Red Cross Keeps Christmas Cheer Alive for Homeless Children
The Winchester Red Cross reports three years of aiding families in Frederick County with Christmas boxes and meals. Volunteers delivered cake, nuts, fruit and sandwiches to prisoners and convicts, held services, decorated the dining room, and arranged gifts for fifteen once homeless children. Santa and junior volunteers helped as well.
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Robert B. Nelson
Red Cross
John Kerr School
Bobbie Conrad
Handley School
Edna Lamb
Santa Claus
Winchester
Juniors Bring Christmas Cheer to Portsmouth Veterans Hospital
In December the Junior Red Cross groups from city and county schools sent gifts to 300 sick and disabled veterans at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth Virginia. Letters from grateful patients underscored the joy these remembrances brought. Rural Junior Red Cross units also contributed, aiding thirteen children with Christmas gifts.
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Roy Larrick
R. B. Nelson
C. Vernon Eddy
Melvin Green
B. J. Earp
J. L. Neff
Walter Bosserman
Walker Bond
Tyler
Miss Stowers
Youth from Shamokin Executed for Brother of Sweetheart Killing
Leon Scovern, 20, of Shamokin, was executed in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary in Bellefonte Pennsylvania, for the killing involving his sweetheart's brother. The sentence was carried out this morning as his death penalty.
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Bellefonte
Leon Scovern
Shamokin
Rockview Penitentiary
Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills Offers 7 Percent Preferred Stock
The Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills invites Winchester and nearby residents to purchase 7 percent preferred stock authorized by its charter. Funds will finance expanded production, new machinery, and planned facility growth.
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Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills
Winchester
Adjacen Territories
Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills seeks capital expansion in Winchester
Since its founding the mill has met all obligations and paid every dividend promptly. Earnings last year were five times the preferred stock requirements, and demand exceeded capacity. New capital will fund more machinery and working capital to boost output and bring more money into Winchester.
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Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills
Winchester
Company Eyes Stock Block to Meet Rising Demand
The firm announces plans to boost production with a new addition and machinery to satisfy growing demand. It has turned down large bona fide orders in the past year and now offers stock to raise working capital. Directors listed: Arthur G. Jones, Max Krol, Ralph R. Rosenberger, W. E. Irwin, H. C. Sheetz. Subscriptions may be returned if over subscribed.
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Arthur G. Jones
Max Krol
Ralph R. Rosenberger
W. E. Irwin
H. C. Sheetz
Murder Conviction Tells of Baranoski Family Tragedy
Scovern was convicted of killing Joseph Baranoski brother of his former sweetheart Mary. The crime followed a Sunday morning January 30 1924 when he waited for the family to return from church and shot the girl her father John Baranoski and two brothers John Jr and Joseph Joseph died days later while the others survived.
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Scovern
Joseph Baranoski
Mary
Amst
John Baranoski
John, Jr
Joseph
Survivors improve after deadly train and auto crash
Annapolis December 23 reports on a crash between a Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad train and an automobile. Gordon Cude shows signs of recovery from critical condition while Horace Hardesty suffers a fractured hip. Mrs Alipia Hardesty and Miss Bessie Sinclair sustained fatal and non fatal injuries respectively in the collision.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Gordon ¢Ude
Wras
Alipia Hardesty
St. John's College
Claude
Charles Bagley
Baltimore
Rod
Horace Hardesty
Bessie Sinclair
Yellow corn boosts egg production and chick growth
Yellow corn proves superior to white corn in hen rations and chick growth due to higher vitamine A content. White corn risks eye trouble, lower egg yield, and poor hatch. Green feed helps, but cannot fix Vitamin A deficiency. adding cod liver oil at 2 percent by weight to mash mitigates the deficiency for baby chicks.
Three Days Cough Signal Prompts Creomulsion Remedy
Persistent coughs and colds threaten health. Creomulsion, a creosote emulsion, claims to soothe and heal inflamed membranes while inhibiting germ growth. It is advertised as a two fold treatment for coughs bronchitis and respiratory disease with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
McCoy's Tablets Promote Weight Gain Claims
A New Jersey man and others report weight gains after using McCoy's Tablets for several weeks. The ad promises an ironclad guarantee: if a thin, underweight person does not gain at least 5 pounds after purchasing four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes, the druggist may refund the price. The product is sold as McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets.
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Atlantic City
McCoy
Alabama
Baker's Drug Store
America
Narrow sheds for farm implements improve shelter and access
For year round tool protection a long narrow shed is best. Consider annual cost over first price and use available materials for longest life. Options include reinforced concrete blocks hollow clay tile galvanized iron lumber. Start small and expand as needed.
Reference order directs Master Commissioner in Chancery to appraise Hyde property
In the Circuit Court for Frederick County Virginia the January 3 1928 decree orders Master Commissioner to determine Hyde P S Hyde realty whether fee simple and rental value to list liens including unpaid taxes and priorities and to convene all creditors, with inspection of documents at 45 West Boscawan Winchester on February 4 1928 and continue if needed.
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Hyde
Frederick County
Virginia
P. S. Hyde
Winchester
West Boscawan Street
Control Cabbage Worms With Arsenate Mixture
Cabbage worms and aphids appear seasonally. a cheap remedy uses 15 parts powdered lead arsenate to 100 parts hydrated lime. Dust on plants without harming human use. repeat applications during the season, especially as heads form.
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