Rainfall totals and a public auto auction notice
Present and past rainfall figures show 0.00 inches in the last 24 hours and a year to date of 31.78 inches with August totals 0.96 so far. The notice then states a public auction of a 1925 Ford Touring with accessories in Front Royal Virginia on August 21 1939 at 12:00 noon under Internal Revenue Code provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research
Treasury Department
Motor Inn
Front Royal
Virginia
Ford
R. E. Tuttle
South Gay Street
Baltimore
Maryland
Public sale of valuable personal property in Winchester
By order of trustee B P Harrison the sale of personal property from G G Baker and Kathryn S Baker is set for August 25 1939 at 10 AM at 126 N Washington Winchester. Items include chairs tables desks cabinets dressers beds a Frigidaire radio and more all for cash. Dunn & Duvall serve as auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Baker
Kathryn S. Baker
Washington Street
Winchester
Virginia
B. P. Harrison
Dunn & Duvall
Food Bills Are Lowest In Five Years For Farmers And City
Roger Babson argues that low farm prices benefit overall buying power as crops rise and wages stay low. He notes farmers endure year round labor, a weak foreign market for cotton, and a potential for broader business recovery if food costs stay down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
New England
Canada
Atlantic
California
South Dakota
Kansas
Liverpool
Queen Elizabeth
Dolar
New Deal
America
Scout Spanos Sends Letter to The Star on Scout Troop Trip
The Star prints a letter from Steve Spanos, Shenandoah Area World’s Fair Boy Scout troop member, reviewing activities since leaving Winchester. It lists Scouts Lau ren s Jones S M Herbert Shelly Fred Bame A S M and others from Winchester Martinsburg Luray Charles Town Shenandoah Strasburg Stephens City and Edinburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star Today
Steve Spanos
World’s Fair Boy Scout
Shenandoah
Winchester
New York
White Rock
Shenandoah Area
Laurens Jones
S. M
Herbert Shelly
Fred Bame
Ben Dutton
Harold Rogers
Garland Smith
Joe Casey
John Wilson
Harry Brown
Billy McDaniels
Frank Reaves
Frank
David Thornburg
Myron Tipsie
Billy Kyslinger
Victor Anderson
Martinsburg
Aubrey Speaker Settle Frank
Charles Burrell
Bill Haines
Luray
Merrill Fox
John Lewis
Stephen Stone
Charles Town
Bernard Hasenbulker
Richard Havermale
Tom Laughlin
Dick Russell
Bill Womack
Glenwood Fisher
Bill Getz
David Stine
Strasburg
Stephens City
Edinburg
Diary Excerpts Reveal Henry Clay Crow’s Civil War Experience
Pages from Henry Clay Crow’s diary detail his 1864 enlistment with Company D Sixth Virginia Cavalry, marches from Front Royal to Ashland, a shell-killed horse and captain, overcoat losses, Confederate currency notes, and a final 1865 surrender day observation. It notes John T. Crow’s Culpeper fighting, and ends with Crow’s postwar oath to uphold the U.S. government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Sixth
Va. Cavalry
Gordonsville
Ashland
Hamilton Crossing
Crow
H. C. Crow
Milford
Caroline County
Turner Grant
John T. Crow
Culpeper
Culpeper C. H
Culpeper County
Brandy Station
19Th Bn
Henry Clay Crow
United States
U. S
U .S
Fugitive Taken In Hagerstown
In Clarke County a man named Thomas Brown sought on assaulting his wife was arrested in Hagerstown after a tip from Winchester Police. Deputy Buckner learned Brown was picked up on a drunk charge and held for questioning. Trial Justice Kackley sentenced him 30 days and costs on the assault count. He awaits return to face fugitive from justice charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Winchester
Bob Buckner
Hagerstown
Thomas Brown
Clarke
Brown
Buckner
Audley Farm
Loring C. Kackley
Market Street Methodist Church Schedule
Church activities listed with Rev. Herman McKay as pastor. Sunday details include church school at 9 45 am led by A C Halvosa, morning worship at 11 am with sermon, evening devotions at 7 pm, and mid week service at 7 45 pm on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street Methodist
Herman McKay
A. C. Halvosa
Shenandoah GOP Nominates Local Officials at Woodstock
At a Shenandoah county convention in Woodstock last night Republicans nominated William Shaffer for the Senate, Joseph C. Hutcheson for the House of Delegates, William H. Logan for Commonwealth's Attorney, J. Ray Miller for County Treasurer, Edward M. Clem Jr for Commissioner of Revenue, and Carl Gochenour for Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rpublicans
Shenandoah County
William Shaffer
Senate
Joseph C. Hutcheson
House of Delegates
William H. Logan
Commonwealth
J. Ray Miller
Edward M. Clem, Jr
Carl Gochenour
Woodstock
Preacher to Supply at First Baptist Church
The Rev Dr Eugene B Jackson of Front Royal Virginia will preach at the First Baptist Church here tomorrow. Jackson, retired, previously led the church for many years. Salt Lake City exit mentions Soft music from Ralph Ellis apartment on vacation for 10 days then smoke. Fire department extinguished a blaze in an overheated radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene B. Jackson
Front Royal
First Baptist Church
Jackson
Salt Lake City
Ralph Ellis
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N. Braddock St
Victor Bread
Victor
Bluebird
Baker & Anderson
N. Loudoun St
Homer MacKay
Lansing
Michigan
Thomas Lee Butner
Burnsville
North Carolina
Langley
Mr. Babson
U.S. A
By Roger Babson
Spanos
Ireland
Alex Loeb
Dick Decker
New Yorker
Point Michaud
Nova Scotia
Fairmont
S. Loudoun
Loudoun Street
Palace Theatre
Loudoun
E. Boscawen St
Hable’s Real Estate
J.” Care Star
South Braddock
Fairmont Ave
S. Washington
Handley School
E. Piccadilly
Leicester St
Carew and Ashby
C. C. Bauserman
Artrip
Stephenson Orchard
Welltown Road
Belle of Georgia Peaches
P. E. Campbell
N. C. Williams
Mt. Williams
Clara Fultz Bentz
Thurda
Winchester Credit Corp
H. T
Care Star
P. O. Box
Cumberland
West Virginia
John S. Naylor Co
Wholesale Dry Goods & Nations
Wheeling
W. Va
E. A. McManus
Equitable Bidg
INO. S. Solenberger & CO. Hardware Supplies
Winston-Salem
J. O. J. Green
Schuler
Schuylkill Ave
Reading
Penna
North
Cameron
J. J. Chrismore
Firestone
Auto Supply and Service Stores
Loudoun St
Pr. Kinney’s Shoe Store
Shenandoah Gop
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Swimley
Tate
Tate Ice Cream CO
S. Loudoun St
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