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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1927
Page
5
Six free engines forty firemen and a large number of police reporters and photographers answered an alarm in London only to find that a man had turned in the alarm. The incident involved a companion and resulted in singed hair, with no actual blaze found.
Berlin reports a new craze as theater and film figures take up daily horseback riding to stay slim. Stars like Liane Haid Lyra Mara and Cilly Feindt praise riding as a favorite figure keeping activity while in the Tiergarten and tattersalls riding schools expand their clientele.
Commander Richard Byrd cabled Charles H Colvin of Pioneer Instrument Co that the earth inductor compass and other instruments on the America functioned splendidly. He noted the compass failed due to possible lightning or magnetic interference, not instrument fault, during storms over France near the destination.
Charles A. Levine plans to hire a French pilot to return to New York after accompanying Clarence Chamberlin on a flight to Germany. He announced at a luncheon with American and British correspondents in Paris that Chamberlin could not pilot him back due to other engagements.
Watertown report says Capt. Curtis Wheeler and Lieut. Carl J. Sack of the twenty seventh division air service were killed when their planes crashed to the ground a mile and a half from Pine Camp near Watertown New York.
Van Lear Black, Baltimore publisher, arrived in Medan Sumatra on a Dutch plane returning from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam. The report notes his long journey and cites a Boston Transcript line on crime and a mention of the English amateur athletic society Centurious which has walked 100 miles in under 24 hours.
A drugstore advertisement touts MELLO GLO a new shade youth color face powder. It claims perspiration resistance non drying pore unclogging formula that sticks on longer and beautifies the skin.
Advertises Calotabs as a thorough system purifier and a remedy for chronic ailments. Promotes a home course, taken once or twice weekly for several weeks, with a family package available for 85 cents at drug stores.
The Humorist notes a claim that a new wood makes furniture unbreakable while the Ohio State Journal voices support for future antique pieces built from this material. The sentiment favors direct, outspoken opinion.
In Patrick county preparations are under way to handle a crop of 35 000 barrels of apples this year with food prices in view. Late spring frosts reduced yields mainly in the valleys while mountain slopes escaped damage.
A modern plains rider, skilled in herding cattle or sheep, builds a three pronged marker to guide him across endless horizons. Whether guarding sheep or cattle, the rider faces vast empty skies and changing winds as beef and fleece remain allied concerns.
Maimonides born in Cordova Spain in 1135 became the era’s leading Jewish scholar writer and philosopher He served as chief rabbi of Cairo where he likely died in 1204.
Train times from Berryville for Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Williamson Norton with early Pullman sleeper to Williamson and Bristol and dining car. Connections at Roanoke with Memphis Social for Chattanooga Nashville and Memphis. Local and parlor car services to Shenandoah Hagerstown Philadelphia New York with Washington Baltimore connections. Contacts J Barks and Jno L Bladun, agents in Berryville and Roanoke for press schedule and reservations.
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