Potomac Edison Completes High Tension Line Under Supt Funk
Potomac Edison forces under Superintendent Jack Funk completed a challenging high tension line project feeding the Martinsburg Winchester corridor. Across almost ten miles of new line alongside the old route, crews from Wayne sboro Hagerstown Charles Town Martinsburg and Winchester coordinated 52 workers and 5 trucks to finish in a few hours each Sunday without accidents or damage to others property.
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Potomac Edison
Supt
Funk
Potomac Edison Company
Jack Funk, Tendent
Williams
Martinsburg- Winchester
Winchester
West Airstate
Martinsburg
Tion
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Charles Town
W. Va
Michigan farmer touts record potato yield
The-jated Press notes on February 14 that John Eilola, a 1932 Michigan tuber candidate, harvested 583.7 bushels per acre on an eight and a half acre plot, surpassing last year's record by 45.7 bushels and predicting future yields may reach 800 bushels per acre.
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Jated Press
John Eilola
Michigan
Eilola
Suggestions For Giving Trade In Apples A Boost
A North reconstruction era delegation seeks a million dollar loan for the apple trade. The piece notes regional meanings of apples from Virginia to the Northwest, detailing packing practices, merchant expectations, and the role of apples as common provender in Winchester.
Virginia Apple Trade Doubted by Northwest Agent
A Northwest agent reports he cannot find Virginia raised apples or anyone who knows of them. An apple man claims Virginias are not grown locally as most are shipped elsewhere. The writer urges Winchester apple growers to avoid soliciting Winchester trade and support the local market.
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the Star
North
Ore Corporation
Virginia
England
Northwest
Winchester
California
Florida
Chester
Miles B. Dean
Ten Million Spent On Jig-Saw Puzzles
Americans solved jig-saw puzzles to the tune of 10 million dollars in 1932 an increase of 70 percent over 1931. The growth in the puzzle craze has given employment to more than 20 000.
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New York
Quote on service and virtue by Francis Power Cobbe
The truest way to serve others is to be the noblest beings we know how. Francis Power Cobbe expresses that true service comes from character, not acts, urging personal integrity as the path to aiding fellow humans.
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Francis Power Cobbe
Bladder cleanser offer from Baker's Drug Store
An ad praises BU KETS bladder tablets as a pleasant physic to cleanse the bladder by moving impurities and acids. It claims relief from nocturia, frequent urge, burning, and backache after four days, with a money back guarantee after a 25 cent test box.
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Baker’s Drug Store
Ford dealer halves prices on used cars in stock sale
BICKERS MOTOR CO Winchester's Ford Dealer offers 40 to 50 percent reductions on used cars including 1931 Ford DeLuxe Roadster 295, 1930 Ford Phaeton 245, 1932 V-8 Standard Coupe 425, and a 1932 157 inch wheelbase Ford Truck with heavy tires. Also advertises a risk-free used-car purchase.
Bequests Named in Mrs. Shannon Will
The will provides specific bequests to Evangelical Lutheran Church and Lutheran Home for Orphans in Salem. Lutheran Church receives 200 dollars for Rachel Clevenger. Executor Paul Malm, with bond of 5000 dollars, succeeds the late George A. Samsell of Stephens City. Appraisers include Lemley Hottle Lineburg Cadwallader.
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Prideriee
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ees
Lutheran Home For
Salem
Lutheran Church
Rachel Clevenger
George A. Samsell
Stephens City
Luther Hottle
G. W. Lemley
P. E. Lineburg
F. B. Cadwallader
Veritable Compound Claims nerves sleep and well being
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Veritable Compound as improving nerves, appetite, sleep, and relief from periodic headaches and backache. It urges women to try the medicine and obtain a bottle from their druggist.
Untold Exit of Wu Tao-tzu At Royal Veil Unveiling
The famed Chinese painter Wu Tao-tzu vanished after unveiling landscapes on royal walls. The mysterious doorway he entered never closed, leaving a legend of disappearance connected to a mystery of art and court intrigue. Graves' disease is described as toxic goiter with thyroid enlargement fast heartbeat nervousness sweating weight loss and poisonous secretions.
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Wu Tao-tzu
Graves
Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank Assigned Stock Holdings
Shenandoah Valley National Bank named as assignee holding six shares of National Fruit Product Company 7 percent preferred stock and two shares of George Washington Hotel Corp. preferred along with one share of Washington Hotel Corp. common. The entry lists numbers 417 10 14 17 as related identifiers.
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National Fruit Product Company
George Washington Hotel Corp
Washington Hotel Corp
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l. Bank
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lucky Strike
The
Sresa Tobicco Company
Palm Beach, Florida
Central Press Association, Inc
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Toon
Hao Wim
Poultry Food
KASCO
Winchester Milling CO
Lake Trinidad
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell Station
Matinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Buick
Essex
Packard
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