law as favorable to passage and intends to campaign vigorously for the measure.
A sixty acre farm issues a penal claim totaling $9,000 tied to an improved orchard on Turdines street. Local records show the property details and claimed acreage. Authorities pursue settlement of the financial demand.
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