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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1936
Page
4
The notice lists carrier subscription costs for one year six months and three months in advance with weekly option. Rates include four fifty for one year and twenty five cents for weekly in advance. The fragment outlines various time spans but lacks full rate details.
The listing names John N. Garner for vice president and Carter Glass for U.S. Senate alongside A Willis Robertson for the House of Representatives, indicating an electoral slate or endorsements from a historical party ticket.
A religious excerpt cites John 9 5 stating I am the light of the world and emphasizes the presence of light as guidance. The text mirrors biblical language and reflects Christian themes of illumination and belief.
The article argues that Roosevelt faces difficulty winning Kansas in 1936 if the national trend weakens, noting Kansas 1932 results and the general pattern that a candidate who loses the nation often loses his own state. It cites examples from 1880 to 1932 about states voting against or for candidates, including New York, Indiana, Maine, and California counties, as evidence that local pride rarely decides national outcomes.
Newport News Times-Herald notes Lily Pons at thirty contemplates retirement within five years while continuing to perform. The article compares her choice to legendary singers like Sarah Bernhardt and Madam Schumann-Heink, suggesting great art demands discipline and divides life between career and home.
The passage notes stage to hotel monotony and the public praise failing to relieve the effort behind genius as it credits Miss Pons with a voice Americans will genuinely miss. It emphasizes that genius requires human exertion and sacrifice, challenging the view of providential endowment.
A compact essay on building life with culture and character. It warns that culture without virtue is hollow, warns against misplaced enthusiasm and temperance without reason, urges courageous, well judged action, and stresses a balanced, constructive philosophy for lasting success.
W C Shackleford and Mrs Mary L Thompson are named judges for the annual Frederick County 4-H Club Hobby Fair. The airport has weather observation gear with reports sent to Washington six times daily. Gerald Thompson, guided spiritually, travels to his grave in Peoria Illinois at Hallmark 19. The state advances right of way acquisition for the Martinsburg Pike. Richard B Hauptmann granted a stay of execution to perfect a US Supreme Court appeal.
President Hoover delivers an unscheduled Yorktown address lauding Virginia hospitality. The Rev. T C Skinner of Lynchburg arrives to conduct services following the address.
Will Rogers humorously recalls a candidate running for alderman in a big town. Election day arrives with unexpected twists as voters weigh a playful approach against serious campaign rhetoric. The anecdote blends local politics with Rogers’ signature wit.
In Wisconsin a candidate for alderman roams the streets distributing five dollar bills to entice votes. A man accepts the money but says he already voted for the candidate earlier, highlighting a bribe attempt and the disbelief at the offer.
The First Baptist Church holds a revival as 77 year old Anna Mary Hicks is fatally stricken. The report notes her age and the somber event among community activities.
David H. Allen of Summit Point West Virginia marries Miss Alice Osburn of Kabletown at the Charles Town Episcopal church. The Narrow Passage Orchard Company forms with Judge E D Newman of Woodstock as treasurer. William Hamilton of Rosebud Texas drives to Winchester for ce. Nearly 1 000 delegates attend the 24th war reunion of the United Confederate Veterans at Newport News. Romanus Farmer 26 drowns in the Capon River.
On October 18, 1831, Helen Hunt Jackson was born, a notable writer and advocate. The day prior, October 19, 1781, saw General Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown ending major fighting in the American Revolutionary War.
A Washington Information Bureau etiquette booklet explains daily social forms to project proper manners. It stresses polite conduct at street, theatre, and restaurant to leave a favorable impression. Enclose ten cents to cover cost and handling.
A long reader Q and A column answers questions on Jewish cabinet history rainfall in Africa and Chile ABC countries Death Valley Scotty live in California U.S. education commissioners petroleum taxes Edgar Guest birthplace Pope licensing Nevada horse latitude origin of terms and phrases Time announcer biography Pennsylvania debt limits early golf balls and the Caspian Sea. The item compiles numerous factual questions with concise responses attributed to various experts and authorities.
Washington dispatch notes AFL executive council suspends 10 CIO aligned unions led by John L. Lewis. Lewis dismisses court challenges and hints at a 1940 presidential bid. Analysts debate whether AFL concessions can avoid defeat while CIO aims to unite all worker classes into a labor centered party.
A Central Press column humorously riffs on business success on the water wagon and the folly of traffic signals and poets. It contrasts old sayings with light quips about coaches alumni ads and a trailer owner ad promising room board and 100 miles a day.
Gay Elwell travels to New York for a long anticipated vacation arranged by Marian Wilson and Johnny. Wayne Adams unexpectedly joins the trip, causing tension as Gay resists his intrusion while adjusting to life on the Detroiter.
Luther Crenshaw, 60, of Memphis Tennessee, says he was slugged and robbed of 22 dollars yesterday. He notes a July 11 assault yielded 60 dollars and a prior two week earlier 100 dollars was stolen from his store.
Alderman Morton Moses complained to the transit commission after a crowded subway car showed a man who appeared to be a statue but proved to be a person walking on stilts. He also described a passenger with a 100-pound coal sack and a shovel, joking he might soon see a coffin on the train.
A northern Missouri native born about 110 years ago crafted a quick steam engine puffing technique with a corn cob pipe. Her swift puffs and skilled handling earned her $25 in the women’s pipe cooking contest at the Texas centennial.
Atchison Kansas October 17 spectators hoped for a hidden ball trick when a fuse burned out darkening the field during St. Benedicts clash with Haskell. When lights returned the ball teams and officials were missing, and about 2000 fans watched them emerge from trees.
Fire Chief Michael H. Schmitz of suburban Niles Center arrived at a fire scene in what was described as record time before the blaze began. With business dull, Chief Schmitz returned home for an afternoon.
Excited neighbors waking the resident by pounding on his door alerted him to a blaze in the chicken coop. He then helped direct a squad to extinguish the fire, containing the flames within minutes.
A Viennese divorcee wrote Nebraska State Treasurer George E. Hall requesting about 3500 shillings from the state's surplus to be sent to her. Hall replied the funds are already deposited in banks or invested in bonds, and her offer to come to America as a maid was declined.
Clarence M Brown transfers house and 4 acres in Shawnee District to C How ard Lamp for nominal consideration in a Frederick County Clerk property transfer record.
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