Nomination for U S Attorney in Western Virginia
John Paul of Harrisonburg is nominated by President Coolidge for U S attorney for the Western district of Virginia. The Winchester and Western railroad was bought for 200000 to reorganize. Al Smith and President-elect Hoover are in Florida separately. Commander Byrd flew near the South Pole and found a new island and 14 peaks. Handley High School lost to Frederick 38 to 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul
Harrisonburg
Coolidge
United States
Western District
Virginia
Winchester and Western Railroad
al Smith
Herbert Hoover
Florida
Byrd
King Wodward VII Land
South Pole
Handley High
Frederick
Virginia Horticultural Society Meets in Winchester
Report of the Virginia State Horticultural Society convening in Winchester for the 29th session. North Carolina faces a deficit of eight to nine million dollars due to road bond financing. Local fans raise funds to save the grandstand and bolster a team for next summer. More beds are needed at a hospital serving about 80 000 people. Virginia seeks a federal certificate on Chesapeake Bay oysters as typhoid free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Winchester
North Carolina
Virginia
United States Department of Health
Death of prominent city businessman Gratchen
William C. Gratchen, a leading local businessman, dies after a paralysis stroke. Also noted, Handley High School reports overcrowded buildings in a note from Professor N. D. Cool to the School Board. Stonewall Jackson's widow, aged 82, is seriously ill. Curtis Publishing gifts magazines to local Boy Scouts with expected proceeds around 30 dollars. Virginia Legislature designates February 17 as a legal holiday for the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Ghent. A lighthearted line on vitamin-rich foods ends the snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Gratchen
N. D. Cool
Handley High School
Stonewall” Jackson
Curtis Publishing Company
Boy Scouts
Virginia
Ghent
Great Britain
Capon Bridge Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Capon Bridge notes list residents and visitors including Ama Sionaker from Winchester, Page Heironimus from Washington, Hollis Anderson of Richmond, and Mrs. Gertrude Frye visiting relatives. Miss Lorene Yearwood and others travel to Winchester and Washington. Rev. J C Spindler makes a Cumberland trip and holds services here despite bad weather. Ladies Aid meets February first at 2 30 at Mrs Benjamin Lockhart's home. Mrs Malina Anderson and Flo move to the Gill home for the winter. she is recovering from flu.
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Capon Bridge
Ama Sionaker
Winchester
Page Heironimus
Washington
Hollis Anderson
Richmond
M. C. Jackson
High View
W. H. Manly
Gertrude Frye
Rio
Frye
Marvin Hook
Clara Hawkins
Cold Stream
O’nile Ward
Romney
Ladies Aid of the
Church of Christ
Benjamin Lockhart
Malina Anderson
Flo
C. C. Gill
Anderson
Adlerika claims relief for nine years of gas and sleep loss
A Florida Times Union advertisement features Mrs. E. Touchstone praising Adlerika for easing stomach gas after nine years of unrest. The ad promises one spoonful relieves gas, relaxes upper and lower bowels, and improves eating and sleeping, with Baker's Drug Store named as retailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlerika
Sales Director listings of stock and farm goods dates
A compiled sequence of dates and names for sales of stock implements farm goods and related items across multiple locations including Berryville Middlebourne Strasburg and Clarke County with entries noting stock implements grain household goods and cattle among others. The list spans January through March with numerous sellers and locales.
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Ray Wilson
White Hall
Howard Luttrell
Winchester
Gainesboro
H. H. Kelley
Castleman’s Ferry
T. H. Whittington
Cedar Creek Bridge
Strasburg
Stone Blacksmith Shop
J. H. Bell
Berryville
J. D. O'Connell
Brucetown
John Elliott
Lamp’s
Henry Kyle
A. H. Hummer
Carter Forge
Jhon W. Larrick
Northwestern
Joe Starkey
G. P. Fitchell
Stephenson
Claude Kline
Bromley Farm
D. BE. Wright
Grimes Va
I. P. McKee
White Post
J. B. Legge
Middletown
P. BE. Campbell
Middle Road
C. B. Frye
Strasburg Va
E. G. Grim
Hampaton Farm
L. R. Johnson
Springberry Farm
J. L. Nethers
Bob Lee
Wm. Heflin
J. M. Bennett
Green Springs
S. Shiley
Lupton Farm
Clearbrook
W. Va
C. E. Wisecraver
Guernsey
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South Washington Street
Hansbrough & Carter
Crosley Radio Pine Motor. CO
Braddock St
Nick Lingerin
Amherst St. Hone
DODGE
J. Howard Cather Dodge Agency
Snapp’s Foundry
N. Market St
Auto Parts Corp
Loudoun Street
Loy
Pratts
Winchester Seed CO
Ford Sales and Show Room
Bickers
Ford
Drial TK
Frederick County
J. Louise Berryhill
Wade H.guard
J. Kate
Kate J Guard
Vaucluse
James P. Reardon
I. Z. W. Baker
J. W. Baker
Chicago News
Capon
LOU Bernstein Company
Winchester’s Finest Men’s Store
North
Loudoun St
Frank Gearing
E. Piccadilly St
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Goodyear
W. A. Buncutter & Son
Albin, VA
Wincasster
Pany
Boyce & Texaco
Whippet Price
America
C. B. Organ
Rouss Garage
S. Braddock Street
Jewitt
Essex
H. Winchester, Va
W. Ebert
C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage Corp
Dixie Fire
Doran
Houston Post-Dispatch
Mary Pickford
Philadelphia Bulletin
Packard
Buick
Chrysler
Chevrolet
Essey
Hupp
Nash
Oakland
Overland
Oldsmobile
Reo
F. C
Star
Steadebaker Willys
Knight Velie
Wright Motor Company
McCormick-Deering
Myers
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