English Apple Shortage Report Predicts Wide Crop Decline
Edward A. Foley of the American agricultural commission reports a nationwide English crop shortage with declines from 10 to 50 percent across counties. King varieties fall 20 to 30 percent short, cider apples 20 to 40 percent, and dessert varieties show a smaller drop. The June crop is forecast 16.6 percent below 1923. Canadian shipments decline as petitions grow.
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England
Edward A. Foley
Mr. Foley
Klan Declares Neutrality in Davis Coolidge Race at Convention
Huntington West Virginia August 22 Dr H B W Evans imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan announced that the empire will oppose the candidacy of Robert La Follette while remaining neutral in the contest between Calvin Coolidge and John W Davis The statement calls La Follette the nations arch enemy and says Coolidge and Davis are Americans aiding an effort to Americanize America The Klan met in secret session to open its state convention.
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Huntington
W. Va
HB. W. Evans
Mu Klux Klan
Shater la Follette
Wisconsin
Cooidge
John W. Davis
Coolidge
Davis
Namale
Flan
Heavy selling reported from odd-lot houses
Readjustment of speculative accounts continued on the stock exchange as selling intensified after a cotton price drop. Odd-lot houses showed heavy liquidation attracting weak speculative demand amid the recent brisk upturn in prices and oils were affected.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Stock Exchange
Gasoline Price Rise in New England with Houston Outlier
Gasoline prices edged up in New England while Houston stood out as a notable exception with a rise of 2.4 percentage points. Call money opened at 2 percent.
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New England
Houston
Virginia Sees Bright Prospects for 1924 26 School Year
Richmond Virginia August 23 Prospects for the 1924 26 school year in Virginia loom bright says Dr W T Sanger secretary of the State Board of Education predicting a good year in enrollment attendance and especially in the quality of the work Ample teachers have been secured and the compulsory school attendance law will be enforced as rigidly as possible Public schools enrolled 562 998 pupils in 1923 out of 680 000 possible pupils The report shows steady growth since 1910 and notes higher attendance due to the law and demand for education Virginia continues to advance among sister states.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
W. T. Sanger
State Board of Education
Dr. Sanger
Board of Education
Sanger
Hunting Season Opens Earlier in Virginia This Year
Richmond August 22 The general hunting season for Virginia opens November 15 this year, fifteen days later than previously. Commissioner McDonald Lee of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries lists open dates for various game. Animals include elk December 15 to December 31 and hares November 15 to January 31. upland birds include pheasant November 15 to January 31 and quail November 15 to January 31. migratory birds run from October to January for several species. trapping animals run December 1 to March 31, with multiple species listed for the period including foxes and muskrats.
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Richmond
Virginia
McDonald Lee
State Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Department
Turkey
Skunk
Weasel
Inspection Not Appreciated By Some Fruit Men
Richmond Va August 22 F E Parsons chief of the bureau of standardization and inspection says apple inspection will start the first week of September with only about one fifth of Virginia apples bearing the inspector stamp Many growers are slow to cooperate as no state funds cover inspector salaries and those who want the stamp must finance inspectors themselves He notes the crop is later than usual and likely larger with better quality and prices for few lots already sold
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
State Board of Agriculture
F. Earbeee Sons
Bureau of Standardization and Inspection
Parson
Markets Bureau
Parsons
Henkel Newspaper Leader Dies On Birthday in Virginia
Otto H. Henkel, longtime Shenandoah Valley newspaper figure and descendant of a prominent Lutheran family, dies at 66 in Harrisonburg after a rupture illness. He lived in New Market, edited by his brother Elon Q. Henkel, and his funeral plans were not yet finalized with services expected Sunday.
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Harrisonburg
Otto H. Henkel
Toted Henkel
Shenjyni
Shenandoah ‘Vali
New Market
Tockingham Memorial
Henkel
Eleanora Heinkel
Elon Q O. Henkel
Shenandoah Valley
Mr. Henkel
Rev
A Denkel
New Marcet
Shenandoah V.ewspaper
Henkel Printing Company
Ambrose Henkel
Shnandoah County
Henkel Publishing Company
John W. Wayland
America
Henkel Fancoly
Keran
Chales Town
W. Va
Higgs Undertaking Establishment
Picnic and Yard Party Ad Earns Value Before Purchases
An advertisement promotes Garber Manufy Co offering high quality cream and soft drinks for sale, urging customers to visit before buying. Located near Braddock Mt with date 6-26-1f-1"218.
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Garber Manufy. Co
Braddock
Mail Route Proposed Through Spottswood Trail
Postoffice inspectors recommend a daily Elkton to Standardsville mail route via Swift Run Gap and the Spottswood Trail. A nearby mountain post office near the Gov Spottswood monument is proposed to speed delivery, linking Greene and Madison counties and reducing Harrisonburg to Standardsville transit time from two days. Postmaster Hammer pushed Washington to approve the change during the Elkton visit.
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Elkton
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Washington
Standardsville
Swift Run Gap
Spottswood Trail
Gov. Spottswood Monument
Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
Shenandoah Valley
Greene County
Harrisonburg
Stanardsville
Harrisonburg-Stanardsville
Hammer
Forage Crop Korean Lespedeza Deemed Promising
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines a new forage legume Korean Lespedeza suited to a zone from southern Pennsylvania to northern Ohio and south to Virginia and Kentucky. It matures early, grazes earlier in spring, and has shown strong results in Iowa and other trial sites, though its early maturity may limit southern use.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
Kentucky
Atlantic
Iowa
Kansas
Great Plains
Department
Washington
Big Wilcox Truck Rollover on Valley Pike Near Woodstock
The Wilcox truck of Chapin Sacks Co bound for Timberville loaded with ice cream rolled onto its side two miles south of Woodstock on the Valley pike. The driver righted the vehicle with a derrick and it moved back into the road. The crash damaged Santemeyer farm fencing, though the fence had resisted a 20 ton impact.
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Woodstock
Big Wilcox
Chapin-Sacks Co
Timberville
Valley Pike
Here
Pike
Santemeyer Farm
Virginia Fairs Set New Season Count
Richmond Va August 22 A record number of fairs will be held in Virginia this autumn says George W Koiner state commissioner of agriculture and immigration Berryville hosts the season start August 6 and the schedule runs into October Forty seven fairs are expected according to Koiners notice This marks the first fair season under the anti wheel of fortune law with anticipated higher attendance due to strict enforcement.
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Richmond
Virginia
George W. Koiner
Berryville
Wilhl
Kojner
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KLAN
Goolidge
W.C. Plundeke Co
Beck’s Baking Corp
Earle Parsons
Warner
Moling & Seal
Boston
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