Appetizer Recipe Mentioned In Early 20th Century Menu
The text describes a tomato juice cocktail served with toasted bread fingers and hard boiled egg yolks blended with horseradish. It also mentions a ship named George Washington tied to President Wilson’s voyage to the Paris Peace Conference and notes a plan to tow and recondition it for naval use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Solomon's Island
Maryland
Maritime Commission
Newport News
Army
Navy
Banks Close January 20 1941 for Legal Holiday
Notices state Lee s Birth day and other banks including Commercial and Savings Bank Union Bank Winchester Shenandoah Valley Nat l Bank and Farmers and Merchants National close on Monday January 20 1941 a legal holiday All maturities due that date will be payable on the following banking day Tuesday January 21 1941 with signatories Sloat Bushnell Brown Yost and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Ant of
Winchester
Harold “ Brown
Cashi Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
Farmers and Merchants National
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An old home remedy promotes Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice as a quick cure for rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. The ad promises 48 hour or overnight relief, a money back guarantee, and availability through Baker's Drug Store and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker's
Wega
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock and Produce Quotations
Market quotations from multiple cities show unchanged potato prices in Baltimore with firm poultry. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep prices at Baltimore and Chicago reflect steady to mixed movement, with lean to good grades and rising packer margins noted. Philadelphia shows stable butter, live poultry, flour, and egg figures for January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Kent Island
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rocks
Virginia to Ship 843 for February Draft Call
The February draft call will select 7,177 from the Third Corps Area, with 4,911 from Pennsylvania and 1,070 from Maryland. Governor R. O’Conor announced Maryland’s quota of 801 white and 269 Black men. Virginia’s quota is 843 to be called between February 24 and March 1924. Pennsylvania draftees to be called between February 5 and March 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Third Corps
Pennsylvania
Maryland
R. O'Conor
Virginia
District of Columbia
How Reno Marriage Licenses Compare to Divorces
In 1940 Reno issued 18,913 marriage licenses while 2,314 divorce suits were filed, showing far more nuptial activity than dissolution.
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Reno
Nevada
Stock Market Report Quotation Highlights From Then Era
Quotations of select stocks include Republic Steel at 20 3 8, Sears Roebuck 76 1 2, Southern Railway 12 5 8 8, Union Pacific 1 4, U S Steel 67, Western Union 21 1 2, Woolworth 33. The list reflects mixed performance with various rail and steel equities noted.
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Republic Steel
Sears & Roebuck
Southern R
O. of N. J. Ae
Tenes Corp. Union Pac. Si
Steel
Va.Car. Pfd
Western Union
Woolworth
British Raid Damages Sicily Airfield Air Losses Reported
Cairo reports a British raid on Catania airfield Sicily destroyed or burned between 30 and 40 aircraft. The raid targets the base from which German dive bombers operated attacking a British naval unit escorting merchant vessels to Greece last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Sicily
Royal Air Force
Catania
Greece
Clarke Co. Schools plan faces revisions after survey
The Clarke County School Board considers reducing to two elementary centers Boyce and Berryville with outlying pupils served. a Morgan's Mill site may be dropped. High school planning centers on one district, with six year options debated. board remains open-minded amid disagreement.
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Boyce
Berryville
Morgan's Mill
Robertson
Richmond
Registrants Asked To Contact Board
The Frederick County Selective Service Board asks all registrants with order numbers 1 through 450 who have not received classifications to contact the Board immediately.
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Frederick County
Unsafe City Hall auditorium and wartime ties in 20 years ago
The Rev W D Smith calls the city hall auditorium unsafe and a firetrap. Bids for operating the theatre and moving picture house reach 1625 yearly from Fred Mayers of Washington with rivals Hable brothers and Emmett L Henry of Winchester. Edith Graham Sigafoose, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs William Sigafoose, marries to Mt Philippine Islands native who later works in Manila and returns to visit. Twins meet at Farmers and Merchants National Bank as Col John Keating and his twin Charley, City Treasurer William T Barr and his twin, jeweler E Bruce Capper and twin John Capper, are observed. Chief Fire Warden J W Sibert backs the silent alarm system now used by Friendship and South End volunteer fire companies. Social notes mention Lewis Pidgeon hosting Mutual Partner's Club with several absent members noted. Wadesville roll call, new member W F Massey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Smith
Fred Mayers
Washington
Moving Picture House
Hable Brothers
Emmett L. Henry
Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Col
John Keating
Charley
Barr
William T. Barr
Lohn Capper
E. Bruce Capper
Lewis Pidgeon
Wadesville
John Thwaite
H. M. Bond
W. E. Branson
L. Lupton
M. Chiles
C. E. Clevenger
W. F. Massey
War notes on German strategy in the Mediterranean
The article analyzes early German efforts to aid Mussolini by targeting the British blockade in the central Mediterranean. It discusses the aim to reinforce Graziani in Africa, the need for Luftwaffe supremacy over the region, and the potential for German troops to assist in Tripoli and Benghazi while recalling a WWI desert tactic involving desert plant rails used to move artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Perie
Reeks
Italy
Marshall Graziani
Africa
Hitler
Libya
Albania
Royal Air Force
Sicily
English Channel
Graziani
Tripoli
London
Axis
Bengali
Sinai Desert
Suez Canal
Sir Archibald Murray
Near East
Boston Wool Market Report Jan 16 Foreign wools active
Foreign wools of fine and half blood grades were moderately active in Boston with South American and Australian wools dominating sales. Prices on spot wools remained steady to firm while domestic wools stayed quiet with no quotation changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U. S. Dept
Middletown Community League Plans Membership Drive
Members of the Middletown Community League will hold a meeting next Tuesday to form a membership drive. President B E Rogers is expected to appoint a committee to lead the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Community League
B. E. Rogers
League
J. W. Ropp
Middletown
Berkeley County
W. Va
Four Killed In Traffic Accidents On Glazed Roads
Maryland reported four deaths from crashes tied to icy roads as sleet and freezing rain coated the state. Victims include James E. Boylan Sr., 16, Westminster. William T. Baldwin, 34, Baltimore. Andrew Langhirt, 55, Baltimore. Dennis Dabney, 44, Baltimore. Roads remained dangerous across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
James E. Boylan, Sr
Westminster
William T. Baldwin
Andrew Langhirt
Dennis Dabney
Haligonians and road safety in winter weather
A Halifax citizen is called a Haligonian while State Roads crews spread cinders on sand hills to improve traction. Sergeant Magaha warns motorists to travel only when necessary as chains become essential in Cumberland area during icy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Chas. Magaha
Halifax
False Teeth Help You Avoid Embarrassment
Advertisement urges use of FASTEETH non acid powder to secure dentures reducing wobble and embarrassment. Claims teeth feel steadier and breath improves. advises purchase at drug stores.
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George W. Kurtz
SSS
S.S.S
Kelly
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
Stock Market Report
Clarke Co
Isagreement
Edith Graham Sigafoose
William Sigafoose
Mt. Philippine Islands
United Telephone Co
U. S
Manila
Philippines
J. W. Sibert
Mutual Farmers’ Club
South End
Farmer's Club
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Boston Wool Market Report
Leaguers
Save
Baylass Department Store
Coimuinawad
Rcales
Raylass
Acer
Baylass Department
Loudoun St
Solenberger
Hdw
Your Christmas Club
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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