Wayland's Book on Old Hopewell Due in 1935
Wayland's book on the Hopewell bi centennial is planned for early 1935. It will cover religious, social and civic life in northern Virginia and include excerpts from Dr John Fothergill's journal. The 600 page volume will be issued for general circulation and may provoke scholarly debate.
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Hopewell
John W
Hundredth
Fredericking
Frederick County
Northern
Virginia
Wayland
Walker M. Bond
Hopewell Committee
Fothergill
John Fothergill
Society of Bends
Winchester
Mettiorpht
London Meeting of the Friends
Philadelphia
Braddock
Northern Virginia
Baltimore
Weavers Remembered and Virginia Woolen Mills Expansion
A reader recalls Fredericks county weaving days and Mrs. Louisa Schaffer. He asks older readers to name weavers, their homes, and recall data from the era as the Virginia Woolen Mills expands to 3 percent more acres and 560 workers for capacity operation.
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Virginia Woolen
Fredericks County
Louisa Schaffer
Rerhen
Three Golden Haired Girls Found Dead on Mountain Near Carlisle
Coroner reports the bodies of three sisters aged 8, 10, and 13 discovered on a mountain slope near Carlisle. They wore new expensive clothing and silk underwear, suggesting a well to do background. Cause of death undetermined. authorities believe they were dead less than 24 hours and may have been brought from a distance.
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Carlisle
E. A. Haegele
John E. Clark
Clark Jardine
James M. Cameron
King’s Gap
Haegele
Huey
Grocerymen To Hold Meeting At South End Hose Hall
Plans are set for a Martinsburg grocers meeting at the South End Hose Company hall on Tuesday night November 27 at 7 45 o clock. The program includes musical entertainment a three reel talking picture on selecting displaying and proper care plus a lunch with coffee. Grocers from Martinsburg and Front Royal are expected. Attendance is urged for all food handlers from drivers to managers. Hoye Riley notes the event is funded by a large food distributor with no sales pressure and no admission charge.
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South End
Hoye Riley
Demonstration Agents Prepare Report Week Across Commonwealth
The week of November 26 to December 1 is report week for home demonstration agents statewide. Miss Elizabeth Farrar, Frederick County’s agent, will compile data and prepare annual statistics for the extension division at Blacksburg. 4-H clubs will run by club leaders. reporters urged to submit notices at once, contact 914 or P.O. Box 236, Winchester.
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Elizabeth Farrar
Frederick County
Blacksburg
Farrar
Miss Farrar
Winchester
Housing plans completed for start of drive
The Better Housing Campaign readies for a Monday canvass with lists of property owners to be contacted. Builders expect full speed as demand grows for rebuilding, while banks prepare loan forms and merchants back the effort with ads. A committee targets large owners and fire hazard demolitions as part of the plan. Women show strong interest and local press coverage notes progress.
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Better Housing Campaign
Fred Glaize, Jr
Glaize
Harold Brown
Loans and Bank Committee
Charles Harper
Finance Committee
Tree
Hunter H. McGuire
Messrs
Samuel Brooks
Howards Grove
J. Victor Arthur
B. M. Sullivan
Howard Solenberger
Charles H. Harper
H. Clay DeGrange
Recits
Tom Baldridge
Winchester Evening Star
Cam
Thanksgiving Basket Drive By Church Societies
The Young People's Society and the Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church will assemble Thanksgiving baskets for needy families. Donations of food or money are welcome, with distribution planned for Wednesday evening November 28, the night before Thanksgiving. Mrs. Ray Hicks coordinates packing.
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Young People’s Society
Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Ray Hicks
REARDON'S Special Coffee tb 22c
Pure Food Store advertises Reardon's Special Coffee priced at 22 cents. Page snippet notes product labeling and market listing for a retail grocery display.
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Reardon’s
Christmas Savings Club Checks Total About $60 000
Depositors at four Winchester banks will receive checks totaling about $60 000 on December 1 and 2. The amount is about a slight increase over last year as many continue to pay into their clubs up to the mailing date. The funds are used for Christmas purchases taxes coal clothes and some redeposit the check into savings.
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Winchester
How Britain Revived and Other Magazine Notes
In recent magazine issues, Raymond G. Swing argues Britain's recovery was born of drastic measures in Harper's November. F R Daniell profiles Huey Long as the Louisiana kingfish in Current History November. Leonard D White urges a rejuvenated U S Civil Service in Fortune November. Newton D Baker criticizes self reliance in Atlantic December.
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Handley Library
Britain
Raymond G. Swing
Harper’s Magazine
England
Mr. Swing
F. R. Daniell
Louisiana
Huey Long
Arthur
Cleveland
Leonard D. White
Fortune
U.S
Atlantic Monthly
Newton D. Baker
Grover Cleveland
New York Times
Barnstormers Triumph 15 3 Over Nippon All Stars in Osaka
The touring major league team from America opened in Osaka before 48 000 fans, overpowering Nippon All-Stars 15 to 3. Lou Gehrig hit a triple and a single while Babe Ruth added three singles to pace the offense.
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Osaka
Japan
America
Nippon All-Stars
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Call Per your Laundry also Win chester Steam Laundry
Fragmentary text mentions laundry services and a possible promotion or notice. No clear event, date, or entities beyond laundry names. Summary uncertain due to damaged text.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Couple To Hagerstown For a Hearing
Two people Lester Holmes 42 from Keedysville Maryland and Eva Churchey 23 of Sharpsburg Maryland were arrested on Millwood road Hill Top for alleged Mann Act violations. They were taken to Hagerstown for a 10 AM hearing after a federal officer headed to Baltimore for testimony. Holmes is described as a Baltimore fugitive who has jumped bond three times.
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Millwood
Hill Top
Lester Holmes
Keedysville
Eva Churchey
Sharpsburg
R. E. Bayliss
Purcell Plank
Winchester
United States
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Holmes
Baltimore
Plank
Bayliss
Reverend Locke to Deliver Thanksgiving Sermon in Winchester
The Rev. Dr. William F. Locke will preach at the annual union Thanksgiving Day service sponsored by the Winchester Ministerial Association. The 10:30 a.m. service on Thursday at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church also features other ministers and a Memorial Hospital offering.
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William F. Locke
Winchester Tract
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. J. Rohart
First Brethren Church
Ministerial Union
Memorial Hospital
United States
Locke
Baltimore
Southern Methodist Church
Winchester
County Residents Seek Federal Housing Loans Aid Info
County residents can get details on federal housing improvement loans from Sam Chiles who will operate an informational office at 19 Court House Square starting Saturday November 24.
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Sam Chiles
Court House Square
Byrd launches flight to probe Antarctic sea passage
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, with Harold June and a navigator, departed at 5:15 p m to seek a southeastern route beyond the 180th meridian. The mission aims to determine if an ice strait at about 81st to 82nd parallels remains a sea passage or becomes a land bridge toward Marie Byrd land, venturing near tractors halted near 80°29′S 151°33′W.
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Little America
Antaarctica
Mackey Radio
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctica
Ice
Marie Byrd Land
Admiral Byrd
Harold June
Navigate
Handley Orchestra Performs at Banquet for Teams
The Handley orchestra under Professor W. H. McIlwee played 16 pieces at the Kiwanis sponsored banquet for Handley and Martinsburg high school football teams at the George Washington Hotel. The program offered varied music and promoted sportsmanship and fellowship between the two cities.
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Handley Orchestra
W. H. McIlwee
Handley and Martinsburg
George Washington Hotel
Kiwanis Clubs
Arrests Expected in Weiss Kidnap Case
Philadelphia across November 24 reports that federal agents and city police near a breakthrough in the month old kidnapping of William Weiss a noted nightlife figure with a $100 000 ransom demand. The victim s family believes Weiss dead while authorities pursue a definite trail and await arrests.
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Philadelphia
William Weiss
Department of Justice
Weiss
Bureau Issues Storm Warning
The weather bureau issued a storm advisory noting a tropical disturbance recurved to the north about 350 miles southwest of Bermuda. It warned of shifting gales and hurricane force winds near the center and advised vessels in and near the path to exercise caution.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Bermuda
Final Plans for Horticultural Meeting December 12
W S Campfield outlines a three day Virginia State Horticultural Society convention in Winchester December 11 12 13 with exhibits on Eberts Garage top floor and orchard equipment displays. The George Washington Hotel hosts the banquet on December 12 followed by a Harmony Mixers performance and a hotel ballroom dance.
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Virginia State Horticultural Society
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Colonial Theatre
W. S. Campfield
Society
City
The
Horticultural Society
Staunton
Roanoke
Richmond
Charlottesville
Eugene Russell
Robert Snapp
Henry Keller
Robert Legge
Dodson Named Clerk of House By Gov. Peery
Governor Peery appoints J. Griffith Dodson of Norfolk as clerk of the House of Delegates effective immediately. The move removes Dodson from consideration as chairman of the Commission of Conservation and Development, a role his name had highlighted for. Bowles, insurance superintendent George A. Bowles, was also in the hunting party. Dodson succeeds the late Col. John W. Williams.
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Richmond
Peery
Griffith Dodson
Norfolk
House of Delegates
Commission of Conservation and Development
George A. Bowles
Dodson
John W. Williams
Woman's College Attache Takes Her Own Life
Natick Mass November 24 Miss Jessie R Adams 62 long associated with Wellesley College for 25 years and nine years head of the college information bureau killed herself today by drowning in Dog Pond near her home after a prolonged illness. She had been on leave since March and authorities cited poor health as a factor.
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Natick
Mass
Jessie R. Adams
Wellesley College Today
College Information Bureau
Dog Pond
Turkey Dinners For C. C. C. Workers On Thanksgiving
Washington dispatch reports that 350,000 CCC boys will get a full Thanksgiving meal with turkey. About 55,000 birds totaling 660,000 pounds or 330 tons would be served with all the trimmings, according to Director Robert Fechner.
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Washington
CCC
Robert Fechner
Relics of City Waterworks on Display Today
Winchester exhibit shows the oldest pipe line system in the state with wooden pipes from 1808, cast iron and copper sections, and a 4 inch pipe jet section. Dr Brown introduced wooden pipes and iron lines expanded from 1826 to Loudoun and Cameron streets as towns grew. The display notes water sourcing from Town Spring and Town Run before public mains.
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Dr. Brown
Winchester Water Works
Long States
Old Town
Glen Burnie
James Wood
Winchester
William Ak Ae
C. Vernon Holdy
Brown
Loudoun Street
Ieee Ae
Cameron Street
Russell
World News At A Glance items
The bulletin covers multiple brief items including the search for gangster Dutch Schultz with DOJ cooperation, a plan to retire nine billion in tax exempt securities with gold backed new money, a Gulf drift of the yacht White Cloud and crew, the death of Jessie R Adams at Wellsley College, Princess Marina’s upcoming wedding gifts, a Ontario lake tragedy with a widow and infant, and a World’s Fair disaster in Brussels with eleven dead and twenty one injured.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Wellsley College
London
Marina
Qake
Kent
Port Hope
Ont
Ontario
Brussels
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Dr. Fothergill
Warren County
Front Royal News
Star Today
Xmas Savings Club
Presbyterian Church
Byrd
Handley
Bureau
Gov. Peery
Woman’s College
Kindlingwood Glaize & Bro
World News
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