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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1930

Page

8

Edward Horton stars in Wide Open at Capitol today

Edward Everett Horton appears in the Warner Bros Vitaphone all talking comedy Wide Open at the Capitol today. The meek bookkeeper mismatches with a merry cast including Patsy Ruth Miller, Louise Fazenda, Vera Lewis and others as Zig Zag misadventures build to a tornado finale. Jolson and Berlin collaborations and Technicolor sequences noted.

Edward Everett Horton Capitol Edward Eversett Horton Warner Bros Vitaphone Patsy Ruth Miller Horton Louise Fazenda Vera Lewis Frank Beal Jolson Irving Berlin Berlin Lowell Sherman Louise Dressler Lois Moran Hobart Bosworth Tully Marshall Ray Cooke Stanley Fields Mitchell Lewis

Shell Company Plants Damaged By Explosion

Fire swept the Shell Ether Products plant at Sewaren near Perth Amboy after an explosion on a gasoline lighter. The blaze reached the Riley and Kindall and spread to the City Service tanker and docks toward tanks in Staten Island Sound. The plant houses large storage tanks and a refinery is under construction.

Perth Amboy Shell Ether Products Company Sewaren Fie Riley and Kindall City Service Ohio Staten Island Sound

Jolson Returns to Buried Cork in Mammy at Capitol

Al Jolson reprises the burnt cork persona in Warner Brothers Mammy opening at the Capitol Theatre with a midnight Sunday premiere and weekday showings. The film aims for laughter and showcases Jolson at his hilarious best in a revival of his minstrel style.

AL Jolson Mammy Burnt Cork Warner Brothers Capitol Theatre Jolson

Hermits Host Weekend Picnic Mob On Front Lawn

Weekend motoring parties turn hermit life into public gatherings as picnics on a hermit’s front lawn draw crowds and interest. Locals report unusual crowds forming around the secluded retreat amid growing curiosity.

Market Report Local Wholesale Prices and Dairy Goods

Market notes list dairy items and feed costs with mixed quality figures for cattle grains and products. Prices for cotton seed meal butter and creamery products appear alongside livestock items including steers hogs and chickens with scattered numeric values and units throughout.

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Local Feed Prices and Market Notes

Feed and dairy products listed with prices in the local retail market. Cracked corn at 2.30 per unit, cotton seed meal 23.60, local flour barrel 7.75, middlings around 2.45, boge fodder and pig feed noted with varying prices, and general market terms mixed in.

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Supreme Court ruling tightens display of home brew gear

The decision suggests materials and equipment for home brewing should not be flaunted publicly by dealers. They must be handled quietly and discreetly, akin to how liquor is kept in speak easies.

Supreme Court

Father's Day Services by Rev Horace A Johnson

Pastor Horace A Johnson of Colored East Cork St invites all fathers to two Sunday sessions honoring fatherhood. Morning preaching at 11 o clock titled The Fatherhood of Man, followed by an evening program at 8 with the same subject. All fathers urged to attend and participate.

Colored East Cork St Horace A. Johnson

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