Illness and Christmas Visits Highlight County News
Miss Sadie Harris is ill at home. T A Williams and family spent Christmas in Winchester with his parents. Lillian Kline, nurse in D C, visited her parents. James Bryson and Richard Mann returned to Jackson Heights after Christmas with Rhodes family. Various relatives visited Marlboro and Washington D C households. A new daughter was born to Mrs. Holliday, formerly Rosie Doman.
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Long Island
N. Y
M. H. Rhodes
Dorothy Rhodes
Eleanor McCartney
T. B. Doman
J. Doman
Moorefield
W. A
W. E. Cooley
Woodstock
Isaac Orndorff
Clara
Wilbur Dicks
Marlboro
Stanley Cooley
Strasboro
Grace Cooley
Washington, D. C
Florence
Mabel Jenkins
Page County
Local News From Rock Enon Section
Rock Enon Va December 24 reports little hunting activity in the area. Miss Nora Larrick and Dorothy Anderson visited town for shopping. Mr and Mrs Clifford Orndorff announce the birth of a daughter at their home. Mrs Orndorff formerly Miss Mar.
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Rock Enon
Nora Larrick
Dorothy Anderson
Clifford Orndorff
Orndorff
Mar
Union Ladies Aid Society Holds December Meeting in Isaac Creek
The Union Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Paul Braithwaite’s home on December 20 with a business session followed by refreshments. Members present included Mrs. Braithwaite, Mrs. Robert Braithwaite, Miss Pearl Braithwaite, Miss Elnora Braithwaite, and others. The next meeting will be January 15 at 2 p.m. hosted by Mrs. S. H. Braithwaite and Mrs. Lee Whitacre. Mrs. W. A. Strother remains ill. visits were paid to Mrs. Henry Kern, with several other friends stopping by for calls.
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Isaac Creek
Union Ladies Aid Society
Paul Braithwaite
Robert Braithwaite
Pearl Braithwaite
Elnora Braithwaite
Jennie Edwards
W. Braithwaite
George Clark
G. H. Braithwaite
Lee Whitacre
W. A. Strother
Elmer Clark
Anna Clark
Henry Kern
J. Goode
Winchester
C. T. Adams
Gainesboro
J. P. Fletcher
Marvin Grove
Elephant tusks indicate species not sex, varying in shape
The article notes tusk size and shape reflect species. Some elephants in Ceylon lack tusks. Indian females have small tusks if any, while bulls possess large ones. African cows always have large tusks.
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Ceylon
India
Pathfinder Magazine
Power fight looms as private industry opposes government
The Edison Electric Institute warned of a 12 billion dollar power industry ready to fight Uncle Sam's power program. Government use of Tennessee Valley power is viewed as a major threat, with private prices undercut by public power, potentially forcing legal challenges.
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Edison Electric Institute
Uncle Sam
Tennessee Valley
Washington Administration
Itme
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Frank R. MecNinch
Federal Power Commission
United States
Duchess of Kent ring sparks diamond history debut
A ring gifted to the Duchess of Kent is described as an eternity ring featuring a new diamond cut by British cutter Felix Behr in Paris. The Princess reportedly wears the design first, with a diamond necklace from the Prince of Wales and other royals noted.
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Duchess of Mecklenburg
Felix Behr
Paris
Prince of Wales
Ford V-8 Truck 1935 Double Duty Keynote Unveiled
Ford dealer Bickers outlines 1935 V-8 truck and commercial car upgrades featuring a new double duty design. Improved clutch and braking, wider radiator, forward engine placement, better load distribution, and enhanced steering and rear axle with full-floating design.
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Bickers
Ford
New All Steel Car With Comfort Focus and Safety Features
The article describes an all steel car with rear passenger comfort, ventilated interior, a tilted-back adjustable driver seat with mattress-top cushions, wider axle, 20 gallon fuel tank with easy filler, durable bble-grain cab finish, insulated roof and flash, safety glass in all windows, doors and windshield, color options, triple ventilation, one touch windshield, screened cowl vent, reinforced deep skirted fenders with water drain trough, and an attractive instrument panel housing meter, ammeter and fuel gauge.
Original Window Display Depicts Entire Village
Ingenuity gears the Piucker Gompany HP nest East Piccadilly street. A wife and baby wait on the porch while a water wheel churns. Moss forms the foundation. buildings are wood and logs, the mill stone and cement. A miniature train whistles through a gorge toward the imagined town. Nearby animals watch from fields and a coal hill houses deer foxes and a bear. A Christmas tree background shelters the scene.
Spectacles Inventor Uncertain With Competing Claims
Historical note discusses invention of spectacles with unknown inventor credit. Some sources attribute to Alessandro di Spina a Florence monk while others name Roger Bacon an English monk and philosopher.
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Alessandro di Spina
Florence
Roger Bacon
Growth of Rocks A Nonbiological Process
Rocks do not grow biologically. They can increase slightly by external matter. They move toward the surface through ground freezing and thawing.
Bank Robber Receives Ten Year Sentence
23 year old of Bel Air was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for a bank robbery at the Bank of Pity no Son of arora. In court the Osborne family attended, with parents Mr and Mrs Delray Osborne and sister a public school teacher. Stewart Day argued the offense was Osborne's first and society would not profit from a long prison term. Judge Duncan called the crime one the nation is fighting to stamp out.
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Bel Air
Arora
Folco
Duncan
Osborne
Delray Osborne
Churchville
Harford County
Duncam
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County News
Middletown
Ivan Holliday
Holliday
Rosie
Wesley McKeever
Lucille Johnson
Pomoraki
Central Press
New York
East 45Th Street
Leslie Eichel
England
Canada
Prince George
Marina
Westminster Abbey
Westminster
David Lloyd George
Daily Express of London
Duke of Kent
Princess Marina
Alym
Duchess of Kent
the Evening Star
Baker’s Service
Plymouth
Sickers Motor Co
Winchester, Va
Cammertireco Vulcanizing
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Winchester Va
Ead
Shell Station
Maritinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Twin-City Oil & Gas Corp
Big Sister
Les Furgrave
T.beth
Buddy
Wyt
I Brumback
N. Cameron St
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