Rockingham County Turkey Hatches Set Early Crop Prospect
In Harrisonburg Virginia on January 20 the Rockingham county turkey industry reports a record first hatch surge with 700 birds and a 70 percent hatch. County Agent S M Cox predicts a half million turkey crop if weather stays favorable and losses stay low. Different producers including Howard Zigler and Charles C Turner report multiple hatches and rising egg production as lights speed laying and early market timing.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
S. M. Cox
Howard S. Zigler
Zigler
Charles C. Turner
Near. Broadway
Mr. Turner
Nair and
Hoover
Timberville
Nair
H. J. Garber
John Shank
Broadway
Turkey
Rockingham
Fire Chief Demands Ban on Chase the Fire Engine
In Cleveland Mississippi on January 20 Fire Chief W T Tatum urged an outright ban on the old American sport chase the fire engine Mayor Claude Westbrook backed the idea and said a stiff penalty ordinance would be drafted to deter crowds from chasing fires and harming property.
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Cleveland
Miss
W. T. Tatum
Claude Westbrook
Public sale of household property at Schenck home
Household furniture and fittings from the residence of Mrs. Mary M. Schenck located one mile west of Stephens City will be sold at 10 A M on Friday January 27 1939. Harry L McCann serves as committee for Mary N Schenck and supervises the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Schenck
Stephens City
Harry L. McCann
Mary N. Schenck
French Table and a Washwoman's Wisdom Across Seas
The author praises French culinary artistry aboard ships and in hotels, noting lavish menus and ceremonious dining. He contrasts grand French cuisine with humble joys, and reflects on a Jacksonville teacher inspired by a washerwoman who sings despite poverty, arguing happiness matters more than classical study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Geer
Jacksonville
Florida
Napoleon
Washwoman
Harvard
Yale
McNaught Syndicate
Corrigan and J P Morgan Meet in Richmond
An elderly man in a hotel lobby observes a striking young flyer, Douglas Corrigan, as he hurried to autograph items in a department store. A reporter approaches the gentleman to inquire about the scene and the celebrity in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Jan
Flying Corrigan
Douglas Corrigan
Financier J Pierpont Morgan Declines Further Comment
A brief exchange finds J Pierpont Morgan stating he is feeling well and on his way south with no further remarks to add. The quote captures a terse moment as the financier offers no additional details.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Open Door Class Choir to Sing at Sunday Service
Members of the Open Door Bible Class of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will hear special music Sunday morning as five Junior Choir members sing at the close of Prof. R. Lee Stickels address at 10 20. The songsters include Betty Patton Dorothy Wingfield Colleen Orndorff Lucy Forney
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
R. Lee Stickels
Betty Patton
Dorothy Wingfield
Colleen Orndorff
Lucy Forney
Diversified farming touted as answer for South woes
H L Majure of Poplar Grove Arkansas told Wall Street brokers that diversification and multiple cash crops lifted him from 20 years of sharecropping to owning 40 acres a home and stock in three years. R B Snowden Jr of Hughes Arkansas supported the plant-to-prosper program as a remedy to falling Southern incomes and criticized cotton centric policy.
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New York
Janu
Wall Street
H. L. Majure
Poplar Grove
Ark
Hunor
Commodity Club
Majure
Mid-South
R. B. Snowden, Jr
Hughes, Ark
Majore
Memphis Commercial Appeal
South
King Cotton
Helena
Public Sale of Limestone Farm in Frederick County Virginia
A court ordered sale in Winchester Virginia on February 4 1939 at 11:00 AM offers a limestone farm of about 106 1/2 acres in Opequon District one mile west of Stephens City with improvements including a seven room house a bank barn and outbuildings. Terms: one third cash and two equal annual installments with bonds and deed of trust or all cash. Committee for Mary Neal Schenck Dunn and Duvall auctioneers.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Harry LcCann
Mary Neal Schenck
Winchester
Opequon
Stephens City
James L. Gardner
M. M. Lynch
Hugh Bradley
Harry L. McCann
Dunn & Duvall
Aucts
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Nice
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