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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1939
Page
10
William Walker bought a horse from Harry White on an installment plan. The horse died before the last $10 payment, and White sued when Walker refused the final payment. A Circuit Court jury upheld Walker's defense.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1728 B offers a dress design with top detailing to slim the figure for bridge parties and luncheons. The pattern covers sizes 36 through 52 with fabric estimates and includes a step by step sew chart. Price 15 cents per pattern, 15 cents for the pattern book, or 23 cents for both. orders to theBox address.
Caroline Chatfield argues husbands should blend affection with financial support to satisfy wives. She notes men excel at business psychology yet neglect daily gestures of love, insisting romance enhances stability and happiness at home.
Funeral services for Frank R. Dovell age 70 a Charleston West Virginia native were held in Berryville with burial at Mount Jackson Cemetery. Survivors include two brothers H H Dovell Urbana Ohio Charles P Dovell Luray Virginia and two sisters Mrs John E Overby Danville Virginia and Mrs J Ed Ogden Berryville.
Cleveland officers fear the torso slayer has struck again as detective Peter Merylo leads a Kingsbury Run search after two workmen found a woman’s right foot sawed from the ankle. The industrial Kingsbury Run area has yielded body parts in previous cases.
Merylo and Cuyahoga county coroner Dr Samuel R Gerber declined to confirm a possible thirteenth killing after eight additional mutilated bodies were located within a five mile radius.
In Wabash Indiana two boys aged 9 and 11 stole keys from 15 downtown parked cars on April Fool’s Day. Police recovered the keys and are trying to match each key to its corresponding vehicle.
Dense puzzle clue list with across and down entries referencing places people and objects. Includes theme notes and a 1939 copyright line King Features Syndicate and various nationality or language hints.
Mrs Harriett Cooper Shoko 42 died at her home in Southampton S I Sunday afternoon. She was the wife of George K Shoko and daughter of the late John W Cooper and Wally Oliver Cooper of Clarke county. Survived by son George K Shoko Jr and Victoria Shoko and three sisters. Burial at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville with services at the grave officiated by Rev Robert Goodwin. Pallbearers named. Services also set for St Marks Episcopal Church Long Island Tuesday afternoon.
A Brooklyn woman, Mrs. Mollie Klein, was fined two dollars or a day in jail for overtime parking as she lamented a need for rest while rain fell outside. Attendants escorted her to a dry cell after the court sentence.
A transfer pattern for six Scottish motif tea towels with cross stitch outline running stitches and lazy daisy stitches. Includes materials list and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents to Winchester Star Household Arts Dept. to obtain pattern 6113, with name address and pattern number.
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