Local County News Brevitites From Wee Town Virginia
Mr and Mrs J R Smith were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Cammer in Winchester. Birth announced for son to Mr and Mrs William F Jobe. Several residents visit relatives and attend family gatherings across Martinsburg Romney New Market and Winchester with multiple social calls and illness notices.
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Wee Cetown
J. R. Smith
Charles Cammer
Winchester
William F. Jobe
Rosella’ Thompson
New ‘Market
iMrs
Tom Price
Ward Purcell
Martinsburg
Mary Whetzell
Romney
W. Va
Paul Triggs
W. B. Brill
Janny Pope
Inesr Stephenson
Iand
Burcell St
Richmond
Lester Knapp
Mabel Parrill
Whitacre
Virginia
Pauline Gardner
Harry Largent
C. W. Moore
J. Catlett
E. D. Shenk
Chesnut Grove
Edward Rupple
Frank
Homer Davis
Foster Largent
Ed Stotler
Hayfield
Richard Havermale
E. L. Luttrell and Son
Floyd Luttrell
Oscar Luttrell
E. N. Luttrell
Offutt Peacemaker
Reynolds Store Notes
Reynolds Store Virginia reports on January 13 brief notes naming Mr and Mrs Enlonzie Shenk and local happenings.
Tobacco Market Improves in Virginia Brights
Richmond Va Jan 13 continued improvement in price over the pre holiday sale was reported today for Virginia bright tobacco markets. A comparatively large amount of poor grades tended to hold down the price average though good wrapper grades reached as high as 46 dollars per hundred pounds on the dark fired markets yesterday.
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Richmond
Virginia
W White and Luttrell Sweep League B Bowling
W White won the League B sweepstakes in the division for bowlers over 100 average with 378, while Luttrell scored 331 in the under 100 group. Shendon and Lichli cher followed in the higher division, with Hamburger and Hildebrand second and third in the lower bracket as first-half averages were published along with club standings.
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W. White
Luttrell
White
Shendon
Lichlicher
Hamburger
Hildebrand
Brush Creek Notes
Brush Creek Virginia notes report local illness recoveries visits and social calls among residents including Dunlap Dailey Helsley Gray and Kerns. A northern Martinsburg visit is noted and local weather mentions mild winter with last Monday snow. Pecos Texas item recalls a 27 year old Miss Reba Foster survived appendicitis with a pin found in her appendix from age seven.
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Ruth M. Kerns
Ernest Gray
E. R. Dailey
Clyde Collins
Ruth Kerns
B. C. Holliday
Ruth Maury
Beba
A. E. Dunlap
Winchester
Pecos
Tex
Reba
Foster
Average monthly rainfall figures from 1913 to 1937
Present and past rainfall data show none in the last 24 hours ending 5 p m yesterday January to date .60 inch year to date .60 inch and the 25 year period 1913 37 yields monthly averages from January 2 59 inches to August 3 77 inches with an average annual rainfall of 35 36 inches. Statistics are from the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Get the Thrift Habit Budget Booklet 1938
Promote thrift with the 1938 Household Budget Booklet. Twenty pages of hints and twelve accounting pages help plan expenses and record income. Price ten cents postpaid via The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau under director Frederick J. Haskin.
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Zere
Control Of Polio Sought At Stanford Tests For Zinc Sulphate
Dr E W Schultz and L P Gebhardt of Stanford University report progress in poliomyelitis research. They test zinc sulphate as a preventive and plan next epidemic trials to block virus entry via the olfactory area, challenging vaccines as the sole answer.
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Palo Alto
Calif
E. W. Schultz
Stanford University
Schultz
L. P. Gebhardt
Stanford
Roosevelt
Toronto
Ontario
Stanford Hospital
Dolan Diagnosed With Smallpox After Games
Zion resident and 22 year old basketball player Ernest Dolan complained of deteriorating health after each game. A doctor confirmed smallpox, prompting teammates to visit physicians for vaccinations.
Mesmas Aground Off Moroccan Coast Near Larache
Distress signal from the 4359 ton Greek steamer Mesmas reported as aground between Larache and Cape Spartel on the Moroccan coast near Casablanca.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Mesmas
Larache
Cape Spartel
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Tomat Old Homestead
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Neo
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Sunnyfield
Botts
del May
del Monte
Florida
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National Fruit
Lee
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Fries Ereeeetee
Stine
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Brown Eres Smith
Gulf Oi Dellinger
Anderson
Goress Eee
Gibbstate Eee
Nrae
Brush Creek
John W. Dunlap
Edward R. Dailey
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John E. Helsley and Son
E. L. Gray
Arnold V. Dailey
Lucille
Donald
Anne
A. V
Page
Heironimus
Washington, D. C
Haden G. Heironimus
Brentwood, Md
J. R. Whitacre
H. G. Heironimus
Brentwood
W. D. Dailey
Ridgeway
R. M. Kerns
Siler, Va
Isaac Carson Whitacre
Miss Foster
Lev Oee
Rice Eenne
Wilkins Tones
Shendon Seer
Chain Grocers
SPR «Sve Ver
Kibler Steer
Hutchins
Ai Merriner
White Wee
McKenzie
Winchester Evening Star
Information Bureau
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington
S Rv
Uost
Motorola
Cammer Tire CO
Braddock & Boscawen Streets
Phillips With
Neardey
Phillips Soups
White House
WBC Ritz
van Camp
Bears
Philips Spaghetti
Wheaties
LIBBY
Michigan
Idaho
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Columbia
Morton’s
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Sanico
Sanico Mayon
Lang
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