Barrs Sell Horses to Robert L May
Mr and Mrs Barr sell their show trotter Arthur Watts and pacer Little Peter Pointer to Robert L May tract ion magnate of Alexandria Virginia. May plans to keep them for riding on bridle paths near Washington rather than racing or showing. Mrs Barr formerly Miss Lulu J Barr of this city is the daughter of Louis J Barr. George W Crowser moved the horses to May's stables. Arthur Watts was a prize winning show horse in Virginia and West Virginia. Little Peter Pointer was a familiar track and fair horse in Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Robert
May
Alexandria
Robert Barr
Winchester
Arthur Watts
Barr
Peter Pointer
Washington
Lulu J. Barr
Louis J. Barr
George W. Crowser
Mr. May
Virginia
West Virginia
Mr. Barr
Little Peter Pointer
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Beter
Mechanic Notes on Wheel Spoke and Snap Judgments
Unclear handwritten snippets reference a wheel, a spoke, and an exchange with Mrs Minnie Starkey of Norwalk. The fragment mentions sending ideas to noon and asks about a whip socket and biggy wheel spoke possibly indicating a mechanical discussion or note taking.
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Noah
Minnie Starkey
Economic optimism grows as six months close in 1931
The Commerce Treasury Agriculture and Federal Reserve Board report improving economic trends worldwide with signs of recovery despite ongoing distress. Officials note healthier conditions in reports and a shift toward future prospects, domestic gains outpacing abroad as preparations for revival take hold.
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Departments of Commerce
The
Treasury and Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Business and Finance
Rainfall Report Shows Varying January to June Totals
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ended at 8 a.m. was 2 inches. June to date rainfall sums to 1.57 inches, with 18 year averages for January through May listed against 1932 figures. totals for the first six months show January 1.55 inches, February 0.48, March 2.22, April 1.79, May 1.19, June 3.06 inches.
Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd Receives Byrd Bust
On June 27, 1930 Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd was presented a bust of her son Admiral R. E. Byrd by Charles Bob a New York financier. The Handley High School Handlian annuals rank highly in Class B. Par golf records 43 set by W N Page Jr and Dick Norton. City playgrounds open July 1 under John S Brown Jr. WJSV to air announcements about the Winchester Fair.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd
Admiral R. E. Byrd
Charles Bob
New York
Handlian
Handley High School
W. N. Page, Jr
Dick Norton
John S. Brown, Jr
WJSV
Winchester Fair
Joint Sunday School Picnic Planned by Two Churches
Sacred Heart and St. John's Catholic churches in Front Royal will unite for a Sunday school picnic. Mrs. Claude B. Stickley of Frederick County chairs the work. Old Joe Ridley, 95, jailed for alleged illegal liquor manufacture. Miss Gladys Ann Humston of Berryville wed James A Dorsey. Stafford Pemberton dancers perform at the Empire Theatre tonight.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. John’s Catholic
Front Royal
Joe” Ridley
New York Tribune Fresh Air
Claude B. Stickley
Frederick County
Gladys Ann Humston
Berryville
James—A Dorsey
Stafford Pemberton
Empire Theatre
Mothers Aid Militia Families as Company I Deploys
Mrs. Robert Y. Conrad leads a drive to donate for militia families as Company I departs for Richmond mobilization camp. Eighty five men trained here, with wives sisters and sweethearts bidding them farewell. War expected imminently. Dr Earl Noonan named veterinary surgeon in the US Army. Big Fourth of July celebration planned with horse races on main card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Y. Conrad
Conrad
Richmond
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Earl Noonan
United States Army
Bounty Talk Across States Provokes Debates
A Chicago lumberman and The New Yorker opine on policy shifts. The lumberman urges a bounty on bears in states like New York. The New Yorker hints Democrats may back debt cancellation starting with Raskob.
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New York
Chicago
Raskob
The
New Yorker
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Herman H. Hable
Londotn Street
Shenandoah Valley
McVicar
Woolworth
Hansbrough & Carter
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Hamman's Dollar Store
Wayland
J. W. Rees
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Warner Bros
Capitol Theatre
Irene Dunn
Cimarron
Lowell Sherman
Imonda
Africa
Oki
Bebe Daniels Rigardo Cortez
Hans
Graham McNamee
Capitol
Warner. Bros
Colonial Theatre
Bob Steel
Bob
Bosco
Looney Tunes
Fire Department
Tim McCoy
Winchester Furniture CO
South Main Street
Aeras
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
Reardon’s
Mrs. Barr
Robert L. May
Matte
Kannapolis
IOJ Ajim
ApBaylim
Fort Humphreys
Federal Hospital
Nurses’ Home
St. Philip’s Hospital
W. F. Shryock
Certified Public Accountants
TAX Counsellors
E. Boscawen Street
Richmond, VA
Central Nat. Bank
South Kent Street
Loudoun Street
Farmers & Merchants
the Apple Folks Bank
Bradley
Brown & Fisher
She Wen
Kuppenheimer
Gray & Sheetz Inc
Main St
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