This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
6
In December flight from Utica to Montgomery the multiengine Fokker plane refueled in air using midair transfer. Major Carl Spats commands the flight with Captain I O Nekar piloting as the three 200 horsepower motors ran for about 45 minutes during the endurance test.
Miss Mary Kathérine Kern returns to her parents Mr and Mrs John A Kern in Baltimore after time at Goucher College. She is home for the holidays.
An old style ad touts a job office offering printing services for letter heads envelopes bill heads window cards pocket packages and similar items. It invites customers to see before placing orders and promotes various printing tasks.
Kilbourne Wisconsin December 19 Belle Boyd the noted Confederate spy will be moved from Tiny Spring Grove cemetery to her native Virginia. She died June 11 1900 while touring with a theatrical company and was buried in Wisconsin after a life of daring against Union forces.
Washington December 19 The nomination of Roy O West of Chicago as Secretary of Interior was favorably reported by the Public Lands committee after a blunt session with Chairman Nye who criticized West over his Insull stock ties West said he was unbiased and would withdraw from Insull related decisions Three committee members Walsh Wagner opposed and two others yet to vote. Supporters expect confirmation though a floor vote may wait until after the Christmas recess.
Grand Canyon Ariz Dec 19 two army aviators located a boat with bedding and camping gear that may belong to Mr and Mrs Glen Hyde of Henson Idaho the missing couple who attempted a Grand Canyon run in a homemade scow Lieuts H G Adams and L G Plummer of March Field reported finding the craft near the river edge the boat appeared intact and contained supplies similar to those used by the Hydes Emery Kolb the Colorado river expert immediately prepared to aid in locating the missing pair saying the craft seemed out of control and drifted downstream with the adventurers fate still uncertain
Mise Bernetta Ritter goes to Ba here today to spend the holiday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. Taylor Ritter Sr. at their home on East Cork Street.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.