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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1931

Page

5

Plucky Girls Club Play Promises Entertaining Winchester Evening

The Girls' Athletic Association presents a two hour comedy set in Indiana with Pattie Monroe and Josie Randall weaving a mask and orphan scenario amid prize fighters, gossip, and a Jonesboro homecoming. Cast includes Jack Harrell Donald Shockey Richard Gray and others. tickets $1 or 75 cents, reserve seats start October 12.

Colletion Musics Sory Keaut Union Indiana Pattie Howe College Patricia Pattie) Monroe Josephine E. Weeks Josie Randall Barbara Ollar Hobart Josie Spike” Maloney Jack Harrell Cyclone Williams Bob Randall Donald Shockey Fred Saunders Kenneth Rush Bob Jonesboro Fred Main Street Ind Randall Maranda Matthews Ella Brown Bauserman Sarah Smither Bugle Philomena Laren Caleb Harper William Hollis Henry Randall Tom Warburton Winnie Richardson R’s Mary Capper Lord Buffington Clappoole Allerton Beasley Richard Gray Lyman Ross Girls’ Athletic Association Brown and Fisher's

Mello-Glo Face Powder Ad Promises Velvet Skin

An advertisement for Mello-Glo face powder from Baker's Drug Store claims the product gives velvet skin. It touts smooth application, pore appearance reduction, long wear, and government approved coloring.

United Sates Baker’s Drug Store

Capon Bridge Notes Agean Local Happenings

Capon Bridge notes a week of small town activity with visits from locals and out of town guests. Included are Illness updates, family visits from Winchester Whitacre Luke Me Star Tannery Battle Creek and Peters burg, and attendance at the Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins.

Capon Bridge W. Va Pomiues Jenewed Po Ee Frank Kerns Will Garrett Star Tannery Anna Hammond Winchester J. W. Hutchinsons Lou Thompson Whitacre Jimmy Liller Ed Oates Lyle Shanholtz Oates William Wolford Norman Margaret Hutchinson Beatrice Luke, Me Elkins E. Grant Line Bernard Smith Ellis Haines Julian Emmett Battle Creek, Mich E Emmett E. F. Gardner Kinzel Oates

Roosevelt's balancing act for convention and election

A snapshot of political strategy stating Governor Roosevelt must stay dry enough to win the South at the convention and wet enough to win the East in the election, illustrating a national campaign balancing act.

Roosevelt Publishers Syndicate

Apple market slips as hot weather hampers demand

Shipping point notes from Winchester Virginia and Martinsburg West Virginia show dull markets with slow demand. Carloads remain limited and prices vary by variety with U S No 1 Delicious remaining around 90 cents to $1.00 per bushel tub and Yorks near 75 to 85 cents. Observers cite continuing heat as the main drag on apple sales.

Winchester Martinsburg W. Va Cumberland-Shenanandoah-Potomac Dist U. S Staymans U Yorks U Ben Davis U Util Yorks

Missing Girls Found Near Cumberland by Salvation Army

Mary Virginia Vincent and Reatha Burner of Stephens City were located in Cumberland Maryland by a Salvation Army officer after relatives reported their disappearance. They were taken to a safe home and later returned home, narrating they were last seen near a filling station south of Winchester with a man in an Ohio licensed automobile. Sheriff Pannett followed up and confirmed the return.

Mary Virginia Vincent Reatha Burner Stephens City Pannett Cumberland Salvation Army Winchester Mobile Ohio

No clairvoyants sold stock two years ago at one third price

The article mocks belief in clairvoyants by noting no one has seen a prophet who bought stock two years ago and now sells it back at a third of its price. It emphasizes skepticism about predictions and market timing.

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