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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1931
Page
5
Market report notes daily corrections but cautions The Star accepts no responsibility for typographical errors. Local wholesale market activity focuses on price movements and commodity availability.
Acting under power of attorney for the heirs of J J Littleton I will offer three parcels at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia on August 22 1931 at 11 A M Two are Lots 26 and 27 in the Mounting subdivision about two miles south of Winchester near the Valley Pike The third is a building lot on the Valley Pike east of the pike about one eighth mile north of Kernstown Terms Cash Leonard H Bell Atty Coleman Dunn Auctioneer (19 30 Aug 5 12 19)
In a humorous aside the cave man notes his children prefer bows to clubs signaling a shift in tools and behavior. The remark hints at evolving survival methods and a prehistoric sense of change.
An old advertisement touts Baalmann's Gas Tablets claiming relief from stomach gas and bloating, nervous feelings, and post dinner chest pressure. It promises easier breathing and better sleep, with a yellow pack available at Boyd's Drug Store for $1.
Custom work was completed by appointment until further notice. Contact 2009 F-14. The notice appears in Albin, Virginia, dated August 18, 1961, issued by L A Hudson.
An official communique from international experts reports completion of measures to integrate the Hoover plan with the Young plan. Hugh S. Gibson represents the United States as observer at the commission meeting. Participants will sign at the Treasury this evening, marking Hoover's proposal as effectively in force, provisionally since mid July when a German reparations payment was due.
The line between entertainment and crime blurs when venues charge for a burn show. Patrons seek safe experiences while organizers defend pricing as event value.
Washington reports wheat prices near record lows as the Agriculture Department and Farm Board urge using wheat as livestock and poultry feed to absorb part of the 1931 bumper crop surplus. They offer no precise production estimates but expect the year’s total to exceed last year’s 182 billion bushels.
Benefit of Sunday School set for Saturday August 15 from 8 to 12 on the church lawn. Proceeds go to Sunday School activities with plans for games food and fellowship.
Eugenia Bankhead White, six time married Alabama beauty, seeks annulment of her June 27 marriage to E. E. White. She cites discovered truths about her husband who used aliases and faced spurious check charges. She plans to travel to New York after annulment.
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