Postmaster Warns of Old Spanish Swindle Letters
Postmaster W Nelson Page reports revival of the Old Spanish Swindle letters. The scam uses a Mexico City return address and promises a large hidden bank sum for help, offering one third in return. The letters target local citizens with vague claims and request responses via air mail.
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W. Nelson Page
Wihr
Jose Cueto
Calle de Dantes No. 40
Mexico City
Mexico
Bankrup
U. S
Page
Across The Headpin League Standings and Scores
The RB League standings show Glaize and Bro leading Valley Service while Va Woolen No. 2 beats Coca Cola. Elks Club and Studebaker split. Lee Fawcett leads with 131 in singles. Elks Club tops 586 in team game. Furniture industry employs over 300000 workers in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaize and Bro. Valley Service
South End Fire Co
Studebaker
Columbia Baking Co
Bell Clothes
Vafi
Elks Club Snapp’s Foundry
Coca- Cola
Clearbrook Woolen
Rev. Bailey
Lee Fawcett
Bob Legge
Bob Yerby
Raymond Webber
Elks Club
Va- Woolen
Glaize
Bro
Valley Service
Coca Cola
Glaizemen
Va. Woolen No. 2
Woolen No. 2
Chauncey Snapp
Bell
Ed Cornell
Maurice Foreman
Columbia Baking
Snapp
Foundry
Va. Woolen
Clarke All Stars Open Practice at Boyce High School
Clarke County All Stars held an opening baseball drill at Boyce High School diamond with many veterans and promising newcomers. The team will host the Winchester Legion post on May 2 at home.
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Clarke County All-Stars
Boyce High School
All-Stars
Winchester Legion Post
Gasoline Thief Flees as Victim Awakens at Lane
Julian Everly of Boyce was robbed at his fuel pump early Sunday when a thief startled the household and fled in a car down the lane. The suspect escaped without identification. The piece notes that the first American railroads ran on wooden rails.
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Julian Everly
Boyce
Everly
Rainfall totals by month and year to date
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation none at 7 am. April rainfall to date 1.20 inches and 1948 rainfall to date 1.64 inches. For the 1913 1946 period monthly totals are listed from January 2.46 to December 2.38 inches with percentages noting 9 percent. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
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Silmester
Kent ST
Rb” League
United States
Clarke
J. J. Case Farm Wagons
Winchester
Grove’s
Arvin
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Pease Aree
Learers Caanans
Loudoun St
Rouen
Blondie
Patent Office
Glamor Girls
Don Flower
CMAN
Chic Young
Henry
By Carl Anderson
Grocer
Secret Agent X-9
Munter
Midland City
Big Sister
Stohels
Etta Kett
Pai
MNS
BY Mel Grafi
AR. Corrigan
Mysele
MR. Kroogade
EO Fikker
U. 8. Patent Office
By Les Forgrave
By Paul Robinson
Wei
Muggs and
Skeeter
U. S. Patent Office
Wally Bishop
Pat
Uae
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