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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1934
Page
4
Classified rates set at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum. Memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas. Display ads require advance order by 9 AM publication day. Transit rate 42 cents per inch. National reps listed as Divine Tenney Corp in major cities.
Fragmentary note quotes Isaiah 55 6 seeking the Lord while near and calls to call upon him. Text appears as a devotional clipped from a printed page with repeated phrases and possible OCR errors.
A century ago last Sunday Thomas Jonathan Jackson known as Stonewall rose from humble beginnings to West Point then as a Confederate general. He earned fame at Bull Run and Shenandoah, led troops with fanfare, yet died after retreat to the Rappahannock. Revered in the South and admired in the North as a pivotal American soldier.
The Richmond paper reports a Kentucky lynching in which a black man accused of slugging a white coal miner is seized from jail by a mob and shot dead before guilt is determined. The incident highlights cowardice and mob violence in the area.
A compact reader note presents quiz style questions with short answers. It defines Seven Single Tax as a land tax method for government revenue and explains E pluribus unum as unity of many parts and Virgil’s attributed poem motto. Carnivora is defined as flesh eaters.
The piece condemns lynching as a crime and urges the law to act against it despite public outrage. It notes Governor Ralph of California faced protests over his endorsement of lynching and calls for a persistent civic effort to stamp out the practice and defend civilization.
George C Peery becomes the first candidate to enter the race for Virginia governor. Handley High School begins Cumberland Valley League play with Martinsburg W Va tonight in a basketball matchup. Reconstruction Finance Corporation pledges 1195000000 in its first five months. Dr Lewis S G Miller returned missionary from Japan speaks at Lutheran Synod of Virginia convention in Roanoke. Civic League fashion show praised as brilliant and artistic.
A collection of light items reports bowling teams in hot matchups while the freighter Florida crew of thirty two is rescued by the American liner America and brought to port. Other notes cover a car ad, Miss Kate L. Shaull death at 84, a utility tax vote, and political figures in a Teapot Dome era context.
In this 1933 commentary, the author questions who owns gold held by Federal Reserve banks after the move to fiat support. He argues monetary gold is not property but an instrument for stability and exchange, and calls for prudence over moral panic about ownership. The piece critiques larceny claims and urges broad judgment of gold’s use.
In a tense confrontation at the ruins Raoul accuses the Marquis d Erlemont of involvement in Elisabeth Horain s death. He reveals a scheme of blackmail tied to precious jewels and a Nabob fortune. The Marquis asserts his innocence while Raoul insists on uncovering the truth as the case unfolds.
In the past 24 hours ending 8 am no precipitation. January to date 1.05 inches year to date 1.05 inches. Winchester Laboratory records show 34.71 inches as the 21 year average. Monthly averages range from January 2.36 to December 2.37 inches.
Logan Clendening, M. D., answers reader questions from Cohoes about chronic appendicitis and its link to arthritis and nasal throat disorders. He argues chronic appendicitis does not exist and X rays may not reliably show long term appendix infection. He notes removal often yields no symptom change and advertises pamphlets for readers.
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