Girl Who Saved Train From Wreck Is Given Reward
Esther Frances Hill a young Negro girl of August Maryland was awarded 100 by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for flagging a passenger train July 10 after a tree fell across the tracks between Weaverton and Hagerstown Officials said she did not risk her life and that the tree did not prove the train would wreck given the line’s slower speeds
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Esther Frances Hill
Baltimore and Ohio
Weaverton
Hagerstown
Canterbury Brevities from CANTERBURG Virginia
Local notes record visits and calls across Canterbury Brevities including Mrs L J Cave and daughter in Refuge and Ida Fellows in Toms Brook, with other residents visiting family, summer school departures, and social gatherings at Hale home. Names include Mrs H C Cave Rae Frank R Heise Ernest Locks Willig Suddith Clemons Hale Albin Helmick Cunningham Mary Nancy Dovel The silk quilt won by Hunter Ritenour is noted. Harry Cave went to Washington for a new post.
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Canterburg
L. J. Cave
Howard White
Refuge
Ida Fellows
Toms Brook
H. C. Cave
Rae
Frank R. Heise
Washington
J. C. Hale
Ernest Locks
Martinsburg
W. Va
Harrisonburg
Roy Albin
Helmick
Cumberland
Cunningham
Mary
Nancy Cunningham
Ladies Aid Society
Hunter Ritenour
Harry Cave
Thelma Dovel
Jessie Carpenter
Berryville
Chester Helmick
Local folks host visits and summer gatherings in area
Cumberland, Mrs. Cunningham and son Howard and Mrs. B C Painter are mentioned with social visits. Frank Perry stayed with his daughter Mrs. Lloyd Painter. Floyd Hudson and wife plus child visited Carrie Hudson. Crumm Clevenger from Pontiac Illinois and family visit Archie Clevenger area kin. Woodman’s picnic near White Hall draws many locals on Saturday July 11. Fay Clemons returns to Gore after weekend with Hale family, sister-in-law Frank Hesse joins. H C Cove and Rae return to Washington on Monday.
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White Hall
Fay Clemons
Gore
J. C. Hale
Frank Hesse
H. C. Cavé
Rae
Washington
Local grocer offers cabbage beets carrots and more
F A Shryock advertises a full line of vegetables including cabbage beets carrots and tomatoes plus groceries gas and oil for delivery call IRQ maT on 7-14-11mo for service.
Free 6 Acre Camping Site for Tourists in Front Royal Area
A public notice advertises a six acre camping site with modern facilities including a ladies room, located at the corner of Millwood Avenue and Front Royal Road. The item titles the spot as a tourist appeal and mentions the date code 6-29-1mo.
Jones' Creamery Yard Parties Ice Cream Prices
Advertises ice cream for yard parties picnics and socials dating from 1872. Identifies W. je Fletcher as proprietor and provides phone contact. Includes promotional pricing and product emphasis.
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Jones’ Creamery
Je Fletcher
Stray cow found near Berryville farm resumes owner claim
A stray cow wandered to Owen Cress Farm five miles from Winchester near Berryville Pike. The cow’s owner must identify and cover costs. T. J. Whitacre, R. F. D. 1, Berryville.
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Owen Cress
Winchester
Berryville Pike
T. J. Whitacre
R. F
Berryville
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W. L. Douglas
Peter
Jolliffe & Jolliffe
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Editor
The
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News Daily
FOX News
James Cruze
Kathryn Adams
Virginia Corbin
Harry Lewis
Corinne Fitzgeralds
St. Louis
BELL
Adela Rogers
St. John R
Canterbury
Mer
Palm Beach
Gray & Sheet
F. A. Shryock
Corner Millwood
Front Royal Road
Nainsook Union
ARROW
Monito Guaranteed
S. H. Hable
H. D. Fuller
Orndoff & Brown
Court Square
the Union Bank OF Winchester
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