Fruit Growers Gather At Green Orchard Amid Trade Talks
Hundreds of Virginia apple raisers from across the state assemble at the Green orchard on Apple Pie Ridge for an outdoor meeting. Governor Byrd opens proceedings, Edwin Smith of the U.S. Department of Agriculture discusses foreign markets, and M Wayland explains the new apple grading and branding law along with rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Aoe
Albemarle ‘County
Legislative and Trades
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Apple Pie Ridge
Wayland
General Assembly of Virginia
State Society
Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration
Virginia Division of Markets
Edwin Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Smith
London
Great Britain
Europe
Green Orchard
Harry F. Byrd
Pr. Hough
W. 5
Hough
Winchester Field Laboratory
Virginia Experiment Station
Frederick
England
Berryville
Byrd
Rev Gypsy Smith Evangelist In Winchester Today
Rev Gypsy Smith Jr a noted evangelist who led successful meetings here eight years ago arrived in Winchester today en route to the Massanetta Bible Conference near Harrisonburg where he will address events tomorrow and Monday. He met old friend Stewart Bell and will proceed to Montreal NC for a Bible conference fire engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gypsy Smith, Jr
Winchester
Massanetta
Baltimore
Bell
Mr. Smith
Montreal
Pal Mel Wins Clarke Show Championship at Clarke County
Pal Mel a chestnut mare from John D Grove’s Grove Stables wins the twenty first Clarke County Horse and Colt Association championship. Pal Mel rises from modest status to join the ten thousand dollar class as crowd of 7000 cheers. Grove Stables also takes the hunt team trophy with Flanders winning the Corinthian class and Piedmont Hunt Team runner up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Él Auras
John D. Grove
Upperville
Clarke County Horse and Colt Association
Pal Mel
Flanders
Grove Stables
Palmel
Grove Stable
Piedmont Hunt
Mount Airy Farm
Dr. Allen
White Oak
Star
Clarke County Hunters
Fadts
George H. Burwell
Lady Allen
T. G.tapscott
Sacrifice
L. C. Middleburg
Skipper Gray
L. C. Leith
Middlebure
Balter
B. O. Randolph
Harmony
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
Death of Winchester carpenter David P Wingfield
David P Wingfield 78 a Winchester resident and carpenter died at his son in law and daughter Charles Andersons home 507 National avenue of paralysis complications. He was born October 8 1850 in Gore and survived by widow two sons Elmer E and Charles J and three daughters Mrs Charles H Lillis Mrs Charles A Anderson and Mrs Estelle Mumma. Funeral at 3 Sunday at Andersons home with Rev S L Flickinger of Centenary Reformed Church. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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David P. Wingfield
Winchester
Charles Anderson
National Avenue
Mr. Wingfield
Gore
Thi County
Samuel and
Rebecca Rinehart Wingfield
Mary F. Lonas
Elmer E
Charles J. Wingfield
Charles H. Lillis
Charles A. Anderson
This City
Estelle Mumma
Wormleysburg
Anderson
Free Goitre Clinic To Be Held In Harrisonburg
Dr A W Graves noted goitre specialist will hold a Free Goitre Clinic Friday August 26 1927 from 9 am to 4 pm in office rooms 315 316 1st National Bank Bldg Harrisonburg Virginia. Eligible unpaid patients receive treatment free though drugs may cost. Also mentions patterns and prices on Wool Rugs by R M Swimley and Mr C W Boyer of Gerrardstown West Virginia visiting Winchester on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Graves
1St National Bank Bldg
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Reverend Earp Chosen President Of Central Society
The Virginia Valley Central Christian Conference concluded its seventy ninth annual session at Leakesville with Rev. B J Earp of Winchester elected president for next year. W C Wampler of Harrisonburg named vice president and Rev A W Andes of Harrisonburg named secretary. Officers and committees were appointed, and the women's group also elected leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Valley Central Christian Conference
Leaksville
W. GC. Wampler
Harrisonburg
A. W. Andes
J. O. Atkinson
D. D
Southern Christian Convention
Charles D. Johnson
The
Christian Cree Ee Elon College
Western Virginia Christian Conference
Suffolk
C. H. Rowland
North Carolina and Virginia Christian Conference
Greensboro
N. C
J.G Truitt
Eastern Virginia Sunday School and Christian Endeavor Convention
Norfolk
J. F. Morgan
Norfolk, Va
Fred Bullock
W. C. Wampler
Winchester Rotary Beats Martinsburg 16 to 6 in Baseball
The Winchester Rotary Club baseball nine defeated the Martinsburg Rotary Club 16 to 6 on Martinsburg’s diamond yesterday afternoon. The game ended in the sixth inning due to darkness. Winchester led early and kept the advantage as most of the lineup batted twice in one inning amid a large crowd and attendance from Martinsburg. An airplane from Shepherd Field near Martinsburg distributed handbills advertising the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Rotary Club
Martinsburg
Winchester Gun Club Practice Meet Yields Solid Scores
Claude B Stickley and F W Ping ley shot straight 75 targets at the Winchester Gun Club weekly practice. Other members posted notable scores: Sixteen Yards Stickley 75 Pingley 50 Hillidge 71 Pitcock 72 Austin 38 Jones 24 Seabright 24. Twenty three Yards Stickley 39 Hillidge 46 Jones 42 Austin 32 Pingley 25 Seabright 18.
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Claude B. Stickley
F. W. ‘Pingley
Winchester Gun Club
Stickley
Pingley
Hillidge
Pitcock
Austin
Jones
Seabright
Wanted Furnished Apartment Apply White Palace Restaurant
Classified notice seeking a furnished apartment applicant directed to White Palace Restaurant. Also ad seeking a reliable man for a steady position with a Monday after 3 pm call to H. D. Albin. Continuous format suggests a small town paper listing two job and housing notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Palace Restaurant
D. Albin
Sacco Vanzetti Papers Rejected By Court Clerk
Reports from Boston and Washington detail delays in filing petitions for Sacco and Vanzetti as papers were deemed not in proper form. Justice Holmes in Beverley Farms may be asked for a stay, while habeas corpus writs were denied by Justice Morton in federal court.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Kang
Arthur D. Hill
Richard Co. Boyarts
Sacco
Vanzetti
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Beverly Farms
Sargent Boston
Massy
Citizens’ Committee
Sacco-Vanzetti
John G. Sargent
Ludlow
Francis Fisher Kane
United States
Philadelphia
Arthur Garfield Hays
New York
Washington
Supreme Court
Michae A. Musmanno
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Superior Court
Musmanno
Massachusetts
Justice Holmes
Beverly
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Elias Field
James M Morton, Jr
Federal District Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Field
Morton
Westport
Fluctuations Mark Rapid Wheat Market Changes
Wheat prices show rapid erratic moves amid mixed news. Frost damage in Saskatchewan noted. Manitoba short, Alberta strong, and a crop near 1918- era levels possible if western provinces avoid further damage. Oats, corn, and hog markets also influenced by weather and trade signals.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Saskatchewan
Canadian
Alberta
Kansas
Nebraska
Kansas Grain Dealers’ Association
Department of Agriculture
Northwest
American Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
Europe
Winchester budget revisions and tax rate notice 1926
The August 20 issue announces the revised City of Winchester budget with department increases and decreases for 1926 and the proposed tax rate to be published as required by law for the last time. A final public hearing is set for the following Tuesday at 7:30 p m in the Council Chamber for taxpayers to review and comment on the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Winchester
Council Chamber
Order OF Council
Money To Lend On First Mortgage Bonds
Money to lend on first mortgage bonds secured by deed of trust on real estate. Harrison & Harrison, A8-20-1p-31. U4 Rouss Ave.
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Harrison & Harrison
Rouss Ave
Potatoes and whiskey raided at Bridgeport still
Police and federal officers raided a Bridgeport home on the Front Royal road finding a still with six gallons of white hot Irish whiskey and two barrels of mash. Harry Newcome fled but surrendered the next day and was jailed on $500 bail as the grand jury considers the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Newcome
Bridgeport
Front Royal Road
Wright
Newcome
Pannett
Bageant
Pingley
Prohibition
A. J. Tavenner
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Eppa H. White
Inspection of Fruits And Vegetables Has More Than Doubled
Richmond Virginia August 20 Federal and state inspection on fruits and vegetables has grown dramatically since 1922. The Virginia division of markets reports year by year increases from four cars inspected in year one to 8 631 by June 30 1927. The service is funded by fees from producers and shippers and viewed as highly worthwhile by users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
Revious Borgers
Virginia State Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Virginia Division of Market
United States Bureau of Agriculture Economics
J. H. Meek
Division of Markets
Wheat and Corn Yields Low in Frederick County
Frederick County farmers report unusually small wheat yields after threshing with four to eight bushels per acre in some fields. Excessive rains damaged heads and caused smut and diseases, while corn suffered from hot days and insect and disease pressures, producing patchy maturity and uneven stands.
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Frederick County
Bible Conference Attendance At Massanetta Springs
Eighteen members of the Bible class and communicants of the Presbyterian Church in this city yesterday attended the Bible conference at Massanetta Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Massanetta Springs
Wanted Elberta Peaches and Wool Rug Sale Ad Notes
Classified notice lists WANTED Elberta peaches for H W Butler Packing House and announces Every Wool Rug on Special Sale for August by O R Swimley. Small ad fragment shows two separate local ads with dates and page indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elberta Peaches
H. W. Butler Packing House
OR. M. Swimley
Missing Dole planes drift in Pacific as search ships sweep
The Dallas Spirit faded off toward Honolulu after two tail spins and a possible flare. West Sequana sighted a three mile flare near 37 32 N 127 22 W as 25 ships patrol the great circle route for Mildred Dora and the Miss Doran.
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Honolulu
Signal Corps
Luke Field
Golden
Hagle
Dallas
San Francisco
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Dallas Spirit
Golden Eagle
Dole
William P. Ewrin
Tex
A. D. Eichwaldt
Alameda
Cal
Oakland
Pacific
Mildred Dora
Flint, Mich
Miss Doran
J. Augey
Vilas R. Knope
Jack Frost
Gordon Scott
Federal Telegraph Company
U. S. West Sequana
Pacific Coast
Shanghai
West Sequana
Jae E
Lace Curtains And Rogs Laundried At Winchester Steam Laundry
Lace curtains and rogs can be laundried at Winchester Steam Laundry. Phone 28.
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Winchester
Drum Corps Rehearsal Call for Members Monday Night
All members of Reuss Drum Corps must report Monday at 7 30 for rehearsal. John Swanson chairs the committee and urges attendance to prepare upcoming events.
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Reuss
Also Mentioned on This Page
E'dwin M. Wayland
Horticulture Society
Gypsy Smith
Clarke
Dr. L. M. Allen
Rock Spa
M. H. Everhardt
Sly D
A. S. Bowman
Mr. George
C. M. Feltner
Warrenton
Everhart
Feltner
Cassett
Blakeley Lodge
Bally Barton
Flamion
D. Susan
Queen Zone
Leith Brothers
Battlefield Inn
Kernstown
R. M. Swimley
Mr.earp
Central Society
Boyd Richards
Sacco-Vanzett
Supreme Tribunal of
U. S
Wilbur Riley
George W. Riley
Lynchburg
Ocean
Hearsal
John Swanson
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