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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1926
Page
8
Fragmentary notice states the wife left the home and the husband will not be responsible for her debts. Includes an advertisement for Hillyard's Wallpaper Store on E Water Street offering Hartz Mountain and Roller Canary cages and related supplies.
Mary Gross Dargon of Maryland and Roy Hoffman of Bakerton drowned when a leaky rowboat capsized while attempting to cross the Potomac River to West Virginia. John Louden of Bakerton narrowly escaped after clinging to the boat until rescue. Hoffman, an one armed, had urged Louden to row. Bodies recovered.
Robbers today entered the Swift Canadian company's fires on Craig Street in Montreal and escaped with 25000 dollars.
Dispatches report 38 people including five children and six women drowned when the motor boat President Obrezon sank on the Grijalva River near Pueblo Nuevo in Tabasco. No further details were given.
The Rev. B. J. Earp of the First Christian Church returns home after assisting Rev. A. W. Andes in a Timber Ridge revival. Earp reports a stronger meeting and increased interest this week, with Andes extending the series through another week.
A Louisville Times quip remarks that a man becomes aware that without marriage the girls would still be little interested, reflecting social attitudes of the era. The line suggests aging and matrimonial expectations in a humorous tone.
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