Advertisement Rates and Deadlines for Winchester Star
The Winchester Evening Star outlines advertising rates including 2 cents per word for classifieds with a 25 cent minimum, memorials at 1.50 for four stanzas, and 75 cents for cards of thanks. Display ads with borders due by 10 AM, transient rate 42 cents per inch, with contract rates on request. National reps listed as Devine Tenney Corp in major cities.
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Devine-Tenney Corp
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Pit
Poem and Proverb Reflections in a 19th Century Page
A compact newspaper item presents a religious quotation from Job 31 16 17 19 21 alongside a notice about Associated Press rights. The piece pits a moral exhortation with a brief media copyright statement.
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Associated Press
Review of World War I casualties and losses
A concise survey of mobilized totals and casualties from Russia France and the United States with warship losses for Britain and Germany. It notes territorial losses under the Versailles treaty and tallies Allied and Central Powers fatalities and wounded, highlighting the cost of war.
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Europe
Russia
France
United States
Great Britain
England
Yeniee
Germany
Turkey
William T. Reed Honored as Virginia Leader and Philanthropist
A tribute praises William T. Reed for shaping Virginia politics and Richmond’s civic life. He directed the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, aided educational and charitable causes, and practiced the Golden Rule in business and public service. His influence, fairness, and generosity are lauded as foundational to Virginia’s constitutional stand and Richmond’s moral standing.
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William T. Reed
Hood
Virginia
Richmond
Reed
Gless
Byrd
Capitol
Farewell to a Noble Man Whose Legacy Endures
A solemn farewell honors a noble man whose strength of soul and unselfish purpose inspired many. The speaker laments the loss, noting that people will not see his like again and signaling a lasting impact on those he touched.
Automatic Law Repeal
The Waynesboro News-Virginian discusses obsolete and unenforceable laws cluttering statutes. It cites a Chicago Daily News editorial urging automatic repeal of laws not reenacted after twenty years to streamline legislation.
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Waynesboro
Congress
Chicago Daily News
G Factor? Spearman's Big Idea Stirs American Psychologists
British scientist Prof. C Spearman outlines a general mind power termed G that underlies intelligence and appears across tests. He suggests G extends beyond IQ, potentially equating to a person’s overall mental power usable for many tasks.
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Prof. C. Spearman
American Psychological Association
Spearman
Alma Dam dedication signals river commerce revival
The Alma Dam in Wisconsin was dedicated Sept. 2 as the first unit of 26 structures to create a nine foot channel from the Twin Cities to St. Louis. When all locks are finished, the upper Mississippi could rival the Great Lakes in commercial use, with minimal railroad impact.
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America
Alma
Mississippi
Wis
Twin Cities
St. Louis
Great Lakes
School Day Qs on Dewdrops and St Francis
A reader quiz lists three questions with answers. It defines a dewdrop as the water vapor condensed on earth after sunset, notes St Francis of Assisi as the medieval figure most resembling Christ in daily life, and states the hummingbird can fly backward a short distance.
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Christ
St. Francis of Assisi
Rainfall Statistics From Winchester Laboratory Readout
Present and past rainfall data show the 24 hour end at 8 a.m. reporting 4.43 inches for September to date and year to date 28.57 inches. The Winchester Laboratory notes a 22 year average of 34.61 inches and monthly averages ranging from 1.94 inches in February to 3.88 inches in May.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Flashes of Life Makes a Difference
A Philadelphia junior football game paused as fire engines arrived to a house ablaze across the lot. Coach Geraghty urged play on as Woods faced the fire, defending his team’s home amid the flames.
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Philadelphia
St. Philomena’s
Coac
John B. Geraghty, Jr
Woods
Geraghty
Coach
Dallas Youth Reports Body Found Beside Airline Road
An excited boy tells police a dead woman lies in a ditch near Airline road in Dallas. He reports severe facial injuries and scant clothing as officers and deputies investigate the grisly discovery.
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Dallas, Tex
Depu
Skyline Drive Opens To Traffic Amid Regional News
One year ago city manager P. P. Pilcher and Peter Yates Brinton were in an automobile accident near Herndon. The middle section of Skyline Drive is now open to traffic. A dynamite explosion directed at the E. M. Holt plaid mills in Burlington shakes the town. Mrs. Joseph M. Carson dies at 76 in Woodstock. Martial law is declared in Georgia strike areas. Five years ago Miss Judith Guire and Lieut. Julian B. Lindsey wed in a local ceremony. James Edward Miller, 22, dies from an automobile crash. Handley Judges set football season opener for September 27 against Tech High School. Rufus C. Robinson, 71, former…
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P. P. Pilcher
Peter Yates Brinton
Herndon
Skyline Drive
E. M. Holt Plaid Mills
Burlington
N. C
Joseph M. Carson
Woodstock
Georgia
JudithGuire
Julian B. Lindsey
James Edward Miller
Handley Judges
Tech High School
Washington, D. C
Rufus C. Robinson
Prominent Businessman Dies in Clarendon Incident
News brief reports the death of a prominent business man in Clarendon and details that Miss Ruth Alexander a 24 year old aviatrix was killed in a plane crash in San Diego California.
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Clarendon
Ruth Alexander
San Diego
Calif
Richmond Republican gubernatorial bid declines by Henry W. Anderson
Ten years ago Henry W. Anderson of Richmond declined to run for Governor of Virginia on the Republican ticket. Dr Roy W. Flanagan urged local Red Cross to bolster public health service work. Miss Mary Spottswood Buchan died here. British use Stonewall Jackson tactics in mimic battles.
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Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
Virginia
Roy W. Flanagan
Red Cross
Mary Spottswood Buchanan
Twenty-Five Years Ago Wedding Noted in Brucetown
A 4 30 a m Sunday wedding in Brucetown drew many friends of the couple. Mrs Isabel Stewart Bryan widow of Joseph Bryan publisher of the Times Dispatch dies. The United Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Church ends at Richmond. The state convention of the W C T U in Portsmouth reports issues awaiting settlement.
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Brucetown
Isabel Stewart Bryan
Joseph Bryan
The
Times Dispatch
United Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Church
Richmond
Portsmouth
New Deal Laws Face Supreme Court Ruling
Four major New Deal measures plus others face constitutional challenges as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on processing taxation under AAA, Bankhead cotton control, slum clearance, and TVA power selling. The article notes potential directions, lower courts, and the political stakes. It also discusses currency instability, war risk, and economic sanctions affecting global trade and US neutrality policies.
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Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
TVA
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court Actions Thread Through Taxation and Acts
The text weighs constitutional fate of processing tax ation and compulsory cotton control as likely unconstitutional. Public sentiment favors slum clearance for low-cost housing and opposes private property condemning. Support is split on power selling, and views favor social security and Wagner acts while opposing utilities and Guffey acts depending on Supreme Court rulings.
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NRA
Social Securities
Wagner
Utilities and Guffey
Supreme Court
Diamonds on the road spark search for Janet
Blair and McClure find four diamonds along the Boisevain Winston road linked to Miss Morelle’s necklace. Nita confirms Maurice Boisevain’s stash hidden in a summer house chest. Blair, fearing Janet’s capture, launches a Canada-wide hunt, while Myrtle Harris recalls a haunting, masked laughter at the Boisevain mansion.
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McClure
Blair
Boisevain
Janet
Maurice
Bolsevain Mansion
Nita
Miss Morelle
Morelle
Miss Boisevain
Bolsevain
Winston
Western Canada
B. R
Boisevain Hotel
B. C
New York
Vancouver
Myrtle Harris
Winston Hospital
Maurice Boisevain
Jit
Daily resolve and distant seas shape a ship’s name
A fragmented passage reflects on finishing daily tasks with a fresh spirit, hints at a vanished inland sea north of Asia, and notes the Lukchun Depressions as the lowest dry valley on earth. It mentions ancient ship naming, often after gods, and the importance of names.
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Gobs
Asia
Mediterranean
Lukchun Depressions
Identification of Girl Questioned in Amnesia Case
A mother and daughter clash over the identity of a woman in Memorial Hospital Richmond after she collapsed in a drugstore. The daughter claims the patient is her sister Edith Saunders Jordan of Baltimore, while the mother insists the woman is not her daughter. The woman wore a wedding ring inscribed J A to H L 4-83-31.
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Vancouver
Richmond
Memorial Hospital
Pearl Saunders Kritzer
Edith Frances Saunders Jordan
Castle Street
Baltimore
Martha Saunders
Kritzer
H. L
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