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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1930
Page
9
An advertisement touts Johnsons Anodyne as instantly curing coughs and headaches. It guarantees a refund if there is no immediate improvement after trying a bottle today.
Lum We steals and breaks a phoenix to punish Parados seen as harming his ancestors. Lum We fights Flique and is arrested after a kitchen confrontation with Samuels. The case hinges on who killed Parados and whether Lum We acted from ancestral anger or premeditated murder.
Admiral Louis M. Nulton, formerly of this city, will soon raise his flag as admiral of the navy. Massanutten Military Academy and Handley High School plan a competitive military drill on May 22. President Hoover reportedly received a black eye after slipping on a rock at a Virginia fishing preserve. A gas release at Cleveland Clinic Hospital is described as capable of killing millions. Bob Stratton now serves as organist at the Capitol Theatre. Ernest Houde has been transferred to Harrisonburg.
A promotional campaign planned to divert gold to Shenandoah Valley. Many Americans visit Canada since beer was legalized at 4.4 percent. Lon Chaney stars in He Who Gets Slapped at Empire Theatre to full houses. Memorial half dollar sales begin for Confederate Stone Mountain Memorial.
Fifteen years ago on May 20 1915 prominent Clarke county farmer John F Sowers died at his home after a long illness. He was well known for his agricultural work and advisement of local farming neighbors. The obituary notes his widow children and surviving kin.
Classified note lists a cheap Reo sedan for sale in good condition. Mentions phone or contact details not provided. Date appears as 5 20 56. Item sized as a small local ad.
Report states a bomb damaged Carper's Valley school house near Federal Hill in White Post area. Witnesses saw a fuse burning and an explosion followed. Parliament has declared war on Austria and Italy may join tonight. local items note A H Jackson chosen trustee of the Order of Red Men and Harry L Livick offers cigars at 25 cents.
Mrs. Charles L. Todd of Richmond died at 6 30 pm after an auto backing incident at her sister’s home on the Barterbrook road west of Staunton. Mrs. Leon Ware of Staunton operated the car and the exact cause whether she struck or Mrs Todd stumbled remains undetermined.
A fragment list describes a product with claims of freedom from trouble perpetual cold ample pure ice cubes and testing and endorsement by national authorities.
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