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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1930
Page
5
Enid Leaveaway enters the Markman mansion using a loose basement grill and a hidden window. She climbs to the second floor library, guided by a flashlight, while masking her fear amid still, silent rooms and unlocked doors.
Northern Virginia and Country Gentlemen teams split series 2 1 with Elks Club taking 2 1. High series counts include Funk 446 for NV and Lunsford 127 for Jones Woolen. Virginia coach Tebell named head basketball and baseball coach at UVA. Local high school teams Winchester Woodstock battle with Bell and Lambert top scorers as Troop 2 Boy Scouts top Troop 3.
The Bessmer City high school basketball team near Gastonia North Carolina claims 2 460 points in 60 games over two seasons averaging 41 per game. They went 24 of 25 in 1930 and 30 of 35 the prior year.
The piece notes famed former players turning to management and ownership. Bill Killefer, ex backstop, now manages the St. Louis Browns after a Cubs sale. Johnson joins the Shan agerial ranks with Washington. Barney leads the Senators in his second year while Gabby Street pilots the Cardinals. Mordecai Brown and Johnny Kling, era Cubs stars, are out of baseball with Brown a wealthy Southern Illinois oilman and Kling pursuing varied interests around Kansas City.
The Ferrell brothers emerge as a strong new pairing in baseball, drawing comparisons to the Waner brothers for their striking early impact and potential to shape the season.
The piece notes Wesley and Dick brothers as pitching and catching prospects. It mentions Wesley at 6 2 and 195 pounds and Dick at 5 11 and 170. Lefty Grove trains at Fort Myers Florida, expected to push hard in camp after a slow start in 1929 and shine in the world series.
A tax bureau warning delivered via a radio spoof targets Amos and Andy and urges timely income tax filing. Commissioner Robert H. Lucas cautions that failure to file by March 15 could trigger the full amount due with a 25 percent penalty, and even a sale of the Fresh Air Taxicab Company. He notes disallowed deductions for personal items and urges taxpayers to seek official guidance at their local internal revenue offices.
Public sale of real estate and personal property at a farm five miles southeast of Stephens City Virginia listed for March 11 1930. Englishmen are said to take their pleasures sadly Americans take their sports seriously.
The Kansas City Star comments that many women could run a drug store with basic skills like making sandwiches coffee and pie, while Aristotle argues happiness lies in action. The note reflects a dated view on female labor and the value of activity versus domestic work.
The Ladies Missionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church announces a week of prayer. Meetings run Monday to Thursday at 3 00 PM and Friday at 7 30 PM with no service on Saturday. Women of the city are invited to attend as topics focus on prayer.
Six acres for sale near Winchester features an eight room dwelling and stabling suitable for a country home priced at 4500. Also offered is sixty acres improved with a seven room dwelling, two barns, poultry houses, machine sheds, corn and apple orchard with a modern six room home on a large lot priced at 5500. Good & Company Real Estate and General Insurance at 18 Rouss Ave. (3-8-10-21).
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