Delinquent HO L C borrowers warned of foreclosure risk
Jack Kennan, district manager in Harrisonburg, urges homeowners to keep current on Home Owners' Loan Corporation loans. A national check-up will verify payments, with delinquent borrowers facing possible foreclosure. Send payments by check or money order to the Baltimore regional office, attaching the loan serial number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Jack Kennan
Harrisonburg
Home Owners’ Corporation
Kennan
Loan Corporation
Equitable
Baltimore
Early sight aids traced from antiquity to Franklin
The Washington Star notes spectacles likely emerged in antiquity with Nineveh lenses dating to the seventh century BC. Nero used a concave jewel to aid sight. Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals, with evidence suggesting he developed them before his 1776 trip to France, based on a letter to George Whatley dated May 23, 1785.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Bacon
Washington Star
Nineveh
B. C
Nero
Benjamin Franklin
George Whatley
London
France
January Weather Rewrites Records Across Region
January ends with record low temps across the county including 22 below at Star Tannery and 9 below at Winchester Lab oratory. Snow drifts reach 7 feet in Hayfield and back country, with 23 inches total in January and 3.92 inches of precipitation. roads opened gradually as crews pushed drifts back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Star Tannery
Fawcett
Rock Enon Springs
Hayfield
U. S
Otis the cat saves wild bird from death in Towanda
In Towanda Otis the cat trained by Pat L. G. Walker rescued a nearly frozen wild cracker by carrying it indoors and placing it by a stove. After thawing, the bird was fed and released. Other odd clippings include a Dallas shorthand joke and a snowbound bird at Williamsport window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis
Towanda
Pat L. G. Walker
Walker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Sam
NAVY
Ward
WFBR
Silvania
Oxfords
de Eerett
S. Loudoun St
Wardoleum
Montgomery Ward
Dallas
Tex
Bird
Williamsport
George Herbert
West Chester
Morton
Thomson
Farmer
Savannah
Joseph Milwaukee
Frank
Joseph Kuklinski
Joseph
Kuklinski
Frank Zalewski
Main St
J. W. Haines
National Avenue
Stewart Inn
Stewart St
Falirmont Avenue
Cameron St
Virginia
Hunter’s
Statesville
N. C
Rawleigh
Dept
Saveniences
Parkway
Richmond
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!