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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1932
Page
4
The item lists newspaper scheduling and prepaid subscription rates including options for one year six months and three months with the Evening Star and several partner publications. It notes Associated Press months in advance and advertisements handled by Devine Tenney Corp in New York Des Moines and Chicago.
Fragmentary religious verse cites Psalm 49 15 about redemption and deliverance from the grave. The text repeats phrases about Christ and a lamp guiding souls, with garbled OCR-like strings and numerical artifacts.
In May and June graduates launch hopeful journeys while teachers urge deeper purpose over mere living. The author notes most May and June grads will wait for cues, face disappointments, and rely on enduring interests rather than solely material success amid a tough economy. Youth’s buoyant dreaming faces real-world tests.
The Christian Science Monitor notes Senate action to allocate half a million dollars to continue the Congressional Record and related printing. The piece mocks the budget struggle as an oasis of sin while public thirst for official speeches remains unquenched, with late speeches piling up in the Library.
The passage defends the Congressional Record as essential for public access to congressional speeches and actions. It argues the Record conveys duty to the people and party and critiques calls for a moratorium to balance the budget.
A travel sketch across Fifth Avenue and international taxi culture. It contrasts a New York taxi man’s safety pledge with a Leipzig driver’s Babel barrier breaking and a Moscow drosh ky driver’s patient explanation of political leanings. The piece closes on the brave face of the London taxi driver and the uneasy thought of tips as appeasement.
An article urges automobile owners to reduce insurance costs by cutting accident frequency and severity. It lists twenty driver behavior tips including courtesy, proper speed, attention, weather awareness, stopping distance, vehicle maintenance, yielding, watching surroundings, signaling, pedestrian safety, and avoiding alcohol.
The report lists precipitation data: past 24 hours none, May total 6.65 inches, year to date 18.22 inches. It includes normal monthly rainfall from a 19 year record: January 2.36, February 1.95, March 2.70, April 3.17, May 3.68, June 3.89, July 3.50, August 3.54, September 2.20, October 2.87, November 2.14, December 2.39. A political aside notes Democrats might unite or be split.
The market page lists wholesale and retail prices for agricultural goods including shelled corn at 1.05 and 1.25 for feed, corn meal at 1.40, and butter at 0.80, with various livestock categories and chickens noted. It also shows local flour at 34.00 to 4.50 and cracked corn at 1.28, alongside dairy feed and grain prices, reflecting daily market movements and itemized listings.
Notable remark on friction between generations noting aversion to dust from new work. The aphorism highlights resistance to progress and the habit of lagging behind ongoing change.
Notices warn that banks will close Monday May 30 1932 a legal holiday. Paper maturing that day may be paid Tuesday May 31 1932. Bank names include Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company Union Bank of Winchester Commercial and Savings Bank Valley National. Executives J H Yost WM G Hardy John L Sloat GEO Bushnell.
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