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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1934
Page
4
A fragmentary item notes the Evening Star Publishing Company and mentions Winchester Virginia with references to The Morning News Item and several weekly papers. The text lacks full context or clear events.
Classified rates are shown as 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum and ads must be in by 10 A M. for publication. Display ads with a border cost 42 cents per inch and national reps are Devine Corp Detroit Pittland Atlanta. The note closes with a Bible verse about love casting out fear from 1 John 4 18.
Readers and motorists criticize the Skyline Drive for unfinished oil surfacing and tar, dense foliage blocking views, and delays since 1930. Officials expect completion after delays due to winter weather and shifting plans, with contracts awarded late in October and broader opening hoped to spur unified action by federal officials.
The text asks who would write about Bethlehem town in a school days prompt and identifies Phillips Brooks as Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts. It also notes Arthur Cheney Train as the author who writes stories involving Tutt and Mr Tutt.
The text notes steps have been taken to complete the drive this fall, not next spring. If Secretary Ickes maintains control, the drive should be travelable in about a month. otherwise another year may pass before the public can use it.
State Auditor Downs commends Treasurer John M. Purcell after an audit showing efficient and accurate management. Governor Peery calls Purcell an able official, noting no losses in bank failures during the depression and diligent safeguarding of Virginia’s funds through bonds or collateral.
A traveling farmer recounts arriving in Winchester Virginia on September 18 1934 to sell produce. He was fined 61 dollars plus 2 dollars costs for parking in the street while briefly entering a restaurant. He argues local enforcement was new and unequal and fears further fines during hunting season.
A damaged OCR fragment notes copyright by R. J. Scott 1984 and J Central Press Association Inc. It also includes a sentence about adverbs and a Cicero quotation claiming nations’ consensus guides natural law. The text appears as an unclear ad hoc snippet from a newspaper page.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 p m shows none with September to date at 2 41 inches and year to date 23 30 inches. The average precipitation per annum for the past 21 years is recorded as 34 71 inches. December 2 34.
The Shenandoah Valley Academy will open for its session tomorrow. Bishop Batdorff addresses the United Brethren conference at Singers Glen. Idaho votes to repeal the 18th amendment. Mayor J. P. O'Brien seeks another term in New York City. Americans in Cuba seek safety aboard ship. Bishop Collins Denny marks his 50th ministry anniversary. Coast guard uses solid shells to stop rum craft. Rival unions aim to organize NC textile workers. Fire prevention week begins October 6. Ford makes no bid for Muscle Shoals.
Enrollment at Randolph Macon Academy totals 110 with 60 new cadets joining. Students come from the District of Columbia and two foreign countries Haiti and Norway. Col. John C. Boggs serves as principal this year as the school operates on a tentative schedule.
William Butler of Mountain Falls appears in a Hagerstown hospital story as the Prince of Wales departs New York after a day in the metropolis. The Friendship Fire Company sues Newton Long for 180 dollars for services. Wythe county apples are exported for the first time. A Yellowstone Park ranger predicts an early hard winter.
Donald Reeves is found shot to death at Center City University. The gun with Jamieson’s initials vanishes. Inspector Lee and reporter Tim Blade pursue Giovanni and an insurance investigator, uncovering Reeves’s last night meeting and a web of motives as the case unfolds.
A civic alert labels reckless motorists as members of a fictitious Take a Chance Club. It warns about 30,000 annual American deaths and a $1 billion annual property loss from drive risky behavior. The piece features a satirical pledge urging drivers to follow traffic laws and road safety.
The article traces rubber tree origins to Sir Henry Wickham who smuggled Brazilian seeds to England under pretence of delivering specimens to Kew. Seeds were planted in Ceylon, starting the plantation era and enabling rubber supplies across India Malaysia and the Far East.
Miss Maud Elsie Grubb and Oliver Love Wisecarver marry in a quiet home ceremony at the bride’s parents residence, Mr. and Mrs. George M. D. Grub, as friends and family attend the neat, traditional event.
Helen Keller returning from Scotland to teach Braille to Ann Macey voiced sharp rebukes of Mussolini and Hitler. She criticized Mussolini's compulsory military training and lamented Italian children being trained for war. She called Hitler's deeds terrible and expressed hope for eradicating the Hitler menace.
A compact cure claim for B. C., a relief remedy prepared by a registered pharmacist. It promises rapid relief from violent headaches and other pains without opiates, and can also ease colds, neuralgia, and fever. Sold in 10c and 25c packages.
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