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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1924
Page
5
For sale one 16 HP traction engine, a 30 by 46 Peerless separator with Russell stacker and Heingke feeder, Peerless No 3 Clover Huller, Peerless 14 by 18 Hay Press, 13 inch Blizzard silage cutter, and a Moline tractor with plows. Machinery is in first class shape and must be seen to ap prove condition. Sell any one piece or all together. Write or see A W L A Hottel Middletown Va.
Wheeling West Virginia April 29 36 bodies recovered from the Benwood mill mine explosion and fire victims. Rescue workers till 4 am searched underground shafts for 75 miners entombed. Experts from the United States Bureau of Mines directed the operation. Only three of the identified bodies have been named.
Governor Pinchot told the Senate agricultural committee that Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals bid would hamstring the south. He said the project is key to the power situation in the southeast and would create a major industrial center without guaranteeing broader benefits.
Extremely unfavorable weather in the North Pacific pauses the Attu Island start for American round the world pilots aboard the U S S John B Ford Kashiwabara Bay April 28 delaying the 850 mile flight until late in the week. British advance party led by Phiepal and Colonel Broom reports arrival plans from Komandorski Island and Betropavirsk near Kamchatka as crews establish supply bases.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine has provided combined local and internal treatment for over forty years. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, distributes this remedy, which is claimed to help those in run-down health and catarrh symptoms.
James Martin Miller, hired to observe Ford PR efforts, claims a Dearborn Independent telegram quoting Coolidge about Muscle Shoals was accurate. Miller says he transmitted Coolidge’s words and disputes Ford representatives’ statements. He left the paper in January and has sued for back pay and expenses.
A dated notice advertises 100,000 cabbage plants and other vegetables in season for sale at Magruder's Plant Nursery. The text emphasizes availability and timing, typical of a sales listing in a historical newspaper.
The ad touts Mentho-Sulphur as best for clearing broken out and irritated skin. It claims quick relief from itching burning and irritation and says the preparation heals the skin leaving it smooth. Bowles Mentho-Sulphur is available at drug stores and can be used like cold cream.
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, heiress to the Vanderbilt fortune, marries Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil former first secretary to the British embassy in Washington. The ceremony at All Souls Church in Biltmore Village draws about a thousand guests including British and Spanish ambassadors. The couple plan an extended tour abroad before settling at Biltmore House.
Santa Monica April 29 Mrs Katherine Petty forty sister of Albert B Fall former secretary of the interior was arrested on a concealed weapons charge Police found letters and telegrams signed Fall in her apartment She was sent to the psychiatric ward of the general hospital for observation.
Train timetable details list daily departures to Roanoke Bristol and intermediate stations with parlor cars sleepers and dining services. It notes connections at Shenandoah Junction Harrisburg Washington and Philadelphia, fare and reservation information provided by Berryville agent H. H. Burks and Roanoke general passenger agent W. C. Saunders.
A classified style prompt requests a dealer for Valley Belle Bread with the notation 4-23-4p-11, likely indicating order or reference numbers. The readable fragment suggests a trade or supply listing without full context or location.
Handley High School baseball hosts Randolph-Macon Academy of Front Royal tomorrow at 3 50 p m Handley seeks a fifth straight win after four wins in five games R M A is described as strong The Cumberland Valley League schedule starts Friday with Chambersburg and Waynesboro follows on Saturday all away From May 7 Handley will host S V A for the next home game
Senate approval of the corporation tax hike from 12 1 2 to 14 percent drew muted support as brokers noted rallies on pivotal issues but the market otherwise weakened. Call money opened at 3 4 percent and the session closed irregularly with about 625000 shares traded.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels testifies as the first witness in the District of Columbia grand jury probe into criminal charges linked to the Senate oil inquiry. The 1920 act Daniels supported defined navy control of oil reserves, a point central to the controversy surrounding the case.
At a Union Bank of Winchester board meeting James B. Russell was re elected president of the board and T Russell Cather was chosen as vice president. Russell has served as bank president for more than forty years.
Fifty years he has served as a director, one of the bank's founders and the only surviving member from its early days. Mr. Cather was elected director recently and his selection as vice-president is viewed as a strong testimonial to his business ability.
President Coolidge revealed in April that he personally suggested Theodore Burt of Ohio as temporary chairman of the Republican national convention.
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