Classified Advertising Rates Promo Fragment
Advertising rates note 2 cents per word minimum 25 cents, border display ads due by 9 PM previous day, transient rate 45 cents per inch, commissions by application. Mentions cities and Associated Press credit line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isplay
Award and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Nta
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Proverbs Admonition on Boasting Tomorrow
A compact proverb-like note cites Proverbs 27 1 warning against self promotion about tomorrow. The text emphasizes humility and uncertainty of future days.
Insurance loans kept families afloat during the 1930s crisis
The article notes life insurance companies endured the Great Depression with steady policy loans, lending over $1 billion from 1929 to 1937 to secure families and businesses. It argues the safety net of policies fostered personal security and buoyancy of the American spirit before social security.
Rebuilding the Forests in Cumberland Times
The piece reflects on vast U S forests at settlement and how easy it was for pioneers to obtain wood for homes. It notes the rise of sawmills and cheaper lumber spurring growth, then warns fires and cutting deplete resources, urging states to plant trees and protect young forests to curb costs and boost housing and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Times
United States
Moneer
Chamberlain’s Munich visit exposed British governance contrasts
The piece contrasts the British system with Germany and Italy, noting Mr Chamberlain faced questions at home while leaders in other nations face no similar scrutiny. It frames England as government accountable to people, unlike other regimes where rulers are deemed infallible.
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New York Times
Chamberlain
Munich
Sigor Mussolini
Herr Hitler
Camberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Germany
Italy
England
Major Attlee
Democracy and public will as England faces war questions
Eden warns against hollow successions while Sinclair suspects a war drift. Duff Cooper resigns and Lloyd protests Munith and policy compromises. Churchill and Chamberlain face democratic scrutiny, with no police coercion to seal errors as the British electorate ultimately decides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Eden
Archibald Sinclair
Admiralty
Alfred Duff Cooper
David Lloyd
Munith
Chamberlain
England
Letter on National Letter Writing Week Critique
A reader skewers National Letter Writing Week as a gimmick to boost post office business. The letter warns it may prompt unsolicited mail from banks insurers oil firms book clubs and magazines and argues it will not increase essential business correspondence.
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Jim Farrey
Post Office Department
Farley
President Roosevelt signals November special session call
Roosevelt indicated a special session of Congress may be convened in November. An $8,000 hanger is planned for the new flying field with $1,500 from city funds and steel materials supplied by the state. The Alexander Potter firm of New York will study Winchester water system and advise. Baltimore conference pastors and laymen gather in Winchester for the M. E. Church South annual sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Alexander Potter
New York City
Council
Winchester
Baltimore
M. E. Church South
Five Years Ago at Brucetown and Local Events
Charles Swartz, Brucetown farmer, displays a Keiffer pear weighing a pound and a half with a circumference of 13 1 2 inches. Handley band with Mr McIlwee tours Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins. Dr John Lloyd Newcomb named head of University of Virginia Engineering after A E Alderman's death. National Fruit Product Co local plant processes one million pounds of apples daily. October payroll to exceed $50 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Swartz
Brucetown
Handley Band
Mr. McIlwee
Elkins
John Lloyd Newcomb
A. E. Alderman
U. of Va
National Fruit Prod. Co
Yankees Clinch Second World Series Game In 9 3 Rout
Ten years ago Guy Pansler guarding Punjab on stage at Colonial theatre escapes fright after tricks. Yankees win game two of the World Series over the Cardinals 9 to 3, signaling a strong Manhattan lead. Bank robber Kirby Dellinger is spotted near Mt Jackson on a motorcycle but evades capture.
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Guy Pansler
Punjab
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Kirby Dellinger
Mt. Jackson National Bank
Kern faces major Ellensburg case as prosecuting attorney
Francis Asbury Kern, son of Mr and Mrs Bentley Kern, appears in a big case in Ellensburg Washington as prosecuting attorney. Robert and Carroll Smith, sons of Bob Smith, kill a five foot long blacksnake in the cornfield. Name Alaska is laid waste after a terrible storm and disastrous fire causing many deaths and a million dollars in property damage. Charles W Ramsburg resigns as mayor to council president William H Baker.
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Francis Asbury Kern
Bentley Kern
Ellensburg
Wash
Robert
Carroll Smith
Bob Smith
Name
Alaska
Charles W. Ramsburg
City of
Winchester
William H. Baker
New Three Story Post Office Planned at Market and Water
Forty years ago a corner site at Market and Water was slated for a new three story post office building. Samuel L. Laren and Philomena Siler wed at Sacred Heart Church with Father McKeefry officiating. Rouss Treat Day food arrives from New York for T. B. Bantz. Cleveland Anderson injures his foot stepping on broken glass in Kent Street.
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Market and
Water Streets
Bost
Samuel L. Laren
Philomena Siler
Sacred Heart Church
W. A. McKeefry
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau offers fact answers. Send questions to Frederic J. Haskin director Washington DC with three cents for reply.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskins
Washington, D. C
Clock in Jersey City Clock Tower Dimensions
The Jersey City clock tower is 50 feet in diameter with a minute hand 27 feet 3 inches long and an hour hand 19 feet 6 inches long. Minute hand and counterbalance weigh 2,200 pounds while the hour hand with counterbalance weighs 1,725 pounds. Total weight of hands and movement is four tons. The tip of the minute hand travels 31 inches per minute.
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Jersey City
Fortune Telling Booklet Offered By Information Bureau
The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau promotes a booklet titled FORTUNE TELLING. It includes chapters on palmistry dreams tea leaf fortunes and card readings. Send ten cents plus name address and location to Washington D C for a copy.
Stephens College President Shares Ten Rules for Girls
James Madison Wood of Stephens College Missouri outlines ten rulings to help girls achieve happiness and success. He emphasizes personal capability, self control, poise, useful skill, measured ambition, dignified manners, thoughtful conversation, value-based standards, and a lasting inner creed guiding life beyond college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Madison Wood
Stephens College
College Missouri
Joan Crawford
Maude Adams
New York
United States
McNaught Syndicate
Noel's Narrow Escape In North Side Getaway
Noel is seized by two men and rescued when Nick bursts in with a gun and orders a quick takedown. They flee in a red car as Nick reveals Ray Vincent aided them and the Garwood mystery unravels, including Agnes impersonating Fay Garwood.
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Bill
Vincent
Noel
Chicago
Nick
Stan
Feer
Denly
Ray Vincent
Garwoods
Garwood
Agnes
Mrs. Garwood
Fay Garwood
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Winchester Evening Star
H. F. Byrd, JR
Bygoing Star Publishing Co
Richmond News-Leader
Norfolk
Virginian
Hartford Insurance Company
National Geographic
A. Compton
George W
Elizabeth G. Peckham
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVII
Marie Therese Charlotte
Duchess of
V— Q
Robert Irwin
Veronica Gedeon
J. H. G. A. Irwin
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Safes
American Dietetic Association
Theodore Roosevelt
the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
M. K
Jukes
M. J
Ports de Clignacourt
Paris
Weather Bureau
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Cohen
Aaron
Cohn
Cowen
Kahn
Kogan
Benes
Czechoslovakia
M.S. A
Eduard Benes
Dale
Carnegie
Scott
R. J. Scott
King
Symdican
Ine
Wedd
Gun
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