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Newspaper
Rockingham Daily Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1913
Page
7
A garbled reminiscence ties Lincoln legends to a major Shuurtz tale and emphasizes the Bible as a key library work. The issue promotes an illustrated Bible display and a certificate offer, urging readers to obtain the volume on favorable terms. Names and local places appear in scattered fragments.
Jerome Va Feb 28 Clin oil reports polio contemplates moving into P Miller house on Rin ker farm. Eugene Funkhouser visiting Birdie Hambletton's. Ira Miller left for Ohio for summer work. Many young men plan to follow in spring. Amous Ryan severely burned last week remains critical. Mr and Mrs James Hamilton were Hopeful locals.
A compact Washington report notes a Water Mill story connected with Barcroft, listing dates February 8 and 16 and March 18 and 15 in the DC record, signaling a local matter appearing in the capital’s archival pages.
Sickness and recoveries dominate the brief items. John F Wright suffers stomach trouble while Mrs Charles Hume shows pneumonia symptoms. Davis child convalesces from pneumonia and J H Swank improves after weeks in bed. Minnie Shoemaker recovers well after chronic appendicitis surgery at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Mrs Homer Reubish makes an unusual recovery after a critical operation and will return home soon. Ela Henton leaves teaching to run Timberville Orphans Home. O Moubray returns from a visit to Timeles and Thacker near Upper Tract Endleton. L C Kenney visits Petersburg. Willie Ritchie and wife visit his parents and plan Brooklyn departure. Latter moves include Cooksey into Baptist parsonage with an addition at the property.
Plans race ahead for the ceremony of Miss Helen M Newsom and Karl H Behr a famed tennis player in New York society. The bride and groom faced peril at sea after Behr rescued Newsom from the icy waters aboard a Titanic life boat during the disaster.
The church will install a modern heating plant and acetylene lighting. Eli B. Dingledine moved into the Pattie property. Mr. Breuneeman will set up an acetylene plant to light the church, J R Funk W C Funk stores, and Funk & Sons rooms. Inauguration ceremonies will be witnessed by G N Hume C W Dove F Bare and Mrs S W Brewer. They plan to depart early Monday for the suffragette parade. Mrs Minnie Armentroute of North Dakota visits friends here.
Herman Wise and Sons advertise lines of laces and embroideries at reduced prices, claiming lower costs than any other shop in town. The notice highlights bargains amid a bustling retail period.
Mrs David Grabdill spent several days this week with daughter Mrs Shearer Bowman near Richmond. Emma Bowman of Singer Glen visits her sister Miss Callie Bowman and Miss Bertha Bowman. Kirby Moore leaves for Richmond for treatment at St Lukes Hospital, aided by Dr F U Stoutamire. FRAZIER & SLATER'S advertise spring suits with Mr Frie highlighted for Monday to Wednesday. A test line ponders music and melody as sales pitch.
A new Post Office order by Postmaster General Hitchcock allows parcel post packages to receive special delivery status upon paying the 10 cent regular special delivery fee. Parcel post stamps will not substitute for the special delivery stamp, and parcels must bear a distinctive parcel post stamp plus the appropriate postage. The rate remains the same regardless of weight or destination, with future improvements anticipated.
Passerby questions farmer, and a judge notes the upcoming authorization of a G. 6.1 Dp privilege likened to express delivery services. The farmer recounts earning over fifty dollars extra hauling autos last winter, while a passerby asks if cars should be approved.
A brief cryptic note describes Boggs and a companion passing on a slushy day with minimal details. The fragment hints at a casual remark or local shorthand from a period telegraph or diary. Strong entities are sparse. the piece reads as a fragmentary social quip.
A local note reports a figure identified as Boggs-Bidg't facing questions after remarks about auto policy. The item notes scrutiny from observers and mentions party alignment and public reaction.
A distorted line of verse hints at a tale of a man who disdains vice and a wary figure who tells too much. The text appears as a strange collection of garbled phrases and odd spellings, resembling a curios fragment from a newspaper feature.
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