Boy Dies Charging High Tension Wire In Lineman Game
In Richlands Virginia a 12 year old Marshall Smith died after a rope tied around his body caused him to climb a pole near the Red Ash sub-station. His right leg contacted a 33 000 volt line and he burned his face and head before rescuers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
Red Ash
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Marshall Smith
Young Smith
Troy Smith
Raymond Smith
Electric Company
Why does the high school campus look so bad
The May 23 1938 Junior Evening Star editorial urges school pride and cleaner grounds. It laments students leaving wrappers and banjo sticks, notes elementary students keep areas cleaner, and pokes fun at autograph seekers among Handlians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Junior Evening Star
Winchester school week features air mail talk and Latin results
Ridgley White introduces Postmaster Nelson Page who explains National Air Mail Week and urges air mail letters while pilot Douglas plans the first Winchester flight. Quarles declares Latin Tournament winners and outlines next year’s schedule. Miss Irving from Ohio WCTU discusses alcohol kinds, effects, and cautions on radios and cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgley White
Junior Board of Trade
Nelson Page
National Air Mail
Winchester
Page
Douglas
Quarles
Miss Irving
Ohio W. C. T. U
Mrs. McNally
Miss Boxley
Literary News Latin Tour results honor students
Phil ip Barnhart and Frances Bickers won honorable mention while Handley earned a plaque for the highest average of any school in the state. Congratulations to the students and to Peery for her excellent work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Barnhart
Frances Bickers
Handley
Peery
Forward The Handiian Brigade
The fragment mentions a hand and arm numbness and a military or brigade reference named Handiian Brigade. No clear event date place or organization fully readable. The text hints at a medical or injury note but lacks concrete details to form a complete summary.
Frivolous Definitions and Witty Vignettes of Victorian Life
A compact collection of satirical lines defining traits and social foibles. It lists playful aphorisms on reputation gossip inspiration optimism engagement rings money and other social concepts, paired with sharp observations about gender roles and manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trousseau
Newsettes Gossip and School Notes
Gossip mentions Gus Cahill with poison ivy and a cold after leaving with Beanie and Hatcher Monday. Larrick Hockman autographs hint at Casanova status. Mrs Barr’s phys ed classes go elementary with Jacks game and fans attend A M A dances despite rain. Embarrassing moment arises from misplaced Handlian notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Cahill
Beanie
Hatcher
Insomnia Newsroom Banter and A Hat Trick Tale
Rastus asks Mose about behavior as Mose reveals two to three day wakefulness. Bill ponders asking a girl to marry him, Zorpha approves. A noted judge dines at a hotel where a hat checker's memory is tested by a silk hat exchange joke.
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Bill
Zorpha
Fragmented Crossword Style Puzzle Text
A garbled OCR style grid of clues mixed with stray letters and numbers. The readable parts show multiple clue entries for across and down with incomplete words and misplaced formatting, making coherent sense or a single news item impossible to extract.
Congressmen Visit Virginia Beach on Coastal Trip
Twenty five members of Congress visited Virginia Beach from Washington aboard the Maryland. Led by John O Connor and Claude Fuller the group arrived by coast guard surf boats and enjoyed fishing. Ohio’s Lamneck injured a finger by a fish hook and received care at Solomon's Island then Virginia Beach. The party included Nichols Ferguson McGranery Greenwood Harrington Casey Robinson Crowe Schaefer Anderson Mouton Fernandez Fries Thompson McLaughlin and Lamneck. they departed for the return trip that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Congress
Washington
Maryland
Norman R. Hamilton
Virginia
Coast Guard Station
Lamneck
Ohio
Solomon's Island
John O'Connor
New York
Claude Fuller
Arkansas
Nichols and
Ferguson
Oklahoma
McGranery
Pennsylvania
Greenwood
Indiana
Harrington
Iowa
Casey
Massachusetts
Robinson
Utah
Crowe
Schaefer
Illinois
Anderson
Missouri
Mouton and Fernadez
Louisiana
Fries and Thompson
McLaughlin
Nebraska
Historic Log At Hoover Camp Draws Souvenir Hunters
Park rangers report souvenir hunters in Shenandoah National Park target the log used by former President Hoover and Ramsey MacDonald in October 1929. The log, where they reportedly discussed world peace proposals, has drawn emphasis from visitors and collectors.
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Luray
Shenandoah National Park
Hoover
White House
Park Rangers
Ramsey MacDonald
Great Britain
Pinnacles Dam Work Finished
Concrete work on the Pinnacles power plant project totaling 3 250 000 dollars is complete. A dedication ceremony is planned for Friday with several days needed to dry bulkheads and regulate water wheels before power enters Danville's distribution system. President Roosevelt may be unable to attend. other invitees include Interior Secretary Ickes Governor Price and Representatives Woodrum and Burch.
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Danville
Pinnacles
Roosevelt
Ickes
Price
Woodrum and
Burch
Atlantic group eyeing Raleigh for 1939 meeting
Newport News dispatch says the Atlantic Association of the Societe Nationale Des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux will likely hold its 1939 meeting in Raleigh North Carolina. The 1940 gathering was tentatively set for Wheeling West Virginia but could shift after final decisions by officials. The three day session included pleasure trips and salt water fishing charters on the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Atlantic Association
Societe Nationale Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
Raleigh
N. C
Wheeling
West Va
North Carolina
Association
What Does Your Face Reveal Fortune Telling Booklet
A brief advertisement describes a booklet on fortune telling including face reading palmistry tea cup dreams and playing card fortunes. The Bureau run by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington offers a ten cent postpaid copy with order form and payment instructions.
Idle boast ends in robbers attack after race win
Chicago Henry Hoffman boasted of luck after winning 400 at the races. He told police three men beat him in an alley and robbed him of 102 from selling his car, as they pressed for more winnings. He claimed he only lied to keep the moniker alive.
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Chicago
Henry Hoffman
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Winchester Furniture Co
Delivery South
Fiery
Martinsburg, W. Va
Harpers Ferry
Handley High School
John Henry
Theodore Yokem
Nigel
A. K. Wingert
Winchester, Va
Larrick Hockman
Mandlian
Iim
Tom Ritter
Rastus
Mose
Daily Cross Word
England
Edward Beasts
Greece
Charterry
Mérriment Barnum
Cook
Gene Byrnes
Kelvinator
Endsicecube
Front Royal
Congress Party
Pinnacles Dam
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Lucky
Jarter
John S. Miller & Co
Paint Sporting Goods
N. Loudoun
Loudoun St
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