Taylor Triumphs in Heating Plant Suit on Main St
A Martinsburg jury awarded Frank H. Taylor the full claim of sixty two dollars thirty eight cents and rejected Batt’s offset in a dispute over a heating plant for Taylor’s home and store on North Main Street. Batt claimed the plant supplied insufficient heat and used wrong fuel. The case began in Magistrate’s court and moved to Corporation Court after Taylor appealed. Judge may order a new trial.
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Corporation Court
Frank H. Taylor
Ana
North Main Streat
Taylor
Ingra A
Bat Home
Batt
A . Kern
Herbert S. Larrick
E.C. Jackson
T. J. Orndorff
A. H. Miller
Wm. A. March
Albert Pain
Local Market Prices and Commodities snapshot
Daily market corrections list local wholesale and Baltimore wholesale prices for flour butter corn meal chickens hens ducks and hides. It notes varied figures such as flour per barrel and country butter while including oats middlings and mixed feed with partial illegible OCR strings.
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Baltimore
Reformed Church Plans Centennial Event in Woodstock
Woodstock hosts the Virginia Classis centennial celebration May 13 to 17 marking 100 years since its founding and 25 years since Massanutten Academy. Notable church leaders will preach and address the assembly at St. Pauls Reformed Church, one of Virginia’s oldest congregations.
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Y. P
Nevin Kilmer
Martinsburg
Sperry
Masanutten Academy
Howard J. Benchoff
Academy
University of Virginia
E. M. Hartman
Franklin and Marshall Academy
Lancaster
Penna
Calvin Brown
Mercersburg Academy
J. C. Leonard
Lexington
N. Y
General Synod
E. D. Newman
Woodstock
Sperry Hall
Howard Omwake
Franklin and Marshall College
Oswin Frantz
the Theological Seminary
Wayne F. Curtis
Cedar Crest Girls College
Allentown
Charles Wehler
Baltimore
Urélnus College
Col. Russell
Staunton Military Academy
Charles Roller
Augusta Military Academy
Garrison
Reformed Church of Virginia
Virginia Classis
Massanutten Academy
Reformed Church
Classis
Old St. Paul’s Reformed Church
J. Philip Harner
Reverice
N. H. Corman
H. W. Wissler
W. B. Dutera
Young People’s Meeting
Francis R. Casselman
Joseph A. Bosserman
Experience of Nervous Woman Reveals City Life Details
Fragmentary OCR text references a woman named Lydia in Philadelphia at 11th Street and a seller or listing titled Dora Hour. The readable fragments suggest a narrative about nervous conditions and social observations, but concrete events, dates, or outcomes are not clear from the available lines.
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Cere Peere
Lydia Cere
11Th St
Philadelphia
Farm Situation Is More Cheerful
The May 1 index shows the United States farming scene the most cheerful in five years with plowing and planting two weeks ahead of normal. Prices for wheat hogs dairy and poultry rise while beef prospects improve and pig farrowings fall. Moisture shortages threaten crops if rains do not come.
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Chicago
United States
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
Corn prices and crop outlook signal tighter supply this year
The report notes corn scarcity and high prices reflecting hog overproduction. Seed corn quality may lower yields per acre across many states. Winter wheat abandonment reaches 13.7 percent nationally, signaling a smaller crop than last year, while spring wheat seeding rises but market decline may force revision of earlier larger spring crop estimates.
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Etry
Ee Wecheekhart Cultural Foundation
United States
Wild Animal Acts Dropped by Ringling Bros Circus
The Dumb Animals Magazine notes Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows will not feature performing wild animals this season. Charles Ringling cites public criticism of cruel methods and parental concerns as key reasons, along with the delays of moving animals in and out of the circus tents.
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Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Messrs Ringling Brothers
Charles Ringling
Public sentiment grows against animal training acts
The text applauds rising public concern over cruelty in animal acts and praises Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey for their decision, noting that people favor acts where animals appear to participate willingly and that this marks progress for the Jack London Club and broader public views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack London Club
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Company
General Waller Named To Greet South Americans
Brig Gen Samuel G Waller of Front Royal Virginia National Guard Ninety first Infantry Brigade appointed regional representative of Governor Lee Trinkle to greet a party of twenty chiefs of mission from Pan American Republics arriving May 11 to 14 to inspect Hampton Roads. Major LeRoy Hodges Virginia State Chamber of Commerce executive aide. Waller will be joined by two valley aides Sergeant Norval W Carter Berryville and Sergeant Abney Huntsberry Winchester.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Samuel G. Waller
C. R
Braddock Street M E Church Plans Mothers Day Services
Braddock Street M E Church South schedules Mothers Day events with 9 45 a m Sunday school, 11 a m sermon Our Mothers by the pastor, 2 30 p m Epworth activities led by Mrs Virginia Green on Our Christian Homes, and 8 p m sermon. Wednesday conference at 9 o clock features Miss Kennedy of Nashville and Miss Russell of Baltimore. All are invited.
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Quarles
Handley School
the Peetor
Our Mothers
Epworth
Epworth League
Virginia Green
Golden Rule Bible Class Mothers Day Program
The Golden Rule Bible Class of Braddock Street Methodist Church plans a Mother’s Day program on Sunday at 9:88 o’clock. The event will feature good music and old time songs sung for mothers. Prof Quarles of Handley Schools will speak.
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Golden Rule Bible
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Quarles
Handley Schools
Triumph Pills Ad from National Medical Institute
An old classified style notice promotes Triumph Pills for irregular or suppressed conditions. It urges safe, dependable treatment, advises against experimentation, and directs readers to write for details and “Relief” at the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wisadv
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Sasvee
Eneete
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Big Circus
Hart-Schaffner & Marx
Water Street
J. W. Baker
General Insurance
Winchester
Willys
Overland
Toledo
We. F.O. B. Teledo
Anah Oy
Rouss Garage
South Braddock St
Waller
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
Wilton
Yonkers
Carlton
Ardsley
Axminster
Brussells
Crex
Moling & Seal
Chichester Aspils
West Water Street
Congoleum
P. C. Neidemeyer & CO
Lutheran Church
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