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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1923
Page
2
Mrs. Neen Dorey of 16 Syracuse Park Rochester New York reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for two years of illness. The letter claims the tonic helped after despair and fear of death and endorses the product.
Local wholesale buyers quoted prices for Wheat Flour Spring chickens and Creamery butter among others. Counts for corn meal and mixed feed appear with per bushel and per ton figures, reflecting mixed commodity activity.
John Robinson Circus and Trained Wild Animals rolls into town for Circus Day. A 11 a m free street parade from Winchester fairgrounds to downtown streets precedes 2 p m and 8 p m performances. Tickets sold at The People's Drug Store same as grounds price.
State's Attorney Anders filed formal application to Chief Judge Hammond Urner and Associate Judge Worthington for immediate recall of the February grand jury to probe the Kepner murder case. A coroner's jury ruled Grace Simmons Kepner died June 18 at an unknown hand. Anders said a revolver silencer was bought in the area days before the death and investigators are pursuing the clue.
The chronicle notes airship carriers will host long distance aerial fighters. It predicts dive tactics from airships to strike sea vessels before altitude advantage, and cites France Italy and the U S embracing mobile aerial harbors for swarms of planes. The U S has begun a single seater fighter launching airship and a summer readiness flying aerodrome carrying twelve fighters.
Chicago July 16 A survey of 963 grammar school graduates shows all with 85 plus marks had home libraries with educational works. One hundred managing executives and top university scholars credit home libraries for success. John Rudin cites the link between home libraries, American readership, wealth and productive ability.
Market listings show corrected quotes for wheat corn and oats from the previous day. Wholesale hogs lambs and cattle prices appear with marginal shifts and varied weights reflecting limited traded volumes.
London June 25. Keels lie for hinge rigid airships to fly above the clouds. Small fighting machines aboard will launch from aloft to attack at 200 mph, aiming to raid enemy air and sea commerce.
For sale one excellent fresh cow young and T. B. tested four times also one two horse wagon and bed used little. Apply to J C Hiser on Ridgeway's farm near Nineveh Va 18 6.
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