Social and Personal Notes Highlight Autumn Marriage Trends
The article notes the marriage of Miss Grace Ro mayne Cover to Mr. Frances Fife Symington as a fashionable autumn event. It also covers Mrs. Anita Hack Carroll visiting Oakdene in Green Spring Valley with her children, Miss Priscilla Barton and Miss Rosalie O'Donovan planning a Maine trip, editor George Horace Lorimer's visit to Winchester, congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Wingfield on a 12 pound baby, and Glen Rickard's appendicitis surgery in Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Romayne Cover
George Horace Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Shenandoah Valley
Lorimer
Virginia Valley
Local social notes of visitors and guests in town
Mrs. D. A. Smith and daughter travel to Port Clinton Ohio to visit son and daughter in law Frank Smith family. Mr. and Mrs. A. Hunter Davidson drive to Washington then Newport News for a Davidson family reunion. Mrs. Harry Lee Smith and son visit the Brown family on North Loudoun Street. Irwin Potts and son stay with the Potts parents on Woodland Avenue. Caroll Roberts returns home from visit in Brooklyn. E Trumbo and Thomas R Bell return to Baltimore after visiting Haddoxs. E P Slifer travels to Knoxville with Dorothy and Eleanor Austin visiting relatives. Mrs. Stuart Sorgée of Richmond visits on business. Mrs. Robert B. Moore of Gaithersburg visits the Ho. Sheetz family. B A Travers and children of Stephenson with C Tharpe and Mrs. Owens of Opequon visit North Loudoun Street. R J Shull and daughter Aileen Shull of Hugo Oklahoma return from Marlboro after visiting H N Clagegett. Robert Kennedy and family of Columbia South Carolina arrive for August, staying with Caroline Hunter on South Washington Street. Bernard Johnston and daughter return to Charles Town West Virginia after visiting Amos Schlack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lee Smith
Harry Lee Smith, Jr
Washington
Richard B. Brown
North
Loudoun Street
Irwin Potts and Son
Camden, N. J
Mrs. Brown
Mr. Pott
B. H. Potts
Woodland Avenue
B. A. Travers
Stephenson
Charles Tharpe
Owens
Opequon
Ernest Tharpe
Robert Kennedy
Margaret Kennedy
Hunter Kennedy
Columbia
S. C
Mrs. Kennedy
Caroline Hunter
Hunter
South
Washington Street
Virginia Bar Association Meet Sees Barton Family Visit Hot Springs
Major Robert T. Barton arrives from Richmond to attend the annual Virginia State Bar Association convention in Hot Springs this week. He travels with his fiancée Eleanor Winch Parrish and his mother Mrs. R. T. Barton. They will be joined by Miss Parrish's mother Mrs. J Beott Parrish of Richmond at Hot Springs.
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Robert T. Barton
Richmond
Virginia State Bar Association
Hot Springs
Eleanor Winch Parrish
R. T. Barton
Miss Parrish
J. Beott Parrish
Sibert kin visit highlights capon river weekend
William O. Sibert, Bulova salesman from New York and son of General Sibert of Kentucky, spent the weekend with cousins J. William Sibert and wife at their Capon river bungalow. Also in town are Abney Payne of Charleston spending a week with Mrs. Payne and children at the home of Mrs. Lewis H. Hyde, and Lindamood of Stephens City with E. P. Ambrose of Winchester visiting Front Royal friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Sibert
William O. Sibert
Bulova Watch Company
New York
J. William Sibert
Capon River
Sibert
Kentucky
Panama Canal
General Pershing
France
Abney Payne
Charleston
W. Va
Lindamood
Stephens City
E. P. Ambrose
Winchester
Front Royal
Miss Frances Hook Returns Home From Capon River Visit
Miss Frances Hook returns to her home after several days with friends on Capon river in Hampshire County W V. Mrs John Fugitt remains ill at her South Kent street residence, continuing about the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Hook
Capon River
Hampshire County
W. Va
John Fugitt
South Kent Street
Mrs Sadie Anderson Visits Winchester Daughter
Mrs Sadie Anderson of the county spent last Friday with her daughter Mrs Russell Holland at her home in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Anderson
Russell Holland
Winchester
70 Willys Knight Six Leads In Efficiency Sales
The 70 Willys Knight Six is touted as the most efficient automobile this country has produced. It is described as the most up-to-date model, only seven months old, with sales leading the entire pre- market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willys- Knight
Willys-Knight
Willys - Knight
Willys-Knight Six
Willys- Knight Six
Willyae Overland, Inc
Toledo
Ohio
Ladies and gentlemen visit Shenandoah Caverns trip
Misses Alice Clinger and Olive Shiley and Messrs. Luther and Paul Wise motored to Staunton and the Shenandoah Caverns last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Clinger
Olive Shiley
Luther and
Paul Wise
Staunton
Shenandoah Caverns
Treated Seed Boosts Potato Yields Across Kansas Farms
Across about 200 plots on Kansas farms, treated seed potatoes raised yields by 10 to 12 bushels per acre, with some fields reaching 185 bushels. Treatments included cold corrosive sublimate and hot formaldehyde, with small growers favoring the former for its convenience and effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Drilled Corn Proves Superior for Silage Under Some Conditions
A historical note discusses drilled corn as generally better for silage than checked corn, especially on rich ground, due to easier harvesting. It cites Ohio station trials showing optimal yields with five kernels per hill or one kernel every eight inches, and notes weed control through furrow openers and cultivation on weedy land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Station
Ons Pate
Limestone deposits fuel Illinois agrarian expansion
The article notes Illinois leads in limestone use for farming with over 250 000 acres treated and a railway of limestone extending 12 miles. It states Illinois accounted for more than a quarter of all agricultural limestone spread nationwide in 1924, surpassing previous records and highlighting state dominance in soil improvement efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
United States
Weather Bulletins Help Many Nebraska Farmers
A Nebraska wholesale dealer in fruits and perishables notes frost warnings from state weather bureau help farmers avoid losses. The alerts allowed withholding shipments to protect perishables en route and kept price levels stable by preventing widespread producer losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
1 States Department of Agrilea
Plowing and Disking Corn Land for Early Grain
The article advises spring or fall plowing for corn land to grain. It notes fall plowing aids seedbed preparation and that spring plowing delays seeding. It recommends disking then sowing with a disk drill to permit early planting and good stands.
Alfalfa Weevil Film Explains Control Methods
A United States Department of Agriculture film titled Alfalfa Weevil Control presents how to combat the alfalfa weevil, noting its spread from Utah to seven states. It details dusting with arsenates and spraying with various sprayers, showing sprayed versus unsprayed fields and the benefit to crops. The one reel film is available through the bureau of entomology and film distribution, for borrowing or purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
West
Utah
Bureau of Entomology
Agriculture
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Baltimore
D. P. Wingfield
Harris Addition
Glen Rickard
Memorial Hospital
D. A. Smith
Alvin Dick
Margaret Dick
Port Clinton
Frank Smith
A. Hunter Davidson
Hamline Haines
Oscar
Will
Newport News
Davidson
Caroll Roberts
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. A. Pingley
Fast Leicester Street
E. Trumbo
Thomas R. Bell
J. P. Haddox
E. P. Slifer
Knoxville
Dorothy and
Eleanor Austin
Stuart Sorgée
Richmond, Va
Robert B. Moore
Gaithersburg, Md
R. J. Shull
Aileen Shul
Hugo, Okla
Marlboro
H. N. Clagegett
Bernard Johnston
Charles Town
Amos Schlack
Major Barton
U.S. Pat
Sample Shoe Store
America
Knight
Willys Knight
C. B. Organ
ROUSS
Fairview Ave
Little Joe’s
Maz’s
the Nathanson Company
N. Loudoun (Main
Eagle Pencil CO
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Virginia
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