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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1926
Page
5
Mixed feog and corn meal terms with prices and weights. hay and middlings noted. garbled text includes references to items and a bare £500 figure, but most details are unreadable. The readable fragments imply an agricultural commodities catalog or ledger entry with numeric values and product names.
Fragmented OCR text shows varied figures and garbled phrases related to market pricing and commodities. The readable segments reference prices such as 224.50 and 23534 and mention locations like Manistee with unclear context. No cohesive report or clear event is discernible.
Larry C. Stouffer, recently confirmed, assumes charge of the local post office after the prior stock and equipment loss. He has 32 years with the office and is a Republican with long local ties. He succeeds Miss Eliza Kern, appointed temporarily after the death of her brother.
Ruth Harrison stars in Dulcy at Wardman Park Theater with Parker Fennelly and a strong supporting cast. Moe Baer leads Wardman Orchestra between acts as the well meaning dumb Belle disrupts her husband’s plans with blarney and quick wits. The production by Thomas Herbert Stock Co. earns praise for performances and humor.
S Bertham Williams offers coaching in high school subjects at residence on Millwood Pike. Contact Box 94 or phone 361-W. (5-12-61)
J W Robinson of the Boulevard is spending the weekend at his country home near Winchester, as reported by the Newport News Times-Herald.
Congress debated funding to acquire Shenandoah in Virginia and Great Smoky Mountains lands in the Blue Ridge area. Rep Temple cited Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee funds and voluntary gifts totaling about five million dollars toward park purchases. Thatcher urged eastern access to national parks, calling for park establishment for the North and Middle Atlantic states.
The text notes mountains and caverns in the United States with Mammoth Cave cited as one of earths greatest cave systems. It mentions plans to include many caverns in a proposed national park and lists a few local visitors and travelers in the Virginia area.
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