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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1937

Page

2

Quantico Indians Face Park Sunday in 20th Win Aim

Quantico manager Alfred Bolognese projects a 20th victory as the Indians, 19–4 this season, prepare to meet Park in their 24th game. He touts the lineup and cites recent wins over Dr Pepper, West Point Spikers, and a 5–4 win against Warsaw Baseball Club.

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Winchester Park Baseball Standings Update

Winchester Park reports updated standings with team positions and records for the season. Details show recent results and current ranks across divisions, reflecting performance trends and key games across the park league.

Learn To Tell Your Own Fortune Fortune Telling booklet offered by The Winchester Evening Star

The notice invites readers to order a fortune telling booklet for ten cents with name address and payment. It explains that divination is not scientific and promises popular methods. Coupon directs readers to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau with Frederic J. Haskin as director in Washington DC.

Winchester Evening Star

Revenue agents blow up 200-gallon unlicensed still near Strickersville

Alcoholic tax agents from Baltimore and the Delaware State Commission blew up a 200 gallon unlicensed still on a farm near Strickersville. They used 10 sticks of dynamite. The farm tenant said he worked nights in Wilmington and slept during the day and did not know the still was operating.

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Chances of Davis Back In Form Brighten Cubs Prospect

Cubs coach Charley Grimm recalls Curt Davis as a bright spot amid injuries and a rough stretch. Davis returned to form with a 7-3 win over the Pirates, restoring the Cubs’ lead as the pennant race tightens with the Giants delaying a comeback. Yankees pull ahead in the AL with a 4-3 12th inning win over the Senators.

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Ghost Town Of Idaho Not Wanted

CHALLIS Idaho August 19 Ray Webber receiver said a public auction of White Knob a ghost town and mine seven miles west of here was postponed indefinitely for lack of bidders Otto Cloninger watchman of the mine since 1928 and resident for nine years said his family lived in the town to tend the old mine. The mine would require back salary up to 4800 dollars from a buyer The town once a leading lead copper and silver camp sprawled over eight miles of tunnels with a mill tramway and over 100 frame houses plus a school hospital theater and baseball park

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Baseball standings and results summary

The article lists National League and American League results with team scores. St. Louis, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Chicago show varied outcomes while the American League reports Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and New York results, with weather delays noted and pairs of matchups listed for upcoming games.

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Ruins in Tientsin After Japanese and Chinese Actions

Central Press reports that much of the municipal government building in Tientsin lies ruined after shelling by Chinese troops during a surprise attack. The censor’s wording omits that Japanese forces had bombed the city from air and land during the capture, and Chinese efforts to recapture failed.

Tientsin

Gravel Springs Lutheran Pastorate Services

Revered C. E. Seastrunk leads Sunday School at 10 a.m. in multiple churches including Ras Albin Fremont Hayfield St. John's Mt Williams Gravel Springs Star Tannery and St. James Zepp with divine worship at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. sermons by the pastor. We invite you to these services.

Gravel Springs C. E. Seastrunk Ras Albin Fremont Hayfield St. John’s Williams Star Divine St. James, Zepp

Will Rogers and the Insane Asylum Tale

A Will Rogers humorous anecdote recounts a hospital inmate with a coat inflated by straw to appear larger. The punchline notes the inmate’s joke that such padding is needed to stay in the institution, illustrating the old west humor framing.

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