Sun Beau Sets World Money Record in Arlington Win
Sun Beau, owned by Willis Sharpe Kilmer and bred at Court Manor, surged to win the Arlington Handicap in Chicago boosting his earnings to $330,044, the highest in Thoroughbred history though Ksar's total with cups and prizes neared $355,340. The six year old, trained by Johnny Wythe, now heads to Hawthorne for the fall meet, with weight concerns looming for the Hawthorne Handicap.
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Sun Beau
Court Manor
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Tenth Legion
Rockingham County
Chicago
Ksar
Mr. Kilmer
Sky Lake
Windsor
N. Y
Kilme
Associated Press
America
Stn Beau
England
Isinglass
Australia
Amaounis
France
Sardantal
U Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Binghamton
Hawthorne
Johnny Wythe
Gallant Knight
Epithet and Tannery
Rainfall figures show August totals and monthly comparisons
The report lists precipitation for the year with January total 2.43 inches and July 3.28 inches, compares this year’s monthly rainfall to the 18 year average, and notes August readings ending 8 am with figures for January through August and combined totals.
Bigger and Better Babies at Winchester Fair
The 1930 Winchester Fair schedules a baby show with the slogan Bigger and Better Babies. Shenandoah Cumberland Potomac fruit belts drought prompts watering. Fire Warden C Lee Barr warns on trash fires. Union services at Market Street Methodist Church pray for rain. Rev George W Stover preaches. Camp Shenandoah near Harrisonburg draws hundreds of girls.
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Winchester Fair
Shenandoah-Cumberland-Potomac Belt
C. Lee Barr
Market Street Methodist Church
George W. Stover
Camp Shenandoah
Harrisonburg
Good Will Party and Cadet Band Tour Canada
The Good Will party and Handley High School Cadet Band have left on their tour of Canada. The estate of the late Miss Martha Shumate is valued at $100 000 to be divided among 13 heirs. Republican leaders call a convention at Woodstock August 27 to pick a candidate for Congress. Mrs Lewis Brown daughter of Gen Fitzhugh Lee visits Miss Caroline Huns er's home.
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Good Will” Party
Handley High School
Canada
Martha Shumate
Woodstock
United States Congress
Lewis Brown
Fitzhugh Lee
Caroline Hunter
Appeal for aid to families of men in Company I on Mexican border
Local citizens are urged to help families of soldiers from Company I serving on the Mexican border. State Senator Henry H. Downing of Front Royal backs Judge T. W. Harrison for Congress. Wheat prices rose about 7 cents to $1.31 per bushel as B & O Railway announces a special excursion.
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Company I
Henry H. Downing
Front Royal
T. W. Harrison
United States Congress
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Virginia water safety inspection urged by state board
A fragmented note cites fear of infantile paralysis and calls for water supply inspection as required by the Virginia State Board. The text references global conferences rumored to be ineffective until decisive action is taken, attributed to a Southern Lumberman quote.
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Niagara Falls
Virginia State Board of Westin
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Herman H. Hable
Loudoin Street
London
Shenandoah Valley
Hansbrough & Carter
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Lupton Orchard Service CO
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Wayland
Savannah River
St. Lawrence
Atlantic
Mississippi
Century Motors
J. W. Rees
Applepie Ridge Road
Warner Bros. Capitol Theatre
Chatterton
Paramount Picture
McNamee News
Helen Morgan
Tamea
Louise Fazenda
la Choy
Pure Food Store
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
Winchester Furniture CO
South Main Street
Kilmer’s Court Manor
Try
Arlington
Visvov
W. F. Shryock
Handley Schools
Farmers & Merchants
the Apple. Folks Bank
Milans
Panamas
Bangkoks
Gray & Sheetz
N. Main St
And
Brown & Fisher
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