Advertising rates and display deadlines listed in Winchester Evening Star
The Winchester Evening Star prints advertising rates including 2 cents per word for classified ads with a 25 cent minimum and memorials or cards of thanks at 10 cents per line. Display ads with borders must be in office by 9 PM the day before publication. Transient rates 45 cents per inch with contract options. National reps listed.
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Tenney‘Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los An
Virginia Hospital Aids In Treating Alcoholics At Staunton
A Richmond Times Dispatch article reviews Western State Hospital Staunton and its approach to alcoholics. It notes 448 first admissions last year with varied ages education levels. most patients are dependents. Dr J B DeJarnette stresses personal responsibility and total abstinence, while critics debate the adequacy of therapy beyond meals and supervision.
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Richmond Times ‘Dispatch
Western State Hospital
Staunton
James Free
Western State
Virginia
DeJarnette
Inventory of City-Owned Property in Denver and Minneapolis
Denver and Minneapolis are compiling complete inventories of municipally owned property with federal grants of 46000 and 1000 respectively. Denver’s survey covers all real estate and equipment with Works Progress Administration staff counting, tagging, and recording building use and repair. Minneapolis will survey over 100 city buildings where construction, use, and condition are undocumented.
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Denver
Colo
Mineapolis
Minn
Works Progress
Minneapolis
Works Progress Administration
Fire Department
Apple Week Highlights Virginia Apple Industry and Health Ties
The piece traces Virginia apple growing from Jamestown in colonial times to modern packing and pure food laws. It notes 1926 and 1931 production peaks, farm-management fixes, and aging orchards. Virginia ranks third nationally, with Roanoke and Frederick counties key production centers. It also cites Dr. Ira A. Manville on apples boosting immune defense and diarrhea resistance via vitamin C, uranic acid, and pectin.
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Virginia
Tidal
Jamestown Colony
Berkeley
William Fitzhugh
State Department of Agriculture
Washington State
New York State
Pennsylvania
Michigan
North Valley
Frederick
Piedmont Belt
Albemarle
Roanoke
Roanoke County
Ira A. Manville
Nutritional Research Laboratory
University of Oregon Medical School
Portland
Manville
Answer to Questions From Frederic J. Haskin
A reader submits a sample Q and A page from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau. Topics cover library donations, literary lines, etymology, flags, alien repatriation, animal descriptions, radio program sponsorship, early illustrators, citizenship for Indians, free mechanical trades education, and definitions such as cummerbund.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Two Buttons in Bowling Green Lead to Auto Theft Charge
In Bowling Green police reports Patrolman Frank Rogers found 19 year old James Brennan of Zanesville leaving a supposedly unoccupied cruiser when the siren wailed. Brennan was bound to the grand jury under $800 bond on a charge of attempted auto theft.
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Bowling Green, O
Bowling Green
Frank Rogers
James Brennan
Zanesville
Brennan
Tennessee Legislature Detained Over Unpaid Living Costs
Nashville reports say seven lawmakers were detained in the city for lack of funds to cover board and expenses. The piece notes a history of 'bonuses' via stamps and stenographers, contrasts constitutional pay of four dollars daily, and recalls a proposed Constitution amendment to set pay at ten dollars per day.
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Nashville
Legislative Branch
Winchester Star Booklet on Astronomy Offers Answers
The Winchester Star promotes a 48 page illustrated booklet on Astronomy from the Information Bureau. It claims astronomy is the most asked about science and promises hundreds of questions answered along with a comprehensive survey. Send ten cents with name address to Washington, DC.
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America
Washington Information Bureau
Roszel dies at Carolina resort beloved city master
Col. B. M. Roszel longtime leader of S. V. A. dies while sleeping at a Carolina resort. Junior Board of Trade forms here with C. R. White elected president. B. H. Hammond named to lead the retail merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Col. B. M. Roszel
City
Carolina Resort
Board of Trade
C. R. White
B. H. Hammond
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago fugitive Insull located on Greek ship for trial
Samuel Insull, a Chicago fugitive, is found aboard a Greek ship and will be brought back to the United States to face trial. Andy Bell reports the largest first day auto license sale since the Chamber of Commerce began handling plates, citing lower costs as the reason.
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Samuel Insull
Chicago
Andy Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Fear and Travel Echoes From a World-Worn Adventurer
The piece profiles Louis Decottignies of San Francisco, who traveled around the world in six to eight months for about 1000 in transport and 500 in food and lodging, using minimal gear. It contrasts his bold self-reliance with Violet Kemble Cooper’s stage fright and includes musings on fear, wealth, and living now.
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Violet Kemble Cooper
England
Dover
Ramsgate
Margate
New York
Paris
Lois Decottignies
San Francisco
New York City
Egypt
Louis Decottignies
California
Louis
Shanghai
China
McNaught Syndicate
New York Woman Sues Thaw for Damages in $100,000 Suit
Ten years ago Marsita Astardus of New York filed a suit for $100,000 against Harry Thaw for damages. Meanwhile, American apples, especially York varieties, fetch higher prices in England. A red headed baby girl is abandoned at a local rooming house.
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Marsita Astardus
New York
Harry Thaw
York
England
Local nuptials and incidents in brief
Twenty five years ago R Y Conrad married Mrs Helen Wylie McLaughlin in Baltimore. Marcus Copenhaver was badly injured when thrown from Lee Barrs transfer wagon he drives. A new Greek resident unable to speak English was arrested for speeding on a bicycle.
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R. Y. Conrad
Helen Wylie McLaughlin
Baltimore
Marcus Copenhaver
Lee Barr
Dog chases black and white shepherd through town
Forty years ago a black and white shepherd dog visiting the town for a holiday ran afoul of Dr. W P McGuire s favorite hound Blarny who chased the intruder back to the county. James Good s condition after a wagon accident on East Piccadilly street improved. The Star editorial criticizes hobos and street begging and urges police to remove undesirables.
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W. P. McGuire
Nighttime chase and a torn tissue plot twist
After sneaking to the linden aboretum the narrator witnesses Daphne and Count Orsini in a tense confrontation over a missing tissue. The altercation ends with the tissue shredded and the count humiliated, while the narrator discovers a metal tag on the tree naming a movie star. Fury erupts as the mansion lights blaze and a car arrives, ending with a scream of murder and Minnie collapsing.
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Eighst
Aboretum
Daphne
Count Orsini
Phil
McIntyre
Chief Ellis
Minnie
Mac
Mr. Horace
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