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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1927
Page
8
A columnist notes that 997 of every 1000 men arrested are away from home at the time, while remarking that summer brings drawbacks but shifts from coal shoveling to electric fans.
Capon Bridge notes list Esther Goode of Rockville Md visiting relatives, Mrs. Marry McKee and child in Baltimore, and several Capon Bridge residents calling on friends in Glendale Ohio Romney Gore Winchester Petersburg and Cumberland. Mrs Homer Shuler and two children stayed with D H Shuler then planned trip to Stephens City.
The Church of Christ delegates appointed for the Strasburg Va convention are L N Schaffenaker Gertrude Whitacre Nellie Horner A D McKee J T Funkhouser and Ernest Eaton. They plan to depart Thursday and stay until the convention closes.
Government warns thirty diseases spread by flies and require killing them. Fly-Tox from Mellon Institute research team Rex Fellowship offers a fragrant, harmless product lethal to insects. Follow blue label instructions and buy from retailers.
A nostalgic verse by Elsie Duncan Vale from the Women's Civic League laments litter in a woodland scene. The poem contrasts a pretty glade with eggshells tins and peanut shells spoiled by visitors, ending with a plea to preserve nature’s beauty.
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