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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1935
Page
4
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A standard AP news licensing statement appears noting exclusive rights for AP dispatches and local news published in the paper. The notice emphasizes reprint rights and crediting requirements for republication.
A quoted biblical verse emphasizes praise in Zion and prayer to God. The brief passage invokes Psalm 65 and vows to be performed, reflecting a devotional tone and religious focus within the periodical.
Governor Peery warns at a Richmond safety conference that traffic laws are not rigidly enforced and many are ignored. He notes drivers run red lights speed through business streets and make dangerous turns, yet patrols rarely cite violators, urging realism over fairy tales.
The piece reflects on June as peak wedding season and views marriage as a dramatic life turning point. It contrasts ornate ceremonies with intimate ones and ponders whether newlyweds foresee clear skies or looming clouds in their shared future.
A quiz references earwig as a night active insect order. It also misattributes Mata Hari as Margaret Gertrude Zeller, a dancer of Dutch Javanese parentage executed by France as a spy. It notes the first medical school in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania in 1765 with Surgeon's Hall origins.
The text offers a general exhortation about romance and endurance for young couples. It frames marriage as a journey from a peak of experience into uncertain paths and emphasizes love, labor, and sacrifice as guiding forces for successful unions.
The Portland Oregonian cites a colored woman bragging of her son’s circus job where he risks his head in a lion’s mouth twice daily for pay. The piece argues many now prosperous fear sudden ruin from high risk, urging steadier business with fewer dangerous swings and fewer people paying the price of unpredictable finance.
The article contrasts Ellen Woodward's plan to train women as household workers with Eleanor Roosevelt's proposal to teach and set standards for households. Roosevelt urges home systems that are efficient and equitable for domestic workers, while noting the delicate nature of guiding how a woman runs her house.
A jumble of small items reports a 98 degree day, deaths in Clarke and Cross Junction, a white man found near a pike in W Va, a Baltimore beer arrest mob incident, a Woodstock marriage, church organ contract plans, and hail with snow in Page county.
Twenty five years ago Johnstown Pennsylvania faced a flood as residents recall a historic disaster. The item notes Harry B. Childs a prominent Stephenson farmer suffered an accident amid the remembered tragedy.
Lieutenant Valentine Preston marries Lia Garenne after a whirlwind Shanghai courtship then moves to Bremerton and Seattle with Lia joining a circle of yard officers and socialites. A chance meeting with Maurice Cordray at a reception hints at future tensions as Preston recalls his past with Janice, his childhood sweetheart, amid naval duty and social intrigue.
Collier's Weekly notes two lasting marks from the Reformation the mud tracks on parchment volumes at Skokloster castle Sweden created by marching troops around 1648 and a large ink blot on the wall of Luther's room at Wartburg castle Germany said to be from Luther throwing his ink pot at the devil in 1521.
The record recalls the death of Mrs Minnie C Seal 62 widow of Washington M Seal from pneumonia a notice of her passing is noted with brief biographical detail.
Frederick County ministry and laity gathered last Friday at Stephens City School to share worship and sociability. Trinity Lutheran Church Ladies' Aid served a generous menu, with ministers and wives present led by Rev. C. E. Seastrunk and Rev. R. Home Anderson delivering a stirring address on church unity and service.
Warner Bros CAPITOL presents Cardinal Richelieu with George Arliss in a lavish 20th Century production. Critics note Arliss’ careful study of the French prelate with extensive library work and more than thirty screen tests for authentic makeup. The film opens at the Capitol Theatre tomorrow and Friday.
The Bride of Frankenstein starring Karloff plays tonight at Hable's Palace Theatre for the last times with thrills and spine tingling scenes. A Fox News Reel and a cartoon accompany the feature. Tomorrow the Palace offers It Happened in New York with Gertrude Michael Heather Angel and Lyle Talbot in Universal's romance.
Dr. Harvey A. Neville of Lehigh University will speak at Randolph-Macon College alumni exercises on Monday morning June 10 in Ashland. His topic is Science and Nonsense. A 1918 Randolph-Macon graduate, Neville earned his master's and doctorate at Princeton and has taught at Illinois before joining Lehigh. He is a Phi Beta Kappa inductee from Randolph-Macon. Born in Mallwood Clarke County, he is affiliated with Rev Embree H Blackard's church in Baltimore.
The baccalaureate sermon will be preached Sunday morning in Duncan Memorial Church on the campus. On Tuesday morning the graduating class will hear Arthur W. Page of New York address the gathering as vice president of American Telephone and Telegraph. Page is the eldest son of the late Walter Hines Page, Randolph Macon’s famed graduate.
The report notes rainfall data and averages from Winchester Laboratory. It then discusses Tahiti noting that Tahitian girls lack the concept of love, describing them as charming, happy, and musical despite this absence.
Notice that goods and merchandise in the building at 70412 Amherst Avenue Winchester Virginia are for sale. The property is claimed by Southern States Cooperative Incorporated and offered by Southern States Winchester Service Inc. Signed by Geo. A. Jackson President. 6-5&12-21.
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