County boosters plan for Shenandoah events
A fragment notes Shenandoah county boosters coordinating activities in Harrington area with Dab. dasdas placeholders. (Text incomplete)
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1924
Page
3
A fragment notes Shenandoah county boosters coordinating activities in Harrington area with Dab. dasdas placeholders. (Text incomplete)
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Resolution adopted before adjourning this afternoon includes increases for the Supreme Court salaries to 2500 except the President who would receive 7700. A retired jurist may be appointed temporarily in case of illness. Auditor C Lee Moore and Davis Bottom were reelected. Equalization of tax assessment touted as boosting state revenue without heavy tax hikes. Governor Tri nkle and Senator Willis argue local authorities must implement changes amid budget strains.
Washington hearings on emergency aid for American farmers feature witnesses from the Northwestern wheat region. The Norris-Sinclair bill would create a $100,000,000 corporation to handle farm products while the Buriness bill contemplates a $50,000,000 fund to promote diversified farming. John N. Hagan, state inspector of ...
Richmond, Jan. 11 Hearing on the new budget bill for 1924 26 will begin early next week with aims to return the measure to the Virginia General Assembly within 35 days. J Sinclair Brown leads the House appropriations and Senator Garrett the Senate Finance Committee.
An old advertisement touts Ely’s Cream Basin to unclog nostrils and open air passages. It promises immediate relief from nasal stuffiness, hawking and headaches, claiming a small bottle cures nighttime congestion.
Testimony to Senate and House committees reported spring wheat growers in North Dakota losing about five dollars per acre over five years. Survey data showed nearly 90 percent of farmers carrying mortgages or liabilities while University of Minnesota expert P K Miller warned credit exhaustion and stalled farm vitality threaten recovery without federal aid.
In Richmond on January 11 thirty one House bills were introduced including six by R Lindsay Gordon to repeal 1920 pay raises for county treasurers clerks and other officials a constitutional amendment to elect all judges by voters a one tenth of one percent tax on gum cigarettes soft drinks and theater admissions for road funds and a statewide dry cleaning and dyeing bill restricting buildings to one story with ten inch thick walls and providing inspections and penalties.
Richmond January 11 The House of Delegates will soon vote using new electrical machines with brown slabs on the walls recording each member's vote. A new member joked that they thought they were the voting machines. The Daughters of the American Revolution are arranging a reception for Virginia Gen- members.
Hopewell Virginia reports a large influx of families joining the Tubize Artificial Silk Co. workforce. The plant, praised for modern facilities and clean conditions, offers light steady work with quick advancement. The firm invites families with several workers to apply and asks applicants to specify family size.
A brief notice from Richmond announces a reception to be held on a forthcoming February date. No further details on time or venue are provided.
Shenandoah County sent the largest delegation at yesterday’s assembly with over a third of the registered delegates. At the director caucus 293 votes were cast and Shenandoah boasted more representatives than the other eleven counties combined, with town ribbons marking each delegate.
By virtue of a deed of trust the trustee will offer the Peerless engine No 11608 for sale at noon on January 19 1924 on the premises of Robert Schultz Vinegar Plant North Fa Street Winchester VA. Terms are cash. A J Tavener notice.
Property offers 128 acres with a small dwelling and barn, 12 acres of bearing orchard, 7 acre improved dwelling with 7 rooms and outbuildings, a barn, two double dwellings at a south corner, and good road access. Prices listed: $65,000 for a 7s acre package and $80 for the South corner property. Call for details.
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