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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1934
Page
4
Publishing notes for The Evening Star Winchester edition list daily publication except Sunday and consolidation with several papers. It outlines subscription prices by period, advertising rates, memorials, and display ad deadlines with contract and national representation details.
A religious scripture fragment cites Matthew 6 19 to 21 urging believers to treasure heaven over earthly SEC possessions and warning against moth rust and theft. The verse emphasizes where the heart follows the treasure.
John Tasker Howard’s new biography challenges legends about Stephen C. Foster the Pittsburgher behind many songs of the Old South. It questions the Rowan home myth in Bardstown Kentucky and notes Foster may not have visited it. The book also reveals Foster’s notebook carried Poor Uncle Tom Good Night as the original My Old Kentucky Home and explains Suwannee River inspired Old Folks at Home after a search for a more musical river name. A tablet at the Suwannee source near Fargo Georgia honors Foster’s link to the Swanee River.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shows net earnings of 525 608 for the first eleven months of 1933, reversing a deficit of 5 696 508 in the same period of 1932. An annual figure near the eleven month result is anticipated, versus a wartime loss of 6 334 978. Rail loadings reflect improving business conditions and a late-year pickup supports trade and commerce gains.
A reader quiz asks for meanings and facts: Amen means Be it so in Hebrew. The Dred Scott Decision is noted as a U S Supreme Court ruling that a slave was property with no personal rights. The English stone is fourteen pounds.
The article notes rising power and auto sales with improved business activity and expects Baltimore and Ohio to return to profitability. It argues railroads influence heavy industries and labor conditions and that improved carrier earnings could spur broader industrial momentum.
The Petersburg Progress Index notes Virginia Rhodes Scholars mainly come from the University of Virginia and urges the scholarship committee to explain this pattern. It argues UVA’s primacy in the state and questions whether other Virginia colleges have equal access to opportunities, calling for frankness about favoritism.
Virginia farmer delegates from Shenandoah Frederick Clarke Warren and Page counties will assemble at the Woodstock courthouse at 10 oclock tomorrow to organize a Production Credit Association. Delegates were chosen in county conferences and Baltimore representatives explained the setup, with headquarters to be in Woodstock and initial capital supplied by the Production Credit Corporation of Baltimore. The association will provide short and intermediate term loans for farm production, livestock, poultry, and debt refinancing, completing the local Farm Credit Administration system. Frederick county villagers will depart Woodstock at 9 oclock tomorrow morning.
Present rainfall for the past 24 hours ends at 8 a m shows 1.12 inches. January to date 1.05 inches year to date 1.05 inches. Average yearly precipitation over 21 years is 34.71 inches. Monthly averages range from 2.15 to 3.81 inches with January at 2.36 and June at 3.81 inches.
The Hedgesville Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church holds its third quarterly conference at Ganotown church on Saturday January 27 at 2 30 pm. A full attendance of members is desired.
One year after being found dying along the Norfolk and Western railroad track in Bentonville Eustice Fristoe dies at Memorial Hospital. The report notes ongoing legal and political items including a contempt over tradition papers from Boston and a senate judiciary action approving a 3.05 percent beer bill.
Relatives of Charles L. King refuse his slain robber body. Mrs Hannah Woore dies at 90 at daughter’s home near Clear Brook. New York fruit growers hold annual meeting. Miss Bettie Carter and Frederick N Caldwell wed in Houston. Ohio disaster claims 27 lives. Shenandoah Valley Academy girls beat Handley 45 to 31 ten years ago. Pearl necklace morphine phial stolen during Memorial Hospital fire. Norman Carbaugh of Stephens City jailed for passing worthless checks. Prohospital sentiment grows. Woman's Christian Temperance Union marks prohibition anniversary.
Residents along the Potomac and Shenandoah valleys discuss a proposed Harpers Ferry water power project. Assemblyman Rush Holt aims to push legislation for a large dam, seeking P W A funds and federal support to supply cheap rural electricity and nitrogen for nearby farms.
Lilyan Tashman stars as a burlesque queen in the opening of Wine, Women and Song at Hable’s Palace. Lew Cody and the cast give convincing performances while songs like What’s the Matter With Me and Wine, Women and Song enliven the show. Mil ton Berle appears in Poppin’ the Cork with timely humor and musical numbers. Paramount News Weekly caps the double musical program with colorful sets and attractive show girls.
Gorgeret wires a breakthrough clue from Big Paul’s case. Raoul prepares to flee Paris, planning a voyage up the Swedish coast. Olga’s call to Raoul backfires as Clara learns his true identity, and Raoul confirms Antonine’s release while arranging a final roundup at Ile Saint Louis.
The First National comedy Convention City opened at the Capitol Theatre to uproarious response. Viewers are warned to brace for rapid fire jokes as the pace stays relentless. Tomorrow features John Barrymore in Counsellor at Law with Bebe Daniels and Doris Kenyon.
Paramount picture Hell and High Water starring Richard Arlen and Judith Allen plays the Colonial Theatre for today only, promising thrills and excitement for local audiences.
The record covers a 1934 probate order in Winchester Virginia directing creditors heirs and unknowns to appear within ten days and detailing publication and posting requirements for an estate of Samuel Mash with claims for back taxes improvements and rent. It also notes a Capon Valley Bank trustee sale in Wardensville Hardy County West Virginia of property tied to Luther Sutton and John Smeltzer with terms including one-third cash and two postponed payments secured by a deed of trust and insurance.
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