Yoke strap breaks causing carriage crash on steep hill
BURNT FACTORY Virginia June 10. Ballenger and family faced a serious accident on the way to Winchester when a yoke strap broke on Carter hill near Berryville Pike causing the carriage to run down on the horses injuring one severely. The Fishpaw family attended the Blackstone Woman's College graduation with daughter June Fishpan in 1919.
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Burnt Factory
Ballenger
Winchester
Carterhill
Berryville Pike
Ceese
J. M. Fishpaw
Blackstone ‘Woman’s ‘College
Blackstone, Va
June Fishpan
False Bayer aspirin warning blames talcum fraud
A printed notice warns buyers to seek genuine Bayer tablets with the Bayer cross to avoid talcum powder impostors. The alert claims millions of fraudulent aspirin tablets circulated nationwide and emphasizes the trademark and chemical identity of aspirin as monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid.
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Bayer
Mayer Manufacture
Local Graduates and Extended Family News
Miss Chloe Bromley of Fort Loudoun Seminary is congratulated as a graduate this year and visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bromley. Mrs. C. J. Carver returns from a visit to Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Travers of Stephenson join Mr. and Mrs. George Stump and Mrs. Ama Jackson for a trip to Berryville last Sunday.
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Chloe Bromley
Fort Loudoun Seminary
W. S. Bromley
Bernard Travers
Stephenson
George Stump
Ama Jackson
If I Could Run the Weather by Walt Mason
A satirical verse imagines the poet running the weather for two or three seasons. He casts farmers as victims of an inept system and hopes for a decisive change through voter input and better planning.
Marlboro Neighborhood Notes and Local Visits
Mrs Roe welcomed a 11 1 2 pound son last Wednesday. Hites Chapel Sunday School will host a children's service on Sunday June 15 at 8 p.m. Several local residents from Stephens City and nearby areas visited families in the area on weekends and weekdays.
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Stephens City
Hites Chapel
William C. Roe
Stork
Elwood Egolf
Roy‘esford, Pa
F. H. Shull
H. G. Shull
Washington
S. G. Jamison
Concessions Seen as Key to Avert telephone strike
The Associated Press reports that only eleventh hour concessions by operating companies can stop a strike by about 70,000 telephone and telegraph operators. International president S. J. Konekamp of the Commercial Telegramphers' Union of America spoke after reviews of new reports from locals across the country.
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Associated Press
Chicago
S. J. Konekamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Exotic Lemon-Orchard White Face Lotion Hint
A vintage ad promotes a cheap facial lotion by mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to create a whitening beauty liquid. Sold by grocers and rug or toilet stores for a few cents, it claims to reduce tan redness and windburn. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands for clearer softer skin.
No. 4 Geiser Thresher and Clover Huller Sold
The notice advertises a No 4 Geiser thresher and clover huller wind stacker self feeder and raven equipment available in Crozet Virginia near Box 181.
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Crozet
Norfolk and Western strike drags on at Wilcoe case
ROANOKE Va June 10 More than 8000 shop employees of Norfolk and Western await railroad administration action to settle the dispute over the discharge of eight men at Wilcoe West Virginia last Wednesday. The strike has nearly paralyzed shops across the system and threatens wider railroad worker involvement nationwide.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Railroad Administration
Wilcoe
W. Va
Norfolk and Western
Thought My Time Was Short Said Mrs Henry
A Lucasville Ohio woman shares a Nerv Worth experience after stomach trouble and sleeplessness. She describes dizziness and fear of death before using Nerv Worth at Fisher and Spread’s Pharmacy Portsmouth. After three bottles she claims she can eat anything without pain and supports the product with a dollar back guarantee. Miller’s Drug Store sells Nerv Worth in Winchester.
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Mrs. Henry
Miller’s Drug Store
Winchester
Union Officials Seek Pact To Halt Postal Strike
Officials of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company urged a new contract to avert a strike. Mr. Konenkamp sent a telegram to Samuel Gompers, AFL president in Atlantic City, asking the convention to act against the labor autocracy they claim governs the industry.
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Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
Mr. Konenkamp
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
British Dirigible R-34 May Make Return Cruise
New York June 10 British aviation officials say the dirigible R-34 assigned to fly from England to the United States via Newfoundland around June 30 may attempt a return cruise if the western voyage succeeds.
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New York
England
United States
New Foundland
Help Fill This Space Names Enroll in American Boyhood Drive
A list of individuals including Maj. B. M. Roszel Mrs. B. Roszel Capt. R. T. Barton Miss Lily Baker Mrs Edmonia Baker and many others appears in a solicitation urging readers to invest $1.00 in American Boyhood. The notice labels contributors by titles and initials and ends with a call for involvement.
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B. M. Roszel
Roszel Melvin Green
R. T. Barton
A. M
Lily Baker
Edmonia Baker
H. E. Potts
A. M. Field Stewart Bell
H.F. ‘Byrd
C. V. Eddy
White W. N. ‘Page
Eilen Mann
E. Y. Baker
M. P. Baker Miss 8. V. Baker
T. FE. Baker
L. C. Janney
Sympathy Strike 4 Ends in Winnipeg
Winnipeg Manitoba June 15 the sympathetic strike of the Winnipeg iron workers begun May 15 is considered broken for public safety and welfare. About one third of workers have returned or sought former positions as others have reapplied for work.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Winnipeg@iron workers
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