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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1928

Page

6

Local Notices From Highview and Nearby Towns

Highview Virginia May 24. Little Miss June Hicks of Winchester visits with Mr and Mrs James Orndoff. Mrs J E White and son Marvin visit with Mr and Mrs Garland Bray. Mrs John Lillard visits relatives at Harrisonburg. Visitors at the Inn of H C Conner include Charlie Otley Stephens City and Harry Grim Winchester and Thomas Hawes and family. Dorothy Carroll Westernport Md spends weekend with Dick Steele. Effie Bray and children Anna and Gretta visit her mother Mrs Isaac Grim.

Highview June Hicks Winchester Philip Bowman Zie James Orndoff J. E. White Marvin Bobbie Cumtland Garland Bray John Lillard Harrisonburg H. C. Conner Charlie Tley Stephens City Harry Grim Fear Winchester Thomas

Galilee Church Services and Local News at Grimes

Grimes Va May 24 preaching at Galilee next Sunday at 730 pm and Sunday school at 10 am. Monroe Zinn of York Pa visited relatives here. Honewell meeting drew neighbors. Mrs Albert Grubbs of Martinsburg W Va returned home after week with Miller family. Ellis Randall painted his new home. Local painting and cleaning work widespread.

Grimes Galilee Monroe Zinn York Albert Grubbs Martinsburg W. Va Lir G. A. Miller This Place Ellis Randall

Unknown inventor of dominoes likely Italian

The inventor of dominoes remains unknown but he was probably Italian and the game appeared in Europe in the eighteenth century.

Europe

Kraft Phenix buys Southern Dairies to diversify

New York May 23 Kraft Phenix Cheese company announces acquisition of control of Southern Dairies Inc through stock purchases. No immediate merger, but plan to diversify and expand in the South where both had operations. The A stock hit a 60 high and B near 25 1/2 as walls street anticipated the move.

New York Southern Iniries, Inc Kraft-Phenix Cheese Company South Alabama Missouri Texas Arkansas Tennessee Kansas Georgia Wall Street Southern Dairies New York Stock Exchange Southern Dabrles Chapin-Sacks Company Washington, D. C Florida Pennsylvania Virginia Maryland North Carolina Kroast-Phenix Chicago California Wisconsin Canada England Australia

Mount Pleasant Notes

Mount Pleasant Virginia May 23 social and local updates note visits by Mrs Will Lamp and family to Mr Carson Dyke healing at home. Frances Coffelt returns from near Middletown. Miss Eva Perry appointed leader for next Christian Endeavor program. Various visits and routines described with local residents. The Washington Star quote on Hi Ho and a science fact about eggshell porosity conclude the fragment.

Mount Pleasant Will Lamp Vivian John Perry Eiva May Georgh Winchester Will Milhon Carson Dyke Harry Lamp Belmont Fout Jonah Spillman Zela Thurston Renner Mary Gregg Orndorff Washington Frances Coffelt Henry Middletown J. B. Pitcock Eva May Geough Henry Lamp Virginia Barr Clinton Barr Christian Endeavor Ben White Eva Perry Bessie Louise Lucille Perry Goldie Brill James Rosenberger Martha Good Chambersville Louise Ward Cadwallader

Fly-Tox Promises Easy Household Insect Control

Major Ransom cites flies as a major pest and killer of people while promoting Fly-Tox as a simple method to rid homes of all insects. The product, developed at Mellon Institute by Rex Fellowship, is advertised on blue labeled bottles with clear usage instructions.

Major Ransom Medical Department United States Army House of Flies Mellon Institute of Industrial Research Rex Fellowship

Local Market Prices for Flour Feed and Butter

Local wholesale market figures show flour ranges from 10.00 to 10.50 per barrel and 12 Tbs at .60 to .65. Mixed feed screenings and cracked corn bids appear, with country butter around 40 cents and various grain values noted. Baltimore is cited as the market center, with corrections and closing values referenced for the preceding day.

Sersa Sai Tire Baltimore WCU Puise Tires Gornwer Tees

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