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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1931
Page
4
The notice lists publishing terms and rates with the Winchester, Massachusetts office. It notes daily publication except Sundays, advance payment options for six months three months and one year, and includes distribution through Atlas Corporation representatives in New York Des Moines and Chicago.
The text presents an Associated Press copyright notice for dispatches and local news plus a biblical quotation from Acts 17 27 28. It lacks a clear news event or person and reads as licensing material rather than a reportable item.
A Times-Dispatch column argues urban young women increasingly act as providers while men grow unemployed. It notes educated brides in New York and Chicago share homes and work, while rural areas retain traditional provider roles. the piece suggests the core institution remains but economics shape dating norms.
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce reports a record home canning and preserving drive with hundreds of shipments of jars lids and supplies. Little Rock area sales exceed ten years of demand, Hope distributors ship thousands of fruit jars and vinegar, while Jefferson county reports large carload quantities of jars and tins amid a statewide push to prevent shortages.
The report notes over 250000 jars in Phillips county alone and wholesalers struggling to fill orders. In other southern sections farmers seek more focus on growing and preserving foodstuffs than in many previous years.
The article explains the center of population as a changing mathematical point. It has moved steadily west and south reflecting settlement patterns. In 1931 it sits in Greene County Indiana, with implications for government and business decisions and the balance between Eastern cities and Western expansion.
Wardensville WV hosts Holland R. Wilkinson September 21 to 27 with nightly 8 o clock preaching and singing. He draws listeners from Virginia Maryland North Carolina and West Virginia and is known for the Sunshine Hour radio program on WRVA Richmond. Wilkinson often travels from Richmond to preach and broadcast.
Nita Dudley and her sister Natalie arrive in New York with little money and meet theatrical agent Charles Young. Nita's nightclub debut wins attention from Alyn Brady, heir to a fortune, while Natalie falls for him, complicating the sisters' clash of ambitions and romance.
Warner Capitol Theatre manager F J Thomas relays a message from John Jette, Warner Bros theatres official, confirming premier releases for the coming year starting in February. The Capitol Theatre will show Paramount pictures this year, including Morocco and Feet First, with bigger hits promised for the season.
Thomas Pugh and family of Mill Brook West Virginia visited Grimes and Evelyn Pugh returned home with her parents after two months with her aunt and uncle. Residents from Inwood and Winchester called on Grimes residents. Galilee Sunday School picnic attendees came from Grimes to Jordan Springs. Margaret and Louise Taylor returned to Hedgesville after visiting at Orchard Glen Farm. Holly Strother of Pittsburgh has stayed with her mother in Grimes. White Hall Telephone directors held their annual meeting in Winchester.
Rosenberger Virginia area residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania Washington D C West Virginia and Winchester during several days last week highlighted by visits to Mrs J B Snapp Mrs Virginia Orndorff and Mr C M Rosenberger.
Notices state banks will close Monday Sept 7 for Labor Day. Paper maturities due that date may be paid on Tuesday Sept 8. Signatures include J H Yost cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank, WM G Hardy cash. Shenandoah Valley National Bank, Al John L Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank, GEO B Bushnell of Union Bank of Winchester.
J R Violett declares he will not be responsible for any debts incurred by his wife Rose C Violett after August 15 1931 due to her leaving his home. Public notice dated September 3 1931.
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