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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1934

Page

5

Body Of Contractor Found In His Automobile

The body of John M. Appleton a Pasadena contractor was found in his closed automobile on Maple avenue near Glen Burnie. The car's engine was running and a hose ran from the exhaust into the car. Police magistrate Albert Dogge of Glen Bernie ruled death by own action and an inquest was not held.

Annapolis John M. Appleton Pasadena Maple Avenue Glen Burnie Albert Dogge Glen Bernie

Profiteering in Afghanistan Shrines Spark Pilgrim Traffic

In Afghanistan graves of revered clerics were allegedly desecrated by associates to create shrines that attract pilgrims and generate wealth for local communities. The claim links deliberate killings to religious tourism and income.

Afghanistan

Public Sale of Rodman Property in Winchester Virginia

Trustees and Special Commissioners announce a public auction of Rodman property in Winchester Virginia on November 3 1934 at 12 noon. Parcels A and B include NW corner East and Baker Streets and corner Gray and North Kent Street with terms one third cash and rest in two annual installments plus bonds and deed of trust. Personal property Cc includes building woodworking machinery and equipment to be sold for cash.

Elisary Gypsum Co J. F. Rodman & Co., Inc Als Corporation Court Winchester Frorm County Foll East Street Baker Street Corporation Clerk’s Gray Street Kent Street Lewis W. Smith East Baker J. F. Street Rodman B. & O. Railroad Co T. Russell Cather R. Gray Williams

Enterprising Citizens Build New Residences At Hayfield

Hayfield Virginia residents push a building boom with four new homes and a modern bank barn. J E Nelson and son erect a two story brick structure near Northwestern Grade while Frederick Boxwell moves into a new bungalow. Shuller completes a six room bungalow and Guy Chapin expands the David Larrick estate with a model barn and renovated farmstead. A migrating flock of 85 geese Southward is noted as winter approaches.

Hayfield Robert Henrietta Boxwell Washington Shuller Phineas Shuller Winchester Strawboard Company Hiram Bowman Guy Chapin David Larrick Frederick County North Mountain Willow Lea Chapin Bureau of Standards Robert Fout

Carriers Struggle Through Panama Canal Passage

In CRISTOBAL Panama Canal Zone Oct 25 the U S fleet transit through the canal is expected to take four hours for 88 vessels. Delays occurred when aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga sideswiped concrete lampposts during lockage yesterday. The Lexington took about 12 hours for its normal six hour run and the Saratoga faced longer delays.

Fireman Dies In New York Blaze

Ogdensburg New York October fire killed one firefighter Fred Hynes who was trapped in a shoe store basement as smoke filled four downtown buildings. The blaze was under control by 2 15 a m and the cause was not immediately known.

Ogdensburg N. Y Fred Hynes

Great Days for the Germans in Periodic Mindset

The piece muses on celebrated eras of German history the Fifteenth Eighteenth centuries and the era after 1815. It notes fortunes allow leisure like rocking chairs on front porches and mentions an English bed tester clock in the Denver Art Museum galleries.

Denver Art Museum

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