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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1931
Page
8
Despite house to house canvassing ending Thursday many households remain unvisited in Winchester and county. The Red Cross asks all un interviewed residents to join by mailing a pledge or calling 113 to arrange a home visit. The drive runs through the week and donations are urged now benefiting local relief efforts.
Winchester Virginia to Martinsburg West Virginia route and Cumberland Shenandoah Potomac district reports cool partly cloudy weather. Light wire inquiry and very slow demand with a dull market. Carloads FOB under usual terms barrels works U S No 1 three inches.
The report shows past 24 hour precipitation ending 8 am today as none. It lists monthly rainfall figures for January through September comparing 18 year average against 1931 values and notes totals for the year and first ten months of 1930 with specific inch measurements for each month.
The 1930 item notes Luther Brill's estate exceeds 100000 dollars. Winchester firefighters plan a mass meeting for a big convention next year. Cy Mee chosen as soloist for the upcoming Rotary district meeting. Drought hard ground delays the annual cub-hunting season. Rev. E A Lambert preached on The Divinity of Labor at Braddock Street Methodist Church South.
Five years ago Pershing drew wild acclaim from American Legion members during their annual Philadelphia session. The period warned of hog cholera in farmers regions. A Red Cross regional conference was set for Harrisonburg on October 19. Woodberry Forest beat Shenandoah Valley Academy 7 to 6. A Luray boy reportedly swallowed a six penny nail.
A 1915 item notes Britain seeks 500 000 to 800 000 more troops as Germany plans submarine operations. City Manager Field says city reforms will save Winchester’s treasury about 3950 yearly. An ad from Union Bank touts savings accounts as character builders.
A new small lot game uses a machine to feed balls to batsmen and nets to show hit types. The scene contrasts young intellectuals sneering at rural craft with the yokel who values practical results over flashy but useless moves.
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