This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1947
Page
10
Harriet Tubman known as The Moses of her people. She was born a slave in Maryland and escaped to Philadelphia in 1849 taking her brothers. She returned to lead others north to freedom for over 300 enslaved people with help from supporters in Boston and New York.
Advertisement notes a Williams slugfest on WINC as Gillette Cavalcade of Sports features boxing names like Tippy Larkin and Garfield. It touts fistic skill levels and references a strong bite in a prelude to tonight’s broadcast, urging listeners to tune in.
June updates report many residents traveling to Canada and California for visits and summer. a birth announced for June 15. church supper planned to benefit Shenandoah College Fund. neighbors family ties noted with several visits among Winchester Funkstown Kernstown and Kernstown residents. housing arrangements mentioned for the Bowers house occupants.
In Los Angeles a suit filed in Superior Court seeks to declare Lester Burnett age 46 father of Lester Bryan eight and Rose Marie Burnett six born to Angelina, who later married Burnett’s son and then divorced. The case claims the elder Burnett admitted paternity and that Angelina, 17 at the time, and the younger Burnett, then 18, wed but did not cohabit.
Mr and Mrs H A Blandford announced the birth of their son. Charlene Bennett of Kernstown is visiting grandparents J R Bennett. Mrs Dryke of Cleveland, who spent two weeks with the Blandfords, has returned home.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation ending at 7 am. June to date totals and a 34 year average rainfall of 36.30 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1946 list values for each month with June and December near 3.8 and 2.4 inches respectively. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.