Sproul Endorsed for Commissioner by Local Agencies
The Staunton Augusta County Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club and Clemmer-McGuffin post of the American Legion back Sproul for commissioner. The News Leader notes his proven farm business experience and wartime service, saying he would bring sound judgment and efficient administration to the role. It argues Governor Trinkle should appoint Sproul to the commission, though it questions if another Valley figure, H. B. Sprowl, is equally qualified.
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Augusta County
Chamber of Te
Rotary Clinic
Clemmer-McGuffin
Mn Legion
Sproul
Trinkle
H. B. Sprowl
Winchester special edition praised for county-wide benefits
The Winchester Evening Star extols a sixty-page special edition highlighting advantages of Frederick County and adjacent valleys, noting support from business leaders and improved profits from local cooperation. The piece emphasizes lasting regional value and solid editorial quality praised by the Loudoun Times.
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Centervening Star
Flood Byrd
Sly Seavice
Frederick
Frederick County
Ess
Winchester
Northern Virginia
Loudoun Times
Waiting Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A fragmented verse piece reflects on a life spent waiting for rewards and brighter days. The speaker muses on missed chances, aging, and the fading hope of tomorrow, contrasting past fantasies with present weariness.
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Walt ‘Mason
Burnses Buy Lot in Suburban Development
Mr and Mrs Burns with Miss Mary Burns purchase property in a fashionable suburb to build a new home. The family plans to move in once completion is ready for them.
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Highlands Burns
Can
Burns
Mary
Mother's Day Services at Centenary Reformed Church
Special Mother's Day services planned at Centenary Reformed Church with a 9 45 a m Sunday School session, an 11 a m worship featuring junior department recitations and Centenary Choir music, plus a 7 30 p m community service with two films God's Great Outdoors and Moses In Egypt and a Centenary Concert Orchestra performance. Attendees are asked to wear white flowers and invite strangers and friends.
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Centenary Reformed Church
Centenary Choir
Moses
Egypt
Mother's Day at First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church invites worship with a Sunday School session at 9 45 a m the Men's Bible Class teaching at 9 45 a m public worship at 11 a m with the sermon Motherhood In the Light of The Cross the Young People's Union at 7 p m on Bible Study Micah 4 1 8 and the evening service at 8 p m with The Contest of Life. Pastor Charles Adey extends a warm welcome.
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First Baptist Church
Young People’s Union
Charles Adey
Claude A Swanson Acknowledged For Public Service By Lassiter
Charles T Lassiter writes a retrospective tribute praising Claude A Swanson for long service in Virginia and national roles. It notes Swanson's Senate tenure starting 1910, reelections in 1911 and 1916, governor achievements, naval preparedness work, foreign relations input, and impact on roads education and post services. The letter urges renomination ahead of the August 1 Democratic primary.
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Swanson
House of Representatives
Virginia
Claude A. Swanson
State
Health Department
Catawbe
Geological Survey
Dairy and Foods‘commission
State Experimental Station
Hhe Board of Charities and Correction
Senate
Martin
Wilson
Naval Affairs Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress of the
United States
Washington
Charles T. Lassitrpr
Horrid Thing and Fashion Notes From The Country
A fragment reports Mrs Newrich praising a country trip while noting her husband shot a bull and faced payment from a harsh farmer. The piece also touches on fashion trends with hats worn by women in a circular style, hinting at 4 000 unusual smardels within the era's wardrobe discourse.
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Smardels
Imagination Bridges Centuries In A Homeric Poem
A visitor offers a poem on Helen of Troy. The editor notes Helen’s death long past but imagination bridges centuries. Readers, the editor implies, consider the 1919 World Series ancient history.
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Helen of Troy
Helen
Fragmentary Dialogue From A Habitual Jazz Scene
A garbled exchange from a period piece shows an Old gentleman commiserating with a man nursing a broken face. The man apologizes for bad luck and explains the prior attack was anticipated by years in a jazz orchestra.
No Great Risk
A humorous exchange about tin and leather wedding anniversary gifts between neighbors. The wife remarks on a tin anniversary next door and jokes about future leather and silver milestones, while the husband quips they may quarrel before those becomes.
Mysterious Poet Speculation Sparks Tax Inquiry
In a curious exchange a speaker asks about a Chinese bard and hints he may have engaged in side ventures like a silk mill or pottery works. The other party admits no further knowledge about the poet beyond inferred taxes.
Working Men and Politician Spar Over Affluence and Salary
Senator Sorghum quips about the working man’s sympathy with his need to maintain appearances on a government salary. The exchange notes a period when working people in his district supported him while he enjoyed affluence.
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Senator Sorghum
Outside the Sanctum and Sweet Things
A fragment from a humor page presents short jokes and quips about editors poets bards and ice cream. It includes lines about a boy with an ice cream cone and a birthday gift exchange. It mixes playful wordplay with domestic punchlines.
Did He Catch On Blase Young Caller
Miss Bright and Blase Young exchange witty dialogue about boredom and disguising true feelings under a mask of gaiety in a playful street scene. PMID
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Miss Bright
Gayety
An Excellent Reason Salesmanship Debate Captured
Dialog excerpt shows a salesman praised for securing business despite claims of poor scientific approach. The exchange highlights pragmatic results over formal methods. The quotation suggests a focus on consequences over technique in persuasive selling.
He Should Worry Rub Discussing Worries In Marriage
A terse exchange shows a husband and wife debating who bears more concern. The wife expresses worry while the husband claims indifference, highlighting marital tension over emotional responses.
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Rub
Dub
Not an Enthusiast Wife Savings Quip
A fragmentary quotation contrasts a cautious wife with sporadic savings. The speaker notes only occasional bank deposits, counting on a sprinkle of funds rather than steady saving.
Trappers. Hicks and Ricks discuss trapping fortunes
Hicks asks if a person can profit from trapping. Ricks says several women have made fortunes at it.
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Ricks
At last the man who blows his own horn is getting popular
A humorous note on self promotion as a man who runs an automobile business earns attention. The quip contrasts skepticism with rising popularity for self advertising in a light column piece.
General sees another war among wartime leaders
Maj-Gen CG Parnsworth, chief of infantry, US Army, passed through Winchester en route to Staunton to preside over cadet drills at the Virginia Military Institute. General Forth attended a Thirteenth division reunion in Youngstown, Ohio. Farnsworth urged attendees to believe war would come within the lifetime of those present.
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Parnsworth
United States Army
Winchester
Staunton
Corps of
Cadeta Ton
Virginia Military
Campaign to Recruit Women for Braddock Street Society
The Womans Missionary Society of Braddock Street M E Church South launches a membership drive led by Rev. B V Switzer. The effort targets all church women with a four department structure from baby roll to adult society and aims to boost both home and foreign mission work. The slogan proclaims Every Woman in Braddock Street Church a Member of the Womans Missionary Society.
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Womans’ Missionary Society
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
B. V. Switzer
Baltimore Conference Womans’ Sionary Society
Womans’ Missionary Council
Organized Womans’ Missionary Work
Young Peoples
Ft.ga
Braddock Street Church
Mother's Day Services at St Pauls A M E Church
Special services announced for tomorrow at St Pauls A M E Church with worship at 11 a m and a 4 p m sermon by Rev Joseph Wheeler of John Mann M BE Church. Wheeler's choir will sing at night and a program will be rendered. All are invited by Pastor J H Hawkins.
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St. Paul’s A. M. BE
Joseph Wheeler
John Mann
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Mirror
United
Associated Press
Winchester Evening Star Walishes
Ming
Baptist Church
IC. T. Lassiter
Executive
Mann
Senate of the United States
John Warwick Dan
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Sirrah
Marie
Freda
Ruth
Mr. Meekton
Northern
Berryville
Winchester, Va
Charles Town
Heller Stand
Subile
W. C. Plundere Co
Footer Agency
Lyonore
Ooonore MerTrai
Baltimore, MD
Washington, D. C
Christian Science
Odd Fellows
Water and Market Sts
Red Men’s Hall
Kimberley
South Africa
Beaver Board
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