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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1924
Page
8
A Buffalo Enquirer line notes that being born lucky offers little real advantage and may even bring worse luck without it. The quip reflects on fate and chance affecting everyday fortune.
Captain Naylor, native of England now doing business in New York, spent several days here on business and left this morning. He served as an officer in the British Army during the World War and was wounded in the Somme battle.
Miss Virginia Pifer underwent an appendectomy at Memorial Hospital on Saturday. Her condition today is reported as somewhat improved.
Col Jerome H Joyce proprietor of Joyce's Hotel opposite Camden Station Baltimore died in a hospital Saturday afternoon after a monthlong illness. He was a well known hotel man in the east and had broad ties among Virginia people.
A small cannon dredged from the James River by oyster rangers is being cleaned for exhibition. Ordnance experts doubt it is Civil War era and say it could be from the earliest settler ships to Jamestown, though its exact period remains uncertain.
Lee M. Bender of Marburg sells the residence to Dr. William A. Wallace for about 14000 dollars. The transaction is noted as a prominent local business deal with serious implications for property holdings in the area.
The bodyguard unit identified as the finest guard regiment in India is described as highly trained and equipped to the highest standard. Soldiers are drilled to peak efficiency in protection roles for the governor of Bompay.
The New York Tribune notes a trend where individuals sign patent medicine testimonials to gain publicity and permanent print exposure, suggesting braids or appearance are secondary to promotional write ups. The piece hints at media incentives in early publicity culture.
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