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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1934
Page
8
Thieves Cave in Hocking County Ohio earned its name from pioneer days when it served as a stronghold and concealment site for bands of robbers who preyed on settlers by stealing livestock and valuables.
The Rouss Fire Company plans strong competition at the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association 32nd annual convention in Waynesboro Pennsylvania August 14 to 16. Delegates from 150 to 180 are expected with prizes totaling 1783. The Seagraves pumper with new first aid gear will be displayed and Handley High School and Citizens’ Concert band leaders will head the parade.
North end of Stephens City hosts a yard party Saturday night August 4 featuring eats, a pie eating contest and music to raise funds for the Improved Order of Redmen. Local notices promote community event.
Winchester civic groups led by the Chamber of Commerce Lions Club Kiwanis Rotary American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Women’s Civic League sign a letter to National Park Service Director Arno B. Cammerer urging Skyline Drive open at the earliest possible date. They cite tourism beauty and Virginia fund commitments and note opening should not harm the road or park.
Cedar Grove Virginia notes say Pleasant Valley ladies prepare sandwiches ice cream and cake for a yard party at Frank Barrett's service station on Thursday August 2. Also mentions birthdays illnesses travels and visits of local residents including Mrs John Lewis Mrs Dora Dick Mr Charles Braithwaite Miss Juanita Smith and families visiting D A Smith G M Carson and others.
The ad touts Feen a Mint as a laxative chewing gum to soothe upset stomachs. It claims a mint flavor and salivary action deliver a tasteless laxative ingredient evenly into the intestines for natural, thorough relief.
Virginia officials reveal Commonwealth's attorneys will receive salaries below the leanest year of the old fee system. Notices sent to officers announce year starting today. The State Compensation Board cites reduced workload after repeal of prohibition and a 10 percent across the board pay cut.
Ten Vercheron mares and a colt arrive in Norfolk from France aboard the City of Newport News for Mrs John Hay Whitney. Four horses go to her Virginia stock farm near Middleburg Loudoun county while the others head to an apple grower in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. Percheron stallions are described as strong sturdy farm horses with thick manes and tails. The horses will be shipped to Baltimore rather than Norfolk unless plans change.
Notice published by Winchester Cold Storage Company Inc announcing the redemption of bonds on September 1, 1934. Bonds listed by serial blocks A, B and C numbers were selected by lot and must be presented in Winchester Virginia for payment with principal and accrued interest.
Dr Logan Clendening recounts medical observations at the Century of Progress Ripley’s Believe It or Not Odditorium in Chicago describing attempts to explain stunts as syringomyelia cardiospasm and diaphragm hernia from a clinical view. He notes the exhibit amuses as education is uncertain and offers six pamphlets for 10 cents each via the paper.
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