Friday Wedding Superstitions Across Britain and France
A historical note surveys wedding superstitions with Britain and France stressing Friday avoidance, favored months June and October, fall or conjunction moons, Perthshire year-end luck, and Sunday as preferred in parts of England and Scotland. It also notes French belief in the first Friday of the month as lucky and Scottish customs tied to quarter-year timing.
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London
Scotland
Perthshire
England
How to Avoid Tuberculosis in Hogs and Herds
United States Department of Agriculture guidance warns tuberculosis causes heavy hog losses and risks human infection. It advises pasteurizing milk fed to hogs, keeping hogs away from tuberculous cattle, sanitary housing, clean water, ventilation, and if prior TB appeared, culling breeding stock to raise clean pigs from fresh stock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
New York
Protein essential to low cost hog production
A guide notes that strong, vigorous pigs start at farrowing and stress the brood sow's diet. It recommends a protein rich ration using shorts, tankage, oil meal, or alfalfa hay. Grinding alfalfa and using self feeders improves intake, with alfalfa often cheaper on corn belt farms and balancing the corn ration.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Plums Thrive in Henyard
Plums perform best in poultry yards but roots need protection. Lay stones around trees when setting them out to prevent damage from fowls.
Predige Yourself to Save to the Ut Most
The fragment urges saving and disciplined budgeting as a path to financial security and mindful spending. It emphasizes self-control, avoiding waste, and setting aside a definite amount for future needs or goals.
Doan's Kidney Pills Earn Winchester Praise
Winchester resident Mrs. D. H. Anderson reports sharp back pains easing after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She praises the remedy, saying her back is sound and kidneys normal with no further trouble. Price 60 cents at dealers.
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Winchester
Doan
D. H. Anderson
S. Main St
Reformed Church Reunion Set for Massanutten Academy
Virginia Classis special committee schedules a reunion for Reformed Church of the Valley on Wednesday July 24 at Massanutten Academy campus in Woodstock. Visitors are expected. program aims for interest and profit with prominent speaker Dr Leinbach editor of the Messenger and music to accompany the day.
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Spcial Committed of
Virginia Classis
The
Reformed Church of the Valley of Virginia
Massanutten Academy
Woodstock
Leinbach
the Messenger
Marlboro Notes Visit Varied Guests In June
Marlboro Virginia notes list visits from Jas B Smith and Mrs M P Smith to Ellen Campbell, Miss Ethel Staples and Mrs Joe Boggs with local families, plus Carl Martin Carricks Emma and Mildred Massey of Relief visiting. Other travelers include C H Whittington A J Rogers in Winchester on business. Local visits continued by Mr D Ambrose Clary and others.
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Marlboro
Jas. B. Smith
M. P. Smith
Ellen Campbell
Ethel Staples
Joe
Boggs
Mesers
Carl Martin
Carricks
Emma
Mildred ‘Massey
Relief
Forrest Hite
Perry Bowman
Edinburg
E. M. Funk
Middletown
Malite Baker
Sine
Fitch
Mr. Glass
Winchester
K. S. Brent
Russell Shull
Hugo, Okla
W. H. Thanholtz
James Boggs
J. W. Linaburg
What Savings Stamps Will Do
An old wartime note explains that a five dollar savings stamp buys one fifth of a mile of bandages enough for fifty five wounds or can purchase gauze plaster for one hundred soldiers. It states a five dollar stamp can render painless forty operations and protect fourteen wounded soldiers from lockjaw while forming first aid packets for sixteen injuries and providing adhesive plaster and surgical gauze for hundreds of wounded soldiers.
Oates Wins Then Loses In Frederick County Case
In Frederick county circuit court Judge F. B. Whiting ruled in Hiett Oates versus Hunter Good, both West Virginia residents. Oates claimed compensation for years of labor, lodging, and laundry. Good offset with a board bill. Judgment awarded Oates 150 dollars with interest. Good allowed a 136 dollar board claim, leaving uncompensated work.
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Frederick County
F. B. ‘Whiting
Hiett Oates
Hunter Good
West Virginia
Good
Oates
Whiting
Walk At Eighty With Vigour Despite Age
A health article argues aging does not require a bent posture or cane and urges countering disease early. It promotes Haarlem Oil Capsules Gold Medal as a worldwide remedy with claims of backache kidney and bladder relief and uric acid related ailments.
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Haarlem
Surprise Party Honors Miss Burkhart in Mount Williams
Miss Katie Burkhart received a delightful surprise from friends at a Saturday evening gathering in Mount Williams. The event featured games and a list of attendees including Misses Erna Glese Agnes Hodson Anna Hodson Martha Moore and several Snapp sisters, plus Messrs. Hodson Fawcett Snapp Williams and Bucher. Several attendees planned travel to Harrisonburg for a state normal school session.
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Mount Williams
Katie Burkhart
Erna Glese
Agnes Hodson
Anna Hodson
Martha
Bawna Moore
Lena Orndorff
Ethel Snapp
Vergie Snapp
Beulah Snapp
Char Me Hodson
Julian Fawcett
Hunter Snapp
Jacob Snapp
Ollie Tevalt
Noel Williams
Leonard Williams
Elmer Bucher
Marie Orndorff
Harrisonburg
State Normal School
Coal Production To Be Speeded Up
The National Coal Association formed a special production committee led by A. R. Hamilton of Pittsburgh to cooperate with the government on the coal shortage. Every producing field will be represented and frequent meetings will occur through summer and fall with a goal of 12,000,000 tons a week.
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Washington
National Coal Association
A. R. Hamilton
Pittsburgh
Philosophy of the W. 8. 8. Is SAVE, SAVE, Cave
A fragmented motto reads SAVE, SAVE, Cave, attributed to the W.8. 8. era. The snippet hints at a cautionary or mnemonic phrase connected to a local historical group or movement.
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Supreme Service
Home Insurance Co
America
H.R. Bryarly & Brg., Agents
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Mae
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Owensboro
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Jordan’s Springs
Co. M. Clark
Jordan Springs
National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wis
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Norfolk
Reformed Church
Marlboro News
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Mr. Oates
Miss Burkhart
H. W. Orndorff
Richard
G. F. Moore
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Aalé
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