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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1929
Page
2
An article argues U S fire losses are eleven times Europe’s with half a billion dollars spent annually. It attributes faster spread in American fires to construction without fire resistant materials and chimney faults. Experts urge architects builders and codes to emulate European practices to confine fires to a single room or section.
Occupants of other sections will then have increased opportunity to escape uninjured and the resulting property damage will be greatly curtailed.
John H. Hausenfluck, a retired farmer near Stephens City, died Saturday at his home after long illness. He died on the twenty first anniversary of his wife's death. Survived by two daughters Mrs. John S. Beatty and Mrs. Mary C. Ebersole and five sons Frank Simon Herbert Leslie Harold, plus 31 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral held at 10 this morning at Salem Brethren Church with Rev. Minnich. burial in the church yard.
A brief line from the Hillshboro News-Herald reflects on youth and age, suggesting happiness in being closer to the reader's own age. The excerpt reads as a contemplative musing on growing older and sharing experiences.
A brief line from the Toledo Blade notes the thrill of soaring over city billboards, capturing a boastful, aspirational mood without additional context or events.
Information postpaid details for old envelopes and stamps used before 1880. Mentions P. O. Box 305 Winchester Virginia and P. O. Box 901 Roanoke Virginia. Dated September 7, 1925.
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