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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1924
Page
5
Unofficial returns from 1,187 precincts show Congressman E B Howard of Tulsa leading rival J C Walton amid Klan ties, with 37,482 to 33,814 votes. Other candidates trail and appear out of the race.
Cumberland Md Aug 6 Fruit growers estimate 2000 carload lots plus express shipments will move this season about half of last year. Movement of early apples and peaches is under way on the Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland lines. The Interstate Commerce Commission blocked proposed rate hikes of 27 to 70 percent, saving growers thousands of dollars. No rate increase has been adopted by the Baltimore and Ohio.
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America announced nearly 22000 in special prizes for district state and national Holstein shows. The Virginia State Fair in Richmond from October 6 to 11 will receive 481.50 dollars and the Norfolk Agricultural and Industrial Fair on September 18 will get 59.20 dollars for prize classes.
Several members of the Kurth and Kremer families long residents of Florida arrived in Winchester by car for a family reunion. Rose Kremer of Deland traveled with Mrs Roy Roebuck and children Rose and Virgt from Stuart suburb Palm Beach. Mrs Roebuck is formerly Nellie Kremer, daughter of the late Theodore C Kremer of Winchester. Her mother is a Kurtz daughter, long deputy sheriff Robert I Kurtz’s kin. This is Rose Kremer and Mrs Roebuck’s first Winchester visit in 22 years. Mrs Roebuck’s mother Jennie Kremer and Mr and Mrs Thomas Snyder of St Petersburg, Fla will join soon. Mrs Snyder was formerly Missena Kurtz of this city.
Lightning struck the Frye place at Capon Bridge West Virginia injuring two horses and five hogs amid a blaze that consumed a large barn and 30 to 40 tons of new hay. Nearby buildings including the Offutt home and Capon Bridge Hotel narrowly avoided damage as flames spread fast and animals could not be saved. Two cars stored in the barn were moved to safety.
The official government thermometer at Winchester Field Laboratory registered 106 degrees in the shade at 3:30 this afternoon, the highest ever recorded officially by a government thermometer in this section. The same instrument showed 103 yesterday afternoon.
Wit the White Post picnic crowd listed, numerous local residents and visitors are noted visiting relatives and staying through August. Names include Denny, Chamberlain, Orndorff, Hunt, Arledge, Upton, Bowen, Green, Meade, Starke, Sowers, Denny, Elliott, Emmert, Stuart, Rightstine, Massey, and Horner with places like Messilla Edgehill Farmley Summit Point Fauquier and Washington mentioned.
An ad promises a free daily remedy for asthma and hay fever sufferers with claims to relieve wheezing and other symptoms. Readers are urged to send money and mail a coupon immediately, emphasizing no payment required.
In Missouri, Dr. Al W. Nelson of Bruceton leads the Democratic gubernatorial race by 43 160 votes as 2 364 of 3 987 precincts report. A second race shows a woman leading for Democratic secretary of state nomination with about 7 677 votes from 1 807 precincts.
Democratic standard bearer John W. Davis, resting at Locust Valley, Long Island, prepares for a busy schedule in New York City with party leaders and campaign manager Clem L. Shaver. He will cut Hyde Park visit short for a Duchess County Democrats rally and return to the city afterward. Mrs. Davis cancels her Philadelphia trip to join Dr. Duncan Despard’s family after his death yesterday at the hands of Alonzo Masi.
A Rotan Texas reader reports relief from back pain and household strain after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. A nationwide canvass shows 98 of 190 respondents benefited by its use, with the product sold by druggists nationwide.
Train timings from Berryville Virginia dated December 9 1923 list No 13 9 20am to Roanoke Bristol and via parlor car. No 9 12 26pm local to Roanoke. No 1 K 245am to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Norton with sleeper to Williamson Roanoke and a dining car connection. No 28 839am to Hagerstown Harrisburg Junction Philadelphia and New York. No 10 159pm to Hagerstown Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia with parlor car to Hagerstown sleeper to Philadelphia. For fares schedules and reservations contact agents H H Burks Berryville and W G Saunders Roanoke.
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