Oranda Brevities: Local Notes and Visits
Weather scarce rain for crops. Palmer Lime and Cement Company operating full force. Guests include Miss Mabel Albusei of wa. W. Va. and Mrs. Bertha Kibler visiting Mr. Hood’s family. Local residents: R. Li Philpott, John Booth, A. W. Miller injured by hay fall. Sunday guests and farm picnics noted. Washington visitors C. W. Racey family return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Lime & Cement
Wall Street
Ette Himelright
Robert Grim
Winchestotes
Summit Point
Mise Mabel Albusei
Wa. W. Va
Mr. Hood
R. Li Philpott
John Booth
Capon Road
A. W. Miller
Byp
Headley
Winchester
Bertha Kibler
A. P
Russell Miller
Kim Glen Farm
C. ‘Bo Carrier
Valley Pike
John Chandler
Daugher
Cedar Grove Locals Picnic Announcement
Heasant Valley Sunday School will hold an all day picnic on Saturday. Everyone is invited. Mrs. Stottler of Marburg and Mr. John Livengood join Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Dix for Sunday plans.
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Idar Grove
Heasant Valley
Ighter
Stottler
Maraburg
John Livengood
C. C. Dix
Local Social Notes Highlight Area Visits and Recoveries
Mr and Mrs Fremont Dick attended the B convention at Dayton last week. Mr and Mrs James Strother have returned to McKeesport Pa after visiting here. Mrs Elmer Maleister is improved and home from hospital after typhoid fever. Mrs Walter Johnson and family from North Carolina spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Gold Clark. Mirson Shoemaker and family visited Mrs Dean Clark. Mr and Mrs Ben Braithwaite and Anna visited Martinsburg relatives. John Braithwaite Charley Braithwaite Jr and Grace Braithwaite visited Mr and Mrs Charles Braithwaite Sr.
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Fremont Dick
Dayton
James Strother
McKeesport
Elmer Maleister
Walter Johnson
James Keshia
Otth Carolina
Gold Clark
Mirson
Dean Clark
Ben Braithwaite
Anna
Martinsburg
A. G Clark
John Braithwaite
Charley Braithwaite
Grace Braithwaite
Charles Braithwaite, Sr
Card of Thanks for Mary F Thompson
The Thompson children express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their mother Mary F Thompson and for the beautiful flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Thompson
Detroit Tigers Pick New Second Baseman After Pratt
Detroit Tigers appoint a new second baseman succeeding Del Pratt as the club reshapes infield for the season. The move signals a shift in veteran leadership and aims to bolster defense and run production behind the plate.
Reliance Brevities Note Local Social Visits
Mrs J B Headley returned home with daughter Mrs Ray Weirich of Washington after visiting relatives in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Miss Corrine Willey visiting aunt Mrs Susie Stickley near Strasburg. Several families from Washington and nearby towns visit and care for ill relatives. mentions the Dovel family improvements and attendance at a Christian Endeavor convention in Dayton Virginia.
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Hede
Poole
Stanley
Obituary Poems and Print Culture Shifts
Fragmentary notice reflects a local editor jab about obituary poems and printing customs. It hints at changes in labor from cooking to sewing and house cleaning, claiming advertising pays and editors resist shifting duties amid broad wartime pressures.
Data Prepared For Sunday School County Convention
Sunday school delegates meet at Old Bethel on August 21 for a county convention program with songs, prayers, and lessons. Rev J B Williams hosts a session featuring memory verses, graded teaching methods, and demonstrations by the Gore and Old Bethel schools. Delegates from multiple towns attend and plan the Tri-State League outing at Funkstown on August 16 and a fall session in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Sun School
Old Bethel
J. B. Williams
Virginia Whitacre
Redland
Williams
Uceay
Old Bethel School
Gore Sunday School
Moses
Sone
B. V. Unger
Home
Department of
Gainesboro
P. C. Parlett
Teachers’ Training Department
W. E. Smith
Catherine Haines
Redland School
Mr. . Williams
P.C. Pahlett
Sec’y. Pro Tem
Hagerstown
Frederick
Williamsport
Funkstown
Baltimore
Winchester
Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
Tri- State League
Daniels-Wallace
Hotel
Berkeley
Tri-State League To Hold Its Fall Convention Here
Approximately eighty Red Men and ladies attended the summer session of the Tri State League of Red Men in Martinsburg W Va held in the wigwam of Tuscarora Tribe No 50 Improved Order of Red Men. Mrs Cora Whis...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State League
Pocahontas
Tri- State League
Order of Red Men
Martinsburg
W. Va
Cora Whis
Free Coal Club Offers Ton Of Coal With Heatrola Purchase
Winchester residents are urged to join the Free Coal Club by Neidemeyer & Co. Members pay weekly dues of 2.00, which are credited toward the Heatrola, and receive one ton of coal free in September when the club ends. The Heatrola heats evenly by circulating air and resembles a mahogany cabinet, avoiding the drawbacks of stoves or fireplaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Neidemeyer & Co
Free Coal Club
Heatrola
Fragmentary OCR Item Yields Sparse Readable Bits
The readable text fragments mention names and places in a jumbled OCR line. No clear event, date, or outcome is discernible, leaving only scattered identifiers and partial terms.
Child Poisoned By Mercury Dies In Clarke County
Boyce Virginia July 31 Little Mil dred Defflinger aged five years died Monday after illness since last Wednesday from bicarbonate of mercury poisoning. She accidentally touched a box containing the poison and ingested dust. A doctor attended quickly but there was no hope. Survived by mother Mrs Robinson. Body taken to Front Royal for burial Wednesday. Community extends sympathy to the bereaved mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce
Mildred Deffflinger
Omad
Sue
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Detroit Tigers
del. Pratt
Keatie Burke
Detroit
Virginia League
Ty Gobb
W. Cammer & Son
Kernstown, VA
Spartan
Satisoe Beograd
S. S
SS. Cords
Maxwell J. H. Cooley
Chrysler
Mickie
Comncatia Printing
Deat Wo
H. W. Barrett
N. Kent Street
England
Croydon
Brough
Hull
Jeff
Mutt
Gare
Dow
Teow
Mercuary
Clarke Couty
Biiretors
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Winchester Garage
D. W. McIlwee, Mer
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