York Imperial apple crop outlook dampened by spring freeze
Martinsburg West Virginia Evening Journal reports the York Imperial apple variety failed to set fruit after a mid April freeze, suggesting the Shenandoah belt may not produce a much larger crop than 1934. Other varieties in the region are plentiful though Northwest crops look light.
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York Imperial
Martinsburg
W. Va
Evening Journal
United States
Yorks
York
Shenandoah Belt
Northwest
New York
New York State
Shenandoah - Cumberland - Potomac
Rome
Bank Closing Notices for May 1935 and 1936
The notices state that National Memorial Day Thursday May 30 1935 is a legal holiday and the bank will be closed with maturing paper payable on the following banking day Friday May 31 1935. Signatories include John S Sloat George B Bushnell J H Yost Harold G Brown for respective banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
Awards To Girl Scouts At Grace Church Banquet
Last week at Grace Lutheran Church parlors a Girl Scout banquet announced numerous awards. Troop I recipients include Mary Katherine Huntsberry with multiple honors such as Life saving and swimming, Craftsman and Cook. Troop II honors went to Jane Rosenberger, Mary Scully for Home Nurse and First Aid respectively. Additional recognitions cover Second and First class scouts, observers, health winners, cooks, homemaker, cyclist, and scholarships awarded to multiple named scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Utheran Church
Mary Katherine Parker
Virginia Lutsler
Mary Katherine Huntsberry
Rosalie Oakes
Virginia Butsler
Mary Katherine Baker
Nancy Rossman
Bee Keeler
Virginia Smith
Virginia Eutsler
Jane Rosenberger
Mary Scully
Margaret Bean
Mary
Nancy Coble
Julia Reno Richards
Katharine Kline
Allison Burgess
Gladys Garber
Elizabeth Massie
Allison Cooper
Ann Hatcher
Mariam Hurst
Jeanne Miller
Marley Massey
Shirley Williams
Babe Lovett
Jane Jolliffe
Marjorie Massey
Louise Cain
Dorothea — Rear
Jean Shryock
Caro
Gibbens
Dorothy Ann Robinson
Frances Bickers
Carrol Lindstrom
Phyllis Fowle
Anne Oakes
Dorothy Hawthorne
Joyce Gibbens
Jean Ebert
Carrol Lin
Wrong Road Odors Prompt Plea To City Officials
George W. Markey urges immediate action on Bronx Park Department project. He complains gar bage pile odors drift into nearby homes, threatening to bring the issue to the grand jury if unaddressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George W. Markey
Park Department
Bronx
Grand Jury
Investiture of Lieu Tenants Edith Martin Louise Butsler Cain
Edith Martin Louise Butsler and Louise Cain are noted for the investiture as lieutennants. The ceremony marks their official appointment to a related post in the organization.
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Edith Martin
Louise Butsler
Louise Cain
Man Charged With Slaying Pleads Insanity
Hagerstown Maryland May 28 UP fighting murder charges with a plea of temporary insanity William V Binkley former city councilman faced a circuit court jury again today. In answer to the charges Binkley shot David Nichols to death in the former councilmans tavern March 1. The defendant's counsel D Angie Wolfinger entered a plea of not guilty yesterday on grounds Binkley had been drinking to such.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
William V. Binkley
Binkley
David Nichols
D. Angie Wolfinger
Hagerstown Opens Open Air Summer Club With Big Band
Hagerstown fans will enjoy a summer night club at The Always in a new open air garden opening May 30. Gordon Clark and a ten piece band from Pittsburgh will perform as the garden expands with a larger floor 1500 seating, shrubbery, a three tiered band shell with rainbow lighting and nightly floor shows.
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Gordon Clark
Pittsburgh
Delightful elderly lady keeps spry with PRUN-O-WHEAT bread
A lively senior celebrated for energy attends family gatherings. She follows a diet of natural laxative foods, including PRUN-O-WHEAT bread, which provides prune juice and high bulk without drugs. The ad touts PRUN-O-WHEAT as delicious, nourishing, and wholesome.
Florida Name Origin From Spanish Phrase Feast of Flowers
The state of Florida derives its name from the Spanish words pas cua florida meaning feast of flowers. The phrase reflects historical naming by early explorers and settlers in relation to Florida’s flowering landscape and favorable climate.
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State of
Florida
Public Sale of Valuable City Property Winchester Virginia
Public auction will be held June 1 1935 at 11 a.m. at the Winchester Virginia courthouse for the property known as 106 West Cecil Street in Winchester bounded by Jenkins Atwell Hawkins and the Mahloder deeds with one third cash and two equal annual installments. Donald L. Weems trustee Dunne and Duvall auctioneers.
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Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Court House
Virginia
West Cecil Street
Braddock
Washington Streets
Charles Jenkins
Samuel Atwell
John Hawkins
W. Cecil Street
Lewis Magruder
William Washington
Eva Magruder Watts
Copper cent and penny names defined by 1786 act
The one cent coin was defined by an act of Congress in 1786 as the highest copper piece worth 100 to the dollar. After 1787 the English penny’s circulation was outlawed and the American coin came to be called penny by popular usage as well.
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America
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N. C
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Fred E. Henderson
Spokane
Wash
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Boulder
Utah
Des Moines
Thelma Mae Strayer
Thelma Mae
C. E. Strayer
Lincoln
Neb
Standard Brands, Inc
Charles Martin
Carl Clatterbuck
Jack Ambrose
Edward Eichelberger
Nichols
General Motors
Pontiac
Fisher
Michigan
G.M.A.C
H. W. Ebert
Amherst Streets
Byles Forgrave
John W. Rosenberger & Co
John S. Miller & Company
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Miller Tires
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Republic Oil CO
Twin One
On. 2 Gas Corp
Donald L. Weems
Bickers Motor Co
FORD
Baker's
NASA
Chevrolet
Shenandoah
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