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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1932
Page
4
The fragment shows publication details for The Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester Virginia. It lists consolidation notes with other papers and Associated Press rights and subscription rates and locations for national advertising reps in Atlanta Chicago.
The text presents a garbled religious fragment mentioning a Psalm 37:37 quotation about the perfect and upright man, plus scattered phrases. The readable lines reference biblical admonitions and a reward concept without a clear news event or date.
Richmond Times Dispatch defends Governor Pole Yard against blame for a $4.359 million diversion from primary highway funds. It notes $3 million funds moved to secondary roads under Byrd plan, with four counties voting to stay. The piece argues emergency federal assistance of $120 million offsets the divergence and credits the governor for securing Virginia’s $2.5 million share.
Staunton News-Leader reports Maine’s swing to the Democrats rattles Republican leaders. The president warns the party to mobilize against the Democratic menace, planning multiple speeches including one on prohibition. The shift marks a historic contest for 76 years and signals morale damage to the GOP.
The piece argues a major party defeat is near as Maine debacle lessons hit Hoover and Republicans. It notes inflated fortunes and stock-market style overconfidence, calling for painful but needed realignment. It predicts Roosevelt would provide a stronger opposition if levelheaded.
The Garrick Theatre in Chicago faced a fire beneath the stage during a performance of Dancing in the Dark. Prima donna Lottie Kroll and the chorus stayed onstage until the audience was evacuated, then sought safety. The Chicago Daily News urges a Carnegie medal for Miss Kroll for bravery and loyalty.
An American newspaper woman recounts a Sunday afternoon in Hyde Park where freewheeling orators voiced radical political and religious views. Police acted as umpires as audiences heckled fiercely, swapping roles with speakers, producing a lively but inconclusive exchange.
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 am shows none. September to date totals .88 inch, year to date 25.19 inches. Monthly normals from a 19 year record include January 2.36, February 195, March 2.70, April 3.17, May 287, November 2.14, with details truncated.
Peanut shells have been found as good fuel material for factory boilers in areas where shells are plentiful.
A compendium lists events from 1890s to 1901 including Hawaii annexation debates, Polynesian wars and peace with Spain, the Dingley tariff, antitrust rulings on railroad agreements, Alaska and Texas oil discoveries, American steel industry growth, the formation of U S Steel, juvenile courts in Chicago, civil government for the Philippines, Chicaogo drainage, Galveston reforms, the Platt Amendment and the Open Door policy, with McKinley reelection and his assassination.
Wynter recalls entering Monksilver as a drugged killer’s plot unfolds. Creyke lies dead in a car, a jade necklace hidden in a stair carpet confirms the crime scene, and Severn and others vanish as inspectors search the haunted country house.
The market lists dairy feed and various feedstuffs with prices around 1.00 to 1.10, butter prices, poultry and egg prices, cattle and calf figures, hogs and sheep values, and regional notes from Baltimore wholesale markets. Prices for hay and corn meal appear, with several line items showing multiple decimal prices.
The Post Office spends about 2 million dollars annually on the postal directory service which searches city directories and other authorities to correct and complete misaddressed mail. Benjamin Franklin asked the king of Prussia for help for liberty, and the king replied he would not use his power to ruin his own trade.
The Department of Agriculture announced September 15 that the active flight period of the Japanese beetle for this summer appears over and that crates will therefore not be required on fruits and vegetables shipped from the regulated areas after September 18. The few adult beetles remaining are sluggish and not attracted to farm products but may crawl into flowers later in the season prompting continued restrictions on interstate movement of cut flowers and plant portions until October 15. Restrictions on nursery ornamental and greenhouse stock and all other plants without roots remain in force year round.
The fragment describes a life guard and a large brown aquatic animal depicted with masculine envy on all sides, suggesting a tense or humorous instinctive scenario.
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