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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1931
Page
4
The Evening Star lists postal and carrier subscription rates in Winchester Virginia with prices for annual six month and quarterly terms. It notes national advertising reps Devine Tenney Corp and AP membership rights and reuse of AP dispatches.
A devotional fragment quoting Psalm 37 23 about God guiding steps and truth. It proclaims trust in God and seeking guidance through prayer with phrases like lead me in Thy truth and on Thee do I wait all the day. The archaic style echoes 17th century Christian contemplation.
A Chicago internal revenue collector Mrs Myrtle Blacklidge was lured to Springfield by swindlers posing as friends of her late husband in a fake fare game. She won 207000 but paid 50000 cash to prove solvency. she loaned 5000 to a lender for 24 hours in hope of keeping 10000 of winnings. The con men vanished after the ruse and she lost her job while the sender seeks to recover 50000.
The piece contrasts Gandhi and Einstein, noting Gandhi’s jail discipline and nonviolence as a real-world test of Einstein’s pacifist ideas. It credits Gandhi with power beyond military might and praises his stance on India’s draft Constitution while critiquing others.
The Charleston Daily Mail discusses railroad Prisco adopting a two cent fare for day coaches to compete with bus service. It notes slippery mountainous highways and escalating competition from buses, urging a plan to allow profitable operation of rail and bus, water, and air travel.
An old folk song refrain highlights human tendency to seek the future over the present. The piece notes how each season brings different joys from outdoor sports to indoor pastimes and urges appreciation of current winter community life.
Mrs Bisie Rutherford of 506 Highland Avenue reports Natex helped her regain strength and ability to work. She states she now does her own tasks and earns a living through new work opportunities.
Mrs Elsie Rutherford praises Natex for transforming her health. She reports relief from constipation headaches nervousness insomnia and indigestion after using Natex and credits renewed energy and appetite. The Natex representative is at the Peoples Service Drug Store daily to explain benefits to locals.
Byron O Brumback of Middletown Virginia announces a general farm sale and auctioneer services with a notice dated January 17 2012. The sale aims to conduct the estate or farm liquidation as advertised by the local newspaper notice.
A dense schedule lists daytime and evening radio programs across multiple stations and networks. It includes music shows, orchestras, variety hours, and special segments with numerous call letters such as WABC WJZ WNAC WEAF and WHAS, detailing times from 6:00 to 12:00 with repeats and cross network references.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia a 1931 case Virginia Loan and Thrift Corporation v R M Mills et al is referred to a Special Commissioner in Chancery H K Benham to determine real estate, liens, satisfaction value, attorney fees, and other pertinent matters. Notice sent for public publication in the Winchester Evening Telegram to summon parties in interest.
January 30 to March 10 listings show personal property and farm auctions. Entries include Mill Road Mill, Robert Shade Estate Siler Virginia, Lavina Miller Admx Miller Estate near Stephens City, and others with stock and implements. Auctions span Millwood Road near Winchester to Berryville, Boyce, and Siler Virginia areas.
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