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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1932
Page
5
The twentieth Shenandoah Valley Fair runs September 5 to 10 at Staunton Fairgrounds. Twenty acres host livestock halls, dairy classes, and exhibits from farm home school and industry. The Johnny J Jones midway show travels in 35 cars and debuts in Virginia after Springfield Illinois State Fair.
Hayfield observers with simple gear noted the sun eclipsed by the moon as clouds drifted, heat spiked to 105 110 in shade and 128 in sun, with the event ending after maximum temperature dropped ten degrees. Chickens watched, roosters crowed, and rain showers were anticipated.
Miss Elizabeth Payne 25 daughter of Dr R J Payne died by self inflicted gunshot in her brother Robert Payne's office hours after her father was sworn in as mayor of Fredericksburg. Police and coroners noted nervousness and low mood as factors and found a .2 caliber pistol with Olney. No suicide note was found.
The fragment discusses how personal integrity and neighborly relationships influence belief in law when others may break rules without damaging respect or friendship. It contrasts internal standards with external enforcement and social bonds.
Trustees will offer for sale on September 17 1932 at 11 A M in front of Winchester Court House the property at the southeast corner of Stewart and Water streets Winchester Virginia. The brick house has ten rooms with out-buildings and 40 feet of Water street frontage. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal annual installments secured by purchaser bonds at 6 percent interest and insured. Auctioneers Bei oaw 4wks.
Dr. Clendening notes life extension stems from better infant feeding especially when mother’s milk unavailable. He cites hospital data lowering infant death from 13 to 3 percent over decades, stressing ensure babies receive enough food and that undiluted cow’s milk can be tolerated by many infants. An editor’s note offers six Dr. Clendening pamphlets for 19 cents each.
Dow Jones reports the nation’s railroads will seek a twenty percent basic wage reduction. Notices to unions are expected to be served October first. Airplane pilots asked for night flying pay during the eclipse, likely granted for the totality period of one minute and forty seconds.
Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Chief Scout of the World, urges the Scout movement to prevent present human wastage in the next generation and to make every boy into an asset for the nation.
Public auction to sell the Gillespie Parode Frederick County Farm in Stonewall District Frederick County Virginia. The sale occurs in front of the County Courthouse Winchester at 11 am on Saturday July 23 1932. The tract originally 164 acres now 10 acres 0 roods 7.6 poles after releases. note secured debt $8292.70 as of November 20 1931. Terms cash. Trustee Harry R Kern. Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall. Sale postponed to September 3 1932 same time and place.
A Texas Senate committee discussed a resolution to authorize a legislative investigation into last Saturday's Democratic runoff in which Governor Ster alleged widespread illegal ballots. The move came during a special session on tax relief measures as firemen battled rising flames downtown.
Public auction scheduled for September 24, 1932 at 11 a.m. to sell a corner lot on East Cork Street Extended facing Senseney Road in Winchester Virginia. Property runs 50 feet on Senseney Road and 90 feet deep, with Greenwall Avenue and Luttrell lands as boundaries. Terms require one third cash sale day, balance via two purchaser bonds due in one and two years, secured by deed of trust.
A columnist muses on aging and legacy, contrasting aging politicians with Welsh practices and questioning whether Congress should hire outsiders rather than relatives to reduce taxpayer costs. The piece reflects on public service, nepotism, and financial efficiency.
Claudette Colbert and Clive Brook headline Paramount drama The Man From Yesterday at the Capitol today. Brook plays a British officer who marries a nurse in Paris, is later presumed dead, and returns to find Colbert remarried before leaving for good. Mickey McGuire appears in a comedy short, with Capitol News and a teaser for By Whose Hand showing tomorrow on a Northwest train setting.
Warner Bros Colonial Theatre in Winchester offers a great outdoor program from 2 to 11 p m featuring Tom Mix and Tony in a action hit Destry Rides Again by Max Brand and the new serial The Last of the Mohicans with Harry Carey and Edwina Booth. Cash prizes for children plus fifty Tom Mix hats for the first fifty in line Saturday morning.
A glamorous screen star Miss Del Rio leads the Palace return of The Girl of The Rio a Mack stage adaptation formerly known as The Dove. Produced by RKO this film follows the stage plot with Del Rio portraying a cafe entertainer whose restrained tenderness and decisive courage drive the drama. Leo Carrillo Norman Foster and a cast including Stanley De Murphy Lucille Gleason and Frank Campeau support in a vivid social romance set against a Spanish Don backdrop.
The article defines genre paintings as everyday life subjects distinct from historic heroic romantic or ideal themes. It notes the moon’s total brightness equals a 100 candlepower lamp at 22 yards, illustrating measured illumination.
The article stresses sufficiency cleanliness and vitamin content as the three essentials of infant feeding. It discusses breast and bottle feeding options cow’s milk prepared milks and the need for adequate intake and proper vitamin supplementation. It warns against underfeeding and notes that regurgitation can occur if the bottle is too full and advises consulting a doctor for diarrhoea or weight gain issues.
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