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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1935
Page
4
Classified ads priced at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and cash with copy. Obituary stanzas priced at 1.50 for four stanzas of four lines. Cards of Thanks 75 cents. Display ads due by 10 AM on publication day. Transient 42 cents per inch with contracts available. National reps listed in several cities.
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A historical religious excerpt centers on Psalm 51 verse 1 urging mercy from God. The text invokes loving kindness and tender mercies as it petitions for transgression blotting. The passage echoes themes of repentance and divine forgiveness.
The text argues Germany seeks a military alliance to strengthen its position amid European tensions with Russia. It suggests Japan as a potential partner to burden Russia, increasing global risk. It praises the United States for staying free of entangling alliances and stresses defensive armed forces while others handle their quarrels.
Citizens report excessive speeds across Winchester city and residential areas, with drivers ignoring posted limits of fifteen mph downtown and twenty five mph in residential zones. A motorist narrowly escaped a fast oncoming car, underscoring danger as children play during school break and police try to enforce laws.
The Richmond Times Dispatch notes annual growth in church membership while fewer than half the population aligned with any religious group. The Christian Herald lists 62,600,000 in denominations out of about 123,500,000 in 1930, with current estimates trending higher.
On this date in 1917 the first American Expeditionary Forces reached France. The term loco-focos described a radical faction of the Democratic party in New York state in 1835. A Lilliputian denotes an extremely small person.
The United States hosts the largest Catholic population with about 20 million adherents. Baptists around 10 million, Methodists 9 million, Lutherans 4.3 million, Presbyterians 2.67 million, Episcopalians 1.87 million, Disciples 1.5 million, and Congregationalists over 1 million. Jews number over 4 million nationwide, with about 2 million in New York state. Poland has 3 million Jews, the Soviet Union 2.67 million, Romania nearly 1 million, then Germany France and Britain each above 500,000, Palestine 175,000.
Tidewater motorists are urged to recognize fatigue as a major accident contributor. Data show late afternoon and early evening see the highest fatalities, with 30 percent of asleep-at-the-wheel crashes involving other vehicles. Drivers should halt when attention wanes to restore energy.
A New York Times column cites widespread reading ahead of playing instruments and shows concert-goers repeatedly choosing works by Wagner Beethoven Mozart and others. The city relief program indoor concerts drew over 360 000 listeners across 3 500 performances with attentive audiences and high merit.
A Chicago dispatch notes that nearly all major criminal outfits have been smashed by a strong, well directed drive leaving only small crooks. It argues public authority can prevail and questions why less than one percent of people terrorize the other ninety nine, pointing to flaws in crime pursuit methods.
Oxygen occurs in air by greatest weight per cubic foot at the lowest levels and diminishes as height increases.
Mrs. A V B Reynolds returns to Dailey family in Siler after weeks with her son in Martinsburg. Martinsburg visitors include Mr Paul Whitacre and Mr J R Whitacre with E R Dailey family. Elder A J Garland to lead Timber Ridge Church services June 29 and 30. Beetle outbreak found in Ruth M Kerns sunflowers, 73 beetles collected from a single root.
Ross Lillard joined Stephens City High School’s vocational agriculture group in Blacksburg last week while families such as the Derflingers and Ridenours shared time with relatives. A severe wind storm visited Refuge Friday evening causing major damage to Refuge Church with ten window panes blown out and roof and chimney partially torn off.
Reliance Virginia notes list Norma Sue Judy and Oneda Shippe leaving for Harrisonburg College for summer school. FFA state rally attendee Rolf Derflinger and Tilden Stickley traveled to Blacksburg. Local visitors include Benton Cannady and daughters from Langhorn Pennsylvania with Mrs. R. E. Weirichs.
Miss Hilda Barbour daughter of Mrs. Daisy Kettering and Ward Purcell son of Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Purcell were married in Hagerstown Maryland on June 21 by Rev Watlington of the Baptist Church. Purcell works as a weaver at Blue Ridge Woolen Co. plant in Chambersburg and they will reside there.
Ferenc Molnar Eugene Brieux and Franz Werfel are prominent 20th century dramatists and authors. The phrase Open covenants openly arrived at is attributed to Woodrow Wilson as a wartime principle and later echoed in diplomatic contexts.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 am shows none. June to date totals 2.95 inches and year to date 17.01 inches.
Val Preston resists Cordray's push to quit the Navy for a fortune from an invention. Cordray advocates money over ethics while Lia and Sue discuss gifts, jealousy, and hidden loyalties as Val debates attending a dinner at Cordray's house before a cliffhanger ending.
Trustee will sell at public auction on Friday July 12 1935 at 3 PM in front of Winchester courthouse to the highest bidder a group of parcels on North Kent Street Winchester including 551 and 557 Kent Street lots and adjacent land tied to the C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation deed of trust dated August 29 1930. Cash terms. Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Winchester Trustee by G F Butsler Trust Officer.
A proverb from Uncle Eben warns that a person who talks too much may miss discovering true information. The quip suggests silence aids learning and caution in revealing knowledge.
By decree of the Frederick County Circuit Court a sale is set for July 20 1935 at 11 A M in front of the county courthouse Winchester. The 80 acre Shawnee District tract near Senseney Road is bounded by Abram's Creek and John C Coe land and includes an orchard and outbuildings. One third cash with the rest in two annual installments bonds bearing six percent interest secured by deed of trust and insurance. Special commissioners Dunn Duvall Cather and others.
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