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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
2
The fragment mentions Campbell of Kernstown Virginia prepping mammals likely poultry stock for a December sale. Details are sparse but indicate a local livestock listing with names and a contact reference.
A description of the devil fish's swimming method notes it draws water into its body and expels it from a hole below the head to propel itself. It usually moves backward but can swim forward by reversing its siphon direction.
Glenn Hummer of Mount Williams Frederick County is jailed on a charge of giving checks on the Golnsneras and Ravings Bank of Wster without funds. He was arrested at Ollie Snapp's Mount William place by Sheriff Pannett on a warrant. The man who cashed a check for the sheriff said Hummer intended to make the checks good. He faces hearings in a day or two. The charges include bogus checks to Raymond Long Middletown for 75 dollars and to Wright and Keffer merchants 38.45 dollars and Maynard Bayliss Chambersville 11 dollars and Roy Cook Valley Pike auto service manager for a small amount. Hummer allegedly used checks for more than owed to obtain change. he has no bank account at the time and may have used a blank checkbook found somewhere.
A civic appeal urges buying Xmas Seals to aid tuberculosis prevention and care. The message notes many families are affected or at risk, emphasizes the seals stay in state funds, and support Winchester and Frederick County projects.
General Josef Haller, noted Polish leader, arrived in Baltimore greeted by a citizens committee and officials from city state and American Legion. He met Mayor Jackson at city hall, planned a Naval Academy visit in Annapolis, and was to address a Polish American mass meeting before departing for Washington.
Washington December 6 The nation will pause radio messages for 15 minutes Monday night as President Coolidge delivers a nationwide eulogy for Warren G Harding. Secretary Hoover asks stations to withhold messages while Navy and Army suspend wireless operations except emergencies.
Henry Ford leads the fusion conference choice in Pierre for a fourth presidential option. The proposal convention backed Ford Democrats and Farm Laborites who split from the regular body. Also supported were Coolidge McAdoo Lafollette. all candidates must appear in the March primary per proposal committee.
A nostalgic ad promises quick relief for back pain using a penetrating oil named St. Oil. It urges a small trial bottle from drug stores and claims soreness vanishes after fifty counts. The copy emphasizes harmlessness and rapid impact on lumbago sciatica and rheumatism.
Church leaders in Cleveland close four days of talks on the proposed 15.09 million dollar budget for next year and missionary education plans. The sessions also tackle the dispute between fundamentalists and liberals over New Testament interpretation.
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