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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1931
Page
8
Martinsburg Dispatch reports a twenty minute hail storm badly cut Eastern Panhandle orchards near Cherry Run and Gerardstown, damaging Apple Pie Ridge and neighboring peach groves. Officials say the overall loss is yet unestimated, with widespread but uneven impact across the region.
A twenty minute hail storm swept through the Gerardstown region injuring orchards owned by M. W. Fulton and others. peaches fared better than apples with many trees damaged on the west side and high losses anticipated for apples in Busey John Miller Pioneer and G Meade Bowers orchards.
The market report lists local wholesale and retail prices for flour, dairy feed, crackeds, bran, scratch feeds, cornmeal, and butter. It notes mixed and dairy feeds with specific price ranges and includes sheep, hens, ducks, and calves along with wholesale Baltimore figures for wheat and eggs.
Basle Switzerland scene shows Gates W. McGarragh president of the Bank of International Settlements amid Germany loan efforts to stave impending financial collapse. American WWI era reference notes wartime reparations and preparations.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours was 0.69 inch. July to date totals reach 4.92 inches. January through May rainfall for 1932 and the 18 year average are listed, with June and totals shown. First seven months of 1930 rainfall figures are provided for January to July.
The Winchester water system gained about 2 840 000 extra gallons after Shawnee Springs installations. The August 18 1930 item notes several local items including J A Garber renominated by Republicans for the Seventh Virginia District. The Winchester Golf Club ladies beat Martinsburg 182 to 51s. O L Jamison returned from Mackinac Michigan after a meeting with Aetna Life Insurance agents. Blue Ridge League teams Hagerstown Chambersburg Frederick Waynesboro tied for first.
The University of Virginia accepts a 100000 bequest from the late Graham F. Blandy of White Post Clarke county. Handley High School Cadet Band funds reach 1420 for a Canada trip. Senator Borah says prohibition enforcement is weak. Two hundred twenty people are expected to travel to Canada on the Shenandoah Valley Special. Miss Forrest Hope Wall of Los Angeles travels to marry a supposed millionaire.
Fifteen years ago on July 18 1916 German forces were reported making small gains on the Somme Front. Capt Lewis F Cooper was elected again head of the Northern Virginia Power Company. Mrs H C Jones recently ...
A stray sentence notes a big snake on a sofa while city ordinance requires residents to clear weeds around properties. Other scraps remark on border work and a pithy exchange about mosquitoes and Germans, reflecting clipped newspaper chatter and editorial quips.
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