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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1935
Page
4
The Evening Star lists subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery in Winchester Virginia. Rates include annual mail 3.50, six months 1.76, three months .90, monthly .30 and carrier annual 4.50, six months 2.25, three months 1.20, monthly .40. The paper is consolidated with The Morning News and other weekly papers.
Advertising rate details include 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, memorials at 1.50 for four stanzas, cards of thanks 75 cents, and display ads due by 10 AM the publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch, contracts on request, national reps listed in major cities.
The Associated Press asserts exclusive rights to publish its news dispatches and any local news reproduced in this paper. This notice protects reprint rights and clarifies ownership of content.
A fragmentary note cites a biblical proverb warning against winebibbers and riotous eaters, stating the drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags. The source text blends proverb with archaic phrasing and includes Ponka 119 and a quotation from Proverbs 23 20 21.
The Progress Index began in Petersburg in July 1865 after the Civil War, rising from hardship to become a symbol of Southern resilience. It credits the region’s recovery to courage, perseverance, thrift, and self-reliance amid debt and devastation.
The Virginia farm census of 1935 shows 197,242 farms, about double figures from fifty years earlier, with average size down and land value sharply fallen to 592 million dollars. Rural population declines accompany a shift toward peasant livelihoods, tempering perceived gains.
One of the greatest services rendered by the Department of...
A fragment lists a few Q&A items. It credits Elias Howe with inventing the sewing machine. It explains civil versus astronomical day lengths and notes Manx cats are tailless and originate from the Isle of Man.
The article highlights the bureaus mental effort in criminal identification. It explains how fingerprints help local police confirm offenders sought in distant cities. An example shows Merton W. Goodrich arrested in New York for disorderly conduct and linked to a Detroit murder via federal records.
Jimmy Braddock, reigning heavyweight champion, hopes to stay champion a year to earn money for his two sons to attend Yale. He suggests exhibition bouts to fund the boys’ education and notes a growing bond between colleges and boxing since Gene Tunney’s era.
One year ago Congressman A Willis Robert and Pennsylvania agriculture commissioner J A McSparren spoke at the Middletown Grange picnic. Luther H McKinster, 77, was buried as work relief stalled. Sea strikes ended when police used tear gas on longshoremen in Seattle. Berryville jeweler C M Stickley bears $150 in merchandise loss.
Relatives and friends from four states attend the wedding of Miss Evelyn Cather and Layton Howard Stockdale at First Christian Church. Cooler weather is expected to ease the heat wave. Mercury hit 104 degrees yesterday. Mrs. Jennie Roberts dies suddenly at 76. Mrs. Mary And Silver, 88, a native of the county, dies in Martinsburg, West Virginia. John Stuart seriously injured in a Berryville Pike auto collision.
In June the Ninteen twenty-six convention of the Big Bear Trial Highway Association meets here to promote a trunk road from Canada to southern Florida. The council protests proposed phone-rate increases and files a sliding scale for sewer rates. Gates flying circus shows are also advertised. Nearly one third of hospital needs are subscribed.
Ten gunmen raided a nudist camp near Gavà Spain seizing watches money and other belongings with a haul around 50 000 pesetas 7000 burning the clothing to deter pursuit and escaping.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation ending 8 a.m. at 0.50 inches. July to date 2.28 inches. Year to date 19.39 inches. The 22 year average 34 to 61 inches. Monthly averages list January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 2.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30 inches.
Grace England Turner recalls visiting Mount Vernon in 1932 and notes the shrine’s enduring reverence. She writes of Washington’s love for Mount Vernon and the Potomac valley, with travels also to Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley and family roots in Virginia.
Richmond July 22 1934 drunken driving convictions in Virginia nearly doubled from 516 in 1933 to 1006 in 1934. John Q Rhodes Jr director of the motor vehicles division released the figures. The report cited more complete local convictions and rising vehicle use as factors. Mrs A G Quarles called the state liquor monopoly to blame. Gas tax revenues rose about 12 percent as vehicles increased 4.7 percent.
A Soviet non stop 6 250 mile flight from Moscow to San Francisco was announced for 7 am local time but details and the plane's whereabouts remained secret. Military officials offered no information on departure plans or location as of today.
Hygiea lauds Pasteur for founding bacteriology through fermentation and milk spoilage studies. His deep microbe knowledge led to vaccines for prevention and cure of diseases, described as his supreme service to humanity. The piece then shifts to praise for the Welsh foxhound’s celebrated nose and tongue and its ancient lineage.
Val Preston fights for a future with Lia amid threats of exposure and ridicule as secrecy around his naval career and the invention tests loyalty. Lia pleads to flee now while Val plans to resign, sell the rudder device, and seek a life with Jan, hoping for forgiveness and escape from looming scandal.
Washington observers warn Mussolini may court Abyssinia war to distract Italians from economic woes as Spain’s Rif conflict, finances, and military odds draw scrutiny. London and Paris press reflect doubt on Italy’s ability to sustain a long campaign. In New York, looming presidential race may weaponize communism labels while enduring party clash persists.
The excerpt notes Emerson’s view that political parties arise from circumstance rather than principle. Beard highlights contrasts between planting, capitalists, and labor interests, with philosophy and religion urging Democratic lines for free trade, broad suffrage, penal reform, and widening access to power and wealth.
Ed Jonces sentenced after an eight hour court trial for assault with intent to kill. The column then sketches a series of quirky local vignettes from Augusta to San Antonio, including a dog's statue on a radiator cap and a 20 year old auto prized by its owner.
D Hutchinson attempting to clear a wall with a stick of dynamite fell as the rope snapped. He tumbled the height and landed hard but escaped with minor injuries.
Clarke county health authorities curb infantile paralysis spread with school closures. No cases yet in Clarke. one in Woodstock, two in Fauquier. Children kept at home. public pools drained. cinemas and gatherings restricted. families monitored.
Dutch belted dairy cattle originated in Holland about two centuries ago. They are black with a white belt around the body starting near the shoulders and may extend to the front of the hips. They have the general conformation of dairy cattle and are free from beefiness.
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