Texas coast braces as hurricane, Cuban storm reach Gulf
A massive hurricane sweeping from the Bahamas and Cuba battered the Texas coast near Brownsville and Padre Island with 90 mph winds. Refuges packed Beeville and Freeport as Cape fears rose inland, while Florida islands reported citrus crop ruin and a fatality near Gomez. Damage reached hundreds of thousands with Palm Beach estates spared.
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Seahorse
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Houston
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William Shaffer
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Gomez
Stuart
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Mobile
Ala
Associated Press
Auto Stolen In Martinsburg Recovered Here By Police
Officers recovered a stolen Buick sedan linked to Martinsburg West Virginia. Sergeant B C Cline of Winchester Police pursued the vehicle on North Loudoun street and arrested the driver Carl Murphy after a struggle.
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Cline
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Local arrest brings Murphy to await Martinstown trial
Police locked Murphy at the station house after a pursuit and prepared to transport him to Martinstown for trial while the stolen car is returned to its owner, Attorney Martin.
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Murphy
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Chicago Grain Market Prices Today
Closing quotations show Chicago futures September 83 1/2 percent December 88 percent May 92 percent. Baltimore spot 89 percent Winchester spot 80 percent. Data supplied daily to The Star by Winchester Milling via Stickell Sales Corp. dealers in cash grain and futures.
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Baltimore
the Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Mt Airy School House Friday Admission
Frayed item notes admission price 10 cents at Mt Airy School House event on Friday September 8.
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Mt. Airy School
Bandits Beat Man For Hiding Place Of Cash
Five masked men burglarized the William Shanklin farm house on the Joppa road in Baltimore. They beat Shanklin and his companion Albert Halzvarson to force disclosure of a cash sum estimated between 500 and 600 dollars before tying them and fleeing in an automobile.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
William Shanklin
Joppa Road
Shanklin
Albert Halzvarson
Sataspes and the Persians in Classical Myth
Sataspes, a Persian condemned by Xerxes for rape, was spared punishment on his mother's plea if he circumnavigate Africa. He failed due to winds and currents and faced the original sentence. The oboe is described as a pastoral instrument linked to green fields and shepherds, though once martial with a coarser tone.
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Smith
Xerxes
Africa
Holiday Market Flags Wan Trading On Wall Street
The three day recess did not renew market vitality as stocks and staples looked weak. Traders largely stayed on the sidelines with prices of leading issues tending to sag, though no pronounced liquidation appeared. Sterling opened at 4.59 percent and call money stood at percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Sterling
Origins and adoption dates of the Gregorian calendar
The article traces when England and its colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, noting Old Style and New Style dates and Washington’s birthday shifts. It lists adoption years for Japan 1873 China 1912 Turkey 1917 Russia 1918 Romania 1919 and Greece 1928. It also explains the origin of OK from the 1840 Harrison campaign with the slogan The People Is All Korrect.
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Rumania
Greece
O. K
Sons of Vets In Atlanta For Annual Meet
In Atlanta Georgia the Sons of Confederate Veterans convene for a two day meeting with SCV officials in executive session. Governor Talmadge Mayor Key and Dr. William Roe of Savannah opened the session as the thirty eighth convention begins. Officers to be elected at tomorrow’s closing session.
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Atlanta
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Sons of Confederate Veterans
South
Confederate Veterans
Talmadge
Key
William Roe
Savannah
S.C. V
Original Bible Manuscripts And The Three Great Versions
The original Bible manuscripts are not fully preserved. The three great versions Peshito Syriac Aquila are held by the Vatican in Rome the British Museum in London and the Soviet government in Moscow. A ton of copper is worth $3.00 so a ton of cents would not make you a millionaire.
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