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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
6
Endorsed in Winchester by neighbors Mrs W C etc on Main Street. Claiming years of kidney distress eased by Doan's Kidney Pills, with relief after use and continued reassurance when symptoms recur. Advertising copy notes price and dealer availability through Foster Milburn.
Eighty thousand gallons of gasoline in eight tank cars exploded on a Texas oil company switching track in Bayonne New Jersey causing a fire. Four persons were seriously injured and many others suffered burns from the blaze. Property loss was heavy and buildings two miles away were rocked. The cause of the fire was not determined.
The article notes that houses are threatened as concerns rose that the entire plant of the oil company could be doomed for a period.
Joseph Ralph of Sansalito California calls the English telephone system “a ghastly joke” in a letter to the Daily Telegraph. He says a practical people like Britain tolerate twenty five minutes of a pathetic travesty of a telephone service.
Ten letters from Taft to Lois and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska arrived, signaling a general tenor of his communications. The correspondence is not public, but believed to urge an understanding on treaty reservations to aid ratification, mirroring messages to Republicans.
Former heavyweight champion Jess Willard has purchased a 700 acre farm near Lawrence Kansas. He paid down 100000 cash and took possession today with total price understood at 175000 dollars. The Topeka report notes the purchase follows his Toledo boxing payday.
An army bombing plane with a five man crew under Lieut Col R S Hartz departed Washington at 10 am on the first leg of a near 6000 mile flight around the nation. The route would pass 31 states and 95 cities from coast to coast and cover Atlantic Pacific and Gulf coasts up to the Canadian border. The crossing includes Augusta Maine, about 560 miles from Washington.
Berkeley County Court orders the Martinsburg and Winchester pike segment in Berkeley County made a Class A road. It will use county funds to secure about 41 000 to meet the appropriation, with potential extra funds from plans under consideration. A twenty five cent levy and a twenty percent realty value increase are noted.
A large British engineering firm announces a motor car for mass production aiming to rival American makers. The model targets 16 to 20 horsepower seating five, priced around 1490 dollars, with a goal of selling 20,000 cars in the first year. only a testing unit has been constructed so far.
A quip from a breezy adventurer frames the asides of a wandering philosopher type. The speaker notes that a carefree manner often signals a new, spirited freshness in a person’s character.
A fragmented message suggests a man who claims he can marry only if he saves $4. The text indicates he insists he cannot afford to marry and frames this as a personal constraint.
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