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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
2
Spencer Slonaker age 65 died when his car skidded on ice and struck a power pole as he returned home from Christmas shopping in Martinsburg West Virginia. His son suffered serious head wounds. Slonaker was an orchardist and lifelong Berkeley County resident. seven children survive.
Short notice in 1911 letters warns W J Rutherford not to incur debts for Elsie Rutherford and states that paying any incurred debts is all he can do. Dated December 26, 1911.
Good used Delco Lighting Plants overhauled and in A-1 condition priced to sell. Come and see them and get prices. Charles Fuse, dealer in Delco Light Products, Shepherdstown WV, phone 120-13.
Mrs. E. C. Yost won first prize in the Legion outside Christmas lighting contest with Mrs. Miller taking second. A New York hospital reported many women alcoholics treated during Christmas. A White House fire on Christmas Eve prompted Hoover to relocate offices. The stock market rallied on heavy buying and Virginia prisons were at full capacity.
Five years ago on December 26, 1925 a man married in London and Dr. William Morgan Smith was buried with full Masonic honors at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Judge Frazier of the Domestic Relations Court helped an estranged couple reconcile, they kissed and went home together for Christmas.
Announcement of the marriage performed at Middletown Methodist Church parsonage. Also notes Greece’s uncertain WWI stance and the death of farmer Lloyd Arlington Tabb, with few locals seen on Christmas day.
The phrase suggests a humorous take on the ABA's influence in Dallas media circles. Readers are invited to consider how professional groups shape local reporting and legal culture in the city.
The Blue Ridge Huntsman recounts two recent meets at Federal Hill and Scaleby. Hounds chased a fox on the first day but wind and scent shortages thwarted the hunt. The second meet near Scaleby and Carter Hall ended with a long hunt, a hopeful line, and a festive lunch at Scabby with guests and games to cap a day of sport.
Parcel Post water within 50 miles of Winchester Virginia offered in 2 gallon or 5 gallon cans with set prices and a 30 gallon drum option freight collect for $6. Water advertised as famous for kidney and stomach troubles for over 200 years from Capon Springs West Virginia.
A composite remark cites a Fort Worth Record-Telegram quote on radio announcers and notes oddly that sinking funds help bond ed cities stay afloat in a Weston Leader line.
Market notes list local wholesale prices for flour and mixed feeds, dairy and cotton seed meal, with pigs and cows priced. Retail items include middlings, scratch feed, cracked corn, shelled corn, and butter, while Baltimore markets note hog and sheep trends and a percent trend for creamery butter.
Greene county Virginia reports the highest Episcopalian ratio in the nation with one in 15 residents a communicant. The drought afflicts the region yet church growth remains strong under Archdeacon Frederick W. Neve and associate W Roy Mason as their mission expands across eleven counties via women workers whose selfless service includes a nurse to the hospital.
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