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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1932
Page
4
Fragmentary religious notice from an old Winchester newspaper includes biblical verse reference Prila 119 195 and repeated header lines about publication and ads. The text shows garbled repetitions and age warning with Associated Press note and subscription rates.
Snow drifts blocked B&O lines around Summit Point and between Charles Town and Winchester, forcing cautious operations. Bruns wick plows cleared tracks for an early Brunswick to Strasburg Junction train, while other routes faced telegraph and telephone outages delaying dispatches. Mail service adapted with emergency measures and star route trucks.
The Star resumes publication after a weekend power outage from a major storm. Editors note the paper did not publish last Saturday or Sunday and only resumed late afternoon after power and type equipment were repaired. Local news content dominates and AP service remains unavailable until lines restore.
Women spearheaded improvements at Gainesboro area church preparing for the second quarterly meeting in March 2021 led by Rev C M Hesser. The Ladies Aid Society funded wallpaper with men helping on walls and all residents assisting in a general clean up. Easter services are planned to showcase the updates and invite friends to visit. The Gainesboro circuit includes Wesley Chapel Redland Pine Grove Green Spring and Old Bethel with Rev Charles Wagner as pastor.
Editorial remark from the San Francisco Chronicle noting a town could avoid damage by shedding the wrong residents and keeping the right ones. The comment reflects attitude toward demographics and community quality.
An ad claims internal remedy HEMROID relieves itching bleeding and protruding piles by improving blood circulation. It cites Dr J S Leonhardt prescription and Baker's Drug Store offering a money back guarantee after one bottle.
In a 46 hour ordeal, driver Spriggs kept a 40 passenger bus running to heat the cabin as he cleared a path through snow from Clarksburg to Washington. Passengers praised his persistent effort and skill in avoiding a freezing shutdown.
A bus with passengers including a very ill woman faced snow drifts as Driver Waldo kept the engine running to keep occupants warm. He ferried food from a nearby restaurant and escorted the ill woman to Dr. R. M. Holt for treatment. By early morning the bus had reached Winchester and planned to continue to Clarksburg, 160 miles away, after nearly 60 hours of wakefulness.
Pauline Bunch of Warren Ave Dallas Texas reports rapid facial improvement after trying Resinol Soap and Ointment following numerous unsuccessful products. She credits dramatic results within three days and recommends the free trial offer with Skin Treatment booklet from Resinol Dept 42 Baltimore.
Mexican screen star Lupe Velez flies in from Hollywood to join Florenz Ziegfeld's musical Hot-Cha in Pittsburgh. A part has been rewritten for her and she is excited about the stage appearance.
Marcia travels with Connie Deitz on crowded trains to a brownstone neighborhood and moves in with the Deitz family. Mrs. Deitz, a gentle survivor of poverty, welcomes Marcia into a grand but faded parlor era home and offers a comfortable room and shared bath as the trio bonds over friendship amid urban city life.
The report shows 24 hour precip of 1% inches today and March to date 2.3 inches. Year to date rainfall stands at 6.02 inches. Monthly normal rainfall from the Winchester 19 year record lists January 2.36 inches through December 2.14 inches with varying amounts for each month.
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