Apples Of Better Quality Indicated For Present Year In Virginia
Virginia apple crop estimated at 2 485 000 barrels, up from last year, with best prospects in Piedmont and North Valley. June weather favorable, quality fine, size excellent, minor scab. U S apple crop about 33 196 000 barrels, heavy in Pacific states, but eastern areas fair. Peach crop hurt by April frost, about 250 000 bushels, Albemarle and Crozet shipping patterns noted. Elberta variety arrives mid August.
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Piedmont
North Valley
United States
Pacific States
Mississippi
Virginia
Albemale
Crozet
Timberville
Rockingham County
Shenandoah County
Markham
Warrenton
Fauquier County
Linden
Warren
Monroe
Amherst
Shipman
Nelson
Elberta
Beadly Hurt Trying To Avoid Accident
Bobbie Boden of Brucetown fell while grasping tin to check his fall and severely cut three fingers on his left hand. Four stitches in one finger and two in each of the others were required. He is grandson of Mr and Mrs Jack Bodeny. his grandfather is with the Northern Virginia Power Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie Boden
Raymond Boden
Brucetown
Doi
Master Boden
Jack
Bodeny
Northern Virginia Power Company
Special July Rate for Mail Subscribers Mentioned
In advance by mail the Special July Rate is $3.00 per year for subscribers. Payments save you money and secure the discount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STAR
Orphan convict in Giles jail a well cared for ward
Pearisburg Va July 16 A jury found 11 year old Laudill Dennis guilty of killing 14 year old Otey Laion. He is housed in a large airy room with a female inmate as a guardian figure. Prisoners and townspeople show kindness, with books and food donated daily. Dennis suffered influenza but receives open air exercise and care from relatives and Mrs Harrison Martin, his aunt, who raised him since infancy.
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Pearisburg
Laudill Dennis
Otey Laion
Giles County
A. C. Buchanan
Dennis
Denns
Pearlsburg
Harrison Martin
Clover Hollow
Hopes for Mercy in Case of 11 Year Old Killer
A Washington Post reader urges mercy for a boy of eleven sentenced to fifteen years in prison for killing a playmate. The writer questions the ruling, noting the boy’s orphan status and potential impact of incarceration, calling for clemency and gentler guidance.
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Washington Post
Pattie Otey
Stricken Man Collapses While Apple Picking
Manuel Brumbaugh an elderly man collapsed from heart trouble while picking apples in a county orchard Saturday afternoon. He was rushed to Memorial Hospital in good condition reported as slightly improved. Brumbaugh has lived here over a year and previously owned a farm in Jefferson County West Virginia. He has helped janitor Cochrann at the county courthouse and grounds since arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Brumbaugh
Memorial Hospital
P. W. Boyd
Brumbaugh
Jefferson County
West Va
Erroneous Prices Corrected in Emmert's Dollar Day Ad
Emmert's Dollar Day sale contains pricing mistakes in the summer dresses with errors listed for items marked at 9.95 should be 8.95 and 19.95 should be 16.95. The notice identifies these misprints and updates the correct prices.
Watermelons Car Georgia Dixie Belles rolling prices
Watermelon prices expected to drop as Georgia and Dixie Belles shipments move to Winchester Wholesale Groc. Event notes lower costs and market movement for regional buyers.
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Georgia
Winchester
Special July Rate for Subscriptions in Effect
The notice offers a reduced subscription price of 3.00 per year by mail and 4.00 by carrier, available if paid in advance on or before July 31.
Forty Children Come Here on Fresh Air Fund
Winchester and Frederick county families plan to host forty fresh air children for two weeks this summer. The application deadline extends to July 18, with children arriving July 25 and leaving August 8. Dozens of hosts are listed and a donor offers to fund a child’s two week stay.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Baltimore and Ohio
H. N. Deavers
B. BE. Lee
D. E. Hovermale
M. FE. Adams
Ray Albin
G. W. Cadwallader
H. T. Snapp
James M. Singhass
Annie Bayliss
Linden Singhass
Walter B. Little
Mac. de
Chas. Pifer
T. S. Haymaker
Benj. Massie
Ivan H. Miller
Boyd Richards
B. F. White
Will Wisecarver
H. YD. Albin
Robert Moore
T. J. Jenkins
P. R. Diehl
North Wondoun Street
Yard Party at Greenway Church Benefit
Sun day School fundraiser announced for July 21 at Greenway Church. Committee notes event details and promotional line about Davis' Home-Made mayonnaise.
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Greenway Church
Davis
Weather report for tonight and Tuesday
Fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Light to gentle west or northwest winds become variable.
Dance Tonight at Opequon Lake Park
Free dancing from 9 to 9 30 with music by the West Virginians. Two free dance tickets given away at 9 30. Evening dancing continues for a dollar.
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Opequon Lake Park
West
Apple growers seek early variety consignments to England
Prospects for consignments of early varieties to England look good. From now on shipments arrive at Winchester Cold Storage in carload and less than carload lots. All loads depart refrigerated from Winchester to England. Contact Sprint & Petuley Inc Direct Co operative Fruit Co Ltd Winchester Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Winchester
Sprint & Petuley, Inc
Direct Co-operative Fruit Co
Hoover Receives Loud Welcome in Superior Wisconsin
Secretary Hoover arrives by special train at Superior Wisconsin and is met with sirens bells and a large crowd. He appears on the rear platform and is greeted with cheers for his St Lawrence canal pledge. Mrs Hoover joins him prompting a further ovation as bands play and police restore order for the rest of the 40 mile drive to Cedar Island Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Superior
Wis
Hoover
Washington
President Coolidge
St. Lawrence Canal
Winchester Still Lowest Tax Rate Town In State
Winchester maintains the lowest Virginia tax rate in 1927 at 1.46 dollars per hundred, while cities such as Alexandria 2.65 Buena Vista 2.50 Charlottesville 2.52 and others show higher rates. local social notes mention visitors from Paducah and Washington staying with residents on Cameron Street.
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Winchester
Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of
Virginia
The
Star
Alexandria
Buena Vista
Charlottesville
Clifton Forge
Fredericksburg
Hampton
Harrisonburg
Hopewe
Lynchburg
Newport News
Norfolk
Petersburg
Portsmouth
Radford
Richmond Oe
Roanoke
Staunton
Williamsburg
Special Dollar Day Sales To Begin Wednesday In Winchester
A broad Winchester shopping event starts Wednesday morning with about twenty merchants offering first class merchandise. The Star prints early to distribute 10 000 copies across seven Virginia and West Virginia counties, with trucks and crews ready to deliver the edition to homes of buyers.
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Winchester
Virginia
West Virginia
Lewis and Chichester
Army and Navy
Hammond Dollar
Orndoff and Brown
National Sales Company
Emmett, Son and Company
Wonder's
Jolliffe and Jolliffe
Ramsey Furniture Company
S. Kirson and Sons
the Leader
Moling and Cather
Valley Clothing House
Sample Shoe
Colonial Theatre
Grove Brothers
People’s Drug Company
Alexander's
the Evening Star
Week of Screen Attractions at Colonial Theatre
Winchester audiences can expect a diverse lineup this week at the Colonial Theatre. Reginald Denny stars in Good Morning Judge, Marie Prevost in A Blonde For a Night, Lyn DePutti and Kenneth Harlan in Midnight Rose, Lionel Barrymore in The Thirteenth Hour, Norma Shearer in The Actress with Ralph Forbes, Edmund Lowe in The Wizard, and the ninth chapter of Snowed In. A new policy debuts Saturday with only top comedy dramas and a Western double feature Singer Lezion with Fred Thompson and Silver King, plus The Ninth Chapter.
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Winchseter
Colonial Theatre
Reginald Denny
Marie Prevost
Lyn DePutti
Kenneth Harlan
Lionel Barrymore
Norma Shearer
Lezion
Fred Thompson
Silver King
Stotler Visits from Webster with Parents
Mr. Fred Stotler of Webster New York stays with his parents Mr. and Mrs. H L Stotler. Par Now Save Discount Special July Rate now in effect.
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Fred Stotler
Webster, N. Y
Mrs
H. L. Stotler
Free gasoline for farmers after B & C wreck surprises three counties
Following seven freight cars derailed near Swimley station the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad distributed two tank cars of gasoline to farmers in southern Jefferson County and adjacent parts of Frederick and Clarke counties. Crowds rushed to collect fuel, hauling barrels jars and containers as repairs continued and rail traffic was restored by evening.
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Jefferson County
W. Va
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Swimley Station
Winchester
Pennsylvanian fruit growers tour Virginia orchards
The Pennsylvania State Horticultural Society will lead a fruit growers tour through Maryland West Virginia and Virginia this week led by Dr S W Fletcher head of Penn State horticulture. In Virginia the group will visit Winchester Shenandoah Caverns Mount Jackson Charlottesville and Monticello University of Virginia and Washington D C areas with stops at Green wood Crozet and Staunton. About 75 to 100 Pennsylvania growers are expected to join with 1 30 p m arrival in Winchester tomorrow and a dinner at the Monticello Hotel.
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The
Star
Blacksburg
Pennsylvania State Horticultural Society
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
S. W. Fletcher
Penn State College
Virginia Polytechnic Institution
W. S. Campfield
Virginia State Horticultural Society
F. A. Motz
F. E K. Merrifield
Charlottesville
F. J. Schneiderhan
V. P. I. Research Laboratory
Winchester
Frederick County
Byrd
H. L. Bon«ham
Chilhowie
B. D. Nininger
Robert Nininger
Roanoke
H. L. Price
Pennsylvania
Virginia Horticultural Society
Dr. Fletcher
Martinsburg
Welltown Pike
George Washington
West Virginia University
Concert by Winchester City Band Promises Open Air Evening
The Winchester Concert Band plans another open air concert Tuesday at 8 p.m. on the Court House lawn directed by Prof W H McIlwee. An intermission free will offering will aid general band expenses as the series continues through the summer. The program includes Roland March Abelard and Heloise O Las Rosas Robin Hood A Dream Picture of the Old South American Favorite.
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Winchester
Court House
W. H. McIlwee
Roland
Allison
Abelard
Heloise
Zimmermann
Rosas
Robin Hood
R. de Koven
Next Chest Clinic To Be Held July 20 By Dr E C Harper
The next free tuberculosis clinic will be held Friday July 20 at the District Nurse Association offices in the Chamber of Commerce building. Dr E C Harper of the Virginia State Board of Health will conduct chest examinations from 9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm. All who suspect TB, even mild cases, are urged to attend. Beginning July 12 the Virginia Loan and Thrift Corp will close at 4 pm.
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District Nurse Association
Chamber of Commerce
E. C. Harper
Virginia State Board of Health
Mises Josephine Arthur
Lost tortoise shell rim glasses in Florida storage
A note from the Star office requests return of a tortoise shell rim glasses lost at Guillands and Robinson cold storage in Florida. The brief item lists contact details and dates, urging accountability and retrieval for the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Office
Winchester Steam Laundry Offers Prepaid Vacation Discount
Discount offer promotes prepaid vacation planning with plan to pay now and enjoy later. Mentions Winchester Steam Laundry and SHG as endorsing partners, urging customers to settle in advance for a favorable rate through a carrier.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
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Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Maine
Massa
York
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Arkansas
Idaho
Colorado
Wash
Oregon
Calif
Buchanan
Emmert’s Dollar
Weather Report
Apple Growers
Superior, Wis
Coolidge
J. C. Drummond
Paducah
EB. J. Carlson
Mrs. Drummond
Boston
Kathaleen Walters
J. W. Walters
North
Cameron Street
B.&c
Three Counties
Keystone State Fruit Growers
Buteler's Packing House
City Band
Noticfe
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corp
S& Hott
Sec. Mer
FL. Guillands and
Robinson
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