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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1947

Page

10

For Sale Classified Ads rich with old items

For sale notices list electric range piano buffet cabinet radio phonograph baby carriage collie pup and more. Also business sale offer for a two story brick home with restaurant space and lease details. Includes contact lines and locations like Berryville Virginia and Covesville Virginia.

E. Lane Ve Care Star Reed Baby Carriage

Care of Heroes Widows of Confederacy Costs South Three Million

The South spends over 3 million dollars yearly to care for Confederate veterans and widows. Eleven states maintain separate pension systems. Texas leads with 715,200 dollars annually. Virginia pensions include 100 dollar monthly for some veterans and 25 to 30 dollars monthly for widows, plus servant and needy daughter payments. The piece also notes Arkansas and Oklahoma changes and lists government officials among top 100 best men.

Confederacy South Montgomery Ala Appomattox Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission Visginia Dixie Texas Alabama Virginia Commonwealth

Card of Thanks for Kindness After Death

We thank friends for kindness during the illness and death of our husband and father for the use of cars and floral tributes. Mrs. Lester Lamb and Children.

Lester Lamb

Cape Disappointment Named by Captain John Meares in 1788

Captain John Meares an English explorer named Cape Disappointment in 1788 while searching for the river of the west near the Columbia River estuary He failed to see the river mouth but expressed his disappointment with the cape Cartagena in Colombia withstood many sieges.

Cape Disappointment Washington D.B.N. A John Meares Cape West Columbia River

Buses in U.S. Reach 159000 In 1946

The 1946 motor bus fleet in the United States totaled 159000 vehicles. Data shows postwar expansion, reflecting demand in urban transit and intercity service across major regions.

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