Personal Notes of Visits and Returns in Winchester Area
Idle chatter lists residents and friends including Robert M. Ward visiting Balti more. Edwin Whiteman from New Jersey. Lucy Carver and family. Mary Greengwalt returning Culpeper. Maude and Harriet first names. Ollie Robinson returning to Handley School duties. Samuel Beckenheimer and family back to Baltimore. Micanor Chiles returning to Baltimore College. William Medine and Willie Albin going to Sycamore Illinois. Charles E. McVay leaving for Lebaron Indiana. Katherine Howman visiting Aunt Mrs. Robert Hoover. Ida Morgan and J H Stokes at home in Winchester. Jonah L. Larrick returning to Richmond. Kenneth Petrie to University of Maryland. Mrs. W T Colbert visiting. Virginia Lindsay and Elizabeth King traveling. Poe Fr A Beck noted as former Winchester resident.
Community Notes From Hogue Creek Virginia
Residents share visits and greetings as visitors from Winchester Washington and Nebraska gather at local homes. Christmas baskets and well wishes mark gatherings with the Orndorffs Larricks and White families. Illness news includes Mrs. Laura off and Mr. Keckley, with many friends expressing concern.
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Hogue Creek
Yan. G
Explosion at Sara Products plant in Pekin kills two
In Pekin two bodies were recovered after a blast at the Sara Products Company plant. The explosion destroyed two buildings and started a fire early yesterday. Frank Welde, employment manager, said the number missing or buried under debris was still being tallied as more search work began.
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Corw
Sara Products
Frank Welde
Government reports rail control costs settled nearing completion
Washington January 5 all claims from government rail time control exceed 99 percent of railroad mileage hived. Davis director general of railroads said last cent of government expenditure was paid January 1 with steady income expected from railroad securities in treasury. Total cost of taking over the railroads placed at 1.696 billion dollars. Col Weedon ran and Mrs Cochran connected with auditing railroad accounts and property valuation since return to private ownership.
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Washington
Davia
Davis
Col. Weedon Ran
United States Army
Cochran
Colonel Cochran
Federal Railroad Administration
Hospital column notes regional visitors and a appendectomy
Miss Elizabeth Venable of Front Royal underwent an appendectomy at Memorial Hospital and is recovering well. The item lists numerous visitors and visitors staying at local hotels including Mr. Ned Brown in Fort Worth and Mr. Marshall W. Rust of Norfolk, along with other residents and travelers from Virginia and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Venable
Front Royal
Memorial Hospital
Ned Brown
Fort Worth
Fong
Winchester Yestern
Marshall W. Rust
Norfolk, Va
L. C. Grannis
Delegates Named to Represent Shenandoah Valley Group
Front Royal Riverton and Elkton appoint about 50 business leaders each to join 500 total delegates for a January 10 Harrisonburg meeting. Purpose is forming a permanent organization to present the Shenandoah Valley to the outside world. Delegates from Warren County include A. G. Weaver and many others. Elkton a large list led by J. T. Heard and E. G. Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Gates and
John Downing
W. W. Pettitt
E. H. Stokes
Clarence Simpson
M. O. Simpson
Chester Duke
C. H. Updike
W. O. Canter
John W. Morgan
C. L. Mélton
M. Major
P. M. Shirey
Clarence Venable
D. M. Kipps
Major Morton
Col. S. R. Mill
Valley of Virginia Bus Makes Maiden Trip on Valley Pike
The Valley of Virginia, sister to the Shenandoah, debuted yesterday with a noon departure for Staunton and return by four. J A Youns piloted from the White factory in Cleveland arriving Thursday. The 9000 dollar bus carries 22 passengers and features tan upholstery and a longer body than the Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Valley of Virginia
Shenandoah
Staunton
Winchester
J. A. Yowns
Cleveland
Reward Offered for Bank Robbers in Wakefield Sussex
Richmond Jan 4 W F Aus tine secretary of the Virginia Bankers Association announced a reward of 1000 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the party or parties who robbed the Farmers Bank at Wakefield in Sussex county early yesterday.
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Richmond
W. F. Aus Sstine
Virginia Bankers Association
Farmers Bank
Wakefield
Sussex County
What the Cod Likes Newfoundland Hills Crustaceans Feed Cod
Nature Magazine notes that bays and ranges of hills called banks host billions of tiny crustaceans and mollusks at their bases. These abundant organisms serve as the codfish’s preferred food supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Banks
Nature Magazine
List of names appears in historical notice
A sequence of names including Watkins J E Lyons D F Hitt W G Brill W H Shiflett W E Lucas M Timmons J J Ober F P Hammers T M Gooden J W Tompkins M M Jarman L kd Flory Rev H 8 Coffey Rev W G Kiegg KK DL Harrison J W Rhodes is provided in the readable fragment of the notice.
Woodstock Names Big Delegation To Harrisonburg Meet
Woodstock Virginia plans a large delegation to Harrisonburg on January 10. The Chamber of Commerce board tallies representatives from banks, merchants, attorneys, doctors, schools, and local government to join town and county officials in the Valley Boosting Movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Woodstock Chamber of Commerce
Harrisonburg
Chamber of Commerce
C. YV. Shoemaker
M. C. Hollingsworth
Woodstock’ High School
Otto V. Pence
E. D. Newman
Shenandoah National Bank
T. G. Locke
The
National Bank of Woodstock
Mary C. Grabill
Shenandoah Herald
Moritz Coffman
the Times
J. Grove Kneisley Merchants
M. L. Walton, Sr
W.C. Ford
W. H. Wunder
J. H. Smott
Shenandoah County Fair Association
J. G. Graveley
Fruit Growers Association
B. Miley
Shenandoah Mutual Telephone Co
Chaplin-Sacks Corporation
Col. H. J. Benchoff
Massanutten Academy
Jason J. Sperry
County Game and Fish Association
J. C. Hutchinson
William Dalke
Powells Kort Valley
New Direction Finders Installed Aboard Transatlantic Liner
The liner now carries wireless direction finders enabling quick bearing to any station. With two or more stations touch, cross-bearings yield the vessel’s exact position. In thick or hazy weather the device proves highly valuable.
Winter wheat seedings show decrease around world regions
The US Department of Agriculture notes reduced winter wheat seedings in the United States, Canada, and Romania from last year, totaling about 44.27 million acres versus 51.38 million. Russia reports lower fall seedings, while December wheat exports from the United States fall to 4.75 million bushels from 9.7 million.
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Washington
Unite States
Canada
Romania
United States Department of Agriculture
Russia
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Lawmakers Move to Curb State Corporation Commission Power
Richmond Jan 5 Senators and delegates announced plans to limit the State Corporation Commission. Earl H Wright and A C Smith signaled bills and constitutional amendments to define or curb the commission authority. T C Hadden and A O Boschen pledged to use their influence to curb the agency.
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Richmond
General Assembly
State Corporation Commission
Earl H. Wright
House of Delegates
Portsmouth
A. C. Smith
Norfolk
T. C. Hadden
A. O. Boschen
Brumback death prompts funeral attendance in Marlboro
Mrs. Lee Brumback travels to Luray for her mother Mrs. J. C. Burner’s funeral. Relatives Jacob Brumback and William Brumback and families attend from Marlboro. E T Keeler remains under a physician’s care. Visits span Wardensville and Strasburg with local families. Margaret Jenkins of Luray visits relatives the Longs during holidays. Darius Stickley and family from Mount Olivet spend Christmas with the Pangles.
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Lee Brumback
Luray
J. C. Burner
Jacob Brumback
William Brumback
E. T. Keeler
P. B. Suckley
BE. W. Knee
Wardensville
W. Va
Strasburg
Margaret, Jenkins
Triumph Pills Ad from Milwaukee Medical Institute
An old advertisement urges women to use Triumph Pills for irregular or suppressed conditions. It claims safety and dependability, warns against other products, and invites readers to request "Relief" and details for free. Mail: National Medical Institute Milwaukee Wis.
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National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wis
Potatoes Debate in Scotland and England 1725
A 1725 movement to plant potatoes in Scotland was denounced from the pulpit for biblical exclusion and the belief they were forbidden fruit. Critics claimed potatoes caused leprosy and fever while Royal Society promotion in England stirred fears of capitalist plots to oppress workers who would eat such “cattle food.”
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Scotland
England
Royal Society
Local Markets Reported Wholesale Prices and Staples
The Star lists wholesale market quotes for local buyers with items such as hens under and over four pounds, young chickens, leghorns, walnuts, corn meal, flour, butter, and cattle. Prices are rough and partial but reflect daily market activity and commodities like creamery butter and standard middlings.
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Corr
The
Star
Branton
May Eat Toadstools Immunity From Potent Serum
A horse was immunized by injections of poisonous mushrooms, a medical dose proven effective in mice. The serum derived from the animal showed successful response, suggesting potential for toxin defense.
Starch Fashion Tactics Doomed Neck Blemish
A Spanish woman in the mid fifteenth century reportedly invented starching to hide a neck blemish beneath a large English ruff. The practice, linked to Elizabethan fashion, demonstrates early attempts to modify appearance using starching techniques.
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England
Queen Elizabeth
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Balti
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N. J
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Daugh Carver
Philadel
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Mary Greengwalt
Culpeper, Va
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Harriet
Eerste
E. Weems
Misa Ollie Robinson
Handiey School
Walpole
Mass
Appendi
Samuel Beckenheimer
Baltimore
William Shank
South Market Street
Micanor Chiles
Mrs. Chiles
Kernstown
William Medine
Willie Albin
Sycamore, Ill
Charles E. McVay
Haseen
Lebaron
Ind
Katherine
Howman
Edine
Robert H. Hoover
South Kent
Ida. Morgan
Berryville
J. H. Stokes
West Leicester Street
Jonah L. Larrick
John OW. Larrick
Kenneth Petrie
University of Maryland
Gamers Park
T. Colbert
Point of Rocks
Les P.mcvicar
West Clifford Street
Virginia Lindsay
New York
Elizabeth E. King
Ohio
Daniél Metz
North Main
Poe
A. Beck
Beck
Ollie Clowser
Lee
Clearbrook
A. O. Cooper
S. . Larrick
Harry ‘White
Scott White
Ester
Laura Off
Aater
Charles Ser
Pauline Clowser
Marry White
Annie Clowser
Ban ‘Guesie
Larrick
Charles
Lee Orndoff
Clowser
Harry White
Jacob Keckley
Robert Ludwicc
Crawth
Wildermann
J. S. Orndorff
W. A
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R. M.armistead
Staunton, Va
C. L. Harding
8. F. Shrever
Hotel Jack
F. H. Rhodes
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Virginia
City
Frank Dolan
Harrisonburg, Va
Jack
C. W. Boyer
Hagerstown
Colonial
J. E. Marsh
Baltimore Sun
Mr. G. Ferrari
Martinsburg, W. Va
W. S. White
John W. Gilkeson
Moorefield
Fred Carbaugh
Mr. Carbaugh
Stephens City
Strasburg News
Lillian Stark
Strasburg, Va
Bertha Boehm
R. L. Kelier
Jane Maphis
Elizabeth Grubbds
H. H. Cookus
M. H. ‘Lowman
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania Railway
Chet Franklin
Abner
Larry Semon
Royal and Elkton
Valley Pike
F. M
Vienna
Broadway
New York Times
the Morning Telegraph
New York World
New York Herald
Universal
the Sun and Globe
Merry
Mary Philbin
Norman Kerry
Carl Laemmle
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