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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1923
Page
2
Mrs May Lindquist of Kansas City Missouri describes a severe postpartum condition and long recovery. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health after two years of nerve pain insomnia and inability to sleep. She recommends the remedy to others.
President Coolidge returns to Washington after attending the funeral of Captain with plans to appoint a secretary and personal physician. He faces asks for an extra session of Congress and possible governors conference on prohibition and coal. Mrs Coolidge and notable escorts travel with him as he prepares to assume the duties of the nation.
Washington on August 10 farm organizations express confidence the new administration will cut freight rates to ease farmers burden. Senator Capper says ICC action is hoped before Congress meets, but he backs presidential and congressional cooperation if needed. He urges removing Section 15A from the Hesoh Cummins law, arguing it keeps railroads propped up and sustains high farm shipping costs.
A Sunday mill pond tragedy in Charlotte County left two local men dead. A passerby called for aid as others watched, and Driskill and Ramsef perished despite a three hour search of the pond near Petlix. Both victims resided in the area.
Danville Virginia August 10 two nurses Miss Nancy Keen and Mrs F K Lichliter were killed when their car stalled on a crossing in Schoolfield a suburb and was struck by a Southern Railway passenger train Miss Keen was a cousin of Lady Nancy Astor and Mrs Charles Dana Gibson Liehser lying in Staunton will be buried Sunday
United States tanker Swift Star carrying crude oil, en route from San Pedro California to Fall River Massachusetts, went missing with a crew of thirty after a drifting wreckage and oil slick were spotted off San Andres Island, 250 miles north of Colon. A lifeboat debris and a floating ice chest bearing the ship’s name were found. a body was inside the chest. The vessel passed through the Panama Canal on July 13.
Frederick Maryland August 10 B Evard Kepner prominent architect and church leader on trial for the murder of his wife Grace Simmons Kepner will testify in his own defense when the circuit court reconvenes at 10 oclock Monday morning. Defense counsel Leo Weinberg announced the decision following a lengthy conference with Kepner in the county jail after sensational testimony by the state.
In New York on August 10, two gunmen shot dead Louis Schwartzman on the steps of a Rutger Street synagogue where 200 worshipers prayed for President Harding's repose. Schwartzman's sweetheart Miss Churgin tried to intervene but was forced back as the shooters held members at bay during their escape. Police suspect a former admirer of Miss Churgin.
Abe Novick a Woodstock merchant and an unidentified companion escaped serious injury when their car skidded on a slippery road near J. A. Mouse's home in Melrose and overturned about seven o clock last evening. Both men uninjured. vehicle towed to Harrisonburg for repairs.
Henry E. Fraserbrand, nearly dying, was struck by a brick that fell from the Syracuse Hotel under construction and pierced his car at the eleventh floor. Miss Harriet Clune, a passenger, was injured but not seriously as the brick struck the vehicle after hitting the driver.
Washington Aug 10 Indications that Major James F Coupal of the Army Medical Corps may be the next personal physician to the President were strengthened by the announcement that he would accompany President Coolidge to Marion for the Harding funeral Major Coupal has attended the new Executive since he came to Washington as Vice President Brig Gen C E Sawyer who attended Mr Harding in his last ill is mentioned in dispatches.
The article notes that despite shifts in staff, the White House physician retains the official title. Unclear context or dates are not provided in the fragment.
Miss Ida Horowitz, twenty two, of Brooklyn, attempted to end her life by swallowing iodine twice. She then jumped from a second floor room to the street, a thirty foot fall. Policeman George Marsh had her removed to the Swedish hospital where a stomach pump was used. her condition is critical.
A squirrel swam the rapids above Niagara Falls and rode the current to a rock several hundred yards from the cataract. Workers offered a ladder bridge which the animal refused, plunging back into the stream and finally reaching the mainland shore after a desperate struggle.
Frank R. Forrest at a Lola Kansas memorial sermon argued that destructive criticism harmed the nation and contributed to the deaths of Lincoln Garfield McKinley and Warren G. Harding. He urged constructive doubt and a pledge against unjust criticism. A telegram and nationwide appeal were planned to Coolidge and the public.
The notice promotes No Profit Days on Wednesday and Thursday August 15 and 16 with merchants offering special prices. Readers are urged to watch The Star of August 13 for details.
Notice from E E Bayliss of Hayfield Virginia that since selling his store he requests settlement of all accounts and notes due and past due by September 1 1923.
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