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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1931
Page
7
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A quote contrasts mental training with consecutive thinking and notes Tulipomania as a historic speculative craze in Holland and France.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains belching results from swallowing air not fermentation. A gag test shows gas eructation stops only when swallowing ceases, with air in the stomach aiding digestion. Neurotic belchers often exaggerate symptoms. editor notes offer six Clendening pamphlets for 10 cents.
Warner Brothers previews and current bookings show at Capitol and Colonial Theatres. Butterworth to star in Merry Wives of Reno a First National comedy from Robert Lord about life at a Nevada divorce colony. Chaplin's silent City Lights screens today and tomorrow at the Capitol with Virginia Cherrill, promising a romantic yet dramatic comedy masterwork.
The Frederick County Circuit Court clerk records recent deeds of real estate transfer. Holmes J Adams and others convey a parcel of land in the county with nominal consideration to Chalmers pageant to Holmes J Adams et al.
Ursell DeHaven transfers land and appurtenances at Gainesboro for 900 dollars. Opequon Electric Company sells electric distribution line to Northern Virginia Power Company for nominal consideration. James A. Brill and others convey land and improvements near Gore for 1600 dollars. Charles L. Clanahan and Caleb E. Armel with heirs finalize transfers in related parcels.
Multiple parties including Petrie Armel Pifer Biggs Haymaker Haymaker Price Alexander Haymaker Haymaker Clinger Affleck Cornwell Bell Lind Funkhouser transfer rights of way for an electrical transmission line in Opequon district to Northern Virginia Power Company. Consideration nominal. Greenbrier Joint Stock Land Bank to Shirley Abshire with several county tracts. Bank to Aldus Cooper land near Alesa Springs with consideration of 3400 dollars.
The piece recalls the Apple Blossom Fete in Winchester with a grand parade, a royal crowning by Admiral Byrd, and extensive attendance by Americans traveling by air and bus. It notes the festival's passing petals and a December payment reminder, signed by M. S. Triplett of Winchester. Also satirical lines mock a child studies claim about 2124 ways to annoy parents by Dr Mandel Sherman.
The forty first annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans and the Southern Memorial Association will be held in Montgomery Alabama June 2 5. Identification slips offering reduced railroad rates are available from Miss Lucy F Kurtz at No 21 South Loudoun for Confederate veterans Sons of Veterans and members of the Daughters of the Confederacy and of the Southern Memorial Association. Motorists may be increasing but the pedestrian is getting along in leaps and bounds.
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