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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1932
Page
2
Dr Logan Clendening surveys common cosmetic ingredients. Wrinkle removers rely on astrigents like alum or borax, while paraffin pastes are risky. Freckle removers and bleaches use mercury salts or acids and may trigger skin eruptions. Hair removers dissolve hair but do not affect follicles, and thallium acetate poses severe poisoning risk.
Old residents report more strangers begging for meals and seeking work than since 1893. Some travel from east and midwest to Virginia, aiming for orchards as work prospects dry up. A man from Oklahoma notes eastward drift for food and lodging, while others roam industrial Ohio and Pennsylvania.
A public auction will be held in front of the County Court House Winchester on Saturday October 22 1932 at 11 o clock for a brick dwelling and lot at 317 South Kent Street Winchester Virginia. Terms: one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance.
Scout finance reports will be presented tonight at the Friendship Fire Company hall at 8. Reginald Haines oversees the solicitation and pledges. A free public entertainment at City Hall Auditorium is planned for Thursday night with a musical program and Scout demonstration. No collection will be taken at the meeting.
The market report lists regional prices across dairy feed, corn products, eggs and butter, with notable figures for shelled corn at 1.05 to 1.30 and butter values around 4.25 to 4.75 per unit. Livestock listings include hogs, calves, lambs, and sheep with varied notations.
Shaky OCR reads show commodity quotes for wheat, hay, steers, calves, heifers, sheep, lambs, hogs and young chickens with mixed figures and garbled annotations. Despite the noise the text indicates closing price adjustments and itemized livestock and grain categories.
A note urges more artificial light, advising bulbs of correct strength and proper placement for best results. A reunion meeting adds a personal touch as a preacher says he regrets not shaking hands with many old faces.
An overview explaining that tuberculosis remains a hopeful but dangerous disease, with emphasis on spread mainly through droplets from infected individuals. It highlights dairy herd inspection to prevent cattle TB, the dangers of sputum spread, and the risk to infants from household transmission, urging public health measures and awareness.
The United Methodist Church formed in London with 10 000 delegates witnessing the union of Primitive Methodist United Methodist and Wesleyans. The merged church counts 5 000 ministers 200 000 Sunday School teachers 1 250 000 scholars and about one million members with property assets estimated at 60 to 80 million pounds.
West Feliciana parish Louisiana teen Elena Percy arrives in Baton Rouge astride a cattle pony driving her herd with a lasso to pay tuition. She becomes a fully enrolled freshman at Louisiana State University and the enrollment cost is nine head of cattle.
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