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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1929

Page

9

Virginia to Be Represented At Big Rifle Match

The Virginia National Guard will be represented at the national and international rifle matches at Camp Perry Ohio in September. Army instructors expect rifle companies officers and enlisted men from the First and One Hundred Sixteenth regiments Ninety first Infantry Brigade based at the state military reservation in Virginia Beach to form a competitive team.

Camp Perry Ohio Ninety-first Infantry Virginia Beach Virginia

National Guardsmen to Sharpen Marksmanship in Matches

The event aims to promote expert shooting among National Guardsmen through competitive matches. Participants will test skills in controlled exercises designed to elevate accuracy and safety.

Children Witness Mother's Slaying and Father's Suicide

In Fayette Alabama on July 16 Louis G Nichols a 50 year old farmer killed his wife by slashing her throat then shot himself in front of their children who were at home during a breakfast dispute. Mrs Nichols died instantly and Nichols fired a shotgun into his breast. The incident followed a domestic quarrel that began at breakfast. The article also notes a daylight saving comment about cities adopting it without an extra holiday.

Fayette Ala Louis G. Nichols

Capon Bridge Notes Turned Toward Social and Church Events

Capon Bridge notes list visits and travels of residents to Washington Baltimore Cumberland and Winchester. It covers church services district missionary meeting Keyser and upcoming children's day exercises at the Methodist Episcopal Church with several local families hosting guests and purchasing a Ford.

Capon Bridge Henry Washington Baltimore Ernest Eaton Leslieugh Hay W. Va Baxter Giffin Maxine Lovett Dorothy Haines Elizabeth Giffin Spindler Nell Kerns Gertrude Ward Young People's District Keyser D. B. Haines John Nixon Winchester A. Cc Methodist Episcopal Church John Wotring Cumberland Juanita Shanholtz Paw Paw Clyde Schaffenaker H. ©. Oates L. C. Haines Edyth Haines Maggie Kackley D. H. Shuler Hetzel Whitlock J. W. Hutchinson S. J. Goode Harry McKee Homer Shuler Bert Pittman J. Goode

Best friends fall out warns Dr. Fischbein quote

Dr. Morris Fischbein notes that a man's teeth and hair are his best friends, yet even the best friends will fall out, reflecting on aging or loss in a compact observation attributed to the Detroit News.

Morris Fischbein Detroit News

County Expenditures Detailed in 1929 Ledger

The record lists disbursements from the Circuit Court and various county offices for 1927 through 1929, covering salaries, commissions, elections, supplies, lunacy, public expenses, insurance, fuel, lights, and delinquent accounts. Notable items include salaries for the superintendent, physicians, and staff. election costs. loans paid totaling 6,000.00. and a balance on hand as of July 1, 1929.

Board of Supervisors Children’s Home Society Chamber Commerce

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