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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1931
Page
10
A notice announces services at Whitacre schoolhouse on Thursday night October 15 at 7 30 led by Rev. S. J. Goode. Everyone is invited. A brief note adds a joke about a German chemist discovering edible bread from cotton and husbands sampling biscuits.
Precipitation data for the 24 hours ending 8 am shows September rainfall at 2.24 inches, year to date totals 26.68 inches with 31.40 inches for 1931. Monthly figures list January 1.55, February 0.48, March 2.22, April 1.79, May 1.19, June 3.06, July 0.84, August 0.54, September 1.11, October 0.22 inches.
News from October 13 1930 reports the local jail now houses forty one inmates doubling its designed capacity. Dr C B Harlee elected head of the Northern Virginia Dental Society. Hose Company No 5 Martinsburg and Winchester Semi Pros tied 0 0. Sixteen arrests over the weekend set a local record. Engagement announced Miss Virginia Nye Duvall to Herbert L Newman.
October 13 1926 Winchester City Council votes 9 to 3 to permit local soda fountains to stay open on Sunday. Arthur Scrivener, Washington detective and former Winchester resident, was shot to death today in the nation's capital. Virginia apple crop estimated at 3 072 000 barrels, down from last month. A shorter state constitution gains favor in the Old Dominion. Washington Cathedral buys Virginia boxwood for St Albans grounds.
Fifteen years ago on October 13 1916 Company I local militia drilled near the Mexican border while motion picture crews filmed shots. The Boston Americans defeated the Brooklyn Robins 4-1 to win the 1916 World Series. The nation was urged to eat apples on National Apple Day October 17. Children under 12 were barred from travel between Winchester and Berkeley Springs West Virginia because of infantile paralysis in Berkeley Springs. Wilson supporters report 256 dollars raised for his reelection drive locally.
Wood Luttrell of Shockeysville Frederick County was prosecuted for violating the state compulsory education law by not sending his three children to school. He was fined 25 dollars but the fine was suspended if the children are in school by Friday. failure to do so would require payment of the fine plus an additional penalty.
An old patent style claim markets 666 tablets or liquid to ease headache or neuralgia in 30 minutes, curb a cold the first day, and tackle malaria in three days. It also promotes 666 Salve for a baby’s cold.
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