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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1935
Page
4
Consolidated with multiple papers, this notice lists advertising rates and submission terms. It includes memorials at 1 50 for four stanzas, cards of thanks, display ads 42 cents per inch, minimum 25 cents, 2 cents per word for text, and deadline by 10 AM. It also notes national representatives and AP rights.
The text appears as a religious quotation or prayer fragment with Psalm 41:1 and garbled lines mentioning Christ and al or aend ae. It seems to be a devotional card or clipping with unreadable OCR remnants and a biblical verse about blessing those who consider the poor.
A northern county booster urges better routes from Gainesboro to Wardensville and Berkeley Springs. He argues smaller country roads deserve funding alongside arterial routes 11 and 50 to boost regional commerce and ease winter travel.
The National Association of Coin Operated Machine Marine estimates American penny drops into slot machines hit 50 billion in one year. The record amount signals a boom in penny play and suggests machines drive increased consumer engagement at casinos and venues.
A quiz asks which animal stays in trees. The sloth is described as a tropical Americas forest dweller. It also asks if dairy cattle give more milk with warm fresh water and notes watermelons native to tropical Africa.
The report notes rising interest in fortune telling vending devices as a new machine claims to weigh you count your pulse and tell your fortune while peanuts and subway fares remain popular with patrons. Chewing gum and other slots are mentioned alongside growing hope for a larger year in sales.
The Danville Register notes former Governor John Garland Pollard's Connotary gains readers nationwide. It highlights the editor’s wit in short jests on diplomacy and radical, free thinker, and notes Pollard’s long service in Virginia politics and code edits. The piece urges wide circulation for its humor and insight.
A reporter notes soy beans as a versatile modern crop, with a national paint firm backing $650,000 and promising oils for paint. Besides oils the plant yields hay fertilizer margarine cheese and other products. Its protein is tested for paper adhesive and glaze. Farmers view fast expanding markets and bug resistance as key advantages.
Samuel Spie gel, 54, a gold collector, collapsed and died after warning a policeman about a shoe. The right shoe concealed $425 in bills beneath the inner sole.
Consuelo a gypsy girl loves the deaf mute Dummy and Marco yokes her. In court Consuelo denies the ring theft after a fight. Marco buys back the ring, but townsfolk threaten and the gypsies flee toward their camp as the judge dismisses the trouble. The ring’s true fate remains unresolved.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour total ending 8 a.m. at .55 inches, March to date 1.12 inches, year to date 6.62 inches. The Winchester Laboratory records an average annual rainfall of 34.61 inches and monthly averages ranging from January 2.35 to December 2.30 inches.
One year ago an executive committee voted to restore the Apple Blossom Festival following strong citizen enthusiasm. The same issue notes Roosevelt ordering air mail curtailment as deaths rise and a reported Chicago gangster chase near Market Street M E Church.
Citizens of Winchester appeal for donations to restore Stratford, General Lee's birthplace on the Potomac. Census taking begins, with belief that Winchester's population has been in doubt since the last count. Admiral Byrd reaches Dunedin after a historic Arctic flight. Poe’s era noted. Nation prepares to honor W. H. Taft at funeral services and burial at Arlington. Golden Bridge Hunt Club teams with Blue Ridge Hunt for a meeting at Ewart Johnson's estate.
The Department of Agriculture plans to send floats to the Apple Blossom Festival and aeroplanes for an apple dusting exhibition. A suspicious man visits J. E. Lineburg's Cedar Creek home asking for a gun to kill himself and disappears into a creek. The American Legion launches a five million endowment fund drive to aid veterans and orphans. Winchester cannery plans advance on Handley or Gracen property. Rabbi E B M Browne is arrested for mailings to President Coolidge demanding funds return from Seventy Elders to Republicans.
Twenty five years ago R Greg Williams reviews benefits expected from the new Winchester charter. Judge Henry Brannon of Weston West Virginia finds solace in verse. The State Senate passes the proposed income tax amendment. A robin snow falls in Winchester. Thomas A Ogden aged 72 dies in Middletown.
Sale adds on March 19 at 1 pm include farm implements household furniture hay fodder and other items at Senseney Road hosted by Mrs G H Gardner. Pure bred Guernseys and other livestock along with machinery offered by Geo C Wright near Stephens City on March 20 at noon.
Readable deeds admitted to record in the county clerk's office show transfers involving multiple property parcels. Notable transfers include Dr B F Montgomery and Charles E Staples to Kenneth W Teets for 76 acres north of Stephens City along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks for 8000 dollars, and Della V Carlisle to Cecil Haines for one half undivided interest in the Daniel T Wood Mill property on Berryville Pike for nominal consideration. Other listings note parcels near Grece City and Vaucluse, a 222 acre tract on the waters of Emer Ron in Frederick County to United States, and additional transfers with nominal or small sums.
H. O. Gilliland conveys 29 acres to H. E. Shirley located 112 miles west of DeHaven in Gainesboro district with nominal consideration.
Virginia draws auto vacationists with 131 925 Travel Bureau tourists spending 5 427 792 in state last year. National travel remained strong in 1934 with hotels and camps earning more than 1929 levels. 969 485 vacationists used services, up 41 percent from 1933. Travel Bureau projects 1.5 million vacationists relying on its help in 1935.
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