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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists subscription prices with daily publication excluding Sundays. Rates include one year in advance at 450, six months at 2.25, three months at 1.28, and one month at 0. per advance. weekly option is indicated but details incomplete.
A reflective note on the riches of wisdom and knowledge found in God as described in Romans 11 33. The passage highlights the unknowable nature of divine judgments and paths surpassing human discovery.
A government run Consumers Cabinet of seven experts was created to help the administration secure more for money for the buying public. Dr Walton H Hamilton said the board will examine prices and other factors beyond price alone, including corporate practices and labor costs, in setting retail costs. The note cites pork prices up 116 percent since May 1933 and falling purchasing power as context. A reference mentions a mid western state switching from selling eyes by the dozen to by the pound.
Virginia is the nation s second largest apple producer in 1935 with about 10 54 million bushels behind Washington 23 4 million. New York follows at 10 5 million, with total US apples under 97 million bushels.
John Burke Jr seven year old son of Mr and Mrs John Burke visits Mutual Building and Loan with a tin savings can to turn over coins saved by himself. Attendants pour out hundreds of coins from the heavy can as the boy demonstrates early saving habits and frugality.
A young lad saved 18.03 dollars and cents, a sum his parents say reflects a saving disposition. He even declines candy to add to his can and takes pride in the accumulating total, signaling a promising future for the remarkable youngster.
Two men a professor and a sales manager cooked a 12 course dinner for their wives after a bridge bet. They staged the evening by making their wives leave, invented dishes including a cantaloup with meringue, and the wives enjoyed the meal. The men note that their feat sparks male culinary ambitions.
An Italian Metropolitan Opera star in New York says he would return to fight if Mussolini calls, naming five colleagues who would do the same. A famed singer said to be too old would also go if war grows serious. Americans favor keeping stars in their craft, while noting Americans have capable replacements.
Biologist Walter P. Taylor of the United States Biological Survey argues that past laxity in conservation led to dust storms and widespread damage. He cites over grazing, deforestation, erosion, and harmful foreign species as ongoing threats demanding government action and sustained statecraft.
A public school endowment proposal aims to fund new facilities with a $2,000,000 allocation. The plan focuses on upgrading classrooms, libraries, and safety measures at Winchester area schools.
One year ago the Chanters sang over WJEJ in Hagerstown Maryland. The Stoll family paid fifty thousand dollars ransom for the release of Mrs toll. Hiram Lodge A F and A M unveiled a portrait of the late Rev Dr Frank T McFaden. John Hay Whitney injured in a plane crash at Llangollen. Archbishop Johann Pommer of Latvia assassinated. Monroe Buckley and Louise Sandy wed at White Post.
Five years ago Dr. C. B. Harlee is chosen president of the Northern Virginia Dental Study Club. Police arrest 16 over the weekend. Forty-one prisoners are housed in a jail built for 22. Nine men share one cell. Two men are slashed in a poker game. Richard R. Brown, 73, retired tanner, dies after a long illness. Masons receive a gavel quarried from King Solomon's quarries in Jerusalem.
Ten years ago Talheim home of Mr and Mrs Lewis Pidgeon in Wadesville hosts the marriage of their daughter Dorothy Everett to E Willard Berry. The case notes a series of local items including a theatre show and a turnpike upkeep offer.
Twenty five years ago a vast timber and prairie blaze swept 7000 square miles in northwestern Minnesota, killing an estimated thousand people. The disaster prompted widespread aid and emergency response as communities braced for aftermath and reconstruction.
A fragment from a school page asks about travel origins and unique birds. It notes the oldest travel agency as the ship and describes megapodes in Australia and South Seas, with a claim the printed English Bible was 400 years old on October 4.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ends 8 a.m. None. October to date .71 inch. Year to date 29.36 inches. The 22-year average from Winchester Research Laboratory is 34.61 inches. Monthly averages: January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 2.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30.
Do not use the broiler to toast a tiny slice. Use a small toaster, electric or gas jet operated, toasting bread efficiently and safely.
A collection of short items from Camden, Covington, Urbana, Los Angeles and Des Moines in AP fashion. Budget tricks lead to divorce, a city shade dispute, a man recovers a wrecked car after mistaking a date, a kidnapping token payment case, a grave cave rescue, and a plumber's near death brief.
Dr. T. C. Adams of the University of Utah warns against swimming long distances in Great Salt Lake. He recommends a heavy life preserver or anchor piece and tying a weight to the feet to prevent water inhalation and potential strangulation.
Minneapolis fire chief Earl Traeger says the former hospital building is unfit after fire horses were moved from the service. The engine company has relocated across busy railway tracks, drawing neighborhood concerns that a freight train could block emergency response.
Central Press dispatch surveys the rise of social credit ideas led by William Aberhart in Alberta and traced toward U S adoption. It contrasts Aberhart’s dividend plan with Townsend and Douglas turnover tax while noting treasury confusion and broad public interest.
Orphan Carol Kennedy leaves Connecticut for independence in New York after gaining wealth. She meets Gary Crandall and is guided by Isobel Bronson toward theater life under Manfred Morris, facing a rough audition at the Alston theater and early setbacks.
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