This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1935
Page
4
Classified rates announced at two cents per word with minimum 25 cents and cash with copy. Memorials cost 1.50 for four stanzas, cards of thanks 0.75. Display ads due by 10 A.M. and transient rates are 0.42 per inch. National reps listed.
A standard Associated Press disclaimer appears at paper head, asserting AP exclusive rights to use news dispatches and local material published in the publication.
A religious text note frames Psalm 125:2 about the Lord encircling his people as mountains guard Jerusalem, emphasizing divine protection and permanence.
An article lauding King George V on his silver jubilee in 1935, detailing royal processions from Buckingham Palace to St. Paul’s Cathedral, public loyalty to the Crown, and the monarchy’s unifying role within Britain amid parliamentary government and global turmoil.
Paul Mallon reports from Washington that people are buying again and money flows from person to person. The circulation of money quickens as buying reinstates momentum and spending spreads through the economy.
The excerpt notes two distinct ideas. First the swan song refers to an author's final work, often tied to dying breath artistry. Second it states the United States has 3,000,000 miles of improved highways as a measure of infrastructure.
Fragmentary OCR prose describes a flowing motion that penetrates stagnant areas and cleanses all parts and organs with a life giving stream as speed increases. The text is unclear and lacks concrete names places or dates.
The piece reflects on past value of gardening in small communities, noting poets celebrate outdoor life and that gardening once matched kitchen work. It laments modern reluctance to dig, attributing weaker hands and backs to abandoning muscular habits of forebears.
Maiden Lane report notes thousands flocked to Winchester over the weekend to view blooming apple orchards. A separate item states Emma Allen Holliday, 70, of Clarke County, has died. Elizabeth Grant dies locally. a vehicle plunged 70 feet into the Riverton river with no injuries to its occupant. a widow receives a baby left by a stork at City Hall.
A station reports past rainfall totals and precipitation amounts. It notes rainfall since May to date and year to date figures, along with 22 year average precipitation. Data includes past 24 hours and daily totals up to 8 a.m. current day.
Consuelo argues with Stewart over Willowby's studio visit and her desire for freedom. He doubts her loyalty, warns of control, and she asserts independence, preparing to perform as a gypsy bride while society watches. The scene ends with her triumphant stage return under a roar of applause.
Ganet Gaynor and Charles Farrell star in High Society Blues at the Capitol Theatre five years ago. Forest fires burned in the Catoctin Mountains Maryland as work began to secure rights of way along the Valley Pike between Middletown and Winchester. Descendants of Godfrey Miller gathered at the George Washington Hotel. Aubrey V. Reynolds six died from injuries after a truck beam crushed his head.
Dr. C. R. Anderson and Dr. L. M. Allen are placed in nomination for president of the Lions Club. A nitroglycerin explosion in Pittsburgh wipes out an eight person family in a Black Hand plot. Allen A. Ryan, stock broker, who once cornered Stutz stock, secretly marries Irene McKenna and then Eleanor Chiles. The Apple Blossom Festival queen reign ends as she returns to college. Virginia Society of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology holds a convention in town.
George Morton known as Lassus, colored, is held on a charge related to the burning of the skating rink on Stewart street. A Masonic funeral for Dr. Samuel P. Latane, a State Board of Health member, is held at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Acrimonious council debate follows charges against the street committee. Judge Edward Blount Talbot dies in Plaquemine Louisiana. Prof. Noah Knowles Davis of the University of Virginia Morals department is dead.
Richmond May 7 Virginia Emergency Relief Administrator William A Smith instructed area administrators to report cases where two or more members of the same household work in the VERA organization or where married women are employed whose husbands also work regularly. He said the policy does not allow such employment except in unusual essential circumstances.
The Palace shows Fl Love You Always today and Thursday with Nancy Carroll and George Murphy in the lead. A Fox News reel and Andy Clyde in In the Dee House accompany the feature, described as too beautiful to last and too sweet to remember.
Demonstrators rallied in Springfield as a hangar crisis loomed amid Illinois relief efforts. The House approved amendments while a statewide march was threatened. In Chicago, detainees and flyers circulated as authorities pursued charges against Karl Loxkner and Levin’s wife.
In Danville a mass meeting of 500 relief recipients adopts a no violence stance as the legislature weighs a tax bill. The husband attends solely to collect material for his work, linking the event to broader civic concerns.
A Red Sea coast heat sink near Agsab known as the Plain of Salt sits 350 feet below sea level. Legends claim buried beneath its sands are the cursed cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Temperatures frequently surge to 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
The document outlines a decree in a chancery cause from 1935 appointing Burr P. Harrison as Master Commissioner to report on real estate, liens, value, partition feasibility, debts of Dorsey Brill and Mary Mitford Robinson, and related matters. Notice requires publication in the Winchester Ev. Star for two weeks before proceeding. A fixed hearing date is set for May 21, 1935 at 9 AM to 5 PM at office No 22 Rouss Avenue Winchester Virginia.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.