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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1931
Page
4
The Evening Star is mailed as second class matter from Winchester Virginia every day including Sundays. It is published by The Evening Star Publishing Co with national advertising representation by Devine Tenney Corporation covering New York Des Moines and Chicago.
The Associated Press owns reprint rights for news dispatches credited or not to this paper. This page is consolidated with Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
A highly damaged OCR fragment contains stray religious phrases and numbers. The readable parts reference strength of the Lord and a verse style, but no clear event person place or date is discernible. The piece lacks coherent newsworthy content for a full card.
The Washington Post argues against indiscriminate begging and urges directing aid through social welfare agencies. It notes many distributed relief tickets go unused as many beggars seek alms, calling on the public to support organized relief rather than informal handouts.
The text mocks Dr. Charles Gray Shaw of New York University for claiming whistling marks morons. It contrasts his view with playful speculation about famous figures and a violinist, while defending the natural habit as harmless human expression through a rambling critique of whistling and birds.
The article notes many hold policies until the last day to draw on dividends or take loans, yet most keep or renew policies. It reports a first half year gain of 1.25 billion dollars, seen as strong for the industry and reflecting demand for economic security for families while highlighting broader social security gaps.
The Star notes weather figures for 1931 misrepresent rainfall. Local showers vary, while annual averages reflect broader statewide totals. Ground water is affected by reduced surface moisture and timber loss, per retired Civil Engineer Alexander Spottswood Dandridge of Winchester, Va.
Local wholesale market lists prices for feed and livestock items including wheat dairy feed at 1.40 to 1.50, cracked corn 1.50, eggs 24, creamery butter 20, hens 18, young chickens 15 to 18.5, hogs and pigs low at 0.07, steers 0.05 to 0.06, calves 0.74, wool 0.15, lambs 0.06, sheep 0.142. Local flour 3.50 to 4.00, shelled corn 1, screenings, corn meal, and dairy feed at 1.50.
Alyn drives Natalie to a white-driven villa, the honeymoon cottage by the sea. She is awed by the estate while he exerts control, guiding her through servants and a tense first encounter on the stairs as the tale promises to continue.
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