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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1956

Page

5

Classified Ads Rates and Formats in News Columns

Classified display advertisements priced at $1.75 per column inch per day with bordered ads in larger type than 8 point. Rates and formats specify per column inch and per day pricing details.

For Sale Farm Thirty Six Acres Near Winchester

36 acre farm with 10 acres timber includes dwelling chicken house electricity stream well cistern good road 12 miles from Winchester. Priced at 1260 with 3000 long term trust at 22.50 monthly. Peoples Real Estate Co MO 2-5115. (1-31-11)

N. Lodoun M. B. Swimley Rt. 1 Berryville Warren Charles Town Edward Eeek Senseny Road Hampshire Corrigan Rug Co Berryville Ave Henry Kina General Electric Volkswagen Oreland Rt. 3 Edinburg Winchester Peoples Real Estate Co

Wanted driver and sales positions in local ads

Wanted driver grocery delivery truck full or part time by J F Massey and Son. Also wanted representatives career men ages 25 to 40 with automobile to manage a business. Stated commission plus bonus and commission for achievement apply Manager Union Life Insurance Co 10 West Boscawen Street telephone MO 2 3142

J. F. Massey and Son the Union Life Insurance Co West Boscawen Street

Last Ceremonies Are Held Today For Famed Author

Baltimore files report on the cremation preparations for H. L. Mencken, with only his brother August and another brother Charles expected to attend the small private service. The ashes will be placed beside his wife’s, who died in 1935. Mencken’s brain was removed for study at Johns Hopkins. He died from a coronary occlusion after a history of cerebral hemorrhage.

Baltimore H. L. Mencken Mencken August Hamilton Owens Baltimore Sunpapers Harry Charles Mencken Pittsburgh Pathology John Hopkins Medical Institutions

Sussex County Man Burned to Death in Home Fire

A 62 year old Sussex County man Hugh Bendall perished in a house fire near WAVERLY Virginia. The home on State Route 602 five miles west of town burned as firefighters arrived. The cause of the blaze was not determined.

Waverly Hugh Bendall Sussex County Bendall State Rt. 602 Here

Snow collapse kills 14 in Karuizawa miners’ shack

Eight feet of snow collapsed a miners’ sleeping shack in Karuizawa Japan killing 14 and injuring five others. Eleven were pulled from the wreckage unharmed.

Karuizawa Japan

FOUND Female tan dog on Monmouth road

A medium light tan female dog is found on Monmouth. Contact SPCA MO 2-8616 R. at the number listed. Please inquire with reference to notice date 1-28-3t.

Monmouth

Copy-Teste Clerk Scully and Woltz Entry

A legal notice fragment records clerk Scully and attorney Woltz with docket references p q 1-24-31 and 27-14-41. The text indicates archival filing context rather than a full case action. No clear names beyond the two individuals are presented.

P. J. Marshall Scully Woltz

VFW Plans Polio Coin Box Collections Downtown

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123 will collect coin boxes placed by the March of Dimes in downtown areas this week. A post spokesman warned merchants not to surrender boxes to nonmembers bearing proper identification. Collectors include George S. Taylor, Alfred Knowles, Elmer H. Kline, Dick Eddy, Robert R. Grim of Stephens City Post, and Ellwood Willey.

Post March of Dimes The VFW George S. Taylor Alfred Knowles Elmer H. Kline Dick Eddy Robert R. Grim Stephens City Post Ellwood Willey

Fire destroys 81 houses in Maebashi city blaze

Maebashi City Japan reports a fire destroying 81 houses then spreading to forests. Firefighters spent 312 hours to control the blaze 50 miles northwest of Tokyo. Eighty soldiers continued fighting the forest fire with no casualties reported. Cause remains undetermined.

Maebashi Japan Tokyo

Mt Zion Baptist Church Celebrates 82nd Anniversary

The congregation of Mt Zion Baptist Church Middletown extends thanks to everyone who helped make the 82nd anniversary on January 15 a success. Thank you.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Middletown

Card of Thanks for Ida Marie Kent

We thank friends for kindnesses and flowers during the death of Ida Marie Kent. Her mother and family.

Ida Marie Kent

Fire damages rise sharply in Richmond

Richmond's bureau of fire reports fire damage jumped over 200 percent from 1954 to 1955. Total losses rose to 1,380,000 compared with 420,900 the previous year. Fire Chief John F. Finnegan noted the agency's assessment as of today.

Richmond Bureau of Fire

Big city fires linked to major toll on finances

The article notes that the large financial impact was driven by several multi alarm blazes, each contributing heavily to the overall losses. It highlights the severity of the blazes and the resulting economic strain on the city's resources.

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