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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1926

Page

2

Wall Family May Seek Location At Martinsburg

The Evening Journal reports Miss Forest Wall of California, who planned to marry Harry K. Thaw at his Virginia estate, visited Martinsburg with her mother. The Wall family camping near Thaw's estate, stranded after a cross country trip, hopes to be located there amid mixed local attitudes toward Thaw.

Martinsburg W. Va the Evening Journal Forest Wall Californin Harry K. Thaw Frederick County Wall Thaw Winchester

West Virginia Elks Open Eighteenth State Meeting

Elks from West Virginia Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania gathered in Martinsburg for the opening session of the eighteenth West Virginia Elks Association meeting. Up to 2000 are expected with a parade Tuesday evening. A committee was selecting the city’s prettiest girl to be Miss Martinsburg.

Martinsburg W. Va Elks West Virginia

Theatre Trouble and Blue Ridge League Visit Disrupt Local Parade

A parade afternoon included visitors suspending work to watch a Blue Ridge League baseball game. On Tuesday a battlefield tour was arranged at Antietam with lodge hosts in Hagerstown providing lunch. The heathen dance drew shouts of insult, a theater riot erupted with dozens of fist fights, and police halted the show and cleared the theater.

Antietam Lanch Hagerstown

Charleston Gains Ground Among Berlin Dancers

Berlin reports the Charleston spreading as a ballroom craze a year after import from the United States. The Dancing Masters' Association says the reserve is broken and dancers now Charleston without exhibition airs. A Wandervoegel riot over Miss Wicki Werkmeister reveals tensions in the youth group.

Associated Press Berlin United States Dancing Masters’ Association Wandervoegel

Hungary Auctions Off Liquid Assets of Finest Vintage Wine

Budapest reports that government plans to sell 14 million bottles of top vintage wine at one quarter of prior prices. Among the holdings are a million Tokay bottles, produced only in Hungary, once sold for a dollar per bottle. Prewar Hungarians enjoyed rich wine culture, now many drink beer or water after the war.

Budapest Hungary Rmer Jerem Smith Tokay

Feeling Better Every Day After Taking Tonall

Mrs. Sarah Boley of Morgantown Berks county Pa reports swelling in hands and feet and severe headaches but says after starting Tonall she can do housework again. She credits herbs and barks in Tonall for relief and recommends it to others. Tonall sold at People's Drug Store Winchester Va.

Sarah Boley Morgantown Berks County People’s Drug Store Winchester

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