Flashes of Life and Quick News Snippets
A jumble reports suicide by self restraint at a dime scaffold in Chicago, a robbery incident with a mother’s plea for her sick baby, a buffalo incident at Lincoln Park golf course in Oklahoma City scaring players, and a tavern robber knocked aside by a former pitcher in St. Joseph.
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Chicago
Emil Griet
Joe Kalamaja
Oklahoma City
Lincoln Park
Old Cody
St. Joseph
Ollie Voth
Voth
Field Nurse Visits City and County for Health Education
Miss Emily W. Bennett educational field nurse from the State Board of Health in Richmond will visit this city and county on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday May 20 21 22. She will work in regular and emergency education school rooms and demonstrates child health at nursery schools in Stephens City and Middletown on Tuesday and Wednesday. She will also visit home economics programs.
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Emily W. Bennett
State Board of Health
Richmond
Bennett
B. B. Bagby
Virginia State Board of Health
Stephens City
Middletown
Independence couple blessed with twins on Mother's Day
In Independence Missouri Frank D White and his wife each hoped for a different first baby. The stork delivered twins a boy and a girl fulfilling both wishes. It's been a great Mother's Day for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Frank D. White
White
Miss Bennett Demonstrates Health Classes Across Town
During her stay, Miss Bennett will provide demonstrations in health at Middletown White Hall Bryarly Miller School and Stephens City including a class under the emergency education program on Highland Avenue and a physical education class at the Winchester Institute.
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Highland Avenue
Winchester Institute
Bennett
Middletown
White Hall
Bryarly
Miller School
Stephens City
Growth of Fishes Explains Age Related Growth Limits
Growth of fishes decelerates with age though it never stops under favorable conditions. A graph would show weight rising steadily while length climbs quickly at first then levels off as girth limits further weight gain.
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Detroit Free Press
Flu Ravages Alaskan Outposts Across Nome and Barrow
An influenza epidemic spreads through Alaska with appeals sent to Nome for medical staff and serum. Point Barrow reports thirteen deaths while Wainwright exceeds two hundred cases. Sergeant Stanley Morgan, the Point Barrow radio operator, remained at his post despite illness. Mrs Morgan and her son are pictured.
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Nome
Point Barrow
Wainwright
Alaska
Point
France Britain Work to Keep Italo-Ethiopian Issue Off League Agenda
London May 14 Italian move toward conciliation under the 1928 treaty appears to satisfy France and Britain as they seek to keep the dispute from the League of Nations Council. Italy nominates two members for the committee and Ethiopia has named its delegates, with a neutral member to be chosen. The aim is to avoid Geneva condemnation of Italy’s military buildup in East Africa.
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Associated Press
London
Fforts
France
Britain
League of Nations Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Geneva
League of Nations
Haile Selassie
Itaq
East
Africa Condemnation Fears Strain Close Relations
A terse note reports that condemnation of Africa risks straining a recently close relationship. The brief mentions officials weighing reactions and seeking careful diplomacy amid mounting tensions.
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Africa
Italy Britain and France Set Front on German Rearmament
A newly formed triad among Italy Britain and France aims to confront the German rearmament issue. The agreement signals coordinated policy steps and joint pressure on Germany to limit military buildup.
Niagara Gorge Face Lift Stages Terracing on Goat Island
Workmen terrace and plant shrubs high above the Niagara River to prevent erosion on Goat Island in Niagara Falls. They perform this dangerous task about 50 feet from the cliff brow where a misstep could send them over jagged rocks and rushing water below.
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Goat Island
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Millionaire Will Upheld In Court
St Louis May 14 The will of Hugh Campbell a St Louis bachelor recluse making Yale University the primary heir to most of his 1 250 000 estate was upheld by Circuit Judge O Neill Ryan.
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ST. Louis
Hugh Campbell
Louis
Yale University
O'Neill Ryan
Wash Out 15 Miles of Kidney Tubes
An old Doan's Pills advertisement claims kidneys contain 15 miles of tubes that must be washed out to prevent fatigue backache and other symptoms. It promotes Doan's Pills as relief, urging readers to buy from their druggist. 1934 Foster-Milburn Co.
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Hall's Expectorant Promoted For Cough Relief
Promoters praise Hall's Expectorant for soothing irritated throat membranes and stopping coughs from colds. They claim 25 years of relief and strong demand. Available through Peoples Service Drug Store at 9 North Main Street in three sizes 35c 60c and 1.00.
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Hall
Peoples Service Drug Store
North Main Street
People's Service Drug Store
Winchester
Public sale of valuable city property in Winchester Virginia
By deed of trust dated April 2 1930 a public auction will be held in front of Winchester Court House Virginia on June 1 1935 at 11 am. The property known as 106 West Cecil Street bounded by Jenkins Atwell Hawkins is offered with terms one third cash and remaining balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust. Donald L Weems trustee Dunn and Duvall auctioneers.
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Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Virginia
A.i
West Cecil Street
Braddock
Washington Streets
Charles Jenkins
Samuel Atwell
John Hawkins
W. Cecil Street
Lewis Magruder
William Washington
Eva Magruder Watts
Bouquets For U S Postal Boys
A Winchester Virginia reader praises Postmaster Nelson Page and assistants for moving the Winchester postoffice to a temporary location without interrupting mail service. The entire equipment was moved between 9 PM Saturday and Sunday morning, showcasing 100 percent efficiency. May 13, 1936.
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The
Star
Winchester
Nelson Page
Page
J. Frank Eddy
Trusteed Sale of Valuable Virginia Farm With Improvements
Public auction by The National Valley Bank as Trustee on May 18, 1935 at 12 PM in Winchester Virginia. The 146 acre farm on the Winchester Front Royal Road includes a seven room frame house, bank barn, wagon shed, granary and outbuildings. Sale requires cash at closing and payment of accrued taxes.
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Winchester Front Royal Road
Winchester
Opequon
Frederick County
Virginia
Russell B. Layman
James Armel
D. B
National Valley Bank of
National Valley Bank OF Staunton
Public sale of house and lot in Frederick County Virginia
A trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester county courthouse on May 29 1935 at 11 a m the property of A J Sager a five acre parcel with two roads and a seven and a half pole bundle frontage on the Winchester Front Royal Turnpike improved by a dwelling. One third cash with the balance in two yearly installments secured by bonds and a trust on the property with insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Sager
Frederick County
Winchester
Herbert S. Larrick
I. Brumback
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Katz
City and Co
Alaskan
Mrs
Stanley Morgan
Good Housekeeping Bureau
France-Britain
Albert W. Wilson
Niagara Gorge
Abe
Buncutter Tire Co
Gulf
Gulflube
Wender
Wenders
Gulf Refining CO
Donald L, Weems
U. S. Postal Boys
National Valley Bank
Russell E. Layman
Circuit Court
Court House
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