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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1929
Page
2
Poultry at the fair receives added emphasis. Entry fee is 75 cents per turkey. Classes offer first prizes of 3 dollars for two or more birds and 1.50 for a single entry, with second prizes of 1.50. No pen classes.
An OCR fragment lists truck models including Chevrolet 1 Ton, Defiance 1%4 Ton, Dodge 1%4 Ton, Ford 1 Ton, Reo %-Ton, and Reo 3-Ton LWB, indicating a catalog or advertisement of medium duty vehicles with varied tonnages and lengths. The text appears as a partial inventory with brand names and weight classes.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank Shenandoah Valley National Bank Onion Bank of Winchester sponsor special prizes. Awards include best Rhode Island Reds Plymouth Rocks Leghorns Anconas and more with prizes from 2.50 to 7.50. Various poultry classes listed including American Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Leghorns Minorcas and more. Premiums apply to pigeons on listed varieties.
Herbert W. Everhart announces additional awards from commercial concerns and poultry clubs. Best display prizes include five dollars for first, two fifty for second, with multiple categories for fowls ducks and turkeys. Entries limits and contact details given through W. R. Legge at the Winchester fair office in the Chamber of Commerce.
Mt Williams Virginia August 16. Mr J H Burkhart and son Vite gil Burkhart spent Sunday with relatives near Fawcetts Gap. Mrs Hattie Summers of Cleveland Ohio visiting Mrs Mary J Ashwood. Mrs Annie M Orndorff visited Mrs George Dyke. The Misses Ferrebee were Sunday guests of Ethél and Edna Lauver. Elmer Ambrose and family spent Sunday with relatives near Strasburg. Claude Wallace spent Sunday afternoon with Master Perry Sager. Katherine Wallace and Zelda Wallace were guests at Mr A L Brewers.
Police probe the discovery of a brown striped suit, straw hat, key to a Lafayette Hotel room, and a note allegedly from Will M. Martin. The message asks to notify his wife and friends, mentions a grip in room 542, and offers to cover expenses. no body found at the falls.
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