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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1926

Page

2

J M Bauserman Almost Forced To Wreck His Auto

Mr and Mrs J M Bauserman Jr of Woodstock narrowly escaped a fatal crash on Fort Valley road Massanutten mountain When a four horse wagon driven by Harry Hollingsworth approached the car slid toward the edge of the road The driver backed into the wagon to force the horses into the bank and stop the vehicle Five men lifted the car back onto the road Only the rear fender was damaged

J. M. Bauserman, Jr Woodstock Massanutten Mountain Fort Valley Bauserman Harry Hollingsworth Mr. Hollingsworth

Apple shipments surge from Wenatchee and Yakima districts

Northwest reports show Wenatchee Valley total shipments reaching 622 carloads by August, up from 459 last year and 299 in 1924. Yakima district shipments through August 13 total 2,380 carloads, nearly double last year and over triple 1924, signaling strong fruit movement.

Olympia Wash Wenatchee Yakima

Fruit car shipments by districts this week

This year the report lists Yakima total shipments by fruit type: 216 cherries 76 apricots 866 mixed fruits 87 apples 135 prunes and plums 11 strawberries 357 peaches 632 pears. Tual shipments for week Aug 7 13 reach 1146 cars with 550 last year in Yakima and 192 versus 86 from Wenatchee.

Yakima Tual Yakima District Wenatchee

Americans Spend Billion Yearly To See the Movies

Statistics reveal U S movie industry revenue reaches about 1 billion dollars annually from admissions across roughly 20 thousand theaters. In 1925 weekly attendance averaged 90 million, with newsreels viewed by 51 million people each week.

Paul Smith N. Y Koater & Biel Music Hall New York City White House Will H. Hayes

Film Industry Economics and Output in Early 20th Century

The report details annual production costs of American films at 150 million dollars and studio salaries at 60 million. It notes 235,000 permanent industry employees, 11,331,394 shares in motion picture companies held by 59,157. Export film volume rose from 32 million to 236 million linear feet between 1913 and 1925. Daily U.S. showings reach 25,000 miles of film with 823 feature films and 21,110 short subjects produced last year.

United States

Stauntonian Seeks Wife for Blond Mechanic

Atlantic City reports Mayor L. Bader received a letter from Holdie W. Guest of Staunton Virginia asking contestants in a beauty pageant to pass along that a good mechanic earning 35 dollars weekly seeks a wife. Guest prefers blondes under 22 who can cook. The letter's receipt was published.

Atlantic City N. J Cupid L. Bader Bader Holdie W. Guest Staunton Guest

Letters Indicate Interest in Meeting Mr. Guest

Bader received three letters from elphin women and a timore widow expressing they would be glad to meet Mr. Guest. The correspondence suggests personal interest and possible plans for an in person encounter.

Bader Elphin Mr. Guest

Box Shortage Hits Hood River Valley Apple Growers

Hood River Ore Sept 2 A box shortage looms for independent apple growers after rising crop estimates. The association ordered sufficient boxes for about 2 000 000 box tonnage, but mills are slow in delivering shipments.

Hood River Ore

Hogue Creek Locals Share Picnics And Visits

Community notes from Hogue Creek recount social visits among locals including Loyd and Clarence Darr from Winchester and Scott White families. Others attended a funeral near Clearbrook for John Rogers. Mount Olive Sunday school plans a September 4 afternoon picnic and yard party.

Hogue Creek Loyd Darr Clarence Darr Winchester Scott White Ollie Clowser B. Lee Orndoff Lenore Margaret Nelson Martinsburg W. Va Grove J Orndoff Orndoff Masters Landen Garland Baker Charles Baker Clement Kump Highview Clark Braithwaite Marjorie Hoover Cumberland William Hoover Bertha Waddell Middleburg John Rogers Clearbrook Rogers Frank Orndoff Ed Peer William Clowser Vernon Baker Mount Olive Lester Good, Jr Cape Charles William Good Lester Good Billy Carroll Ashmead Delmar Del

Negro Prefers Wife's Knife to Doctor in Knoxville Incident

Louis Bell, a negro from Knoxville, was stabbed in the abdomen by his wife and survived after multiple trips to the operating table at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Police captured Bell's wife, who is jailed, as doctors and nurses fought to save him despite his fear of instruments.

Knoxville Tenn Louis Bell Bell Jackson Memorial Hospital

Compressed Air Tanks and Equipment Listed

OCR fragment shows compressed air tanks and gear described as Suit-for gaT 2s with references to ez Star of. Details are sparse and uncertain about full context or entities.

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