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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1932
Page
6
Classified notice lists subscription rates by mail and carrier with terms in advance. It includes six months two twenty five cents and other period rates, plus national advertising representatives Devine Tenney Corp. based in New York Des Moines Chicago.
A devotional note cites a verse about hope from youth in Paulie 8, reflecting religious sentiment. The fragment emphasizes trust in the Lord as a guiding source of youth.
A Rhode Island reform school plan aims to separate and rehabilitate youths who commit early acts of crime, avoiding prison exposure. The piece argues bad boys and delinquent girls face modern temptations and urges different housing for youths whose character may still be formed, with exchanges between jails if needed.
A New York Times reflection on Carlo Rubini Carrel’s revived chicken heart kept alive for twenty years. The piece discusses the heart’s fragile stability, need for controlled conditions, and its symbolic status as a sacred relic of science, raising questions about life, mortality, and the limits of observation without killing.
Dispirited notes on pumpkin pie show a shift toward machine made uniformity. Observers fear autumn favorites lack old flavor and craft, reflecting broader changes in food culture and production.
Mercia Moyer works in Mitchelfield's largest store after her father's death. Ted Stanton, Marcia Moyer, and cousin Helane Brewster from Philadelphia spark a party plot at Lola's event, with Helane's dazzling style captivating Mitchelfield's crowd.
A critique of pumpkin pie from a historical voice notes the filling becoming independent of the crust. The crust is described as unyielding and wooden, yielding a mechanically perfect pie lacking human warmth.
Lloyd Pomphrey reported near Rugby a blacksnake nearly six feet long fought a chicken hawk three feet long. The hawk rose three feet before being pulled down by the coiled snake in a roadside confrontation observed by Burney News in Indianapolis News.
An advertisement promotes Rama as a medicine that acts on the liver kidneys and blood to expel toxins causing rheumatism. It promises quick pain relief within a day and a money back guarantee through Bakers Drug Store, claiming permanent relief from pain stiffness and swelling.
A hunter found a hawk tangled with a snake on a corn truck along a rural road. Pumphrey freed the two and seven hours passed before a rescuer arrived. The hawk, believed dead at first, was revived after release.
Miss Oneta Shipe spent the weekend at Middletown. William Richard, ill with pleurisy, is improving. Visitors at G. H. Richard’s home included Rev J. R. Carron, Mrs Laban Hodgson and daughters Mary and Velma, Philip Richard and William Keffer. Mrs V C Heishman of Lebanon Church visited son J L Heishman. J W Richard and family visited Mrs B C Hulver. Mrs C D Sale and son Dunbar visit Aurora W Va relatives. Community league meets Friday Jan 22 to elect new officers.
Precipitation in the last 24 hours ends at 8 am today is none. January to date records 1.48 inches. Comparing to 13 year averages for each month, the ToS 18 year totals from 1931 show January 243 inches, February 199 inches, March 264 inches, April 322 inches, May 338 inches, June 402 inches, July 328 inches, August 359 inches, September 224 inches, October 289 inches, November 224 inches, December 235 inches with totals 34.21 inches and 36.33 inches.
Notice that Buncutter Tire Company of Winchester Virginia stores automobile tires and tubes at Braddock and Germain streets with title held by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Akron Ohio. Dated December 29 1931 by R E Buncutter.
The Dallas News notes the ominous tramp of armed men may reflect the Order of Exalted Dishwashers at work. Mr McFadden comments and signals district postmasters not appointed will speak out, as readers consider reactions to potential political pressure.
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