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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
4
The fragment shows publication details for The Winchester Evening Star with editor H. P. Byrd Jr and publishing company, including pricing and postal notes. It indicates daily publication except Sundays and historical pricing terms for various subscriptions.
Advertising rates listed for classifieds at 2 cents per word with minimum 25 cents and memorials charged per line. Display ads require a border and must be filed by 9 P M the day before. transient rate 45 cents per inch. Rates apply to offices in New York Detroit City San Francisco Chicago Boston and Los Angeles.
The Associated Press retains exclusive rights to reuse its dispatches and credit remains essential. This notice also covers all local news published by the paper and any material not credited to the AP.
A church bulletin notes a sermon on John 4 24 God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth. The announcement lists the date Thursday September 29 1938 and invites congregants to attend.
The piece recalls the Jimmy Hines mistrial and compares it to Harry Wills being barred from the heavyweight title by a foul decision against Jack Sharkey. It notes Tex Rickard and referees favoring avoidance of black fighters for top bouts and the widespread but inconsistent penalties for hitting while holding.
The text argues the disqualification of Wills shifts the governor race dynamics, noting Pecora’s ruling as a costly foul that harms the Republican’s young contender while highlighting Tammany Hall’s influence and the broader political machinery at play in New York City.
An American writer in the London sphere notes that when referencing the average American he envisions his own acquaintances. He argues the perceived intelligence is far above its actual level and remarks that the intelligence of the average American is singularly low.
A critic contrasts today’s educated output with the 1912–1926 “literary twenties” era. He laments a sterile youth culture, notes fashionable dress masking inner emptiness, and asks where dreams, ideals, and individual sovereignty have gone. He warns of a future where a second Huey Long could gain an audience.
Rev Millard J Miller succeeds Rev Stover as pastor moving with family from Dayton Va. Eugene Cooper joins the George Washington Hotel Corp board of directors as it plans to refinance total indebtedness. Justice Hugh Black hints at Klan connections may discuss on radio. Miss Elizabeth Tidler to wed Mr Walborn and is honored at a bridal shower hosted by Mrs Henry Dougherty.
Five years ago Dr E C Stuart a noted Winchester surgeon is elected president of the Medical Association of the Valley of Virginia. A loud thunderclap and brief heavy rain wake residents early in the morning. C Vernon Eddy receives the silver beaver award from the National Council of Boy Scouts for local council service. State wet and dry headquarters trade barbed statements as the prohibition election nears.
Ten years ago Scott A. Affleck a prominent Winchester businessman dies at his residence. A Frederick County grand jury returns 15 indictments this week. A Page county dairy farmer reports a gross income of 5300 on 50 acres. Handley High School loses its opener to Harrisonburg 6 to 0 by one touchdown.
Twenty five years ago the U S Cavalry brigade of 2 300 men and officers finally occupies the road to Washington after a summer encampment in Frederick county. Mrs Sarah Ellen Kyle widow of local farmer Thomas Kyle dies in Winchester on North Main street. Fort Loudoun Seminary seniors host new classmates at a picture show in the Auditorium theatre. Carrie Chapman Catt founds a women suffrage workers school in New York City.
Forty years ago notes remind readers the Star is not closing while a new plant is being prepared. George E Bushnell and Co drug store closes for interior improvements. John S Sloat recovers from two months illness and resumes duties at Shenandoah Valley National Bank. Treasury reports Cuba hostilities cost the U S one million dollars.
A reader can get facts by writing The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington DC. Haskin directs the service and requests three cents for a reply.
The text explains Roman cement from volcanic ash or Pozzuoli lava, notes US term pozzolan, lists trivia Q A pairs on topics like Te Ba yton, Darrow, Time magazine birth 1923, Napoleon statues, and caruso candle maker, plus clarifications on Time history and rhubarb medicine use.
An 87 year old wedding ring from 1851 was slipped on Miss Lucinda Ludden of Cresco Iowa as she married Walter S. Huston of Harmony Minnesota. The ring belonged to the groom’s parent and was worn at the wedding.
Municipal Judge Charles S. Cooter ruled bicycles cannot carry two people unless tandem. Two youths were fined $25 each for violating a new Des Moines ordinance barring riding a second person on handlebars. The fines were suspended.
Washington dispatch notes domestic industry resumes growth despite stock market jitters. Official forecasts show industrial output rising toward 92 in September with a 3 point gain in October and slight dip in November and December. Auto production and public works spending fuel the advance while rail wage talks loom and strike risk eases under fact finding plans.
Noel observes Betsy’s strange hostility toward Fay Garwood and suspects a plot around the Garwood estate. Julian recalls the family tragedy, the will, and potential impersonation of Betsy, while Noel debates bringing Betsy to safety and wonders about Hichens, the butler-like figure, and the true heir.
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