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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1935
Page
4
The notice outlines advertising pricing including 2 cents per word with minimum 25 cents, cash with copy, 1.50 for four stanzas, 75 cents for cards of thanks, and 42 cents per inch for transient display ads. It requires display ads with border to be in by 10 A M on publication day and notes contract rates on application with national reps listed in several cities.
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A devotional line quotes Psalm 70 4 urging joy in seeking God and praise for salvation. The text emphasizes thanksgiving and reverence, inviting believers to exclaim praise and acknowledge God’s magnificence.
Charlottesville News criticizes a judge for offering Henry Gregory a choice between a year in prison or a public whipping after beating his adopted three year old daughter. The piece argues flogging is cruel and illegal without consent and condemns the morbid spectacle and newsreel filming planned.
The Yonkers ban on scant dress led to five young women from New York City being detained by police as they rode the ferry to Yonkers and Palisades hikes. They were released with a warning, amid a debate over aesthetics versus morality and local discomfort with beach attire on sidewalks and in sight of churches.
Chicago Tribune comments on the sensational headlines about the Dionne quintuplets. The piece mocks the awkward coinage like quinties and quippy spellings, noting public reaction and media frenzy. The author imagines absurd future shifts in culture and holidays.
Sir Harry Lauder is the comedian knighted by King George. The Casiquiare canal in southern Venezuela is said to reverse its river current. The Mason and Dixon line forms the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland with part of West Virginia and is famed as an American boundary.
One year ago a large sum was reported available for home building and a stroke proved fatal to James S. Campbell of Stephens City. Temperature reached 95 degrees for the second time this summer.
Present and past rainfall data show recent 24 hour there was none, June to date 2.95 inches, year to date 17.01 inches, with Winchester Laboratory 34.61 inches annual average. Averages by month list 12 months from January to December. In the British navy tomato plants on all submarines help detect poisonous gases, as leaves droop when exposed to the gas from storage batteries.
Construction is expected to start soon on the Heinz branch plant here. Miss Catherine Chrismore is to be the bride of Capt. Paul Hartman, Monday. Miss Eleanor Brubaker is the bride of John Henry Fickner, of Norfolk. R. E. Herr, Jr., of Front Royal, is recovering from injuries in a serious crash near Mount Jackson. William L. Geppert, editor of the Clarksburg Telegram and Exponent, visits the city.
Banks announce closure on Thursday July 4th 1935 a legal holiday with all paper maturities payable on Friday July 5th 1935. J H Yost cashier Farmers and Merchants Natl Bank and Trust Co John S Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank George B Bushnell cashier Union Bank of Winchester Harold G Brown cashier Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank.
A society note reports Miss Rhea Sager becoming the bride of Mr. Meyer Berman. The item notes the couple’s engagement and marriage in a formal society context. It does not specify venue or date beyond the announcement.
Robert M. Henry is injured while quieting a horse. The funeral of Mrs. Ella E. Grimes is held. Bandits rob tourists on a train of the Oregon Short Lines in Utah. H. V. Barrow is killed in the Hagerstown railroad yards after only one month on the job. R. E. Byrd Jr. has typhoid fever and lies ill at the London Naval Hospital after collapsing on a middies tour.
Edith Stroud showed no concern over her arrest and alleged confession while her husband H Paul Stroud planned to plead guilty. Police say the pair staged two hold ups in Omaha and one in Lincoln before targeting Kansas City with four more robberies. A photo shows Mrs Stroud with two portraits of Stroud, one with a mustache.
The word bat for the flying mammal seems to have shifted suddenly around 1575 after centuries of spellings such as bakke backe bake bak and back. The earlier Middle English form derives from the Scandinavian atten bakke meaning evening bat per Literary Digest.
Val Preston plans a lake trip during leave despite Lia’s misery with Cordray’s world and Sue Norris. Lia’s jealousy escalates as Val quietly contemplates leaving with provisions, while Jan’s quiet support from Captain Edding’s quarters inspires his resolve to act, setting up a dramatic drive along the canal.
Mortgage foreclosures lead to cheap cash sales of several farms in Berkeley and Frederick counties. An 81 acre limestone farm with a young bearing apple orchard stands six miles from Martinsburg on the Winchester pike. A 100 acre farm with orchard and fine cr eared buildings near Jones Spring is also offered with good repair. A 56 acre farm near Nain Virginia includes a 7 room bungalow and outbuildings, plus timberland. Details via Mr J S Hunter, care Thomas sees Hotel, Charles Town, VA. Greenbrier Joint Stock Land Bank Charleston WV.
An ad feature describes Barbara Bell fashion patterns for home wear including designs No. 1592-B and No. 1521-B in multiple sizes. It highlights slim seam lines, knee length fullness, and V necklines. The copy invites readers to order the Barbara Bell Pattern Book for 15 cents and previews tomorrow's pattern: a mid-summer frock cut in three pieces.
In a single year the perfume industry processes 10,000,000,000 jasmine blooms, about 49,000,000 pounds of roses, and roughly 30,000,000 pounds of orange blossoms. These vast quantities illustrate the scale behind major perfumeries and their fragrant products.
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