Canterburg Notes Highlight Small Town News
Miss Turissa Hale closed her seven month term at Canterburg school last Tuesday. Mr. Herbert Cave of Washington visits his brother L. J. Cave. Mrs. Elizabeth Ewing recovers from recent illness. Mrs. M. C. Hudson and son Roy visited Clarence Pitcock of Refige. A baby girl arrived at the home of Mrs. Harry Cameron. H. T. Clemons and daughter Float visited Winchester on business. Mrs. Sallie Rudolph of Winchester visited her daughter Mrs. Homer Galladay. Rev. Sydenstricker to lead service at Fairview Sunday at 3 p.m. Sunday school at 2 p.m.
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Canterburg
Turissa Hale
Herbert Cave
Washington
L. J
Elizabeth Ewing
M.’ C. “Hudson
Roy
Clarence Pitcock
Refigé
Stork
Harry Cameron
H. T. Clemons
Float
Winchester
Sallie Rudolph
Homer Galladay
Sydenstricker
Fairview
CAPT NULTON COMING HOME
Capt. Lewis M. Nulton was detached from the armored cruiser Montana and ordered home to await orders. He arrived in Washington today and was met by Mrs. Nulton. They expect to reach the city tonight and Nulton may take shore duty after a short vacation. The Montana lies at Portsmouth navy yard. Westminster men J F Cunningham E F Sponseller E C Weant and William Cline spent the weekend at Hotel Jack and returned home by motor.
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Lewis M. Nulton
Montana
Washington
Messrs
J. F Cunningham
EF. J. Sponseller
E. C. Weant
William Cline
Westminster
Jack
Beekman Visitor in Clarke and Virginia Stopover
Governor Livingston Beekman of Rhode Island visits Mrs. Paul Kelly at The Retreat in Berryville on a private car tied to a Norfolk and Western train. He and his party proceed to the Virginia Hot Springs after a stay with Mrs. Kelly.
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Livingston Beekman
Rhode Island
Berryville
Paul Kelly
Shenandoah River
Hazard
James Low Rriman
Rosemont
Clarke County
Mr. Gibbens Defies Illness and Stands Upright Again
Mr. C. M. Gibbens, longtime Republican leader and ex city treasurer, was confined at home on North Main Street by illness but is now improved and able to be up. He is steadily regaining strength and vitality as friends report sightings on the streets during the past day.
Boston Transcript Exchange Sparks Parental Support Debate
A quoted exchange shows a tension over salary and child support. The dialogue features a speaker asserting insufficient pay to support a daughter, and a reply praising the early realization of this conclusion.
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Boston Transcript
Sunday Service Greeting at M E Church South
The notice invites all men to attend Sunday morning worship at 9 30 a.m. with a warm welcome extended, encouraging participation from every man.
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M. E. Church
South
Foolish Clerk At The Post Office
A jokey couple exchanges a puzzled line about mailing a letter. The clerk says the item is overweight requiring another stamp, prompting a humorous reply. The dialogue plays on the idea that adding stamps could make a letter heavier.
Roosevelt Testimony in Libel Trial Draws Limited Nerves
In New York on April 28 Colon Roosevelt testified at Barnes-Roosevelt libel trial about dealings with late Senator Thomas Platt. He urged the court to restrict testimony to local matters. The judge ordered an ordinary manner of testimony and declined to regulate it. Roosevelt’s today’s remarks were not sensational.
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Esa
N. Y
Barnes-Roosevelt
Colon Roosevelt
United
Thomas ©. Platt
Barnes
Countrie Court
Colona
Roosevelt
Market summaries show varied daily quotations in local paper
The Star lists retail prices for produce and farm goods including seed potatoes onion sets beans butter eggs and poultry. Prices cited include 1 to 1.50 for seed potatoes and 16 for middlings with live chickens at about 12 to 30 cents per pound.
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Ennenry
Fretail
Witnesses Assess Value of Coe Farm With Clean Stream
In the reconvened court session the first afternoon witness Scott Grant testified the Gee farm rented from John Coe for 326 dollars yearly would be worth more with a clean stream. Real estate experts said good water adds 25 to 30 dollars per acre, while polluted water halves value. The court adjourned for a site inspection of the Coe farm and the city sewage plant.
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Scott Grant
Grant
Gee
John Coe
W. EB. Brown
Coe
Abram’s Creek
W. L. Pulta
Coe Place
J. Foster Gray
Abram's Creek
G. C. Miller
Pred. L. Harris
Coe Farm
Frederick County
Harris
Joseph B. Newlin
Baltimore Market Summary Wheat Corn and Livestock Report
Closing Baltimore prices show Wheat at spot 1.62 for April, Corn spot 88 3 4. A nearby yellow corn price quoted for carloads at 4.20 per barrel. Butter steady eggs firm vegetables fruits quiet poultry quiet cattle calves sheep lambs quiet hogs mixed with prices from 7.40 to 7.95 for hogs and calf values 10 to 18 per head. New York Apple market notes firmer demand with Ben Davis Baldwin Winesap quoted.
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Baltimore
The
Star
Choice Creamery
Virginia
New York
Plain people test wisdom with a dash of nonsense
The Washington Star quotes a notion that even the wisest men relish a touch of nonsense now and then when plain people play a trick by withholding to send you to Congress. The exchange contrasts reliance on common sense with occasional mischief in political life.
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Congress
Washington Star
Brucetown Briefs Highlight Visits and School Fair Plans
Local social notes list visits by Mrs. and Mrs. John Locke and Mrs. H B Jobe in Brucetown. Several residents from Martinsburg Greenwood and Alderson are mentioned visiting or recovering. The village school plans final fair arrangements and church services are scheduled on Brucetown circuit with services at Brucetown Welltown and Stephen oh.
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Brucetown
John Locke
H. B. Jobe
Joseph Weagans
Rest
Margaret and
Frances Stipe
Wadesville
J. Swimley
Mary
Carrie Swimley
Martinsburg
Asbury McNeer
Alderson
W. Va
R. D. McNeer
Welltown
Stephenoh
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Capt. Nulton
Fiov
Beekman
Clarke
Mrs. Campbell
Rosser Campbell
Kernstown
Pete
Myrkads
Arctic Circle
Ea Uli
Ben Davis
Baldwin
Matthew Mbersole
Anna Grady
Greenwood
William Tharp
Frank Paule
Red Bud
Kate Samuels
Mr. Paule
America
Ryan & Orndoff
Frederick W. Quantz
NEW Dairy
John C. Gold
Bell
Gardner Lumber Yard
James L. Gardner
N. Market St
Davis
John F. Boxwell
Wincester
Hotel Evans
Woodward’s
Main St
Return
Star Office
Lee von
Grim
Rosecomb Rhode
Charles Town
Sanitary Meat Market
W. Water St
C. R. Grubbs
Bell Phone
United Phone
JONES
W. M. Fletcher
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