Dagger Marries Jack Vaneering Amid War Time Turmoil
Dagger, a young adventurer, marries Jack Vaneering after a whirlwind romance in San Antonio as America enters World War I. The ceremony shocks relatives and newspapers reward their romance with praise. Dagger fears her mother in law may oppose the marriage, while Jack pursues a flying career and faces uncertainty about the couple’s future.
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Flanne Howard
Howard
Vaneering
Dagger
Jack
Wandering
St. Anthony
Espy
Air Service
New York
San Antonio
International Scout Jamboree noted and local park fund update
Charles Anderson reports on the International Scout Jamboree in England. Two thousand dollars remain to finish improvements at Winchester Park Association in Rouss Springs Park with plans for wading and swimming pools. M. M. Lynch returns to office after five months ill. President Hoover asserts power to veto cruiser construction despite congressional bill.
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Charles Anderson
Zeoep We. 1
Boy Scouts of America
England
Winchester Park Association
Rouss Springs Park
M. M. Lynch
Hoover
Congress
Senator Mapp backs strong tax body in campaign
Five years ago July 28 1925 Senator Mapp shows support for a centralized tax authority with high paid officials. Clovis Kern of White Post Virginia dies instantly when struck by a truck at Main and Water streets intersection. Clark County raises 1250 for Memorial Hospital fund. Funeral for William Jenning Bryant at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Washington DC. Many city women pay poll taxes but few have registered.
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Senator Mapp
Clovis Kern
White Post
Main
Water Streets
Clark County
Memorial Hospital
William Jenning Bryant
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Army and Navy plan defense against possible German attack
Military officers outline a contingency plan for U S defense in event of a German strike. The Sarah Zane Fire Company plans to buy a modern motor truck for firefighting. The Winchester flood of 1906 is recalled on its ninth anniversary noting city inundation. Rural mail carriers must stop using motorcycles and bicycles after January 1 1916 per Postmaster General Burleson. Local market prices list wheat 1 07 per bushel eggs 15 cents a dozen and flour 6 50 per barrel.
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Army
Navy
United States
Germany
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Winchester
Burleson
Ford builds temperature controlled rooms for precision parts
The Ford Motor Company installs temperature controlled rooms in its plant to stabilize measurements. Rooms kept at 68 degrees ensure pistons wrists pins crankshafts and flywheels are checked to hairline tolerances, with constant temperature water for finish grinding to prevent heat induced variances.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Ford Company
Weather Drives Man to Cross-Dress Says Springfield Sun
A New York maniac is said to have worn female garb amid the cold weather. The Springfield Sun notes that cross-dressing in itself does not prove madness and reflects weather conditions rather than a mental state.
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New York
Springfield
Moonshine Improves Hem Lock as Soothing Elixir Says Idea
A playful note suggests Socrates would have used moonshine as a soothing potion if he had practiced a while, implying the hem lock could act as a comforting remedy.
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Socrates
Sparks Circus to Feature Exotic Beasts and Fremed Trainers
The Sparks Circus will perform both afternoon and night shows on Friday August 8 at the Fair Grounds with heavy animal displays led by Nubian lions, Royal Bengal tigers, Siberian polar bears, and Japanese leopards. Franz Woska, a famed European trainer, headlines alongside trained dogs, ponies, and monkeys from the Sparks school in Macon Georgia. Pre war prices apply for all: 25 cents for children, 50 cents for adults, with tickets at Baker's Drug Store.
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Sparks Circus
Franz Woska
Monkeyland
Dogland
Ponyland
Sparks
Macon
Fair Grounds
Baker's Drug Store
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C. B. Organ
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Southern . Chemical CO
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Braddock St
Valley Avenue
Boscawen
Amherst St
Martinsburg Pike
Snapp’s Foundry, Inc
Cameron Street
Virginia
Prii
Eal
Braddock and
Amherst Sts
Buick
Winchester, Va. A
Mary Dahlberg
Pee
Fort Sam Houston
France
the St. Anthony
Epsy
Jim
Kitty
Corker
Texas
Auburn
Pine Motor CO
S. Braddock St
Goodyears
W. A. Buncutter & Son Albin
Roadster Sale
Hudson
Plymouth
Shenandoah Motor Company
Oppo
Handley School
Chrysler
Wright Motor Co
North Braddock St
INO. S. Solenberger & CO
North
Loudoun Street
Brucetown League
Clearbrook
White Hall
Country Eats
Benefit
Ford Sales and
Bickers
Winchester Auto
N. Kent St
Butch
Eees
Rosenberger’s
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Lydia E. Pinkham
Deneseee
Meyer
N-16
East St. Louis
Illinois
CAP
Goodrich
Silvertowns
Newark
Fort Worth
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