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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1935
Page
4
The snippet lists advertising price terms including 2 cents per word for headings names and addresses, 25 cents for copy, memorials at $1.50 for four stanzas, and 75 cents for cards of thanks. Display ads with borders due by 10 AM on publication day. Transient rate 42 cents per inch. National reps named Devine Tenney Corp.
A notice from the Associated Press explains exclusive re publication rights for dispatches and local news published in the paper. The text asserts AP ownership of news content regardless of credit and outlines reproduction restrictions.
The fragment presents a biblical prayer plea for God's attention from the extremities of the earth. It invokes seeking a higher rock as shelter and guidance, reflecting a devotional tone and scriptural reference to Psalm 61.
On May 2 Roanoke World News reports cadet corps of the Virginia Military Institute and U S Marines will reenact Stonewall Jacksons rear march to Hookers army. The event marks the opening of the Jackson Trail by the National Park Service as part of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and will be attended by President Roosevelt and other officials. The project aims to illustrate battle lines and key positions across the Fredericksburg battle area.
The New York Times lauds Richard B. Harrison as a standout performer in The Green Pastures comparing him to great stage icons. It notes his achievement as a Black actor in a postwar era marked by realism and disillusion.
A school book item notes that chameleons can use each eye independently or both together to focus on objects. It adds that George I of England could neither speak nor write English. It also states Americans spend 13 billion dollars yearly on criminal care.
The note recalls Amerigo Vespucci's role in naming America and contrasts his 1497 landfall with Columbus, noting Waldseemuller's 1507 map and the suggestion that Colombia or Colonia might have been better names, while LAuding Vespucci's birthday and questioning the need for further honors.
Robert Youngblood an escaped prisoner from Indiana is shot in Michigan. Kiwanis Club plans Oberammergau Passion Play at Handley High School Winchester. Federation of Churches meets in its first gathering. Samuel Insull found aboard a Greek chartered ship and preparations begin for extradition.
Lancaster residents express intent to join the annual festival while officials urge funding and volunteers. Geraldine Farrar to headline a March 20 Handley School Auditorium concert. In London naval talks the three powers report full agreement. Byrd expedition ships home film reels from Antarctica. Prohibition Bureau uncovers a harmless odorant added to alcohol. A German matron's 47 year record noted from Lefau. John S. Sargent nominated by Coolidge as attorney general. City parks urges tree planting with available guidance. St Patrick’s Day Shamrock badge tradition continues in Winchester. Virginia politics show Slemp facing chairmanship hurdles.
A three minute relief for violent headaches from inorganic causes using B. C. a pharmacist prepared remedy. It promises quick soothing impact and also treats muscular pains colds neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates or habit forming drugs. Available in 10c and 25c packages at drugstores.
During a storm a falling barometer by one inch indicates a rapid air pressure drop of about 116000 tons per square mile, signaling an abrupt atmospheric shift.
A Hartz Minnesota cheese factory now separates cream containing a high percentage of butter fat from whey. Previously the whey was used to feed hogs.
Consuelo, a gypsy dancer, is pursued by Marcu and watched by Marco as she rehearses near a private New York car. Broadway backers, a train, and promises of fame test her loyalty ten days from a crucial rendezvous.
Present and past rainfall figures show no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. March totals to date at 44 inches. Year to date 7.24 inches. Twenty two year monthly averages list January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 3.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30.
Kellogg's All-Bran is described as a versatile, high bulk food aiding digestion and preventing constipation. The ad touts two tablespoon daily use, recommends serving as cereal or ingredient, and notes the product remains undigested to provide lasting bulk. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek, the red and green package is urged for grocery purchase.
New York shows feature by 99 club women pilots with outfits named Take-off and cloud bank including a non crushable dinner gown by Leonora Ormsby. New Orleans reports federal agent J A Rogers grew a beard for a drug case. Mt Holly notes Detective Parker confronted a family elopement involving his daughter Jane.
In Rock Hills Illinois thieves rifled the wallet of Dr. W E Allen during an emergency operation at a hospital and stole 400 dollars. Police investigate the burglary as the doctor tended a patient.
A. J. Herbert, a music-loving taxi driver, awaits Fortune Gallo whose grand opera company arrives next week. Herbert previously had Gallo as a fare last year.
Auction notice for sale at R A Kline warehouse Middletown Virginia on Tuesday March 26 1935 at 2 PM includes 25 apple crates one grader complete without motor one motor and one belt. Cash terms handled by H Harrison bankruptcy at H Watson Company with Dunn Duval as auctioneers.
Murphysboro Illinois police and Robert Clipner staged a bet over his martins returning to a Martin House on Thursday March 14. Police Chief Arch McDowell supervised the wager and waited at the Clipner residence until 6 p m before collecting. At 6 15 p m the birds flew into the bird house proving Clipner’s faith valid.
Sammy Cantor, a Philadelphia boy who lost both legs in an accident, travels by foot and hitchhiking toward Pasadena to become the Chicago White Sox mascot under manager Jimmy Dykes. A five year old hospital photo shows Sammy with Al Simmons, their bond forming during recovery from a baseball injury.
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