Winchester Community Bargain Days Set for July 24 26
Winchester merchants, the Evening Star, and the Chamber of Commerce announce three days of bargains Thursday through Saturday July 24 26. Thousands from Frederick Shenandoah Warren and nearby counties are invited to shop the festival of discounted merchandise in Winchester. Local merchants promise prices cut to the quick amid a backdrop of rising costs.
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Winchester
Winchester Evening Star
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Shenandoah
Warren
Virginia
Berkeley
Morgan
Hampshire
Jefferson
West Virginia
Bargain Issue Reaches 10000 Homes in Winchester Area
The Winchester Evening Star announces Community Bargain Days distributed to 10000 homes within a 25 mile radius. Deliveries use special motor routes and extra bays. Advertisements expected to reach about 40000 readers, averaging four per home.
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Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
U D C Appeals For Aluminum Drive Initiated In Town
Turner Ashby Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy asks members and friends to donate discarded aluminum pots and pans for the city and county drive. The chapter has already collected some and will turn it over to the campaign organizers as the drive begins today.
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Turner Ashby
Eavesdrop Origin From Eaves Drip to Eavesdropper
A discussion notes that the word eavesdrop derives from the eaves drip in old houses and recounts a Saxon law limiting building to keep water from dripping onto neighbors. It explains how someone who listens near such eaves could be described as an eavesdropper.
Bargain Days Set to Draw Winchester Shoppers
The Winchester Star partners with the Retail Merchants Division to host Community Bargain Days on Thursday through Saturday in the Winchester Trade Area. About 33 merchants offer regular-stock items at startling reductions as the Evening Star publishes a special edition reaching 10 000 homes in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties and nearby areas.
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Winchester
Winchester Star
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick and
Clarke
Virginia
West Virginia
Read The Ads And Save Your Dollars
A home and family newspaper urges readers to study every advertisement for bargains. It emphasizes timely spending decisions this evening and notes merchants offer rare, nonreproducible deals.
Baby Choking Incident In Aurora Ends With Operation
George Lundgren of Aurora, Tl., cooing to his baby daughter during diaper changes, choked on a safety pin. He required surgical intervention to remove the pin and recover.
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George Lundgren
Auurora
Lundgren
Message for Long Distance Drivers
Chief Hollis of the Winchester Police urges motorists on weekend trips to avoid gradually increasing speed and entering towns at unsafe levels. He warns that long drives dull the senses and create a false sense of security and calls for vigilance and caution as a trip ends.
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Hollis
Winchester Police Department
Robbery Report Near Indianapolis Involving Fruit Truck
Charles McPert ierd described a gang of men and boys boarding his loaded truck at a traffic light and making off with cantaloupes tomatoes and peaches valued at about 250 dollars. He returned to find the haul reduced and the vehicle compromised.
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Indianapolis
Charles McPertierd
Pennants Identify Winchester Bargain Day Stores
Thirty three Winchester merchants join Community Bargain Days on July 24 25 26. Pennants at store entrances mark greatly reduced prices inviting shoppers to take part in the three day event.
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Winchester
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Manchester
England
London
Laura B. Hensell
Margaret L. Hodgson
Lovett’s
Montgomery Ward
N. and P
J. C. Penney Co
Baylass
Sears-Roebuck and Co
Thomas Credit Jewelers
Wender's
Wiener’s
American Store Co
Mary
Dead Sea
Senate
Huntsberry
Valley
Huntsberry’s
Sport Oxfords
Fashion Plate
RED Cross
Fanchon
Dixons
Eidgertons
North Loudoun St. Winchester
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