Defender of Western State Hospital Voices Support From Former Patient
A former patient writes from Washington to defend Western State Hospital Staunton and its superintendent Dr J B DeJarnette against recent feature stories. The letter recounts personal treatment on a difficult ward and praises hospital staff, contrasting private and state facilities and urging readers to seek truth over sensationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western State Hospital
Staunton
J. 8. DeJarnette
Richmond
Annie Miller Almond
Washington
Shirley Carter
Carter
DeJarnette Sanatorium
Virginia
Western State Hopital
Praise for the Sanatorium Superintendent and His Service
A letter lauds the Western State Hospital superintendent for humane care of insane patients. The writer recalls bed rest, feeding by spoon, and daily devotion, praising tireless hours and kindness while condemning neglect at other hospitals. The piece envisions a lasting public memorial in the DeJamnette Sanatorium and seeks universal recognition of the administrator’s devoted service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Western State Hospital
Winesap Apples Bring High London Prices
Virginia Winesap shipments to London recently sold at 8.50 per barrel for 3% sizes, the season's top European price aside from Albemarle Pippins. After $3.50 expenses deduction, growers netted about 5 per barrel. Virginia York Imperial apples also fetched 2% sizes at 7.75 per barrel, with earlier England prices at 4.92 and 4.50 in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
London
Eng
York
England
Girl Friend of Death by Own Action Banished
Virginia George of Petersburg West Virginia was ordered to leave Maryland staying out of the state after questions in Cumberland Peoples Court on a vagrancy charge. Police linked her to the death of Charles Oden 20 of Laing avenue who took poison Friday night after a quarrel had been observed between them.
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Virginia George
Petersburg
W. Va
Maryland
Peoples Court
Cumberland
Charles Oden
Laing Avenue
Oden
To Serve Supper In Boyce Parish Hall Friday
BOYCE Va Jan 31 The Episcopal Sunday School teachers will sponsor a chicken supper February 2 beginning at 6 o clock Ice cream and cake extra Proceeds go to the Sunday School Easter program.
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Boyce
Episcopal Sunday School
Agnes Page
Betty Bradford
Helen Pifer
Frances
Jane Jolliffe
W. A. Heine
Baltimore
Frances van Deventer
Leesburg
Kane
Rebecca Diffenderfer
Edward Cooper
Berryville
Robert Carper
Doris Reid Jolliffee
Elspeth Peyton
Middleown
Myrtle Rhodes
B. M. Morgan
Mary E. Smith
J. L. Carper
Lynchburg
Minnie Royston
Ernest Adams
Lillie Garver
Winchester
Iris Shumate
Roanoke
Irene Strode
Thomas Sprint
Lora Stinson
Nettie Tucker Yowell
Mount Carmel School
Theresa Levi
Arlington
James Dorsey
W. H. Brubaker
W. D. Burter
R C. Smith
Townley Hook
Robert Pyle
Thomas Clark
Arthur Lee Lowe
Miss Peyton
Russell, Lloyd
Kenneth Beard
Old World Map First Uses Name America in 1507
The oldest map with the label America appears on a world map created in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller. The map marks a naming milestone in early American cartography and exploration history.
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America
Waldseemyler
Apple Orchard in Virginia Sells at Public Auction
Under a 1928 deed of trust the George W Bowly and Nannie Wood Bowly and others defaulted on a loan to Shenandoah Valley National Bank. Trustees will auction Hill Crest Orchards a 98 acre Frederick County property including 74 acre bearing orchard and a six room house. Auction set for February 17, 1934, in Winchester Virginia with terms: one third cash, two thirds by bonds, six percent interest, secured by trust deed.
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George W. Bowly
Nannie Wood Bowly
J. Frank Beck
Vera Beck
R. Gray Williams
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
County Court
Frederick County
Apple Pie Ridge
Welltown Pike
Yorks
Ben Davis
Staymans
Jonathans
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Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
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J. P. Childs
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