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Newspaper
Middletown Weekly
Location
Middletown, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
2
The article reviews Woodrow Wilson’s acceptance speech delivered at Sea Girl last Wednesday. It highlights his call for representative government with the people as partners, opposition to private trust domination, and vows to administer laws equitably while keeping doors of opportunity open.
A collage of rural scenes praises feminine labor tending cows and harvests. It later urges regular school attendance, health checks, and early treatment for adenoids and dental issues. Includes fashion notes, charity to homeless children, and simple custard recipe ideas.
A brief urging to repair neglected friendships by writing letters. It speaks to both parties who may owe or be owed a note, urging renewal of a once valued bond and stressing the value of maintaining real friends. Each man can regain the common interest and reestablish the connection.
Lebanon visitors and hometown guests are listed as Ephraim Pifer and daughter from Relief spend a weekend with B. F. Frye family. J. C. Hockman and Lester Pangle return home after years in Oklahoma. Mart Snarr of Mt. Olive visits W. L. Swarr. Jesse Bly and son visit Ida Keller in Relief. William Wisecarver hosts Grove guests. Amanda Swartz of near Mt. Jackson visits. Lawn party at John Mumaw’s draws a crowd. J. B. Singhass and family visit Frank Lindamood. Fuller Bowman of Martinsburg and Green of Winchester visit William Bowman family. Gilbert Bowman of Capon Road spends Sunday with Mrs. James K. Bowman. Jacob Bowman and family return from Winchester. Mollie Lindamood to spend months with them.
The Weekly announces 200 copies of the original History of Kercheval are available for readers requesting the classic work. Donor readers urged preservation, and the paper arranged a limited run for sale.
Cloth bound volume with 400 pages advertised as the only authentic history of the local neighborhood. Described as reading like a novel. Price two dollars net with postage fifteen cents extra. Also offers Weekly subscription rates: one year one dollar, six months fifty cents, three months twenty five cents.
New two story metal roof frame dwelling in Strasburg Virginia with 7 rooms and bath two large halls and modern amenities. Another Strasburg listing offers 14 rooms with front porches and city water at a very low price for quick buyers. A third Strasburg west-of-corporate-line home has 7 rooms and cheap price. Also a Strasburg Shenandoah County site with 4 rooms and outbuildings. Five lots 380 by 125 feet offered for cash to quick buyers.
Property listings describe 50 acres east of Strasburg with 10 acres cord wood 8 acres apples 450 trees improving fruit well fenced and watered. Also 11 acres on Valley Pike near Strasburg a poultry farm or building site and very cheap. Another 740 acres in Fauquier County half cleared good clay subsoil rolling land streams springs with a 6 room dwelling and ten stalls priced at $15 per acre.
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