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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1934

Page

2

World Brothers Circus Promises Modern Colossal Caravan

The World Brothers Circus decks its show with a larger two hour performance featuring Bud Horne in person with his Rough Riders and horses, elephants Tusko and Kingo, white camel Essaw and Mispa cub, Yoshida Oriental acrobats, Diseralas from Morocco, Cupid the $10 000 wonder, Fighting African Lions, Bert Wallace trainers, many aerialists and a vast steel arena.

Tru World Brothers Circus World Bros Bud Horne Congress of Rough Riders Tusko Kingo Essaw Mispa Yoshida Diseralas Morocco Cupid Captain Walker Bert Wallace

Elephant Trunk Aids Water Drinking From Owner

The elephant uses its trunk to suck water and spray it into its owner's mouth because its tusks prevent close access to water. This natural adaptation allows the animal to drink despite its tusks.

Quick Relief From Constipation Olive Tablets Ad

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a non calomel laxative remedy for chronic constipation and torpid liver. The pill like tablets are plant based and gentle with no harsh side effects. Suggested doses of one or two tablets provide quick pleasant relief with prices listed as 15c 30c 60c.

Edwards Omen

Agricultural Teachers Placed On Committees

Agricultural teachers are assigned to several committees this week with track meeting and public speaking on the program. Handley, Wall, Stephens City, Wakeman, Marshall-Upperville, and Mount Jackson are named for livestock, dairy, and other tabulation duties.

Handley Wall Stephens Citysidetown Wakeman Marshall-Upperville E. Richards Mount Jackoe

Remembering Bessie Reid Barr at St. Stephen's Church

An appreciation notes decades of faith at St. Stephen's Church Stephens City and honors Bessie Reid Barr for her lifelong acts of charity. It recalls her kindness to the poor including coffee for a cold flagman in autumn 1933 and her devoted service to the community and church.

St. Stephen’s Stephens City Bessie Reid Barr St. Stephen's Church Christ Jesus Christ

Rocks Have No Life Says Scientific View

The passage explains that rocks lack life in a biological sense as they do not assimilate matter. They can only grow by accretion from external material. Some misbeliefs about field stones growing come from freeze and thaw cycles moving rocks upward to the surface.

Motor License Increase This Year Over 1 200

The end of the grace period for 1933 auto licenses showed 1 070 more local passenger car owners and 146 more trucks with new plates than at the same time last year. Andrew Bell reports 3 621 passenger cars and 550 trucks licensed this year versus 2 551 cars and 404 trucks last year. City licenses total 1 250 issued by the revenue office.

Andrew Bell Bell McVicar

City Licenses Struggle to Meet Yearly Volume

The report shows the current license count is about 700 fewer than last year. It notes many municipalities with state licenses are forgoing city licenses. City treasurer reports roughly 6500 dollars collected for motor licenses to date.

FFA Boys Tour Pennsylvania Historical Sites

Sixty agricultural high school boys from Stephens City and Middletown visited Gettysburg battlefields Capito Building in Harrisburg Hershey chocolate factory and Hershey dairy barns on a Friday trip. Supervised by R A Wall the group returned exhausted after a profitable day.

Stephens City Middletown Pennsylvania Harry Sandy Gettysville Battlefields R. A. Wall

Ridings Chapel Orphan Home Presents Dearies Play

Members of the Ridings Chapel orphan home group perform a three act comedy directed by Mrs. Robert Montgomery. The manless cast features roles like Deborah Main and Mrs Chase with Lena and Kate central to the plot and humor. Quilt sale and music from Reliance provided.

Ridings Chapel Robert Montgomery Erma Willis Kate Sargent Lena Kate Asylum Alice Hammack Margaret Grim Reliance

Napoleon's Birthplace Corsica Joins France On Birth Day

Corsica, the birthplace of Napoleon, was formally united with France on the day of his birth, marking a historic union as the great figure was born.

Napoleon Corsica France

Minstrel Show Sponsored by Middletown Baseball Club

Minstrel show presented by the Middletown Base Association to benefit the baseball club. The program features string music songs jokes and a short play Good Morning Judge with a cast including Claude Carper Leslie Wright Charles Hammack Randolph Larrick Paul Everly Herman Mitchell and others. Performances set for Friday and Saturday nights April 20 and 21 starting at 8 o'clock.

Middletown Charles Hammack Randolph Larrick Paul Everly Herman Mitchell Wilson Borden John Derrick Norman Brill Jimmy Kline Albert Foxx Eugene Pope Frederick E Ainsworth Sperry Sam Pangle William Golliday Harold Walter Virgil Stewart Julian Everly Baseball Association

Parker Named Church Trustee in Stephens City

W Lomax Parker of Stephens City is appointed trustee of the Stephens City Methodist Church parsonage replacing John A Hinkle who has moved to Florida. The appointment was made by Judge Philip Williams in Frederick County Circuit Court.

Lomax Parker Stephens City Stephens City Methodist Church John A. Hinkle Florida Philip Williams Frederick County

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