Century-Old Reaper's Maker Cyrus McCormick and His Legacy
A historic note recalls Cyrus Hall McCormick who invented the grain cutting machine and advanced farm tech. It details his church ties in Virginia, his philanthropy to Union Theological Seminary and McCormick Seminary, and a new book about him titled The Century of the Reaper by his grandson. The volume, 307 pages, costs $3.50 from the Presbyterian Committee of Publication in Richmond. It highlights McCormick's religious devotion and planned gifts to country churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Hall McCormick
New Providence
Virginia
McCormick
Union Theological Seminary
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Cyrus McCormick
Presbyterian Committee of Publication
Richmond
The Tenth Law Inspires Tony's Apples Rescue
In a street tale a brave Scout Harry opposes theft and empowers Tony the fruit vendor. He persuades fellow Scouts to help sell Tony’s apples, turning a planned raid into a cooperative sale. Troops 1 2 and 3 report meetings with pledges, basketball use, and Red Cross duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Tony
Sissy
Cooper
Galilee Church Announces Sunday Services
The Galilee Church of Disciples invites all to attend preaching services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday January 10. Charles E. McVay will lead the song service. Reverend F B Sapp is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Sapp
Charles E. McVay
Sermon by Rev G M Morrow at Clearbrook Church
The Presbyterian Church at Clearbrook Virginia invites the public to a 3 o'clock Sunday sermon by Rev G M Morrow of Kernstown. The note adds an aside that exercise benefits the mind and mentions that very few star athletes flunked midterm exams.
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Clearbrook
G. M. Morrow
Kernstown
Gore Brevities Chronicles Local Community Notes
A Gore Virginia brief covers Christian Endeavor attendance with leader Saw yer and upcoming meeting led by Miss M Kern. It reports Sunday School growth, elected officers D G Parish president and others, local visits by residents, a horse loss from indigestion, a bank trip to Romney, and a Ladies' Aid chicken supper planned for February 11 with a possible postponement to February 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Head
Hagerstown
J. C. Bowman
Kenneth Frances
Guelph
Ont
Washington
Claude Grove
Kernstown
J. W. Herrell
J. W. Ward
Western Frederick Bank
Romney
Clementine Lemley
Gore High School
Winchester
M. C. Garvin
B. F. Line
Ladies’ Aid Society
Republicans Name Chicago as Convention City
The Republican Party selects Chicago for its national convention to be held June 14. Both parties’ politicians are already active and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boys admit burning eight in Ohio cabin fire
Ellsworth Mowyer and Albert Reymer, inmates of the Lancaster Ohio Boys Industrial School, confess to burning a father James White and his seven children last spring. They say they nailed the cabin doors and set the fire after one boy was beaten by White. Probe ongoing near Gallipolis Ohio.
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Ellsworth Mowyer
Albert Reymer
Ohio Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
James White
Gallipolis
Untaxed Status Sparks Debate in Class System
A provocative remark contrasts two groups good and bad and argues tax avoidance persists. The speaker critiques the spread of untaxed income highlighting a deficit in collection and enforcement. The statement frames taxation as a moral divide and calls for scrutiny of tax compliance.
Brucetown Circuit Rev C J Clark Services Note
Brucetown Circuit Rev C J Clark preacher with Stephenson and Brucetown services listed. Sunday School times include 9.45, 11, and 19 a m for different locations plus Epworth League and preaching slots. Crums and Welltown also show Sunday School and Epworth League times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Clark
Stephenson
Brucetown
Crums
Welltown
Americanism and the college student who stopped reading
A short note on a college attendee who pursued a third path for learning and then ceased engaging with more substantial texts, reading only light material after that point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colege
Card of Thanks for Robert Mitchell
We thank friends for sympathy and flowers after the illness and death of our brother Robert Mitchell Estelle Mitchell and sisters acknowledge the support and use of cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mitchell
Estelle Mitchell
Balance sheet fragment shows capital stock and surplus funds
The snippet lists capital stock paid in 2 with 19 under surplus fund and liabilities including Reserve for Contracts Contingencies and Interest Collection Account totaling 72 805 16 12 300 00 853 33 476 93 indicating minor ledger items in a corporate balance sheet.
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Countryside Broadcastings
Department of Country Church
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Cather
Quarles
W. H. Brown
Red Cross
Shenandoah Valley Bank
John Hawse
Galilee
Church OF Disciples
Welltown Road
Cooking
Home Service Department of Northern VA. Power CO
Home Service
Junior Oates
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Valley
W. B. Shingleton
Nina Buckman
Helen Larrick
Merle Anderson
Wardensville
W ‘A
Willys-Overland
Willys-Knight
Toledo
Rouss Garage
Brucetown Circuit
Shenandoah Valley
Howard T. James
D. C
East
Union Bank of Winchester
Frederick
State Corporation Commission
Prederick
of Virginia
Geo. B. Bushnell
Coreen Allest
State of Virginia
County of
Lawrence C. Hollis
Bank NO. A
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
State of
SPEER
Virginian Thrift Corporation
Cashier
L. R. Smith
Hoy Riley
H. C. Sheetz
Dorothy W. Green
S. Loudoun ST
Big Sister
Ryles
Central Press Association, Inc
Donnie
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