Local Notes From Boyce Community Visits and Illnesses
Miss Ruth Hart of Riverton and Miss Mozella Carper were mentioned among local social notes. Mika Louise Steele of Winchester visits the Strode home. Nannie Levi stays with sister Mrs. Thomas Levi. Several families relocate or travel, with multiple cases of illness in the area.
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Henson
Ruth Hart
Riverton
Mozella Carper
Mika Louise Steele
Winchester
Roger Strode
Nannie Levi
Thomas Levi
State Library offers free lending book sets to communities
The Virginia State Library will lend collections of 25 to 50 books free of charge to individuals or groups across the state. Sets include fiction, poetry, travel, history, science, and more, with three general kinds: school sets for young readers, adult interest sets, and special subject sets for study clubs.
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Virginia State Library
Richmond
Governor Davis Urges Aid to Veterans Bureau Campaign
Governor Westmoreland Davis urges Virginians to assist the nationwide Veterans Bureau outreach. A Virginia committee of Veterans Bureau Red Cross and American Legion will visit communities to inform ex service members of rights under Congress acts. Inquiries directed to State Headquarters Veterans Bureau Richmond.
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Davis
Congress
Veterans’ Bureau
United States
Veteran's Bureau
Commonwealth of Virginia
American Red Cross
American Legion
Westmoreland Davis
Virginia
Veteran's Bureau Campaign
Veteran’s Bureau
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Richmond
Quarry Worker Is Electrocuted
A quarry accident resulted in the electrocution of a worker. Details are sparse in the fragment but indicate a fatal incident at a quarry site.
Roanoke Booster Club Tour Promotes City Prospects
The Roanoke Booster Club launched its fifth annual campaign to highlight Roanoke in Virginia and beyond. Boosters traveled through southwest and southside Virginia carrying a 48 page booster edition of the Roanoke Times, praising the city and its opportunities. The Times and its Roanoke World-News were praised as premier Virginia newspapers with independent editorial voices.
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Roanoke Booster Club
Virginia
Roanoke
Winchester
Roanoke ‘Times
Roanoke Times
the Times
Trinkle
Tucker
Roanoke World-News
PELLAGRA DECREASES IN VIRGINIA IN FIRST HALF YEAR
Pelagra has declined about 50 percent in Virginia in the first six months of this year versus the same period last year according to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. The state recorded about forty three deaths from the disease in that period.
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Fordson
Fordsons
Virginia
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Improvement in Food Handling Noted by State Inspector
Arlington notes in Washington Sunday Star report that care and cleanliness in handling green foodstuffs and meats for sale show a vast improvement after State Food Inspector Braithwaite of Winchester visited the county.
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Braithwaite
Winchester
Arlington
Washington Sunday Star
Frederick Personal Notes in Washington Star
Frederick Md newsletter notes B C Shafer and Mrs Shafer with nieces Helen and Louise Nicodemus and Samuel Johnson at Atlantic City. Mr and Mrs Simon Rice returned from Winchester Va. Mr and Mrs Harold Moberly and son from Winchester Va visited here.
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Ter
Washington Star
B. C. Shafer
Brunswick
Local wholesale prices listed by market buyers
The Star reports today’s quoted wholesale prices across categories including butter creamery and best grades, chickens and hams, bacon, corn white and yellow, corn meal, baled hay and standard middlings. Prices shown reflect regional market rates with minor typographical errors in listings.
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Star
Local Retail Markets Prices From Weis Store
Local market listings show butter prices at 40 cents for creamery butter and 28 to 33 cents for young chickens. Flour prices appear as 7.70 for a barrel and 0.48 for a 12-lb sack, with spring wheat flour at 80 cents for 12-lb.
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Weis
The World's Fastest and Most Comfortably Built Motorcycle
Advertisement style snippet lists products and prices for agricultural goods and a motorcycle claim. Includes phrasing about a motorcycle by H. R. Willis and various grain and feed items with price ranges. The readable text emphasizes trade items and a dated seller pitch.
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H. R. Willis
Baltimore Wholesale Markets Update and Local Returns
Wheat market corrections noted as of prior day close with mixed bids for corn and dairy products. Local residents report several family visits including Mr and Mrs R M Ward returning from Maine and Massachusetts, Edward Zea visiting from Washington DC, and trips to Philadelphia and Atlantic City by Mr and Mrs Richard Brown and Emerson Brown.
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Cuickone
Richard “Brown
Emerson Brown
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Mr. Brown
George Sonneborn, Jr
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Golda Stuart
Front Royal
Charles Gaynt
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W. T. Lewis
Thomas Lewis
Luray
James Peyton
Williams
Brookneal
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Mary Barr
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8. K. Anders
Elizabeth Binnott
B. A. Lindsey
M. J. Dunlap
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J. D. Howard
Gathersburg
H. V. Grugar
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Episcopal Church
Datlock
Frederick
Chapman’s Auto
Postoffice
Braddock Street
BOSCH
Cor. Braddock and Water
C. F. Crim and Son
F. M. Reynolds and Company
Mrs. R. M. Ward
Maine
Massachusetts
Edward Zea
Washington,d. C
Gertrude
Bernetta Ritter
Charlestown
W. Va
Fannie Burns
Maxwell Chalmers
Shade Motor CO
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J. Howard Cather
Dodge Brothers’ Motor Cars
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Winchester Auto Sales
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