Garden party and Dahlia Show Highlight Harrisonburg News
A large church gathering featured a garden party with Beano time and a busy cake and sandwich booth run by local hosts. Separate social events included a bridge shower for Miss Lorene Turnipseed with guests from Harrisonburg, Maysville, and beyond. The Virginia Dahlia Society plans its ninth annual show October 4 to 6 at the Richmond fairgrounds, with 103 entries across six classes and judges from major horticulture institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cess
Dan Cochran
John Shine
Mary Sullivan
Michael Lillis
Stuart Grim
Cochran
O'Leary
Henry
Virginia Dahlia Society
Virginia State Fair Association
Fair Grounds
Richmond
Henrico Garden Club
John Bauer
Robert Ford
Darrell W. Hart
American Home
Gardens City
N. Y
George Masson
Fisher and
Social Calendar Highlights Local Church Activities
The calendar lists multiple afternoon and evening events across Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Sacred Heart Catholic Church Summit Point Baptist Opequon Union Chapel and Grace and Centenary churches. Included are silver tea at Mrs. Rosenberger 210 West Boscawen Street garden parties benefit suppers and dances at Hotel Drusilla and numerous weekly meetings and choirs at George Washington Hotel Braddock Street United Brethren and Grace Lutheran churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
John W. Rosenberger
West Boscawen Street
Ladies of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Clearbrook
Branson School
Summit Point Baptist Church
Opequon Union Chapel
Drusilla
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
American Legion Post
Geo. Washington Hotel
Young Peoples Choir
District Nurse Association
Cary Party
George Washington Hotel
Tuberculosis Fund
Mary-Martha
Centenary Reformed Church
India Fawcett
East Clifford Street
Local Girls To Get Diplomas From Teachers' College This Evening
Graduation exercises at Harrison burg State Teachers' College occur at 8 p m in Wilson Hall auditorium with Hon Harris H Hart as speaker An unusually large class will receive diplomas and BS degrees President Samuel P Duke will hold the fall term faculty meeting on Sept 17 and fall registration begins Sept 19 The program includes processional invocations a hymn address diplomas and school songs among named graduates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ College
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
Wilson Hall
Harris H. Hart
Samuel P. Duke
Jerusalem
Home
Parks W. Wilson
H. H. Hart
Old
Virginia
John W. Wayland
Blue Stone Hill
A. Bernadine Knee
Mary Gore Brdek
Arlene L. Lauck
M. Isabel ‘Gore
Front Ryal
Lessie L. Trenary
Success
Warren ‘County
Elizabeth Larrick
Middletown
Touring Party Returns from Continent Sails Leviathan
Miss Mary Miller Miss Nancy Gray Larrick and Miss Leslie Gaylor return from Europe sailing from Cherbourg August 20 on the Leviathan and due in New York tomorrow. Mrs Herbert S Larrick to meet them and then travel to Stamford Conn before visiting Winchester. The trio toured England Scotland Holland Belgium Germany the Swiss Alps Italy and France. In Berlin Miss Miller met Charles Ridgely White son of Mrs Frank N Hack. Evelyn Huber of Stephens City improved after a nervous illness.
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Mary Miller
Nancy Gray Larrick
Leslie Gaylor
Leviathan
Cherbourg
New York
Miss Larrick
Herbert S. Larrick
Larrick
T. S. Gray
Stamford
Conn
Winchester
Miller
Gaylord
England
Scotland
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Swiss Alps
Italy
France
Berlin
Princess from Martinsburg to lead Forest Festival
Miss Catherine Byrer youngest daughter of Attorney and Mrs H H Byrer of Martinsburg has been named by State Senator Lewis H Thompson as the princess from that senatorial district for the Mountain State Forest Festival at Elkins West Virginia October 6 7 and 8. Also notes a Waynesboro PA couple wed and Labor Day dance plans at Bluemont Blue Ridge Night Club with Cab Calloway's brother Elmer Calloway and His Club Prudham Orchestra set to perform. A kitchen shower and tea honors Mrs J Pinckney Arthur at the Northwestern grade home with gifts and tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrer
Catherine Byrer
H. H. Byrer
Martinsburg
Lewis H. Thompson
Elkins
W. Va
Blue Ridge
Bluemont
Charles Casey
Hirst
Milhellen
Cab Calloway
Elmer Calloway
Club
Prudham Orchestra
J. P. Arthur
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
John M. Steck, Jr
George Smith
J. Pinckney Arthur
Coal Mine Camp Holds Annual Picnic and Yard Party
Royal Neighbors of America No 9722 will host a half day picnic at Coal Mine school house grounds on Saturday afternoon August 27. A 3 pm baseball game will be played, an orchestra will provide music, and refreshments will be sold.
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Coal Mine Camp
Royal Neighbors of America
Coal Mine School House
Farm Murder Mystery Unsolved In Indiana Farm
Nellie Kumler 36 of Liberty Indiana repudiates an earlier confession in which she admitted killing Eleanor Alderson. Kumler says Guy Gunsaulie, her employer and common law husband, killed Alderson in self defense. Sheriff Ellison points to the grave where the body was found as the case lingers unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Alderson
Guy Gunsaulie
Nellie Kumler
Liberty
Ind
Gunsaulie
Ing
Mrs. Agnes C. Pearrell 87 Dies at Hedgesville
Mrs Agnes C Pearrell 87 widow of Philip Pearrell died after a lingering illness at the home of her daughter Mrs M V Laign in Hedgesville West Virginia. She was born Ebersole and lived most of her life in Hedgesville. She was a Methodist Episcopal Church South member. Survived by five daughters a sister and a brother. Funeral from the Laign home at 2 pm Saturday with Rev Joseph H Cooley officiating and burial in Hedgesville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes’ C. Pearrell
Philip Pearrell
M. V. Laign
Hedgesville
W. Va
Ebersole
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Today
Wheat prices led the closing grain market with September old at 52.44 as reported by the Associated Press in Chicago on August 25. Other grains and prices followed but are not detailed in the fragment.
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The
Associated Press
Chicago
Grain Price Table From Mixed Month Entries
Readable data lists crops Corn Oats Rye with September December May figures. Percent changes appear inconsistent with years and formatting, suggesting a historical price or yield ledger.
Natex touted for neuritis relief in Salem ad
An advertorial from Salem Virginia touts Natex as a cure for neuritis and stomach trouble. It features Mr O B Murphy praising the product and notes a price premium over ordinary tonics. Sold by Peoples Service Drug Store and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. O. B.murphy
Salem
Natex
Ordi Torics
Peoples Service Drug Store
Rail Workers Stand United Against Wage Cuts
Rail workers resist further wage reductions amid presidents seeking loan aided repairs and cost of living disputes. Leaders argue costs not as low as claimed and crews lag behind postwar pay, while transportation chiefs debate 15 percent cuts and possible funding.
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Ashington
D. C
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Campbell Street
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Maysville
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Washington
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Ruth Berry
Bess Nicholas
Mary Bell Beard
Emma Lou Byrd
Ellan Hunt Davis
Margaret Gratton
George G. Gratton
John N. Garber, Jr
Yancey Lineweaver
Frances Miller
G. Fred Switzer
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Lee Southern, Jr
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Miami
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Red Cross
Huntsberry
Evelyn Huber
Stephens City
Erick and
Clarke Counties
Double Tollgate
Funkhouser
Memorial Hospital
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Charles D. Layman
Harry R. McFerrin
Harry R. Greene
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National Avenue
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Miss Yost
Mrs. Shealy
Mrs
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Elizabeth Shiner
Lonnie Cline
East Cork Street
E. R. Lindstrom
O. C. Miller
Abraham Wingerter
Orrville
Ohio
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Massillon
Ira Berg
Dalton
William Barrett
Grace Barrett
Woodbury
J. H. C. Clayton
George W. Kurtz
Lucy F. Kurtz
Frank L. Grim
Miller O’rear
Godfrey O’rear
Gladstone E. Grubbs
Mrs. L. D. Grubbs
Fred S. Stryker
West Cork Street
National Limited
Louisville
Brush Manufacturers of
United States
Stryker
Dorothy Sencindiver
Strasburg
Sencindiver
Frances Sencindiver
Frederick Sencindiver
Elizabeth Bywaters
Opequon
Mary Rosenberger
Amherst Street
Ernest Luttrell
Round Hill
Nettie Worsley
J. K. Luttrell
Senseney Road
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House of Representatives
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover
Brown & Fisher, Inc
Jas. P. Reardon
Rouse Avenue City
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Enna Jettick
N. Main St
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Interstate Commerce Commission
LGC
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
Transportation
Wall Street
White House
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Chare
Lebanon
Swift
Pure Food Store
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
Warner Bros
Capitol
R. M. Swimley
Lovett
Nave
Loudoun and
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