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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1927
Page
6
The Dearborn Independent reports a girl golfer diving for a lost ball retrieved an oyster from a Scottish river containing a $500 pearl. The note asks about the fate of a spare room once used for visitors that caused pneumonia from unventilated sleeping arrangements, as cited in Along Life's Detour in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Local wholesale market quotes show varied bids for wheat flour livestock and feeds with figures indicating per ton and per barrel pricing. Retail lines list local flour butter eggs and other dairy and meat prices alongside Baltimore wholesale adjustments and day-to-day market closings.
Greenwood Virginia notes a steady stream of visits and social events. Families from Winchester Martinsburg Charles Town and Washington DC share weekends and birthdays with residents. Miss Edith Wonderly returns from New Berlin PA while Corine Pennington visits Martinsburg.
A health advertisement urges purification of the system with Calotabs as a foundation of health. It recommends a thorough course once or twice weekly for several weeks and claims Nature rewards improved vitality. A family package with directions is available for 35 cents at drug stores.
A Hanover Herald-Progress item notes a pioneer traveler famed for speed and a son who rides just as fast, tearing down telegraph poles as he goes.
Mr W E B Smith and Mr W R Berryhill with Mr C R McCann of Winchester visited Richmond last Thursday and met Governor Byrd and Shirley of the State Highway Commission. Lorene Berryhill of Washington spent the weekend with the Smiths. The Sunday school at the Baptist Church grows with Rev T G Magruder doing fine work. Farmers harvest well and wheat prospects look good. Mr and Mrs C W Parish attended memorial services at Fairview last Sunday.
Steephens City residents note visits from Mrs. W H Burner and daughter Susanne of Dayton as well as several relatives from Washington Keyser and Winchester who spent the Fourth with Mr and Mrs J P Carbaugh. Peggy Carbaugh visits Howard March and Miss Stickley returns from Salisbury Luther League duties.
In the Ozarks a cave nicknamed blowing maintains about 40 degrees and functions as a large storage plant for local fruit growers, according to the Dearborn Independent.
A Toronto Mail and Empire item notes a man who cut a branch and nearly fell, but saved himself by quickly seizing his bootstraps to hold up. The anecdote highlights quick thinking amid a risky moment.
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