Bank Wins Winchester Fair Grounds in Public Auction
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company bid 71,250 for the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society’s 22 acre Winchester Fair Grounds tract. The sale, at 10:30 a m today, was subject to Corporation Court confirmation and divided into eight parcels before the whole. The first lien by Handley Board of Trustees is satisfied, and the sale marks the end of the society as a public institution though revival remains uncertain.
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Winchester Fair Grounds
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Bank
T. Russell Cather
James P. Reardon
R. Gray Williams
M. M. Lynch
Floyd M Brill
Burr P. Harrison
Corporation Court of Winchester
Handley Board of Trustees
Agricultural Society
Funeral rites for Luther A. Huyett held at home near Bunker Hill
Simple but impressive services paid tribute to Luther A. Huyett a Frederick county farmer and former Democratic Executive Committee chairman who died after months of illness. A large gathering, including Democratic leaders, heard readings from Dr. Luther A. Thomas and prayers by Rev. Dr. J B Bittinger. The body was later moved to Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester.
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Luther A. Huyett
Frederick County
Democratic Executive Committee
Bunker Hill
Huyett
Luther A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Thomas
Tennyson
The
W. Va
Winchester
Mount Hebron
Power Company Condemnation Awards Totaling 1632
Commissioners report on Northern Virginia Power Company rights of way across Frederick County land found landowners awarded sums for right of way and damages totaling 1632 with several cases noting no added benefits from the line. Notable awards include 1000 for North Kent street and other parcels in Stonewall district with varying right of way and damages figures.
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Philip Wins
Frederick County
Northern Virginia Power Company
Williams
Scott Grant
Stonewall District
J. B. Bywaters
W. J. Muse
H. B. Kline
J. W. Richard
Rebecca T. Baldwin
Mamie B. Whitmore
Gately and Fitzgerald
W. W. Baldwin
Stonewall
F. E. Gillespie
Alma P. Rutherford
Winchester-Martinsburg Pike
J. Joseph Sullivan
North Kent Street
J. A. R. Snapp
Barnes To Give Recital At Loudoun Street Church
Organist Billy Barnes, regular at Loudoun Street Presbyterian, performs sacred music Sunday evening at 7 40 for 20 minutes before the sermon. He opens with Dvorak Largo from the New World Symphony featuring spirituals, then Donizetti Lucia sextet, Beethoven Minuet in G, and Chopin preludes.
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Billy Barnes
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Mr. Barnes
Largo
New World Symphony
Dvorak
Donizetta
Beethoven
Chopin
Showers and Warmth Forecast Across Atlantic States
The Associated Press reports a week outlook for the North and Middle Atlantic States with showers in the north portion at the start and again midweek. Warmer conditions are expected in the south early in the week and warmer in the north by mid to late week.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
South
Everery
Pallbearers Named for Local Funeral Service
The list of pallbearers includes William Whetzell, Burr P. Harrison, John M. Fishpan, Lewis Pidgeon, Harry F. Byrd, Dr. M. G. Hoffman, R. R. Whitmore, and W. W. Shewbridge, among others, at the recent ceremony.
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William Whetzell
Burr P. Harrison
John M. Fishpan
Lewis Pidgeon
Harry F. Byrd
Dr. M. G.,hoffman
R. R. Whitmore
8. W. Shewbridge
Clarke County shooting at filling station injures 14 year old girl
In Millwood Virginia a 14 year old girl Helen Stuart was shot in the leg when a man at a filling station fired at a car leaving with her companions Harold Stuart and Roy McDaniel. The proprietor Thomas J Smallwood says he shot at the other car thinking a theft was in progress. A hearing is planned next week.
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Millwood
Clarke County
Shenandoah River
Helen Stuart
Goldie Stuart
Boyce
Harold Stuart
Pike
Berry's Ferry Bridge
McDaniel
Stuart
Stuarts
Miss Stuart
Smallwood
Henry C. Smith
Wray
L. N. Chrisman
Blue Ridge
Mr. Smallwood
Homemade Ice Cream At Dorsey's On Monmouth Street
Ice cream shop Dorsey's at 109 E Monmouth Street offers homemade cones and plates with servings in pints and quarts. Local patrons enjoy classic flavors and budget-friendly options in a storefront advert.
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Dorsey’s
Monmouth Street
Election School Board Meet For Frederick County Trustees
The Trustee Electoral Board will convene at the Court House on June 30 at 2 p m to elect school trustees for Frederick county. Split A-1 breakfast 35c business men's lunch 40c minute steak supper 50c Busy Bee Restaurant.
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Election School Board
Court House
Frederick County
Busy Bee
Friendship Fire Company Plans Interim Service
Friendship Fire Company will attend Sunday evening services at Market Street Methodist Church on June 19. Members meet at East Cork Street hall at 7 30 o'clock to march in a body. Assistant Chaplain Wallame Brashears will preach a special sermon. Fred W. Forney, Captain.
Winchester Steam Laundry Price Offer for Family Washing
Let us give you our price on your family washing. Phones 28 and 29. Winchester Steam Laundry advertises its services with a contact number and a note of operating days Monday Wednesday Saturday.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Rural group meetings scheduled for the week
Miss Farrar outlines the county wide home demonstration program for June 20 week. Activities include office work checking garden scores personal service work and 4-H club meetings at Middletown Stephens City Dicks and Welltown clubs with demonstrations on wholesome supper dishes gardening and raw vegetables and plans for a July community picnic.
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Stephens City
F. B. Cadwallader
Whitaire
Fred Whitacre
Friendly Grove
Paul Glynn
Welltown
Banking Strengthens As Tax Act Eases Uncertainty
The June 15 Business Week clipping notes a slow improvement in the banking position. It cites the tax act reducing uncertainty and Morgan launching a Buy Now campaign in the bond market, with developments driven by hopes of a balanced U.S. budget improving Europe's business outlook.
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Morgan
Washington
Europe
Farmer-Labor Party Offers Huey Long Presidential Bid
Omaha June 18 Roy M Harrop, chairman of the Farmer-Labor party executive committee, announced the group has dropped Col Frank E Webb of San Francisco as its presidential candidate and offered the place to Senator Huey Long of Alabama.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Roy M. Harrop
Farmer-Labor Party
Col
Frank E. Webb
San Francisco
Huey Long
Alabama
President Hoover says he will not take part in campaign
President Hoover announced he will not participate in the forthcoming campaign except for a few major addresses. He cancelled plans to open the Olympic games on the western coast and will stay at his desk, with Everett Sanders directing campaign efforts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
Rapidan
Virginia Mountains
Mexico City Quake Kills Several with Massive Damage
An early morning quake struck Mexico City on June 18 killing at least three and scattering fear as many fled to parks. Widespread damage reported across Colima and Jalisco with reports of buildings toppled and telephone lines down between Guadalajara and Colima.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Colima
Mexico
Jalisco
San Francisco
Cal
Mackay Radio Station
Manzanillo
Pacific Coast
Guadalajara
Free 1 Grease Job With 5 Gallons Service
Atlantic Service Station Gore and Prince offers a free grease job with every five gallons of gas and oil change. The promotion runs Monday and Tuesday, June 20 and 21, at the Main and Pall Mall Streets location.
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Atlantic Service Station
Pall Mall
Gore and Prince
Plan to move bonus marchers through Virginia rejected
Adjutant General S Gardner Waller refuses to provide state trucks for moving thousands of World War I veterans back from Washington. Virginia officials note high costs and possible strandings in towns. Maryland may assist with shorter routes while Washington officials seek direct return methods.
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United States Senate
Washington
Winchester
Waller
Associated Press
Richmond
Gardner Waller
Virginia National Guard
State Highway Department
Virginia
T. McCall Sasi
State Division of Motor Vehicles
PD. Glassford
Maryland
Bristol
Fraizier
Butler to Seek Repudiation of Dry Law Plank
Nicholas Murray Butler plans to lead a movement to repudiate the Republican National Convention dry law plank across New England and the Mid Atlantic states. He warned Hoover could gain a sporting chance if successful, or the party may go over the dam if unsuccessful. Butler labeled the Chicago plank a shocking patronage exhibition and named cabinet members and delegates alleged to be officeholders.
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Associated Press
New York
New York World-Telegram Today
Nicholas Murray Butler
New England
Middle Atlantic
Chicago
Republican National Covention
Butler
Ulysses & Grant
The
Treasury
Roy Benjamin
San Francisco
B. A. Valkenburg
Philadelphia
On Scott
Iola
Kan
Europe
Carnegie Peace Nation
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode
Massachusetts
Vermont
Maryland
Baltimore
Col Oswald Telghman Confederate Officer Dies at 91
Col Oswald Telghman, 91, a Civil War Confederate Army officer and former Maryland secretary of state, died at his Easton home. Grandson of Revolutionary War figure Tench Telghman, he wrote on Maryland history and practiced law. Born at Plimhinmon in Talbot County near Oxford.
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Associated Press
Easton
Oswald Telghman
Tench Telghman
Maryland
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Teighman
Edward Warfield
Plinhimmon
Talbot County
Oxford
For Sale 25 Shares of Commercial and Savings Bank
For sale 25 shares of Commercial and Savings Bank on Apply lp 11 R. T. Bryarly.
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Commercial and Savings Bank
R. T. Bryarly
Hausner Seeks Another Try At Atlantic Flight
Polish born American flier Stanislaus Hausner, rescued from the Atlantic a week ago, plans to attempt the New York to Warsaw flight again this year. He sent a message from the Circe Shell, which picked him up 500 miles off Portugal and is returning him to the United States. He asked Britain to send a training ship to salvage his abandoned plane, hoping it would stay afloat for a week or more.
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Associated Press
London
Stanislaus Hausner
Atlantic
New York
Warsaw
Circe Shell
Portugal
United States
Hausner
Five Great Eras of Geological History
The five eras begin with Archaeozoic Proterozoic Paleozoic Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The last two eras hold most geological and paleontological fossil formations.
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Bank For Fair Tract
Corporation Court
Luther Huyett
T. J. Smallwood
Commonwealth
Miss Farrar
Business Week
Cymbeline
Montreal
Canada
Nho Dock
Adjutant-General
Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Albert c. Ritchie
Mepgin Taylor
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Col. Telghman
Woodward’s Barber Shop
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