Isaac Creek Notes Illness in Virginia District
Mrs. Lee Kerns travels to Winchester to tend her ill grandson with cholera infantum. Evers Shanholtz remains ill. Clara Tinsman and Mrs. G E Clark are homebound. Rebecca Light visits E C Tinsman. Edward Rodeffer visits Reynolds Store. Nellie Dailey visits Whitacre friends. Mr. and Mrs. G E Clark and
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Isaac Creek
Lee Kerns
Lack Braithwaite
Winchester
Evers Shanholtz
Clara Tinsman
E. C. Tinsman
G. E. Clark
Rebecca Light
Edward Rodeffer
Reynolds Store
George Clark
Nellie Dailey
Whitacre
Legion Auxiliary reports flood relief efforts along Mississippi
At the July meeting the American Legion Auxiliary reviews flood relief work in Mississippi and nationwide. The group notes $18 923 90 in department contributions with $11 million disbursed and urges clothing donations for upcoming needs. A fall membership drive aims to boost representation and service-minded participation.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Mississippi
Auxiliary
American Legion and Auxiliary
The
Star
Presbytery Receives New Pastor August 3
The Rev. Samuel R. Diehl of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania has been called to Martinsburg West Virginia to serve as pastor replacing Dr F M Woods. The Presbytery of Winchester will meet there August 3 to receive Diehl and arrange his installation.
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Samuel R. Diehl
Wilkesbarre
Presbyterian Church
Martinsburg
W. Va
F. M. Woods
Winchester
Diehl
Dodge Brothers Unveil America’s Fastest Four Cylinder Cars
Dodge Brothers announces a new line of fastest four cylinder cars in America priced to sell in large volumes. The initial diesel includes a four door sedan with later roadster and coupe, offering high speed efficiency, roomy interior, and advanced features such as a 13 to 1 steering ratio and standard sliding gear transmission.
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Dodge Brothers
America
Oiling of Roads Continues In Some Portions of State
State Highway Commission reports roads between Richmond and Danville completed and outlines next week oiling plans on routes 10 12 37 13 18 and 29. Route 33 details and Shenandoah Valley pike names noted. Martinsville to NC line under construction with detours through Leasville and Lone Oak in dry weather.
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Richmond
Danville
Suffolk
Smithfield
Martinsville
Stuart
Wilderness
Lignum
Powhatan
Brookneal
Valens
Mathews C. H
Gloucester
State Highway Commission
Winchester
New Market
Roanoke
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Lexington
Rocky Mount
Big improvement in state hotel service noted
Dairy and Food Division of the Department of Agriculture reports marked improvement in hotel sanitation and comfort across the state after the hotel legislation of October 1922. The act, with a five year trial, repealed the old hotel law and moved hotel oversight from the state board of health to the division. The reform arose from traveling men’s organization and a drafting conference, aiming for better equipment methods surroundings and sanitation.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Dairy and Food Division
Department of Agriculture
State Board of Health
Schere To Stop Bed Check Passers
In Danville Virginia Bruce Strange a billiard room proprietor uses a glass frame to display unsupported checks with only the back visible. A notice over the frame marks a date when checks will be turned face front. Three bad checks were paid within a day after the display went up.
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Danville
Bruce Strange
Local Odd Fellows Entertained by Tri-County Association
Front Royal Virginia July 15 Bentonville Lodge No 4 Odd Fellows hosted the Tri-County Association comprising lodges from Frederick Clarke and Warren counties Loyalty Rebekah Lodge of Bentonville provided refreshments Mr Snapp of Winchester reported on the past year s work and Rev H J Parker of Front Royal gave an address Officers elected President Claude Stickley Vice President Leonard H Ball Secretary Harry Brill Treasurer C W Burner Publicity agent W H Mauck
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Front Royal
Bentonville
Odd Fellows
Tri-County Association
Frederick
Clarke
Warren Counties
Loyalty Rebekah
Snapp
Winchester
H. J. Parker
Claude ‘Stickley
Leonard H. Ball
Harry Brill
C. W. Burner
W. H. Mauck
London’s Grand Old Woman at 100 Celebrates With Bridge
Mrs. Frederick Pennington celebrated her 100th birthday in London with a quiet bridge game with friends. An intimate friend of Gladstone and Disraeli, she helped pioneer the women’s suffrage movement and remains active through tennis and other games. She has 477 direct descendants and kept open house at her London residence. Aviation leaders say airplane motors are ahead of the machines, delaying the Non-Stop Around the World flight.
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Associated Press
London
Frederick Pennington
Gladstone
Disraeli
Bright
Pennington
England
English Locomotive to Attend B and O Centenary
The Great Western Railway will send a powerful English locomotive, capable of 80 mph, to Baltimore for the Baltimore and Ohio centenary parade and pageant, Sept 24 to Oct 8, marking the first such cross Atlantic exhibit since Chicago 1893. Sir Felix Pole arranged the gesture, underscoring shared rail history with B and O dating to 1827 and 1833.
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Baltimore
London
Great Western Railway of England
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
Great Western Railway
Felix J. C. Pole
95 Year Old Woman Plans Europe Tour by Plane
Mrs. J. E. Henry of Lincoln New Hampshire arrived in England and plans a Europe tour by automobile and airplane at age 95. She will visit London galleries the Tower of London and then fly to Paris and onward to Italy.
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Europe
London
J. E. Henry
Lincoln
New Hampshire
England
United States
English Channel
Paris
France
Italy
Right Royal, Noted Virginia Jumper, Sold to Philadelphian
Right Royal, a leading Virginia show jumper bred from George Smith and Fair Empress, has been sold by Dr. L. M. Allen to a resident near Philadelphia. The deal, routed through Dr. Woodward of Media, Pa., valued around 5000 dollars. The horse has earned top placements at Millwood Upperville and Culpeper shows.
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Berryville
Right Royal
Virginia
L. M. Allen
Philadelphia
Woodward
Media
Clifton
Dr. Allen
Gaylord
Blue
Culpepper
D. N. Lee
Twin Sisters 86 Celebrate Birthday Bond Across Years
In Peoria Illinois two twin sisters Mrs. Marie Engelke and Mrs. Asan Monroe, both among the country’s oldest twins, will turn 86 on July 21. Born in Prussia they came to the United States at age ten, married, and are now widows. Mrs. Engelke often walks two miles to visit her sister.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Ill
Marie Engelke
Asan Monroe
Prussia
United States
Engelke
Reverend Price to Move to Kentucky Church
The Rev. A. O. Price, longtime pastor of Woodstock’s Presbyterian Church and known in Winchester, will transfer to the Presbyterian Church at Catlettsburg Kentucky. The Winchester Presbytery will convene August 3 to consider the transfer petition, Ebenezer Presbytery in Kentucky is involved. The item includes a magazine quip about the earth’s weight followed by a lighthearted note.
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A. O. Price
Presbyterian Church
Woodstock
Winchester
Cattlettsburg
Presbytery
Ebenezer
Kentucky
Pireside
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