Kiwanis Night Features Spelling Bee and Entertainment
The Kiwanis Club hosts a joint Ladies and All Kiwanis Night with a old fashioned spelling bee on teams of about 30 men. Contestants misspell words like isoceles and homologous leaving a draw between Arthur Robinson and Clay Carr. Soprano Elsie Duncan performs with pianist Billy Barnes, and a Hindu magician Abba Gabba is revealed as W R Legge.
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Quarles
Arthur Robinson
Clay Carr
Elsie Duncan
Winchester
Billy Barnes
Emory Snapp
Dugene B. Cooper
Ananias I
Ed. Stultz
W. D. Ritenour
Dr. Snarr
Hen Lays An Egg Within An Egg At Boyce
BOYCE Virginia June 26 The record for a hen laying an egg within an egg is reported by Clinton Goolridge of Boyce. A hen laid an egg twice the normal size and when opened contained the usual white and yolk plus a second complete egg inside. Local farmers describe similar double eggs as rare but not unheard of.
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Boyce
Clinton Goolridge
First Time Reported Eye Inside Egg Stuns Witnesses
A remarkable claim circulates as witnesses describe seeing an eye within an egg for the first time. The report notes the event sparked curiosity and disbelief among locals and observers.
General Bamford honored for war service and death in West Virginia
Brigadier General Franklin E. Bamford died at Summit Point West Virginia after a brief illness of a brain hemorrhage. He was lauded for World War I service including Cantigny and Meuse Argonne and earned the Distinguished Service Medal. His funeral is planned with Arlington Cemetery as a likely burial site.
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Summit Point
W. Va
Martha Bamford
Elizabeth Grove
Franklin E. Bamford
Washington
Bamford
Grover
Canada
Arlington Cemetery
Pershing
Milwaukee
Wis
Cantigny
John J. Pershing
Jefferson County
Hsis
Martha Byrd
Richmond
D. S. M. Washington
Frank E. Bamford
Meuse-Argonne
Langres
Sixteenth Infantry
Mondidier- Bovon and
Cantieny
Aisne-Marne
Ansonville
St. Mihiel
Maternity Death Rate High in United States
The text notes the U S has the highest maternity death rate among civilized nations with 6.5 maternal deaths per 1000 live births. It claims two thirds of these deaths could be prevented with adequate maternity care and services.
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Waworthy
State Farm Mutual
United States
Canada
Quoted Locke Critiques Children and Sports
A brief reflective remark criticizes children for abandoning themselves to trivial sports. It laments that curiosity is balked, causing youths to spend time on insipid pursuits and undermining intellectual development.
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Locke
Lindbergh testifies Curtis hindered kidnapping probe
Col Charles A Lindbergh says John Hughes Curtis claimed inside knowledge of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and that a member of the household was implicated. He recounts efforts to contact the kidnappers and details Curtis and Eric or Nils led plan ending with a green sedan and a Cape May schooner voyage.
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Cape May
N. J
A Press
Flemington
Charles A. Lindbergh
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh
John
John F. Condon
Colonel Lindbergh
Curtis
Eric
Nils
Newark
Gretchen
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Report
Chicago grain closing prices furnished by W B Hibbs Company with NYSE and Chicago Board of Trade members. Hibbs Building Washington DC. Telephone National 540.
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Chicago
W. B. Hibbs Company
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Hibbs Building
Washington, D. C
Telephone National
Fractional advances mark Chicago Board of Trade session
Fractional gains appeared across pits at the Chicago Board of Trade with firmness noted. Closing futures quotations show Wheat July 48 14, September 51 14, December 54 says 54 percent? Corn July 29, September 31 5, December 32 42. Oats July 19 3, September 20, December 22 3. Rye July 28 54, September 31, December 35.
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Chicago Board of Trade
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Matinees
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June McCloy
Gigolettes
McNamee
Capitol News
Laurence Olivier
Irving Pichel
Zasu Pitts
Cecil B. Demille
Sari Maritza
Gene Raymond
Marguerite Churchill
John Bunny
Flora Finch
Maurice Costello
Paramount Novelty
Iota
W. R. Legge
Handley
East Piccadilly Street
West Pall Mall Street
Millwood
Front Royal
Herman H. Hable
Confederate Veterans Assemble
John G. Pollard
Virginia
C. A. DeSaussure
The
Confederate Veterans
Zefirettes
Gray & Sheetz
N. Main St
Certified Public Accountants
TAX Counsellors
E. Boscawen Street
Richmond, VA
Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Company
Brown & Fisher
Gen'l Bamford
Col. Lindbergh
Autual
E Legal Reserve Company
R. R. Duvall Stephenson Co
M. Shaffer
White Post
L. G. Polhamus
L. J. Cave
Stephens City
A. N. Fisher Strasburg
State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co
Charlottesville, Va
Besopalace
Romanc
Richard Arlen
Fay Wray
Eugene Pallette
Paramount Picture
Paramount News
THURS
Bottom Sea
Sally Blane
James Murray
Pat O'Malley
Thomas Jackson
Greenwood Farm News
Katie Mace
S. Braddock St
Hamman’s Bargain Basement
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Insurance, Loans & Investments
Potomac Edison
Hansbrough & Carter Loans Investments
People's Bargain Store
North Main Street
Keystone
N. Loudoun St
J.W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Local Claim Service
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