Big Day for Baptists at Massanetta
August 25 marks Baptist Day during the Massanetta Bible Conference. Dr. Albert W. Beavyen of Colgate Rochester Divinity School will give the noon address on Life’s Eastern Window. Other speakers include Rev. A J Kissling Dr. John H McComb and Dr. Clovis G Chappell with a 60‑person summer cast presenting the Massanetta Mirrors pageant.
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Bible Conference
School of Pastors
Baptist Day
Massanetta
Albert W. Beavyen
Colgate- Rochester Divinity School
Northern Baptist Convention
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Clovis G. Chappell
First Methodist Church
Oklahoma City
William Evans
America
John W. Wayland
Najah Taylor
Richmond
First Baptist Church
Staunton
Laurel Hill
T. T. Jacobs
Free Entertainment Benefit at Paynes School II
A rainy Saturday event titled Free Entertainment Benefit at Paynes School II is planned with multiple August dates including 17 23 25 31. Local organizers promote a community gathering offering free activities and entertainment for attendees.
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Paynes School
Public Auction of A A Robinson Estate at White Post
At White Post Virginia a public auction will offer the 10 room house and lot of the A A Robinson estate at 4 p m on the premises. Lewis A Robinson executor of the estate of A Robinson deceased notices adjournment and authority for sale.
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A. A. Robinson
White Post
Daily cross word puzzle across clues mixed with puzzle lines
Across and down clues mix in a dense list likely from a newspaper puzzle page. Entries reference presiding form in courts Italy Belgium Germanic words and various cryptic style hints. The fragment ends with note “Answer to previous puzzle.”
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Italy
Belgium
Lord Kel
Public sale of county realty in Winchester Virginia
Default on a Deed of Trust leads to a public auction of two Opequon Terrace lots 25 and 34, in Frederick County, Virginia. Sale set for September 3, 1938 at noon in front of the County Court House, Winchester. Terms require one third cash at sale, balance in two equal notes due over two years with 6 percent interest and homestead exemption waiver, insured by a policy on the buildings. James P. Reardon, Trustee.
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J. L. Spillman
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Opequon Terrace
Frederick
James P. Reardon
Dempsey Rise and Fall as Great Prizefighter
Dale Carnegie’s lines recount Jack Dempsey born 1896 in Manassa Colorado who faced wartime backlash. The piece notes his rise to heavyweight champion after defeating Jess Willard, subsequent loss to Gene Tunney, and eventual return to popularity. It cites a Detmer quote about turning evil to good and ends with a 1938 copyright notice.
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Coward
Yellow Dog
John L. Sullivan
Jack Dempsey
Jack the Invincible
Jim Corbett
Gene Tunney
William Harrison Dempsey
Manassa
Colorado
United States
Jack
Dempsey
Jess Willard
Toledo
Tunney
Star Job Print Advertises Letter Heads and Envelopes
The notice promotes STAR JOB PRINT offering letter heads envelopes and sale bills services. It highlights quality printing and custom stationery for business needs and encourages inquiries for orders and pricing.
Harrington Plans Appeal Transcript Request in Virginia Case
Earl E. Harrington, via counsel, will seek a transcript of a record portion in the case of D. H. Seneeadiver trustee v. John F. Penrose et al. The matter stems from an Eastern Silicia and Chemical Co. assignment after a fire near Gore Virginia and Harrington’s labor claim as a preferred creditor. The appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals aims for a favorable ruling. Attorneys will select portions. if unresolved, the court will decide.
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Earl E. Harrington
Brick Circuit Court
D. H. Seneeadiver
John F. Penrose
Als
Eastern Silicia and Chemical Company
Gore
Harrington
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Huge Tomatoes Shown By Mrs Henry W McVicar
Mrs Henry W McVicar of Indian Hollow displayed three very large beefsteak tomatoes at The Star office. One weighed one and a half pounds while the other two weighed three quarters of a pound each. She notes a large garden of tomatoes. Waxed vegetables can keep two to three times longer than unwaxed before wilting. Waxed tomatoes and melons from California and Indiana cucumbers have sold well on Eastern markets.
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Henry W. McVicar
Indian Hollow
Star Office
California
Indiana
Will Rogers Humorous Story About Bandit Pardon
A bandit waiting for a pardon is counseled by a spiritual adviser. The Reverend laments the world’s troubles as tribulations while the bandit jokes that tribulations exist mainly to get into the papers, and he dislikes the sentence awaiting him.
Yard Party at Macedonia Church on Front Royal Road
A church committee hosts a yard party at Macedonia Church on Front Royal Road Saturday night August 20 offering hot coffee sandwiches soup ice cream and cake. Proceeds or details are not specified.
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Macedonia Church
Front Royal Road
Lawn Party at Hayfield Camp Benefit
A lawn party is hosted Thursday August 18 at the Hayfield Tourist Camp with home made soup pies ice cream and cakes sandwiches watermelons and soft drinks. If rain the event moves to Friday to benefit the Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Christian Church.
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Hayfield
Benefit Ladies Aid Society Congregational Christian Church
Rochester vigilantes drive pickets from chain grocery front
A crowd in Rochester Michigan charged a front of a chain grocery store and forced six pickets into the Clinton River. The Senate Civil Liberties group has organized the protest and fled town as authorities may review the incident.
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Rochester
Mich
Clinton
Senate Civil Liberties Co
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