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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1938
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star lists mailing and carrier subscription rates for different terms. Rates include annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly options, with in advance payments and a weekly carrier option. The notice notes publication frequency and postal status for Winchester, Virginia.
Classified and display ad rates are listed with minimum charges and payment terms. The page includes agency locations, Associated Press rights, and a biblical verse under the publication’s masthead.
Richmond readers learn Virginia growers push fat mature fryers and broilers for sale, replacing undersized spring chickens. The article claims frying-sized Virginia chickens command higher prices and make an iconic dish, teal fried chicken, with proper packing and cookery directions to win nationwide appetite.
The Cambridge City Council moves to eject Harvard from the municipal corporation over tax and local purchasing disputes. Harvard may lose city services and could seek a revenue or trade compromise with Cambridge merchants.
The piece contrasts autumn and fall arguing autumn suits verse with a poetic ring while fall fits prose better. It cites English opinion favoring autumn for scholarly resonance and notes fall is shorter and easier to say, highlighting enduring stylistic preferences.
The article describes ongoing irregular warfare in Palestine between Arab rebels and Jewish settlers under British rule. It notes Arab strikes against Jewish land ownership, with sporadic Jewish reprisals and a strengthened British military presence following a shift to a tougher policy.
Recent orders increase the force in Palestine to 21,000 men. Analysts doubt if this force can quell the revolt, while observers warn the Arab fighters present a dangerous challenge.
The Minnetonka Pilot profile calls a newspaper man “one of those nuts” who endures abuse yet writes kindly obituaries, praises brides, pushes community projects, and sides with friends while facing ridicule. He wears shabby clothes, tips his hat, helps others first, and remains the town booster who finally seeks help when needed.
Newreel photographers with the Chamber of Commerce and Handley girls photograph the apple harvest. Harry Thaw returns to his county home and backs John Lewis for president in a Norfolk interview. City pastors greet retirement and farewell services for Major and Mrs. Mars of the Salvation Army. Nova Scotia fruit supplies good conditioned apples competing in foreign markets.
Henry Bell, local building contractor, suffers a fracture skull in a Valley pike auto crash that injures two others seriously. The Rev and Mrs C C Bush newcomers to Stephens City M E Church are honored with a house warming by the congregation. Frank Turgeon Hollywood aerial photographer features in the air show at Admiral Byrd Airport. Mr and Mrs Conley Orndorff are congratulated on the birth of a daughter several weeks ago.
Ten years ago Jacob A. Garber, a Republican candidate from the 7th District, addressed party members here. The same edition notes Alvan Vance was fatally injured in a motor vehicle collision near the city. Willie Morris Stouffer wed Joel D Griffing of Lexington, Mass.. and George Gibson, a well known Stephens City resident, died at his home.
Twenty five years ago Hugh Pierce writes Nemo’s column from Opequon recalling Winchester girls backed the volunteers over the Militia. Miss Lucy Powell Holladay wed Walter R. Foley at Miss Laura Allen’s home. Pending marriage of Katherine Schultz to James William Harper announced. Herbert and Earl Fries from White Hall recovering after a cave in caused injuries from a horse accident.
Forties era notes report War Department officials planning departure of the U S Occupation Army to Cuba. Water Street from the old post office to the new site is in need of repairs. Kensie Smith Leonard Ellesser Albert Hudson R M Cooper and L A Huyett select textbooks for Frederick county students. Clark Purcell nearly drowns crossing swollen Hogue Creek at Holland's Ford as horses drown.
A series of brief factual questions and answers covers topics from the Roosevelt Gold Medal, Boulder Dam fatalities, and why New York is Gotham to Poe’s creed, smoke effects in a film, Casey Jones memorials, plant patents, ad spending by Sears Roebuck, Hawaiian pineapple workers, Maggie Cline’s burial, largest hogs used for hams, senator and representative office staff, and 16 year agricultural import values.
Washington observers note steel price moves show non rigid and monopolistic pricing. A week of price cuts and reversals, amid CIO messaging and independent sellers, exposes tensions between industry, workers, and anti monopoly probes. The episode questions whether prices can be fixed by policy or solely by market forces.
Judy, New York heiress, seeks stability after financial ruin and Craig Denby’s marriage. She entertains Ronald Birrell, a brilliant young attorney, while wrestling with love, trust, and fear of an empty life as Marjorie and Abbey Bolinghither swirl in her social circle.
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