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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1930
Page
8
Associated Press Photo Lee Schoenharr and William S Brock are among entrants in the nonstop Los Angeles to Chicago air race part of the national air show.
A brief item notes drought related observations in Toledo with a playful quip about opportunity knocking and in-laws, suggesting weather constraints affect plans. The quirky line underscores regional mood and humor in the blade.
Marion Davies headlines The Florodora Girl at Capitol Theatre today and tomorrow. The all talking production follows Daisy from the Florodora Sextette through romance with Jack Vibart as he loses fortunes and seeks an heiress the family insists.
Daisy reveals she loves Jack but pretends to help him for money. She exposes her motive by courting Fontaine, a notorious gambler she despises, to prove her point to the skeptical Jack.
Simple glycerin buckthorn bark and saline formula claims to purge both upper and lower bowels in two hours. One spoonful may ease gas sour stomach and headaches with a real cleaning effect marketed by Baker's Drug Store.
A Toronto newspaper highlights an Oxford trained announcer mispronouncing Ontario with a long A. The piece notes broadcaster etiquette and regional pronunciation quirks fueling debate among listeners and colleagues.
A farm family traveling from Saint Anthony Indiana to obtain water due to drought was struck by a Southern Railway freight train. Six died: William Hedinger 35 the driver. Theodore 11 Irene 10 the driver’s brother and sister. Mrs. John Bieker 55 the mother in law. Leola and Bernice Bieker 8 and 4. Three others were seriously injured.
Modern science has transformed funeral practices from crude methods to up to date ones. The piece notes the need for instant study and substantial investment in equipment, but argues efficiency reduces overall costs.
A fragment hints at a column musing how perspective changes with height and notes that reducing distractions could ease political and economic woes. The passage ends abruptly with incomplete phrases.
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