Berryville Personal Notes Highlight Local Social News
Berryville notes from July recount visits and travel of Mrs. Win Williams and Major Tom Williams in Washington. Local bridge parties hosted by Mrs. Mac Clagett and Mrs. Richardson with guests from Roanoke New York and Petersburg. Social visits include Tilfords in town, Miss Janie Moore recovery, Mrs. Bradford visiting Berkeley Springs, and a marriage in Nashville. Community events feature birthday party at Mrs Osborne's and a parish play in Boyce Millwood drawing Berryville Winchester residents.
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Berryville
Win Williams
Tom
United States Army
Williams
Buick
Frank V. Tilford
Miami
Fla
Mr. Tilford
Stone Court
Washington
Janie Moore
Gloucester
Washington Hospital and Sanitarium
Tacoma ‘Park
D. C
Alfred Kerfoot
Wisie. Knight
Nashville
Tenn
Brevard
N. C
Osborne
Osborn
Claude Smith
Roanoke
William Travers Lewis
Whiting
Whitin
Margretta Hiting
Cape May
Winchester
Boyce
Millwood
Blackberry harvest tops notes from Oranda Va
Local notes from Oranda Virginia dated July 31 report a first hand impression of a bountiful blackberry gathering while other fruit remains scarce. The item lists residents visiting relatives and describes illnesses and medical care involving Dr Crawford from Strasburg and families including Stickley Bruin and Manuel with varied social visits and travel among Winchester Mount Olive and Wheatfield.
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Oranda
Saupero
Annie Love
Wheatfield
M. M. Orndorff
Snell
Lots Zhou
Alexandria
Virginia Keller
John W. Manuel
G G. Crawford
Strasburg
A. C. Stickley
Corrine Bruin
Baltimore
Mace Stickley
Omar Snarr
Mount Olive
Indorff
James O Winchester
White Post News Notes Highlights Local Socials
Va July 31 report cites visits and gatherings in White Post and nearby towns. Notables include Rev. Mitchell and family in Charles Town, Mrs. J C Lee hosting, and a Methodist Church Children’s Day event drawing a large crowd.
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Wank
Thomson Sowers
Front Royal
Ed. Kerfoot
Mary Catharine Meade
Washington
Slieter
W. M. Snell
Audrey Fritts
Kronk
Strasburg
J. C. Lee
Page Andrews
Shepherdstown
Apple conditions in western New York
The Frederick County Fruit Growers' Association secretary met with state entomologist W. Schoene after a tour of western New York orchards. He reported most orchards will have a full crop, apples are clean, scab and codling moth appear conspicuous, and Baldwin apples show variable outlook with surveys indicating between 60 and 70 percent crop in New York.
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Frederick County Fruit Growers’ Association
W. 418Choene
New York
Geneva
Virginia
Man chained to bicycle tours country for prize
Irvin Smith, a young cyclist, travels the nation chained to his bike. Locks are soldered shut with limited freedom. if he completes the two year trip and returns to Austin Texas, he wins a valuable prize.
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Irvin. Smith
Smith
Austin
Tex
Weekly Weather Summary Report from Local Lab
The field lab records the week with highs to 91 and lows to 63 degrees. Humidity peaked at 100 percent and minimums fell to 38 percent. Rainfall totals 2.48 inches with 4 inch on the 26th and 6 inch on the 29th. F. J. Sohnenderhan, Pathologist.
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Hu- Hu- Temp
Midity
F. J. Sohneiderhan
Washington woman returns home after visit
Miss Mary Jordon of Washington returns home after being the guest of Miss Mary Greefawalt at Albin.
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Mary Jordon
Washington
Mary Greefawalt
Albin
Local social notes in Boyce Virginia region
Mr Pierce Stephens of Columbus and daughter Mrs Dean of Cincinnati and Mr Louis Bromley of Winchester visited Mrs C S Strode. Bishop Brown preached at Emanuel Chapel with six confirmations. Families and guests from Roanoke Newport News Winchester Purcellville Berryville Fredericksburg and New York appear in a bustling parish circle with services announced outside the parish house.
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Boyce
Pierce Stephens
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Cincinti
Louis Bromley
Wincester
Strode
Reid
Roanoke
Nell Jones
Howard Welsh
Purcellville
Bishop Brown
Emmanuel Chapel
Curtis
Little Son
John Harrison
Newport News
W. S. Lindsey
Louise Gott
Gaithersburg
J. D. Howard
John McDonald
Helen Erb
Dick Duvall
George Baker
Bishop
Brown
Winchester
Charles Grim
Pt. Grim
Frances van Deventer
Charles Town
Christine
Louise Manning
George Schocpen
New York
Sarah Cooper
M. S. Strode
Lewis Bromley
Samuel Jolliffe
Sparrows Point
William Brubaker
Sam Bidson, Jr
Reba Berlin
Berryville
William Garvin
Rose
Mountain Falls Visitors and Local Notes in August
Mountain Falls Va August brief item lists visitors and locals visiting relatives, church preaching at Mountain View, and social calls. Notables include Rev William Wiseman Rev Claude Koontz of Woodstock, Mr and Mrs Stewart Green Capon Road, Miss Alice Turner visiting Loudoun County, and the Seals from Spotswood visiting West Cork Street.
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Mountain Falls
E. A. Richards
William Wiseman
Claude Koontz
Woodstock
Stewart Green
Capon Road
Annie Sager
Opequon
Houston Richard
Wash
Neato
Ella Keffer
William Regner
Siay
Peter Styl
Alice Turner
Loudoun County
John H Seal, Jr
Bpottswood, Va
West
Cork Street
Mary Returns Home From College Graduation
A homecoming scene unfolds as Mary Allen arrives with her BA from college. Her mother notes Mary’s pale mood despite cheerful plans, mentions Bob’s recent graduation, and the family prepares a welcome supper that falls flat amid lingering tensions.
Confession and engagement amid a tense onstage confrontation
Characters confront a love triangle as Mary admits she fell for love not the man she was to marry. Bob counters with unexpected happiness in a shared plan to marry after a tense revelation and a hopeful telegram to settle their future.
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Cary
Mary
Serety
Mya Rey
Iim
Bob
Purgatory
Solar eruptions on the sun reach vast heights in 1920 event
A Naval Observatory report describes dramatic solar eruptions rising 20 000 to 200 000 miles, with a record 516 000 miles on October 8 1920. Material partly returns to the sun and partly drifts toward planets while velocities exceed 200 miles per second.
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Scieice Service
United States Naval Observatory
Plays and Presidents in Early American Society
The piece notes how theatre shaped social life in early America with actors and playweights engaging presidents like Washington Adams and Jefferson alongside dramatists. It cites Moses and Warren as linking political figures to theater, and discusses Adams debate with James Hackett over Shakespeare while stressing the era as romance of America in formation.
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Montrose J. Moses
North American Review
America
Washington
John Adams
Mercy Warren
John Quincy Adams
James H. Hackett
Horse's Revenge Story From Ancient King and Steep Cliff
A legendary tale from Syria recounts a king who rode a loyal horse into battle. After his defeat a rival seized the horse, but the animal sensed the fall of its master and tossed both rider and steed over a cliff, perishing together.
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Sytia
Plécés
Shenandoah Valley National Bank to Sell Walter Gore Estate
Under the Gore will the Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester Virginia will publicly auction three contiguous farms and the home property on August 26 1922 at 10:00 AM in Winchester Virginia The sale offers each tract separately then as a whole with bids totaling the three highest. Terms: one third cash day of sale and two thirds by purchaser bonds due in one and two years at 6 percent with trust deed and fire policy security.
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Walter T .Gore
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley ‘National Bank
Walter T. Gore
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Perry
Gore
Hal Ro Lupton
Frederick County
Shemeen
Northwestern Turnpike
Opequon
tHome
Winghtater
Harrison Campbell
George W. Loy
Robert Hodgson
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