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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1924
Page
2
In Dorsetshire gravel pits near Farnham Major A G Wade cites mammoth and rhinoceros finds as not indicating warmth. He notes elephants as warm weather animals needing tropical climates while mammoth tools suggest advanced Paleolithic skinning and cutting gear.
The Terminal Railway and Power Company of Hyder Alaska filed articles of incorporation to build a standard gauge line from Hyder to the Salmon River Valley at the Alaska Canada boundary a 12 mile main line with a two mile branch to the Texas Creek mines, Augusta date.
John Moore manager of the Hotel Gore in Clarkshire West Virginia with Mrs. Moore and two sons Ray mond and William visited Mrs. Moores brothers James and Clem Babb. Raymond is a midshipman at the Naval Academy returning from a three month sea duty in Europe and the Azores. He will have 30 days leave and plans camping on the South Branch near Pankake before rejoining duty.
Star Tannery Va August 36 due to many people wanting to attend wardensville camp meeting there will be no Sunday school at Star Tannery Methodist Church Sunday. The annual picnic at St James Church was held today. Preaching at Gravel Springs Church Sunday at 3 pm with communion service. Miss Edna Stine staying with brothers Albert and Allen Stine. Nellie Racey returning home from Daisy Orndorff. S R Heishman sent cattle to Elijah Shulls pasture Monday. Roy Heishman sold rice pigs to Frank Orndorff. Mrs Daisy Orndorff and son Joe attended the picnic at Pin Oak Grove Saturday.
Seattle reports rising Chinese living standards due to fast steamship sailings carrying vegetables fruits and refrigerated meats from the Pacific coast. E F Townsend, manager, cites year round supply of Northwest produce citrus from California and meats arriving in Chinese ports every ten days.
Madison Mills on Broadway, New York advertises direct to wearer shirts for a large manufacturing company. No capital or experience required. Many earn 100 weekly plus bonus.
A Bedouin tribe spread across Upper Galilee asks the government for help to return to Judaism citing ancestral ties. Elders present documents said to prove Jewish lineage including a scroll resembling the Torah. Rabbis in Safed delayed action prompting chiefs to file a government writ.
Mrs. Mary L. Henson wife of John H Henson died Monday at her son Grover C Henson's home in Middletown in her eightieth year born Shenandoah county lived most of her life in Middletown She is survived by four daughters and five sons Funeral services were held in Middletown by Rev J R Fringer pastor of the Middletown Methodist Church and she was interred in Mount Carmel Cemetery family lot
Virginia's corn crop will be the shortest in ten years due to a late spring and poor growing conditions says Commissioner George W. Koiner of the State Department of Agriculture and Immigration. He notes Virginia farmers report many fields undeveloped and only late frost could insure production. All other crops statewide run ten days to two weeks late.
Richmond district merchants express optimism for fall business in the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank monthly review. The report notes a few weak spots but emphasizes that favorable factors outnumber them and sentiment remains cheerful across most sections.
A brief Labor Day crowd gathers at Castleman's Ferry inviting visitors to join the celebration. The seasonal event draws locals for a day of waterfront leisure and community activity.
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