Shirley Born in West Virginia Named Virginia Highway Chief
Henry G. Shirley will chair the Virginia State Highway Commission at a salary of 12500 dollars annually. The Jefferson County native, raised at Summit Point, is a Virginia Military Institute graduate and currently road engineer for Baltimore County Maryland. He will assume duties July 1.
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Henry G. Shirley
State Highway Commission of
Virginia
Trinkle
Jefferson County
West Virginia
Summit Point
Shirley
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Baltimore County
Maryland
Ultimatum to Labor Board Demands Immediate Jurisdiction
The Federated Shopcraft representing 400000 railway employees asks for a Thursday conference with the United States Railroad Labor Board to assume immediate jurisdiction over cases where railroads disregard board orders. If declined, a nationwide shopmen strike could start immediately.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Federated Shopcraft
Superstitions and Kitchen Tips in Brief
A fragment discusses home remedies for kitchen cuts using lime and a thimble. It then notes Hindoo beliefs about returning home after an evil portent and describes a superstition linking sneezing to flipping the thumb and middle fingers.
Auction of 37 Muntzing Lots Draws Local Crowd
A local real estate firm sold all 37 Muntzing lots at a single afternoon sale on the Valley Pike. Purchasers included Marion Anderson and Mack D. Hook, with name cards shuffled and drawn by a child. The event featured a Charlie Chaplin impersonator giving away money and soft drinks, plus a Citizens' Band concert. officials called the sale a success.
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Muntzing
Suba the Valley Pike
Saba
Marion Anderson
Naaamaad
Anderson
Mack D. Hook
Herrell
C. I. Brumback
Charlie Chaplin
Citizens’ Band
Herrel
Fort Loudoun Finals to Aid Salvation Army
The Empire Theatre hosts Fort Loudoun Semig final exercises to support the Salvation Army local work. Proceeds from evening performances and a morning concert go to Captain Ellis for the charity, with admission fifty cents for evening and twenty five cents for the morning show.
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Salvation Army
Fort Loudoun
Semig
Ellis
Empire Theatre
Prohibition Era Officer Johnson Earned Nickname Pussyfoot
A crowd heard Johnson share his India and world prohibition experiences. An informant said Roosevelt and Taft era duties made him a feared enforcement officer against bootlegging on Indian lands. His method of quiet, mobile operations earned the nickname after a staged celebration followed by a rapid wave of arrests upon his return. Mayor Glass introduced the speaker with praise.
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Pussyfoot
Wets
Mayor Glass
Practice Serenity Readies Woman in a Minute
A lighthearted domestic note advises to wait for a woman who says she will be ready in a minute, suggesting patience and finding reading material in the interim.
Black Color in Lambs Explained by Heredity not Diet
The U S Department of Agriculture explains that black lambs are a hereditary recessive trait. White sheep can carry and transmit black to 50 percent of offspring, with both parents carrying black producing about 25 percent black lambs. The note cites Bulletin 905 and offers printing details.
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United Department
United States Department of Agriculture
Sewall Wright
Department of Agriculture
Superintendent of Public Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Bran Diet Guidelines for Horses
Guidance on feeding horses with bran, favoring dry bran for purged or irritable bowels and bran mash for hard work with high grain intake. Dry bran acts as an astringent while mash serves as a laxative. weekly bran can counter feverish symptoms, but only with proper feeding.
Excellent For Young Pigs Pasture Plus Limited Grain
Good pasture supplemented by a limited grain allowance is an excellent ration for young pigs. The pigs on pasture make cheaper gains and the succulent feed and exercise help keep them thrifty.
Fixed Egg Laying Rations for Poultry Feed
USDA guidance presents six rations tested at Beltsville Maryland with meat scrap or fish scrap and bone meal options. It warns against replacing meat with cottonseed meal and notes gradual changes.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Plymouth Rock
Orpington
Wyandotte
Football ups and downs test a wise player's resolve
A reflective Boston Transcript quote notes life mirrors football with highs and lows shaping the path to success. It emphasizes resilience and learning from hardship to reach goals.
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Boston Transcript
Munich Meggendorfer Blatter Quips on Cloakroom Tickets
A playful exchange notes a long time to recall cloakroom tickets, joking they were in a handbag. The line features Berlin era wit and a nod to a performer or figure nicknamed Munich Meggendorfer Blatter.
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Gaul
Munich
Meggendorfer
Divorce Suit Filed in Winchester Court
In the Clerk's Office of the Corpora tion Court of Winchester, 1922 Roy Holmes Ritter sues Grace McCarty Ritter for divorce a vinculo matrimonii on desertion grounds. The defendant, not resident of Virginia, must appear within 15 days of publication and protect her interest. Publication set weekly for four weeks in Winchester Star and posting at court front door by June 5, 1922. Copy-Teste: 5.27-4. J. B. Beverley, Clerk.
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Virginia Chase
Winchester
Virginia
Commissioner's Office
M. M. Lynch
Rouss Avenue
Corporation Court
City of
Roy Holmes Ritter
Grace McCarty Ritter
Winchester Star
J. B. Beverley
Junk collection notice from L Zukerman Brothers
Beginning May 1 1922 we will buy rags books tron and other junk. Our truck will call for your junk Bell phone 376 1 L Zukerman Brothers.
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Bell Phone
L. Zukerman & Bro
Imperial Asbestos Liquid Roof Paint Promises Ten Year Guarantee
Imperial asbestos liquid roof paint offered with a ten year guarantee to refresh old roofs. Marketed as fire and water resistant with wholesale direct availability. Distributed by B. F. Arthur, Sr. in Winchester Virginia, contact Bell Phone 2005F11 for orders.
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Imperial
B. F. Arthur, SR
Bell Phone
Winchester
Uncle Eben Warns of Wild Inventions
In a humorous remark Uncle Eben laments that unseen inventions can run wild and make people sick or miserable, a playful take on progress and its unforeseen effects. The line captures a folksy caution about new ideas.
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Eben
Uncle Eben
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