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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1941
Page
6
A 16 year old high school sophomore admitted making counterfeit nickels using a plaster of Paris mold and a candy coating machine at the school. Police report the circulation of the fakes and the arrest of the student.
The will admitted to Frederick Circuit Court allocates 107 acres of farm and nearby dwelling as a family home for four children. After debts and estate settlement, each child receives an equal share. Executor J Earle Rinker receives $5,000. Appraisers named: Julian A Larrick, F M Bageant, FE Clay Rogers, L H Ruble, Leslie H Ramey.
Pattern 6889 provides instructions to knit a hooded robe for a baby in seed stitch with stockinette borders and cross stitch embroidery. Includes illustration and stitch samples. requests ten cents and sender’s name address and pattern number to Winchester Dept 259 W 14th Street New York NY.
SCRANTON Pa January 25 A 20 year old girl Romayne Cafferty and her mother 51 Catherine Cafferty faced a freight train while crossing a railroad trestle at night The daughter jumped into a stream 62 feet below the mother lying on the ties prayed and the locomotive halted a few feet away The daughter sustained a back injury
A Gore community column lists residents and visitors with brief notes. Harry Kerns of Cumberland visited his mother. teachers, students, and families gathered for evenings in Gore and nearby towns including Washington and Baltimore. Various residents report health and work updates and local happenings.
Richmond January 25 Brigadier General S Gardner Waller announces general order redesignating the 91st Infantry Brigade as the 88th Infantry Brigade and the First Infantry regiment as the 176th Infantry both effective January 1 by authority of the secretary of war.
Present and past rainfall data show a year to date total of 0.56 inches and a 27 year average monthly rainfall of 35.53 inches. Monthly figures include January 2.66 inches February 2.04 March 2.90 April 3.23 May 3.53 June 3.79 July 8.59 August 3.69 September 1. October 3.19 November 2.85 and December as the remaining average. Statistics are courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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