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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1934
Page
4
A display and classified advertising notice outlines rate cards 2 cents per word minimum 25 cents 42 cents per inch and a Tall $1.50 stanza option. It notes copy must be accompanied by cash and office deadlines 10 A M for publication and lists national reps Devine Tenney Corp in major cities.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a harmony feast leading to confusion and conflict within an unidentified house. No clear names, places, dates, or events emerge from the readable portion.
Thurston W. Richardson, Bedford Bulletin publisher and Clarke county native, died early Saturday. He helped found the Bedford Board of Trade, inspired the Chamber of Commerce, attracted federal land purchases near the Peaks of Otter, and championed a municipally owned hydro electric plant yielding tax relief for Bedford. He was revered by family and respected by peers.
The plan would arm virtually all Italian males from age eight, with compulsory training from 8 to 18 to foster a passion for military life and a lifetime of armed service, followed by full military duty at 21. The proposal is criticized as fantasy or madness for endorsing mass murder.
A Brookings Institute publication presents four truths about power and policy. It argues the issue is not consumptive power but how information and fairness shape informed public understanding.
A quiz listing the seven wonders of the ancient world with names such as the Sphinx pyramids of Egypt the Hanging Gardens of Babylon the Temple of Artemis and the Colossus of Rhodes. It asks who the Septembrists were and how Saint Sebastian died with concise historical answers.
The passage argues that public purchasing power determines the real use of productive output. Even in 1929 millions lived below healthy standards, and increasing family incomes would boost consumption dramatically, benefiting industry. It questions if a higher minimum living wage is worthwhile.
The report notes seven dollars and seventy cents paid for Jonathan and Virginia Bonum apples. Roosevelt pushes a relief program for the needy. Methodists of the Baltimore conference plan a Roan Ridge meeting from October 4 to 9. Rev. G W Stover begins his 22nd year back at Winchester United Brethren Church. Charles M Schwab is hospitalized in New York.
Fort Loudoun Chapter DAR funded a marker for Betty Lewis Carter's grave found in a Castleman's Ferry cemetery. The Star had misidentified it as Betty Washington. Carter was daughter of Fielding Lewis, niece of George Washington, and wife of Charles Carter.
A fragment notes Washingtons sister, who married Fielding Lewis of Kenmore, indicating family connections to notable colonial figures and the Kenmore estate.
The name John Barleycorn personifies malt liquor and originates from an old English tract titled The Arraining and Indicting of Sir John Barleycorn Rot. printed for Timothy Tosspot.
Inspector Lee investigates a late night break in at a house where Miss Edwards Ruth Turner and Dr Walker confront accusations after a stanza of chaotic encounters. The bedclothes vanish and a potential crime figure remains at large as the scene ends with warnings of complicity and danger.
Five years ago the D A R dedicated graves in Jefferson county. Frank A Motz joined the Federal marketing division in London. The Winchester Presbytery prepared to convene in Piedmont West Virginia. A plane crash proved fatal to three at Lake Manitoba. Mrs H M Crim of Strasburg died.
A fatal injury occurs when an automobile collision harms Jackson. The Roosevelt Hotel in New York opens under United Hotels. Berkeley county begins apple inspections. Tax collectors are barred from extending payment deadlines. Billy Sunday says love cannot be quarantined.
In a 25 year old report Richmond defeats Winchester by scores of 4-0 and 4-2. The Old Baptist church at Timber Ridge is dedicated. Farmer Sidney Snapp of Frederick County dies. Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota is reported out of danger. Local residents attend the Hagerstown fair.
An Associated Press report from Washington states that the O Sullivan Rubber Company Inc of this city registered with the Securities Commission an offering of 40 000 shares of common stock valued at about 280 000 dollars.
An old advertisement promotes Adlerika from Baker's Drug Store in Stephens County for dull or blotchy skin. It claims one dose cleanses poisons from the system to reduce pimples and bad skin.
Private sale of a seven room home with blacksmith shop and stable on about one and a half acres near Winchester Virginia. Property includes limestone land, a reliable well and three cisterns. Contact L. J. Hartman R F D 2 Winchester Va for terms.
Present and past rainfall figures show 2.57 inches for September to date and 23.46 inches year to date, with average monthly rainfall over 21 years listed as 34.71 inches. Monthly values include January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 8.21, May 3.94, June 3.66, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34.
Frederick County presents the Great Frederick Fair from October 9 to 12 featuring a modern plant, top dairy cattle exhibits, and a racing program with a half mile track. The Congress of Daredevils performs Friday October 12 with Mary Wiggins and acts like a parachute drop, head on collision stunts, and motorcycle races.
The text includes an advertising claim for Feen a mint laxative and a 1934 Winchester Virginia court decree detailing a Master Commissioner referral for Evelyn Virginia Campbell's estate. It lists duties to identify property, partition feasibility, creditors, and rightful heirs with notices to attend court.
Promoters of the walk contest moved their equipment to trucks and departed for Roanoke after a brief event at the fair grounds. Citizens and merchants urged action. council held a special session and considered an emergency ordinance imposing a weekly license fee on walk and dance marathons and traveling carnivals. The event had been licensed for one week at 19.50 dollars.
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