Youth Dies of Pneumonia in One Week at W Va Home
Fifteen year old Charles R. DeHaven died after a week long illness of pneumonia at the home of his brother in law Harry Keller in Shepherdstown West Virginia. The body was taken to Bibletoa parlor for preparation and burial at Greenwood Church near Unger’s Store. Survived by father and mother, brothers Orville Roy Thomas and four sisters Mary Keller Joseph Keller Alson Eaton Arietta DeHaven and nephew of Mrs W C Parlett. Funeral planned for Thursday morning.
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Orville
Gore
Roy
Winchester
Thomas DeHaven
Jefferson County
W. Va
Mary Keller
Joseph Keller
Alson Eaton
Arietta DeHaven
Albin
W. C. Parlett
Albin Locals Share Social Visits and Updates
Albin Virginia January 13 Mrs Josephine Scrapton and Mrs Lula Blair of Chicago are visiting Mr and Mrs D S Mattison. Mrs John Barrett improves at home after illness. H E Yeakley and S E Brown hosts Sunday guests. Stadden Hawkins hosts friends. Susan B Howard visits villagers. Guy Smith visits Newton Cather. Rev Wilmer Luttrell of Tom Brok visits friends.
Massive sperm whale yields ambergris and byproducts
A giant sperm whale off Vancouver Island yielded 250 pounds of ambergris valued at about $150,000. The catch also produced substantial blubber and spermaceti, though the text notes some confusion in figures and wording. The record highlights the high value of ambergris as the principal find.
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Vancouver Island
Taxi drivers offer ride share for Will Irwin lecture
In response to a school superintendent appeal, taxi drivers will carry passengers in parties of five to the Handley School Auditorium for Will Irwin’s lecture on The Next War tonight at 8:30. Drivers Aulick Gibbons J Mack Noonan Miller Jenkins F W Magruder and T W Evans will haul at a ten cent per passenger rise. Citizens are urged to notify neighbors and meet at a central place to gather. Irwin, noted for The Cosmopolitan piece Where the Treasure Is, is a leading speaker for Winchester events in years past. The lecture is a Handley lecture and a must see for locals.
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Superintendent of Schools, Schools
Handley School
Will Irwin
Patefy
Mr. Duffey
Aulick Gibbons
J. Mack Noonan
Miller Jenkins
F. W. Magruder
T. W. Evans
Handley
Winchester
Irwin
Wickliffe Brevities Report of Local Visits and Attendances
Wickliffe Va January 13. James Bell returns home to Rippon W Va after time with son Henry Bell. A Sydney Johnston of Hagerstown Md visits cousin C W Johnston of Wickliffe. Mrs Frank McCormick of Frankford spends winter with relatives in Alexandria. Mr and Mrs John R Castleman return to Blackburg after visiting father E J Smith. Miss Alice Grubbs spent days in Washington DC. Myrtle Anderson of Sterling Va visits aunt Mrs J W Franklin near Marvins Chapel. Conrad Griebe of Lehigh University visits Mrs B P Dorsey nearby. Kate Powers guests Mrs R B Smith. C L Shull and A B noma of Buffalo N Y visit T A Shull and family. Mrs Grover Carter of Berryville visits relatives. Mrs E J Smith and daughter Acile attend funeral of Mrs Edward Wilt in Rippon W Va. Mrs Cameron near Wickliffe spends Saturday in Berryville.
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Wickliffe
James Bell
Rippon
W. Va
Henry P. Bell
A. Sydney Johnston
Hagerstown
C. W. Johnston
Frank McCormick
Frankford
Alexandria
John R. Castleman
Blackburg
E.J. Smith
Alice Grubbs
Washington, D.C
Myrtle Anderson
Sterling, Yay
J. W. Franklin
Marvin's Chapel
Conrad Griebe
Lehigh University
B.P
Dorsey
Kate Powers
R. B. Smith
A. B. Noma
Buffalo
Nébi
T.A. Shull
Grover Carter
Berryville
E. J. Smith
Acile “Smith
Edward Wilt
Rip
Surprise gathering honors L A Latip at Clearbrook home
In Scrippenso Va on Friday January 9 Mr and Mrs L A Latip near Clearbrook welcomed relatives and friends for a 630 pm dinner. Guests included Mr and Mrs Will Gordon and family from near Winchester Mr and Mrs Russell Lamp and son Ralph Mr and Mrs Wilbur Renier and family Maynard Samuel Virginia Mr Harry Anderson near Stephenson and Miss Bessie Thornton of Winchester.
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Will Gordon
Near Winchester
Russell Lamp
Ralph
Wilbur -Reniér
Maynard
Samuel
Virginia
Harry Anderson
Near Stephenson
Bessie» Thorton
Winchester
Bessie Thornton
Wilbur Rether
Agarca Lamp
J. W.kenney
Hinkle Lamp
Stephenson
Walter Anderson
L. A
Clearbrook
Ata ‘Lamp
Meadow Mills Social Notes Include Moves And Health Updates
Meadow Mills Virginia items report Mrs John Boyce returning to New Oxford Pennsylvania after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Dodson and sister Miss Lena Dodson. Little Roland Fisher son of Mr and Mrs Homer Fisher returns home from Hap tisonburg Hospital after bird poisoning treatment. Mrs J W Boyce Mrs J H Garrett and Myre W Dodson visited Mrs Arthur Jenkins. Bill Pangle recovered from a severe cold and returned to work. Elmarnolds of near Long Meadows visited Lena Dodson. Robert Spiker improving after illness. Mrs Mildred Dove returned home after visiting her mother Mrs Nannie Miller.
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J. W. Boyce
J. H. Garrett
Myre
W. B. Dodson
Arthur Jenkins
Bill Pangle
Lena Dodson
Robert Spiker
Mildred Dove
Nannie Miller
What Shall Be Done to the House Sheik
A disillusioned account follows a young woman’s experience of domestic service and a New York social sphere. The narrative recounts her aunt’s domestic work, a Yale student’s flirtation, and a coerced move toward scandal and pressure to enter an institution, framed as commentary on women's roles and exploitation.
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House Sheik
Millie
Newark
Yale
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