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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1933
Page
4
Notice states Evening Star entered at the post office in Winchester Virginia as a second class matter and published daily with consolidation with The Morning News item The Weekly News and The Weekly Times.
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National Advertising Representatives Divine Tenney Corp operates in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta providing regional ad services across major markets. The terse listing outlines geographic coverage and corporate presence in key U.S. media hubs.
A brief religious note quoting 2 Chronicles 15 2 urging readers to seek the Lord as he remains with those who stay true to him. If forsaken the Lord promises to forsake, urging devotion and vigilance in faith.
The Washington Post reports a proposed scenic highway to connect Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with Great Smoky National Park, promising to open vast eastern scenery to motorists. States must provide right of way. surveys begin now. federal funding hinges on land transfers.
Yesterday marked the seventieth anniversary of the Lincoln address at Gettysburg with a notable attendance by four grandsons of famous leaders. George Bolling Lee, George Gordon Meade, Ulysses S. Grant III, and Robert Todd Beckwith participated, symbolizing enduring ties to Civil War figures. The event highlighted the reunion spirit and Lee's postwar guidance following Appomattox.
The article praises an administration driven relief program where unemployed individuals perform constructive work on streets parks airports cemeteries and public properties. It argues self respect is preserved through honest pay and communities benefit while taxpayers may bear future costs.
Pittsburgh mayor elect William N. McNair says he will not occupy the fifth floor office. He plans to work from a lobby desk to stay accessible to the public. He notes it is democratic, though aides predict he may need a private hideaway eventually.
Rainfall data shows present and past totals with 24 hour end at 8 am and November to date 0.52 inches. Years date 36.12 inches. The 20 year average is 34.53 inches. Monthly averages listed by month include January 2.36, February 0.2, March 2.70, April 0.0, May 3.73, June 3.81, July 3.45, August 3.45, September 2.15, October 3.06, November 2.25, December 3.37 inches.
One year ago Walnut trees were planted by local Boy Scouts. Daniel E. Wright, visiting in this section, will return to Greece to resume duties as engineer on a Rockefeller Foundation project. The rest notes a barn fire near Summit Point West Virginia, plans for a war memorial building in Berryville, a checker board sale by Peoples Service Drug Stores, and obituaries for John A T Grigsby and Thomas Fortune Ryan.
Miss Emma Howard Wight wins a $200 prize in the city contest for the best short story titled "Screen" at a Winchester banquet. Police report capturing a Chicago maniac protected by steel vests during the incident. Mrs. John Fiddler, 86, dies at Brucetown. S. V. A. defeats Shepherd College 11 to 0.
Fifteen years ago cancelling war contracts may trigger a temporary shutdown says Nellie Harper Hodgson of Clarke County. She weds Lieut J Roland LaBadie of Detroit who served in the Canadian Royal Flying Corps with 17 German planes credited. Mrs Mary E B Dodson dies from flu at her home on Apple Pie Ridge. Miss Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon to lecture at First Baptist Church. Local suffragists plan an educational campaign for equal suffrage.
Stuart Logan feuds with Kerma over Lizetta while Lizetta enjoys new engagement. Kerma promises vengeance and threatens to reveal Lizetta’s past as tension mounts. Stuart, still torn between Marion and Lizetta, rushes to meet Lizetta after a suspenseful day aboard and a yacht plan derailed by Kerma’s ultimatum.
Green Spring residents report social calls by Virginia Brown Pauline Dick and Viola Borden visiting Garnette and Bills Wilson. The community mourns the sudden death of Doyle Brown son of Mr and Mrs Harry Brown of near Mr Pleasant West Virginia. Mr Lester Borden and children visited Howard Place. Dale Davis and Kenneth Strobridge spent Sunday with Mrs Hunter Strobridge. Howard Place and Mrs Wilson Whitacre vacationed in Cumberland recently.
Grimes Virginia notes list visits by Charles J. Gordon and R Ritter families, a partial early butchering, C E Beckey building a cellar, H B Taylor visiting Rest with Gordon family, news of A S Orndorff in a wreck near Frederick Missouri, D L Affleck shipping puppies to kennels, Thanksgiving turkey sales at steady prices, and a Woodbine school diphtheria clinic led by Dr H Pifer improving 27 scholars.
Mrs Bennie Gordon and two sons returned to Washington after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs C B Legg and sister. Various residents announced weekend visits and travel between Winchester Front Royal and Washington with mentions of doctors tending Mrs Emma Campbell in Winchester and Miss Alice Carper staying with Mrs W H Sibert.
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