Local Church Schedules and Town News Summary
Grace M E Church led by Rev DeWitt Beery holds services at 11 am and 8 pm, with Sunday School at 9:45 am and midweek prayer. Local notices include visitors from Baltimore and Chevy Chase, travels of families to Stephen City and Strasburg, and several guests from Charlestown, Winchester, and Harrisonburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace M. E. Church
South
Dewitt Beery
Mippletown
Hite
J. B. McInturff
Old Salem Church
Boyce
George Pollard
Virginia State Firemen’s Convention
W.H. Baker
Quinton Baker
Stephens City
Evelyn and
Louise Totty
Stephen City
Beula
W. H. Rickard
Middletown
Strasburg
Olive Dash
Baltimore
Nellie Brown
Winchester
L. L. Smith
J. H. Brumback
Ebersole & Fletcher
C. J. Smith
Morris Smith
Washington
Lawson Armentrout
G. W. Armentrout
Notable travels and family illness noted in regional update
The report mentions a business trip to Winchester by a regional figure and plans for Chas. Campball and son Holmes to Pittsburg. It also notes Mrs. Orville Willey and daughter Rosella of Lansdown Md visiting home due to Mr. Willey’s illness.
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Winchester
Chas. Campball
Holmes
Pittsburg
Orville Willey
Rosella
Lansdown
Willey
Strasburg Notes and Curious Bear Capture Tale
Local items from Strasburg report visits and errands by residents including Rev J B McInturff and George Pollard, with social visits from families in Stephens City and Martinsburg. A long description recounts an Indian bear hunting method using lime, spears, and dogs, ending with a dogged capture. A proverb notes mutual respect in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Catalog 1912 Summary
Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg lists degree programs in Agriculture Hort iculture Applied Chemistry Geology Civil Mining Mechanical Electrical Metallurgy and Metallography. The campus features 64 instructors shops laboratories dormitories with steam heat and electric lights a 1200 volume library and a 1100 acre farm. Two year Agriculture and Winter Courses cost 274.90 for nine months with Virginia students paying 224.90. The next session begins September 18 1912. Write for the catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Health fads warning from Detroit Free Press cautions
An editorial warns against health fads led by a Cleveland Keep Well club advocating restrictive diets and extreme fasting. It notes dangers of milk-based regimens and urges consulting a family doctor to tailor remedies to individual health and avoid deadly consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio City
Jones
Smith
Detroit
Tarbell on Bloomers and Miss Anthony in A Woman and Her Raiment
Ida Tarbell notes the bloomers' rise and fall in American society and cites Mme Dieulafoy as a rare wearer. She says Susan B. Anthony abandoned the outfit due to prejudice, while praising Anthony's lifelong fight against social barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Tarbell
Mme. Dieulafoy
Miss Anthony
For Sale Attractive house on Rail road Avenue
Classified notice offering sale and housing ad from Winchester Virginia era. Includes contact C. E. Edmondson and widow seeking a reliable housekeeper with a good home for the right person. Dated ad fragment shows price and insertion terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Avenue
C. E. Edmondson
E. Barr
Winchester
Publication notice in Frederick court for Gardner heirs
An order of publication dated August 8 1912 in the Frederick circuit court case Jas L Gardner et al v Sarah White et al seeks a deed for land on the Frederick Warren County line to settle the estate of John H Gardner decd and partition the fealty. Unknown heirs of Stephen Austin and Isaac Russell must appear within fifteen days of publication. A copy will run weekly for four weeks in the Middletown Weekly and be posted at the courthouse. Teste H A Hite Deputy Clerk Ward and Larrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court of
County of Frederick
Jas. L. Gardner
Sarah White
Als
Frederick
Warren Counties
Jno. H. Gardner
Frederick County
Jno. H Gardner
Stephen Austin
Isaac Russell
Middletown
H. A. Hite
Ragtime Era Conversation on Classical Music Popularity
A music dealer notes that even in ragtime days classical music sells modestly well with buyers keeping sheets as conversation decor. He observes people increasingly value dimes as wealth and reflects on rising affluence.
Middletown Weekly Encourages Subscriptions
The Middletown Weekly urges readers to combine business and pleasure by subscribing, promising a paper devoted to local interests and community well being, and inviting support for the publication.
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Middletown Weekly
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Isaac Canter
Geo. B. Wright
Olin Willey
Mr. Willey
Wm. Willey
Charlestown
Lelia Everette
Chevy Close
Joseph Watson
Amos Ludwig
Bernice Clevenger
Clearbrook
Edward Ludwig
H. E. Saum
Hagerstown
Newell
Mattie Canter
Vaucluse
Nettie Willey
Nannie Childs
Stephenson
Lutie Rogers
Charles Lewis
Katie
Elena
Raymond
Jack Brown
Gordon Keith
Hershel Borden
North River
H. C. Borden
Earl Saum
John Smeltzer
Capon Lake Farm
Blanche Smeltzer
Kline House
Emma Wight
E. H. Wight
Jessie Stah
Louis
Berryville
Kate Yates
John Sperry
Lottie
New Market
Walter Edmonsor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, Va
Paul B. Barringer
M. D
B.F. Maphis
Wolaw Stephens
Aden Counties
Anthony
H. C. Burgess & Son Real Estate and General Insurance
Shenando Bldg
Strasburg, VA
Little
Florida Distributing Company
Pensacola
Florida
C. B. Manuel Fresh Meats
C. I. Brumback
Ontario
The
Middletown Milling*Company
Middletown State Bank
Best Fire Insurance Companies
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