Community Leagues Offered Road Work Essay Contest
Virginia Highway Commission announces a public school contest with prizes of 20, 15, and 5 dollars for best roadwork reports by organized community leagues. Topics include The State Highway System and future Virginia. Submissions to Cooperative Education Association by October 15, 1925. Details via Robert B. Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Frelda Roontz
Virginia Highway Commission
Citi League
Co-operative Education Associan
Percessive Education Association
Virginia
Grasa Firat
Robert B. Nelson
Grimes Gleanings in Grimes Virginia and Nearby Visits
Grimes, Va., March 18. Mrs Evans and her sons from Martinsburg W V with Mrs Randall and other friends spent time here. Mrs Ellis Randall has been ill under care of Dr A C Swimley. Alma Taylor and others visited. Brand Shoe Co. representative Jahis Warren of Roanoke was in town on firm business. Mr and Mrs Milburn of Spring Grove near here visited on Friday. A light rain and a notable electric storm occurred late last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Sap Evans
Messrs
George
Martinsburg
Way
Et Randall
Ran
Mrs. Evans
Ellis Randall
W. Va
Joie
Marshall
Ernest B
Rose
Eley County
Jahis "Arwors
Brand Shoe Co
Roanoke
Law- Winchester
Prognosis of Early Spring Weather Shift
The article describes equinox expectations with equal day and night, noting stormy conditions Friday afternoon at 2:15 and a transition to warmer south breezes. It predicts blooming plants and roaming bees as trees bud, while a late real spring arrives around April with sunny showers.
Deer Run Into Rivers Amid Hound Pursuit In Petersbur g
Peters burg March 19 Edward Bond a game protector says thirty deer have been run into the south branch of the Potomac river and into the Cacapon river in recent weeks by hunters with hounds. Of these deer one was shot two caught by dogs and two died. Bond notes nine dogs have been killed for running deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg A
Edward Bond
Potomac River
Cacapon River
Bond
New Varicose Veins Treatment Promises Quick Relief
Sufferers urged to use a two ounce original Emerald Oil bottle available at Bak er's Drug Store. Physicians back the product for vein swelling and ulcers, claiming a small bottle lasts long due to high concentration. Apply night and morning with a soft brush until swelling normalizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker’s Drug Store
Young Couples Get Licenses In County Clerk Office
Marriage licenses issued feature Clyde B. Collins and Naomi V. Shade, with Collins hailed from Siler and a leading local farmer, and Shade daughter of H. C. Shade of Stottler's Crossroads West Virginia. John C. Miller and Lofi e L. Pangle, both of Middletown, also received licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde B. Collins
Naomi V. Shade
Annie J. Collins
Edward Collins
Siler
H. C. Shade
Stottler’s Crossroads
W. Va
H.W. Lint
John C. Miller
John Miller
Lofiie L. Pangle
Nora Pangle
Middletown
County
Adletika Promises Real Cleansing For Bloating Relief
Adletika claims to ease a nervous gas on the stomach and bloating. The ad urges not to use pills and to try Adletika for a bowel cleansing, promising the body will be rid of residue. It is signed and promotes the Peo Drug Store as supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peo
Mr Reherd Dies At Harrisonburg
Peter W. Reherd a longtime Rockingham County treasurer for seventeen years until 1912 and a Republican leader died at his Harrisonburg home. A Confederate veteran and former member of the Board of Supervisors, he served with McNeil's Rangers and participated in the Civil War campaigns at Cumberland resulting in the capture of Generals Cook and Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter W. Reherd
Rockingham County
S$isors
Confederatte
Harrisonburg
Ties Atea
McNeil’s Rangers
Cumberland
Cook
Kelly
Goitre Remedy Promises Relief From Clifton Forge Ad
Mrs J Henry Miller of 42 Brussels Ave Clifton Forge Virginia shares sixteen years with goitre relief after using one bottle of Sorbol Quadruple. She reports improved breathing and no hoarseness or choking. Sold by all drug stores or Sorbol Co Mechanicsburg Ohio locally at Miller's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Forge
J. Henry Miller
Brussels Ave
Virginia
Sorbol Co
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
Miller's Drug Store
The Mysterious Package Auction Voice Ruse
A vivid scene shows an auctioneer hawking a wrapped package as an odd bargain. He urges passersby to bid a quarter for the mystery item while noting how shoppers often accept unknown contents in everyday goods without checking quality or contents.
Vendol Routes His Rheumatism in Staunton Sale Pitch
Charles Whitmore, a Stark Bros fruit tree salesman living on Route 4, Staunton, Virginia, praises Vendol as a remarkable herbal tonic. He says it relieves indigestion, gas, back pains, and dizzy spells and notes relief often comes when other remedies fail. The manufacturer does not claim overnight cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruit Tree
Vendol
Charles Whitmore
Stark Bros.fruit, Tree Nursery
Staunton
Vendol Relief for Stomach and Rheumatic Ailments
Mr Whitmore describes chronic kidney and stomach issues plus rheumatism. After initial relief from digestion, gas, and cramps, rheumatic pain subsided after using a second or third bottle. He now walks like years ago, with most pains fading to memories. He praises Vendol as a grand remedy and promotes it to others, noting limited local availability at Franck Baker and Sons in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Franck Baker and Sons
From the same old child of earth row both weed and flower
A fragmentary line references Bodehstedt and a pair of items weed and flower, suggesting a topic shift or botanical note in a historical page. The garbled OCR yields limited readable context and personal name without clear event or place details.
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Rae
Mr. Reherd
Sgoitre
Tong
Moling & Seal
Winchester Evening Star
Griffin
H. D. Albin
Harrisburg
Capitol
Violet Oakley
Penn
Barnard
Clearbrook
Ridgeway
Bunker Hill
Inwood
Pennsylvania Railroad
the Standard Railroad OF the World
Sternberg’s, Inc
North Main Street
Wamburger’s
Babe Brothers
Kent and
Water Streets
Pel
Rgtt
Wat
Pratts
Burrough
National Cash Register
Joseph H. Cooley
South Market Street Garage
Valley Belle
Greatestey
Beck’s Baking Corp
Fred. L. Glaize
S.C
Lamps Poultry Farm
Wincheste Va
Star Office
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