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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
4
John N. Garner is listed for Vice President with Carter Glass for U S Senate and A Willis Robertson for the House of Representatives in a political ticket appearing in the race. The slate features notable names connected to national and congressional leadership.
The phrase from 2 Timothy 1 14 urges faithful retention of the cherished truth through the Holy Ghost dwelling within us, emphasizing steadfast guard and spiritual assurance.
The article argues large campaign spending often wastes funds and inflates influence. It cites slush funds, telegraphed speeches, and costly operations as common, noting money buys logistics rather than votes and highlighting widespread waste from national to local campaigns.
A prose celebration of Virginia’s vast landscapes and storied sites from the Alleghenies to the Chesapeake. It highlights mountains, beaches, rivers, parks, historic towns, battlefields, plantations, colleges, and cultural treasures that define the Commonwealth and its revered atmosphere.
Shenandoah Valley Academy defeats Mount Jackson 6 to 0 with Kite scoring the touchdown. Handley stops Washington and Lee High School of Clarendon to one touchdown as a strong defensive showing. Miss Anna Virginia Ford dies after a brief illness. Governor Peery pays tribute to General Lee in Stratford ceremony. Col B M Roszel speaks on European conditions at Berryville Woman's Club meeting.
Five years ago the University of Virginia Cavaliers dedicated Scott Stadium. Frederick County game officials noted budget context as part of surrounding athletic planning.
A humorous tale centers on a man caught in a neighbor’s chicken coop near Memphis. The owner questions how the man got there while the man blames his doctor for ordering mischief. The punchline rests on the doctor insisting everyone must have chicken soup.
Marshall Petain, hero of Ver dun, represents France at Yorktown celebration. Stephens City home economic groups can tomatoes and apples for Red Cross.
Ten years ago labor leaders deny unions are cool toward Gov. Al Smith while reporting a dangerous clash between Northern and Red Chinese forces in North China. A new physical science building is dedicated at State Teachers’ College Harrisonburg. One student dies and five collapse from lab gas at Bridgewater College. Mrs Woodrow Wilson celebrates her birthday aboard the Leviathan liner.
The period for hunting turkeys quail and pheasants plus other game is opened after November. A Turner Ashby chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy elects Mrs. William S. Love as president. The Gliddenites bound from New York to Atlanta visit the town. Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia belongs to the tour party. Rev William Anthony is killed by a train at Frederick Maryland. W H Warden and Miss Frany Pease are towed on November October 15 1917 Mata Hari the German war spy is shot.
An Open Forum letter from Winchester extols the city's two millennia as a commercial center and historic capital. The writer notes royal connections from Egbert to Henry VIII, mentions Winchester Castle and Cathedral, and praises era records, manuscripts, and Sir Walter Raleigh's stay as a prisoner.
A mixed set of Q and A entries covers Judge Bleakley a Republican candidate for New York Governor born 1863 at Peekskill and educated at Cornell Law. various general knowledge items include sun discourses on aliens sun age of suns in 1936 and Will Rogers Shrine near Colorado Springs.
Washington, D. C. lacks enough federal office space as staff growth squeezes capacity. The triangle near the Potomac now houses many agencies including commerce and labor, interior, and health departments, with numerous commissions and offices filling available buildings while no major government building is evacuated.
A humorous column mocks Prohibition party prospects and public apathy in the election. Observations poke at fashion, jokes about jam, buckwheat and sausage, and quips on advertising space and censorship.
Wayne Adams seeks Gay Elwell at her Detroit home, admitting past quarrels and guilt while probing why she rejected money and status. Gay clarifies she loves a poorer inventor, not a rich fiancé, and they rekindle a fragile, hopeful reunion amid unresolved history and looming choices.
In Pittsfield Massachusetts a starling found its bird bath iced over and left, then returned with a woodpecker helper. The woodpecker swiftly chopped away the ice letting the bird bath drain and restore access for the starling and its neighbors.
Alfred University clarifies what counts as a date in its revised date book. A date is any casual or pre arranged meeting lasting more than 15 minutes with a man after 6 p m. Freshmen are barred from dating on Sunday evenings. The definition aims to prevent misunderstandings.
Officers Von Holten and Marek found 400 pounds of sugar six pounds of yeast 10 pounds of potatoes five pounds of cracked corn five gallons of kerosene a 150 gallon keg two 20 gallon kegs a one gallon jug and a five gallon jug in a suspect's car. They booked him for speeding.
Deputy sheriffs Ted Foster and Al Croak rushed behind an ambulance to a residence in Oklahoma City after a report of a shooting. They investigated the scene and began initial inquiries into the incident.
A distressed occupant explains there was no shooting but a sick man who could not get an ambulance due to lack of funds. The quote suggests a failed emergency response and a makeshift remedy. No further details on location or individuals are provided.
Guido Rosellini testified he hunted blackbirds for a pie while charged with out of season shooting. A game warden said a snipe fell each time he fired, and seven late jacksnipes were kept in an ice box as evidence awaiting another hearing.
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