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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1933
Page
4
The Evening Star in Winchester provides daily publication with a consolidated edition and associated press news rights. Advertising and obituary rates, subscription prices, and rate structures are outlined, including deadlines and representative offices.
A brief, reverent note presents an elderly speaker's claim of a steadfast life of service. The reference to scripture 2 Timothy 4 7 anchors the message in Christian faith and endurance. The piece reads like a devotional reflection on perseverance and reward.
The Baltimore and Ohio reports July net operating revenues of 4,232,308 the highest for any month since October 1930. Freight car loadings rise steadily in a dull season, aided by cost controls and maintenance investment benefiting payroll as 5,200 more workers than May.
A bankruptcy trustee in the Western District of Virginia will auction a one quarter undivided interest in two Winchester area tracts, including 160 acres with apple orchard and a 122 acre Star Fort property, after fees and liens. Sale in front of the County Courthouse on September 22, 1933 at 11 a.m. with life estate conditions and staged payments over two years.
Trustees will sell at public auction on Saturday Sept 16 1933 at noon in front of the Winchester County Court House the property known as No 10 West Clifford Street Winchester Virginia a two story dwelling fronting 30 feet with 48 foot depth bounded by Nachman McCormick estate and Grim. Terms require one third cash with balance in two equal yearly installments secured by bonds deed of trust and fire insurance. Trustees R Gray Williams James P Reardon B P Harrison Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall. 8 18 oaw 4wks.
Huey Long speaks at a Milwaukee Foreign Wars gathering condemning media coverage of his Long Island episode and targets Wall Street and the Roosevelt administration. The passage notes public scorn for the assault and implies the event underscores his political clout and notoriety.
Precipitation for the past 24 hours ends at 8 a m shows August to date 5.28 inches and year to date 30.06 inches. Average 20 year monthly rainfall from Winchester Laboratory lists January 2.36 February 2.00 March 2.70 April 9.11 May 3.73 June 3.81 July 3.45 August 3.45 September. Rats on an exclusive milk diet develop anemia and die due to milk lacking sufficient iron and copper essential for hemoglobin production.
One year ago Confederate veteran R H Ritter of Berryville died. A heat of 102 at the Wester search Laboratory was recorded. The Democratic congressional nomination drew endorsements from city and county. Five years ago Winchester became the Shenandoah Area Boy Scouts HQ. Middletown postmaster Benjamin B Parker died at home. English sparrows desert city centers for the countryside. Winchester Federated Council of Church Women ponders a day nursery operation.
Public auction at 10 o'clock A M on Thursday September 7 1933 at the late James N Carr residence Woodstock Lane. Items include household effects tools machinery moving apparatus for buildings vehicles lumber building materials and more. Cash terms and removal only after payment. M M Lynch executor Duvall Dunn auctioneers.
Monday September 4th 1933 a legal holiday banks will close. All paper maturing that date may be paid on Tuesday September 5 1933. R Gray Williams president Shenandoah Valley National Bank. John J Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank. Geo B Bushnell cashier Union Bank of Winchester. J Yost cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co.
Four thousand people attend Friendship Fire Company picnic in Gore. Winchester leads Shenandoah Valley League as apple picking to start September 24 in Frederick County. Infantile paralysis reported in Pennsylvania. gasoline conservation urged by fuel authorities.
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is tied to Hiawatha lore. Mackinac Island notes highlight Schoolcraft’s Hiawatha legend that inspired Longfellow’s poem.
By virtue of a deed of trust dated March 4 1931 Jacob A Rudolph and wife to J M Steck Trustee default having been made the Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester Va on September 30 1933 at 12 M. Two parcels are described a leasehold property on the West side of the Valley Turnpike with annual rent 50 per month and a second 2 acre parcel near Cedar Creek Grade with a fine dwelling. Terms are one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments with 6 percent bonds and deed of trust and fire policy required.
A recent Atlantic hurricane left death, flood damage, ruined crops, and stranded ships from the Carolinas to New England. Winds reached near hurricane strength inland to Shenandoah Valley, Washington, and Richmond, with paths tracing a parabolic curve across the region and sea.
Greenland has about 18,000 residents, representing roughly one fourth of the United States in landmass. The figure highlights Greenland's sparse population relative to its vast area and the neighboring country.
Landowners in Rappahannock County file claims over park takings. T J and W F Rudacille seek 18780 for 626 acres, James W Beaty 7 for 30 acres and 150 for damages, Pau Beaty 4750 for 190 acres and 1100 for 22 acres. No statement by W W Beaty. Filing period ended August 28 and the Commission on Conservation has 10 days to answer. no answers filed yet.
The article estimates nearly 125,000 kinds of flowering plants existing, highlighting vast botanical variety. It notes the diversity spans multiple families and includes both common and rare species across regions.
Public auction on September 5 1933 at 10 a m at Hunter Stine Farm one mile north of Winchester on the Martinsburg Turnpike offers 33 cattle 6 calves 11 milk cows 17 hogs 2 wagons a McCormick binder 2 disc harrows plows harness and more including 1 Ford roadster 1 Ford model T truck 2 horses and harness with terms of sale listed by trustee H BoP as notice of sale under a deed of trust dated August 5 1932 and recorded in Frederick County.
Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Shade include Mr. and Mrs. Wilson McClanen and Dorothy of Philadelphia Mrs. Lester Nethers and children of Whitehall Va Mr. and Mrs R E B Avey and Louise of Winchester Va Mr. and Mrs Robert Hall Sr and Jr with family of Baltimore Md Mrs Janny McKee and son of Whitehall and other relatives from Stephenson and Martinsburg Also noted are visits by Miss Mamie Tanquary and Mrs J B Snapp along with Belle Jobe guest dinners with the Yates and Best families in the Brucetown area.
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