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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1934
Page
2
Local items recount welcome visitors and neighbors moving about Mt Williams area. Families from New York City to Winchester visit, children attend school, residents travel to Alexandria and Virginia, with several social calls and a minor accident noted.
Rev. Dr. Paul C. White and Mrs. White of New York City stayed with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White in Cross Roads on Sunday night October 14. Dr. White serves as secretary for religious education for the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of New York and was traveling to Savannah Georgia for the biennial convention of the United Lutherans.
Refuge Virginia October report notes a young peoples meeting with about 60 attendees. Guests included many from other churches. Family and neighbor visits are recorded as Mrs Elizabeth Ridenour stayed with the Harleys, Mr Howard Grim visited his mother May Grim, and Floyd Ridenour and family spent Sunday in Cedarville. Community apple work is mentioned.
The saying Not Worth the Candle traces to the old proverb The game is not worth the candle meaning it is not worth staying up late to finish a task when light costs money. It reflects a time when candles provided the only illumination and consuming light carried a price.
A mix of short, curious notices from various cities. A Paris marshal jokes about a thief, a tabby survives a mill mishap, a Norwegian hunter battles a wolf, an Omaha engineer saves a woman trapped by a wheel, and robbers steal using a fire truck before fleeing with $500.
Hopkinsville Kentucky reports Hugh Grant alias Jackson is dodging arrest for Florida bank robbery warrants yet keeps up regular payments to a finance company on his car. In Pittsburgh Harry O Shea 25 on liquor case fired his lawyer and won self defense acquittal by personally cross examining a witness.
A single pearl lagoon has been located within United States territory, a small island about 1,200 miles northwest of Honolulu. The find falls under the jurisdiction of the United States Bureau of Fisheries.
Welfare Board in Winchester Frederick County received three wood stoves to aid a sick family after a call for help. One stove arrived by closing time, two more by noon the next day, along with several rug contributions. The board plans to distribute all three stoves to the family and assist other requests as needed.
Miss Hurst on behalf of the Welfare Board expresses gratitude to all who contributed to aid efforts. The note recognizes the community’s quick response and calls for continued support for those in need.
A claim states that mosquitoes possess a wing area nearly five yards for each pound of body weight. The sentence suggests a proportional wing size to body mass, reflecting discussion on insect physiology.
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