Apple Shipments For March 3 9 Show A Large Increase
Virginia shipped 133 carloads of apples the week of March 3 to 9 up from 65 carloads a year earlier. Season total through March 9 reached 19 453 carloads, vs 11 292 in New York and 37 215 in Washington. Mixed vegetables also rose with 24 carloads vs none last year, spinach shipments held at one carload, and cabbage two carloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Henry M. Taylor
Federal State Agricultural Statistician
New York
Wash
Ington
Season Totals Show 57 This Year and 44 Last Year
The record notes a 57 total for this season and 44 for the prior season, highlighting a rise in performance.
Apple Blossom Festival Director Named for Winchester
Virginia growers and the public are urged to attend the sixth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. J. W. Arthur is appointed director-general with dates to be announced. the feature floats parades, the crowning of the festival queen, school parades, and band music are promised to inspire and uplift attendees.
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Virginia Fruit
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Campfield
Staunton
Shenandoah
J. W. Arthur
Winchester
Local notes from Trone Virginia community
Mrs Lester Bunner and children Dorothy and Junior visited Mrs Charles Barr and family. Mrs FR L La Follette spent the weekend with her brother John Brill and Mrs Adeline Sirbaugh near Capon Bridge. Mr and Mrs Lemuel Johnson were in Winchester Tuesday. Mrs Newton Johnson is somewhat better after illness. Mr and Mrs Jesse Whitacre and children called on Mr Raymond Arnold Monday evening. Mrs L J Hook spent Saturday in Winchester with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trone
Lester Bunner
Dorothy
Junior
Charles Barr
Raymond Arnold
L. J. Hook
Winchester
Whitacre presents slight recovery after appendicitis attack
Miss Madeline Whitacre who recently had an appendicitis attack and was treated by Dr. R A Shaffer shows slight improvement. Various visitors including Mr and Mrs Charles Barr Ruth and Willis Whitlock Mr Phil H Gold and Legg and Mr Harry La Folette with family called on local residents over the weekend. Mr C Fenton Giffin fainted Monday and remained weak for about an hour while visiting Gore.
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Madeline Whitacre
R. A. Shaffer
C. Fenton Giffin
Marshall Cooper
Gore
Cooper
Charles Barr
Ruth
Willis Whitlock
Charles Elliott
Phil H. Gold
Mr. Legg
Harry la Folette
William Lupton
High View
Lester Bunner
Lettie Bunner
Whitacre
Death of Martinsburg Citizen W R Caskey's Father
William Palmer Caskey of Martinsburg aged eighty dies after five weeks illness at home. He founded ties in the area, son of William and Mary Caskey, former resident of Frederick and Clarke counties, Virginia. Survived by four other children Edward, Charles, Clayton, and Miss May Caskey. Services at First United Brethren Church with interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Palmer Caskey
Martinsburg
W. Va
W. R. Caskey
Caskey Baking Company
Mr. Caskey
William and Mary Caskey
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Virginia
First United Brethren Church
Knights of Pythias
Ryneal Hose Company
Edward
Charles
Clayton
Hagerstown
May Caskey
Green Hill Cemetery
Mrs Cleon Moore Dies From Effects Of Recent Fall
Mrs Ellen D Moore widow of Cleon Moore of Charles Town died in Charleston at age 89. A lifelong Charles Town resident she fractured a hip in December and had been bedbound. She was a Presbyterian church member for more than 175 years and survived by children Mrs Logan B Shutt Hollywood Fla and Mrs E W ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Ellen D. Moore
Cleon Moore
George D. Moore
Charleston
Charles Thoown
Moore
Thomas Rutherford
Presbyterian Church
Logan B. Shutt
Hollywood
Fla
E. W
Mrs Ellen M Carter’s Funeral Arrangements Announced
The remains will be brought to Charles Town this evening for funeral services Sunday at 2.30 p.m. at the home of her son T. R. Moore. Rev G G Sydnor of the Presbyterian Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Edge Hill. Attendees include relatives in Hays Louisville Charlotte New York Charleston and Washington.
Wright Brothers Mother Born in Loudoun County Debated
A search in Loudoun County suggests Susan Catherine Koerner Wright, mother of Wilbur and Orville Wright, may have been born in Millsboro Loudoun County. J G Koerner once owned a farm near Purcellville and John Gottlieb Koerner was her likely father with German wheelwright ties noted in Hillsboro.
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Loudoun County
Susan Catherine Koerner Wright
Wilbur
Orvill Wright
J. G. Koerner
Purcellville
Millsboro
Susan Wright
Prizes Awarded In A and P Sales Contest
Martinsburg West Virginia Evening Journal reports King street A and P manager J H Vesper and meat department head William Stanley won first prizes of 10 dollars each for the greatest sales increases in a contest across A and P stores supplied from the Washington warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Evening Journal
J. H. Vesper
Kingstreet A. and P
William Stanley
Washington
Winchester
Middleburg
Charles Town
Harpers Ferry
Wolves share traits with humans but avoid jazz
Lawrence Trimble in The Saturday Evening Post notes wolves kill lambs and for fun, as humans do, yet wolves do not play jazz, a contrast highlighted by the Houston Post-Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Trimble
Evening Post
Houston Post-Dispatch
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Barrymore
Ernest L. Houde
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Pathe
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Keppel
Whitman
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Fannie Brice
Buster Keaton
Capitol News
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Loudoun
A. and P. Company
J.c.penney
Chichester
Evening Star
Capitol Theatre
Apple Blossom Committee
Colonial
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William Boyd
Mary Astor
Louis Wolheim
Tom MIX
Tony
the Drifter
King of the West
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Pola Negri
Moscow
Stan Laurel
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Capitol
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Gilda Gray
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