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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1935
Page
4
Publication rate card noting mail subscription prices for one year six months three months and one month with carrier options. Advertising lists classified at two cents per word with minimum 25 cents and memorials and display ads with deadlines and rates. National reps Devine Tenney Corp listed.
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Guidance from Proverbs speaks of pleasant paths and true peace. The message emphasizes wisdom as a source of calm, steady living and ethical conduct shaping daily choices and outcomes.
The New York Times notes an archaeological inquiry by Madison Square Boys Club directors into what boys carry in pockets. Rubber daggers broken penholders Christmas seals and buttons are found, suggesting an ingrained acquisitive trait linked to capitalism, challenging teachers’ focus on conditioning children against profit.
The Covington Virginian notes National First Aid Week from March 11 to 16 with activities in schools chambers of commerce service clubs and drug stores. The slogan Make the Home Safe emphasizes home safety and first aid materials. Last year home accidents caused over 30000 deaths.
Wyoming faces a severe wild life problem as large herds of elk and deer invade ranches in Jackson Hole eating haystacks and challenging winter feeding. The state game commissioner authorizes supervised killing of 300 outlaw bucks to aid ranchers with meat to be given to needy families.
A jumble of trivia claims a new word discovered by the Purgiers League replaces Antidisestablishmentarianism as the longest English word. Queen Anne, reigning 1702 to 1714, reportedly bore 17 children, none surviving. Holophrastic means a sentence expressed in one word.
The policy promotes reforestation to increase forests and wildlife far beyond present levels, envisioning a country with rich woodlands and abundant wildlife fifty years from now.
Florida’s tourism remains strong and real estate activity rises but residents fear a repeat boom. A Miami business leader warns against rapid, pyramid like growth, noting most transactions are cash and buyers intend homes for living in. Caution prevails if prices rise too fast.
John Dillinger makes his famous wood gun escape from the Crown Point Indiana jail. Miss Eliza Costello is buried at Stephens City. Mrs. Laura Kitchen Rutherford dies at 62 and is buried locally. Miss Dora Waldeck, county teacher, wins Frederick county spelling bee prize. Water back-pipe explosion damages the kitchen at 412 North Loudoun Street.
Obituary notes Robert L Renner dies at Millwood a week after his brother’s death. The item lists Memorial Hospital’s history with 10 000 admissions since 1901. Also mentions Riley Riffey 22 Mooresfield W Va charged with murder of Peter Wenger and a Kentucky Derby nomination for Gallant Knight from A Farms Berryville among 1 horses.
Board of Supervisors vote to install a heating plant at the Parish Farm. Obituaries note burial for 98 year old Dr. George Emory Pflaster at Berryville and death of Mrs. Katherine Rhodes Lewis Harwell at Questover Clarke county home, plus 83 year old Confederate veteran Obed F. Chandler dies in hospital at Strasburg.
Twenty five years ago the House of Delegates approves a bill for state bank inspections. Emma C Duncan 11 of New Market dies in hospital from scarlet fever. B and O Railroad telegraph operators on Shenandoah Valley division get a pay raise. Uncle Joe Cannon blamed for not finding husbands for love lorn maidens in the country, says Nemo. Back Creek Road Board with Beverly Lockhart chair man Jacob Burkhart commissioner and Vance Plumm director conduct business at Fremont meeting.
Once known as the Kaiser's yacht the Hohen zollern has been acquired by a Swedish company and converted into a pleasure cruiser.
Present and past rainfall figures show no precipitation in the last 24 hours and none for March to date, with year to date at 5.50 inches. The Winchester Research Laboratory records a 22 year average of 34.61 inches annually and monthly averages ranging from 1.94 inches in February to 3.88 inches in May.
The Waynesboro News-Virginian released a six section forty four page edition titled the greater Waynesboro on Tuesday February twenty six. The issue features numerous articles on local industries and business, national news, many photographs, and extensive advertising. Louis Spillman leads the News-Virginian as president treasurer general manager and editor. A unique wrap used transparent celophane from Du Pont plants in Waynesboro.
Consuelo a beautiful gypsy girl longs for attention from Marco and Dummy while clinging to her mother Anica. A ruined plan to wear her mother's wedding skirt triggers a violent clash in a dilapidated wagon as Marco intervenes and violence erupts, ending with Consuelo injured and the scene unresolved.
An ad touts B. C. as a pharmacist compounded remedy for headaches nerves aches colds and fever. It claims rapid relief in minutes without opiates and notes availability in 10c and 25c packages.
Miller and Anderson's show rooms in Winchester host an Open House on March 5 and 6 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Catherine D. Warne of Kelvin Kitchen leads as hostess. Seventeen 1935 Kelvinator models on display with door prize drawings and personalized guidance for guests.
Garrett Carter, a Shenandoah County native and son of the late Dr. D. D. Carter, has been appointed postmaster at Edinburg. He has previously served in government mail service across the Northwest, including a contract between Crown Agency Montana and Sheridan Wyoming, and now returns to his native state to manage the zoological and Indian museum south of Edinburg. He is married to Charlotte Conner of Winchester and has many friends in the area.
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