Fruits and fears in a single rural column tale
A Frederick County Virginia fruit grower plans 10 000 apple trees of York Stayman Winesops Grimes Golden and Duchess. Diphtheria warnings go to teachers after state health efforts. War Department vehicle dispersals to the Bureau of Public Roads reach 22 877 by July 1 regional totals show Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia. A Charleston WV birthday milestone for Booker Hammack features a large family and generations. A Shenandoah Junction man faces arrest after a freight-train incident with Archie Jackson. A chestnut blight theory links diphtheria to infected chestnuts stirring debate. Instant in Prayer anecdote from Stonewall Jackson. A Berlin palace finds 10 000 copper utensils post-World War I. A secretive Huntersville NC package carries Civil War era mystery tied to M. M. Tyler and the McAulay family guarded through generations in bank vaults.
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Varus
West Virginia
State Board of Health
Health Division
School Department
War
Hammack
Archie Jackson
Norfolk & Western Railway
Shenandoah Junction
O. L. Kite
Wm Front Royal
Uray
Pace
Jackson
Forestry Service
J. Slidell Brown
Randolph Enterprise
Carolina
Sherman
Georgia
South Carolina
Baltimore
Tyler
Huntersville
W.G. McAulay
McAulay
New Publications on West Virginia Maps and Coal Operators
Public notice details a new West Virginia Geological Survey map edition from 1921 showing oil and gas pools and anticlinal lines, plus a booklet listing principal coal mining operators by post office address. Price 5 dollars for 100 copies, mail delivery. Remit to West Virginia Geological Survey, Box 843, Morgantown.
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West Virginia Geological Survey
West Virgina
Morgantown
West Virginia
Profs Ayyara Voice On Farm Prices and Middlemen Grief
A lengthy editorial laments plunging farm product prices and middleman profits, urging Washington lawmakers to restore balance. It warns of land value drops as farmers retire, allowing moneyed buyers to seize farms, drawing a Rome comparison to warn of national decline. It cites a Maryland motor accident study blaming driver speed and overconfidence on perceived safe routes.
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Wes
Washington
Hmself
Maryland
Public Roads
Bureau of Public Roads
Blue Ridge Mountains
Balimore
Frederick
Baltimore-Washington
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EAGLE
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Nox
Cole Dests
Standard Oil. Company
New Jersey
Perfection Oil
Laddin
Security Oil Standard
Prince Athere Ie
Newa
Jimmy Pipe
Prince Albert
Ino
Boyd KR. Richards
Frederick County
Yorks
Stayman Winesops
Grimes Golden
Duchess
Stonewall Jackson
Mrs Brown
Tom
Mrs Black
Berlin
Irl
Tommy
Howell
Powell
THA
Ayyara
Rome
Fletcher
Castoria
Polar
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