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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1930
Page
4
The Evening Star is published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co. of Winchester Virginia. The statement appears as a standard post office entry in the Winchester publication, noting second class status.
The item lists subscription prices by mail and by carrier for various advance periods, followed by an Associated Press notice asserting exclusive rights to news dispatches and local news published, plus mentions of newspaper consolidations with Morning News tem and weekly editions.
A garbled text excerpt references Hebrews 9 14 about the cleansing power of Christ's blood over ritual sacrifices. It echoes a plea to keep faith and purity, noting the eternal Spirit and purging the conscience to live for God.
Roanoke World News reports National Fire Prevention Week and cites 1929 statistics showing 90 percent of fires are preventable. It notes deaths and injuries mainly in dwellings, with 400 million dollar annual losses and blame on carelessness. It stresses prevention via proper chimney flues stoves and cautious handling of inflammables.
Mrs Grace Hill Brosseau former president of the National term of the American Revo has been granted an absolute divorce from her husband.
The account recalls a May night conflict between Mr and Mrs Brosseau over access to a wine cellar amid prohibition era tensions. The dispute culminates in alleged spousal violence and raises questions about the era’s moral climate and the strains of enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment.
In the Bull Terrier Club Annual Dr G M Vevers secretary of the club and London Zoo superintendent outlines the dog owners duty to proper manners and morals He urges not thrashing for minor faults not scolding wives in front of dogs and avoiding indiscriminate mixing to preserve the dogs welfare and devotion.
Torrential rains spread from Texas into Mexico causing heavy damage to crops and property. Brady Texas suffered the worst, with three to eight feet of water flooding blocks of the business district and leaving 200 to 300 people homeless. Merchandise losses reached about 250000 dollars and a large cotton stock was carried away. The local Red Cross organized relief for the displaced as the Guadalupe river rose 18 feet near Kerrville.
State government expenditures for the year ending June 30 rose by 3.85 million dollars to 46.64 million. Highway costs jumped 4.78 million from the prior year while education spent 14.96 million. Total income was about 46.51 million, leaving a general fund surplus of around 10.11 million at July 1.
This year totals $5 757 607 A7. Comptroller Combe report will go to the public printer from the governor's office.
Richmond indicts the Virginia Methodist Orphanage with six counts including grand larceny and embezzlement. The grand jury charged the former treasurer with 30 instances of converting orphanage funds. F I McAllen and I N Vaughan testified as witnesses as the case moved toward arrest on bond.
The Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Frederick County on October 6 1930 filed in chancery a suit by Lucille Williams against Wilmer Williams to obtain a divorce a vinculo et matri monis on desertion over three years. The defendant must appear within ten days after publication. A notice will run weekly for four weeks in the Evening Star Winchester Virginia, and copies posted at courthouse doors and mailed to the defendant at the address in the affidavit.
Mrs. L R Slonaker aged 76 died at her daughter Miss Minnie Slonaker 1211 V avenue following a sudden heart attack. Born March 20 1860 in Chelsea on the Hudson she lived in Frederick county and Winchesur and left behind Minnie Slonaker Mrs Gray Pennsyl vania and Mrs J C Davis and G W Forsythe. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from Minnie Slonaker’s home with Rev Harry M Crim. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
A detailed hourly guide of New York and national radio programs across networks. Listings include musical varieties, talk shows, orchestras, and news updates with station call letters and times for WEAF WJZ WABC WJR and others.
Mrs. W. B. McAboy of Ville witnesses a hog calling contest shown at an Akron theatre as part of the Winchester Fair. Her son, Best Ohio, observed that the actors appeared natural and could be distinguished by voice, noting his familiarity with the callers.
Seventeen persons were burned to death and 14 others badly burned during a cinema performance at the club in Moscow on October 7. Authorities investigate cause as survivors recount chaotic evacuation.
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