Winchester Evening Star Advertising Rates Notice
The Winchester Evening Star outlines advertising pricing for classifieds and memorials. Rates include 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum for classified text and 10 cents per printed line for memorials, plus 45 cents per inch for display ads with borders.
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Evening Star Publishing Co
Winchester
Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Associated Press rights notice on publication use
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to reprint all AP dispatched news and any local news published in this paper. This notice outlines republication entitlement and usage restrictions for the newspaper.
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Associated Press
By Mail INFINITE STRENGTH: Trust in the Lord for Ever
A devotional line cites Isaiah 26 4 urging faith in Jehovah as everlasting strength for believers seeking spiritual solace and guidance.
The 1940 Census Plans and Projections
The piece argues the 1940 census will be vital for national understanding and representation. It notes the constitutional basis for decennial enumeration, outlines data goals beyond population, and stresses finding accurate unemployment figures and updates through annual data if possible.
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Congress
Congress of the United States
Bureau of the Census
William L. Austin
Census Bureau
Chickens Taught to Think Advance of Science in Poultry
An article in Country Gentleman reports experiments at the Beltsville Maryland Bureau of Animal Industry showing hens mental state affects egg production and mothering. Papa roosters may help raise chicks, and gentler entry into coops plus soothing music may keep flocks calm.
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Ing Felds
Country Gentleman
Bureau of Animal Industry
Beltsville
Maryland
Europe
Lessons From Past Dictators In Spain And Napoleon's War
The essay argues that copying historical tactics is flawed as circumstances shift. It recalls Napoleon in Spain, his brutal campaigns, the Spanish resistance, and Britain's decisive support under Canning. It notes 300,000 Napoleonic casualties and the steadfast English resolve led by Sheridan and peers.
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Mussolini
Spain
Napoleon
Arthur Wellesley
Madrid
France
Saragossa
Sierras
Spanish
England
Canning
House of Commons
Sheridan
Bonaparte
Moore
Skepticism over Hopkins on administration aid to business
The piece argues Secretary Hopkins misreads American business and claims the administration pretends to help private enterprise. It likens the situation to a child burned by a stove and notes the olive branch is extended then withdrawn, signaling distrust of government motives.
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Hopkins
Hopkin
Junior Board of Trade Meets at Handley Library
The first meeting of the newly formed Junior Board of Trade takes place in the Handley Library auditorium with president C R White presiding. Sheriff John Bywaters and Deputy Robert De Haven summon 75 citizens to Frederick Circuit Court for April 11 to serve as jurors in the George Pingley murder case.
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Junior Board of Trade
Handley Library
C. R. White
John Bywaters
Robert de Haven
Frederick Circuit Court
George Pingley
John W. Newcome
Police Radio System Planned for Apple Blossom Festival
Police Chief C. W. Hollis says an up-to-date radio call system will be installed for the Apple Blossom Festival. Mrs. James Loy wins a handsome range at a cooking school led by Mrs. Dorothy K. Harris. Norfolk Presbytery votes to permit Rev. E. B. McGukin to accept the call to Loudoun Street Church.
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C. W. Hollis
James Loy
South Cameron
Dorothy K. Harris
Norfolk Presbytery
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street
Pennsylvania Railroad Mail Train Delayed Waiting for Connections
The Harrisburg mail train due at 8 45 a m did not arrive until 10 30 a m as it waited for connections with No 3 from New York City and Philadelphia. Mrs E C Stuart and family returned to Hawthorne from Hollywood Florida where they spent the winter. Mr A H Jackson announces the engagement of his daughter Lillian Lee to Le Verne Hill Clowser of Reading with a June wedding planned. Miss Susan Steck, student at Burn Mawr, arrives to spend Easter with her parents and will visit Aiken, S C before resuming studies.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
New York City
Philadelphia
E. C. Stuart
Donald Nixdorff
Jeane
Elizabeth Stuart
Lillian Lee
le Verne Hill Clowser
Reading
Susan Steck
John M. Steck
Burn Mawr
Fairfax Club plans porch addition at meeting
At a Fairfax Club gathering twenty five years ago, members discussed building a handsome porch for the clubhouse. Mrs Elizabeth A Horsey sold Peach Grove farm on Senseney road to John T Hart for 5000 dollars. Col Seely the Secretary of War refused to withdraw his resignation from the British Cabinet. A general shake up was expected.
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Fairfax Club
Elizabeth A. Horsey
Peach Grove
Senseney Road
John T. Hart
Col. Seely
Forty Years Ago Item From The Star
A note indicates The Star lacks a paper for this date, recalling events from forty years ago. No specifics present in the readable fragments.
Reader Q and A compiled from The Winchester Evening Star
Information Bureau answers questions on elephants in the Belgian Congo atApi and Gangala Ua Badio, youngest state university president Herman B Wells, New York Sunday alcohol law, Jesse James gun, Mooney commutation, plastic surgeons count, largest printing plant, presidential extra sessions, A J Cronin biography, and Peter the Great naval work.
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Herman B. Wells
University of Indiana
United States
HASKIN QUIZ BOOK Offered for Ten Cents Postpaid
Advertises an accurate publication containing 1750 questions on art history biographies Bible sports and games natural history literature language music common sayings science geography and more. Order now with a ten cent coin and mail to Frederick J. Haskin Director Washington DC with name address and payment details.
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Haskin
Praise Through Positive Correction Lessons From W K Bixby
A Santa Fe porter story contrasts two management styles. Roy De Vaun uses praise to shape behavior, while the late W K Bixby is hailed for calm, constructive critique that boosts motivation and loyalty. The piece urges leaders to praise to elicit better performance.
In 1888 He Tried Out His Idea On Son
R J Scott notes how a 1888 experiment by a father, intended for his son, yielded riches and provided the world with comfortable riding, showing the unexpected impact of a single invention on mobility.
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Mac
Ellis
Phil
Horace
The House Party Murd ers a Poison Plot Unravels
Elsie and companions recount Horace Witherspoons plan to kill his mother using slow poison and a cyanide ruse. Elizas loyalty and Daphne’s lipstick tissues reveal the motive ties with Count Orsini and the salon clues. Horace confesses via a staged accident as Richard suspects him.
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Count Orsini
Horace
Orsini
Eliza
Phil
Small tires for speed from Newark craftwoman
Virginia Pye Bailey of Newark New Jersey handcrafts featherweight bicycle tires in a 32 step process. Each tire takes two weeks to make and weighs seven ounces yet supports up to 210 pounds of air pressure for six day race riders.
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Virginia Pye Bailey
Newark
N. J
Hitler calls for vast German birth rate targets
The article notes Adolf Hitler urging German women to have more children and Field Marshal Goering announcing a target of 100,000,000 population and a large air force. Coinciding, the British Air Raid Precautions Organization says 1,200,000 miniature gas helmets are ready for English babies.
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Adolf Hitler
Goering
Nazi Germany
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