Why Wool Is Cheap Warns Wool Bureau
The National Sheep and Wool Bureau reports huge stocks of shoddy wool flood the market, with 600 million pounds of wool turned into shoddy cloth. It urges Congress to pass the Truth in Fabric bill requiring clear stamping of virgin wool versus shoddy content to protect producers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheep Wool Bureau
National Sheep and Wool Bureau of America
Interstate Commerce Committees
Houses of
Congress
Howard G. Greene
Bureau
Federal Reserve Board
San Francisco Federal Bank
Tts
Bond Sale Authorized for Shepherdstown Fire Building
Notice of a public sale of a $3,500 issue of Shepherdstown Corporation bonds to fund the Fire Company Building. Sale at Council Room on August 12, 1926 at 11:00 A M. Bonds dated May 1, 1920 bear 5 percent interest, with bids open for all or part of the issue and subject to officers’ approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation of
Shepherdstown
Fire Company
J. L. Meyers
Herbert Rogers
Robert Gibson
Luray Caverns Event Notice August 10 1920
Notice for Luray Caverns dated Tuesday August 10 1920. Event or entry details are limited with readable fragments mentioning the site Luray and date. No further contextual facts or participants are clearly provided.
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Luray Caverns
Notable deaths and crimes mix in late era notes
Obituaries report Milton R Evans of Philadelphia age 44 and Isaac B Thatcher a Civil War veteran dying in California. Police arrest two men and a woman in Hancock for auto theft linked to Earl Ward in Hagerstown. Helen Taft marries Yale instructor Manning. she leads Bryn Mawr College. Union workers in Shenandoah plan a cooperative store to cut groceries costs. Public toll bridge proposal eyed between Potomac states. Scott Knight found guilty of beating his wife with two months in jail and twenty lashes. Child drowning at Williamsport follows a creek incident. West Virginia crop forecasts predict wheat and apple yields for July. Henry Ford buys coal mines in Kentucky for rail transport. WV education official Stawkey visits states. Shippensburg to Newville rail line opens. Martinsburg bank building contract awarded. local court cases and city politics heatedly discussed. Confederate veteran Epiphany Church pastor Dr Randolph McKeim dies at Bedford Springs. Civil War era anecdotes weave through today’s headlines.
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Milton R. Evans
Philadelphia
G. Lippitt Renner
Charles Town
Isaac B. Thatcher
Berkeley County
California
Hancock
Earl Ward
Hagerstown
Helen Taft
Wm. H. Taft
Scott Knight
R. J. Halm
Williamsport
Clyde Roscoe Hawkbaker
West Virinin
Samuel McClanathan
Wttle
Sheri Duffey
Kasas
Martinsburg
G. B. Wiltshire
M. Seibert
Randolph H. McKeim
Washington
Bedford Springs
University of Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
Confeders
Sharpsburg Notes and Local News Roundup
A long panorama of Sharpsburg life with notes on residents, visiting relatives, church services, and school events. Mentions Wm. Eby, Leon Deen caretaker, the Miller saw mill, veterans' reunion preparations by Col. Louis R. Steeman and Ch. A. Shaw, and a large gathering planned for September 1. Also covers weather effects, farm activity, and church notices across Shepherdstown area.
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Wm. Eby
Heart
Old Loy
Burnside
Louis R. Steeman
Ch. A. Shaw
New York State
Tuesoa
T. Reilly
Sharpsburg
Ang
Dunkard
Auguste
Raleigh Sherman
Weington
Mee Dye
Washington
Big Sharpsburg
Hagerstown
Hagerstowp
Bradley
Taurepey
John Pry
Arthur Mey Ondren
Baltimore
Meg. Pry
Fietim Station
Francorn
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Lester Brothers
Ford
National Highway Garage
Ford Sales and Service
Shepherdstown, W. Va
Morgan’s Grove Fair
Morgan's Grove Fair
W. H. Knot
A. W. Billmyer
Gibson
Burpee
Norfolk & Western Railway
Luray
Luray S.K
Lee Agents
NL W. Railway For
W.C Sauniede
Shenandoah
Virginia
Maryland
Ueadoun
Henry Ford
Harlan County
Kentucky
M. P. Stawkey
West Virginia
National Educational Association
Salt Lake City
Winscorte
Shippenshore
Newville
Cumber
Magerstown
Harrisburg
United States Asphalt Company
Inchcape
New York
H. Rossiter
Samuel C. Hildreth
Clarence E. Smith
Fairmont
Thomas J%. Joyce
Grafton
Shenandoah Valley Bank — and Trust Company
A. R. ‘Small
Eew Street
Samuel
Lowe
Ehiekers
Manure
Olen
Reed
Cerise
Myre
Frank Snyder
Dane
Newark
Ohio
Snyder
Moore
Moody Lane
Strick
Liv
Shephentstown
J.C. Siter
Kearneys
J. W. Ware
J. D. Warman
Larheran Church
Richard Blackbury Washington
D. B. Lucas
Christ Reformed Church
Kearneysville
M. E
Mt. Wesley
Aaron
Shepherdsawn
Zion Church
A. Wm
Elk Branch
Charles Ghiselin
Morgan's Grove
Avilla
Oscar Everman
Cumberland
Dew States
Joe Kinga
Darhan
Falind Vo
Pasturg
Taeney
Akron
Veyl
Cox
Senator Harding
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