Advertising Rates and Policies in The Winchester Evening Star
The Winchester Evening Star lists publication details daily except Sunday and rates for advertisements. Classifieds charge two cents per word with minimum twenty five cents. memorials and cards of thanks ten cents per printed line. Display ads with border due by 9 PM prior to publication. transient rate forty five cents per inch with contracts on request. National representatives are Tenney Woodward and Company in multiple major cities.
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Subscript Rates Listed for Advance Payments
A historical notice shows subscription pricing: one year in advance at 3.50 dollars, six months 1.78 dollars, three months 0.90 dollars, and one month 0.30 dollars. The format presents per period charges for readers paying ahead.
Rates for Mail by Carrier Listed in Advert
The notice shows lodging charges for carrier delivery with options for one year four dollars and fifty cents six months two dollars twenty five cents three months one dollar twenty cents and one month forty cents.
Local church pamphlet quotes Psalm 4 5
A 1939 newspaper clipping includes Associated Press credit note and a Bible verse from Psalm 4 5 proclaiming “Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in the Lord.” The piece presents no clear news event beyond the publication header and devotional line.
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Associated Press
Edwin Cox Named Secretary of Virginia Democratic Committee
Democratic Secretary State Democratic Chairman J Murray Hooker announced Edwin Cox of Richmond as secretary of the State Central Democratic Committee. Cox succeeds Martin A Hutchinson after his appointment to the Compensation Board chair. A Richmond native and Virginia Military Institute graduate, Cox has long been active in the party.
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Edwin Cox
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Martin A. Hutchinson
Price
Virginia Military Institute
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Roosevelt Receives American Hebrew Medal for Religious Tolerance
President Roosevelt获颁年度美国产犹太人奖，表彰他在促进基督徒与犹太人之间理解方面的杰出服务。 胜任颁奖人霍华德将军在白宫致辞，赞扬各信仰领袖不顾分歧促成普遍的兄弟情谊。
Price of Freedom: Germany Inches Toward Tax on Bachelors
Berlin reports a revised income tax could take up to 55 percent of taxable income from single men and unmarried women. Officials cite equalizing rates for the Reich’s needs, with no disclosed exact formulas or revenue. The policy hints at marriage encouragement as taxes drop after wedlock and with more children.
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Henrietta Willoughston
Virginia ABC Board Tightens Fortified Wine Rules
Richmond News-Leader reports the ABC Board issued new regulations to curb fortified wines sold as wine. Prohibitions include pint bottle sales of fortified wines and no off premises sales below set prices or of poorer quality than state store wines. The measures aim to halt the misuse of a cheap brandy masquerading as wine and seal gaps in existing regulations while preserving quality natural wines.
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Richmond News-Leader
ABC Board
Frazier
Plump Wives Score Heavily in Social Commentary
In a humorous piece from Columbia South Carolina the columnist cites Damon Runyon defending plump wives. After interviews with grocers doctors restaurant owners and husbands he concludes plump women eat less spend less and are kinder and more even tempered though fashion tastes favor slimmer figures.
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Damon Runyon
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Estate of Mrs Bettie Arbuckle Ordered Sold
The Springdale historic estate of Mrs Bettie Arbuckle at Bartonsville is ordered sold for $40 000 by the court to settle the estate. The state senate passes a measure to abolish the fee system for sheriffs and city sergeants and replace it with fixed salaries. Friendship Fire Co. holds a special meeting and decides to buy a new ambulance with modern conveniences.
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Bettie Arbuckle
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State Senate
Friendship Fire Co
Primo Camera Beats Loughron In Miami Heavyweight Fight
Five years ago Primo Camera defeated Tommy Loughron in a heavyweight title bout in Miami claiming victory due to a weight advantage. Arthur Field will direct the Little Theatre's upcoming production of Death Takes a Holiday. Government files non observance charges against many big concerns that signed N R A agreements.
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Tommy Loughron
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Arthur Field
Little Theatre
Answers to Questions from The Winchester Evening Star
Q and A exposes a long list of trivia from 1930s era queries. It covers opera broadcasts, vice presidents, typography, Chaplin, diabetes, head preservation, franking privilege, tapirs, Piers Plowman, National Dog Week, Mrs. Coolidge crocheting, proving boxes on ships, and Cezanne's twelve year painting effort.
The Season for Colds Is Here
Advertisement for the Home Doctor Book by Frederick J Haskin offering practical medical guidance on cold treatment and prevention. Readers are urged to send 10 cents to receive a copy, with a coupon information bureau address in Washington DC and a form for name and address.
Narrow bridge plan near Gaylord proposal halves cost
An overhead highway bridge at the N and W crossing at Gaylord near Berryville is proposed with the railroad agreeing to pay half the construction cost. Former President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge are welcomed home to Northampton Massachusetts after eight years in the White House. Harry Johnson admits stabbing and killing Frank Blair but claims self defense.
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Calvin Coolidge
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Virginia health officer warns smallpox in 50 counties
A health officer warns that smallpox remains present in fifty Virginia counties causing alarm in the valley. The report also notes the death of William G. Conrad, a wealthy western miner, at Montana Hall in Clarke county and mentions a sharp Virginia commission refusal to compromise on a debt question with a sister state after a Supreme Court ruling against the latter.
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William G. Conrad
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Virginia Commission
Supreme Court
Man teaches everyday manners to curb shyness in teens
In Atlanta, Dean E Dryer opened an Everyday Living course at Commercial High School focusing on table etiquette, dress and social graces. He used staged meals and interactions to build confidence, with boys and girls learning dining and conversational skills. The program, praised as a new educational movement, spreads to other high schools nationwide.
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Atlanta
Dean E. Dryer
Commercial High School
Dean Dryer
Professor Dryer
McNaught &Indicate
Deatra Me at Manor in Lively Inland Mystery
In a Central Press Association chapter scene at the Manor, Ellis and Chief Mac probe a theft and murder case. Deatra Lemoine and guests unfold tensions while a plan to search bedrooms for shoes foreshadows clues in the escalating intrigue.
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Miss Glad Westcott
Daphne Witherspoon
Daphne
Richard
Atlanta
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Glad Wescott
Hawkins
Ellis
Kirby Hotel
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National swing toward Republicans in 1936 election analysis
The American Institute of Public Opinion analysis shows Republicans gained in 36 of 48 states, with 5 point rises in 27 states and big losses for Democrats in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Excluding the Solid South, gains occur in all but two states, suggesting a national shift beyond local issues.
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