Scout Campaign To Be Carried To Middletown
The flying squadron of Chairman Philip R. Fowle will visit Middletown tonight to raise funds for Boy Scout work in a ten year program. Winchester and Frederick county continue a financial solicitation with about $1000 still needed to reach the quota. Envelopes to houses are temporarily postponed and voluntary gifts are welcomed by C. Vernon Eddy and Fowle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip R. Fowle
Winchester
Frederick County
C. Vernon Eddy
Apple Markets Shipping Point Prices and Demand in Martinsburg
Shipping point prices for Friday in Martinsburg West Virginia show light demand and steady to firm markets. Apple varieties including Yorks McIntosh Grimes Delicious and Jonathan list U S No 1 with 2% min sizes and prices mostly between 1.00 and 3.00 per bushel or carload, with details on min sizes and bulk rates and 15 cars reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Yorks
U. S
Carloands F. O. B
R. I. Greenings
McIntosh
Benton Harbor
Mich
Jonathans
Grimes
Orchard Run
Origin of the word fiasco traced to broken bottles
The term fiasco once described a flask or bottle and evolved to signify a breakdown or failure in a venture. The etymology links a physical object to a figurative sense of collapse.
200 000 Acres Of Wheat Signed For Reduction
Virginia extension director J R Hutcheson reports 6727 wheat applications to date with final returns expected around 7000 farmers and 200000 acres under contract. Production to be reduced 15 percent in 1934 and likely the same in 1935 with payments of about 25 cents per bushel for 60 percent consumed. Outcome includes $4000 to $5000 for cooperators and 23 wheat production control associations already formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
J. R. Hutcheson
Virginia Extension Division
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Hutcheson
Virginia
For Rent Apartment at Peyton Street 9-17
Classified ad notes rental of an apartment at 18 Peyton Street with date 9-17. Additional entries reference a building formerly Valley Food Co. at 103 E Clifford St, a six room modern home with garage at 333 North Main, and a six room house cared for by Mrs. Wm Willis. Furnished apartments listed with phone 590 and address 412 North Kent Street with dates 9-30 and 10-2.
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St Psarv
Valley Food Co
Clifford St
North Main
North Kent Street
Local Market Prices for Grain Feed and Dairy Produce
The market list shows wholesale and retail prices for flour, shelled corn, mixed feed, middlings, screenings, scratch feed, corn meal, oats, and mash. Dairy items include country butter and butter fat No 1, with prices for creamery butter and various feeds. Also listed are prices for cows, heifers, sheep, and lambs, plus local retail dairy and farm product rates.
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C.vecevecae
Auction Sells Burns Poem The Vision in London
Forty handwritten lines from Robert Burns titled The Vision sold in London for 1200 dollars. The buyer is unnamed in the report and the sale highlights interest in literary manuscripts in the city.
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Robert Burns
London
Brilliant Ball Crowns Regina III at Piedmont Dairy Festival
Miss Mary Stevens Jones of Culpeper county crowned Regina III by Senator Harry F. Byrd at the Piedmont dairy festival in Manassas High School gym. A grand two mile parade featured 10 bands, 25 floats, and a Richmond Blues escort. Allen Greene of Aden named lord of the cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manassas High School
Piedmont Dairy
Mary Stevens Jones
Culpeper County
Regina III
Harry F. Byrd
A. S. Gibson
Trinity Episcopal Church
Richmond Blues
Buford Rose
Virginia
Allen Greene
Aden
Milky Way
Portner Estate
Annabure
Prince William
Beattine Hawkes
Daniel Boone Appears in Manassas Pageant
A Manassas High School pageant featured Daniel Boone and the Shawnee Indians with a lively sequence on King David and Miles Standish. Miss Mary Lynch led the colorful Idealization of Health with interpretive dances by Mary Lynch and Mellen Bisson, backed by a military band and a Frederickburg State Teachers' College girls glee club.
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Catherine Arlington
Daniel Boone
Hather
King David
Miles Standish
Mary Lynch
Manassas High School
Mellen Bisson
N.R. A
State Teachers’ College At
Fredericksburg
Southern Mission for Apples Probe Costs in West Virginia
Marchant and Company of Washington plan to ship 3 500 barrels of Jefferson county apples to Florida and other southern markets by rail freight as the cheaper method. Mr Merchant notes attempts to haul apples by truck and return with Florida produce proved too costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay X. Marchant and Company
Washington, D. C
Jefferson County
W. Va
Florida
Merchant
Comb Honey Year Fact Says One Bee Must Work Yearly
A traditional line notes it would take a single bee to work every day for a full year to produce one comb of honey, illustrating the high effort behind a small amount of honey.
Lizetta Boyd Predicts Landfall of the Season at Tropica Beach
In a tropical party scene Lizetta Boyd brushes off tea and old flames as friends tease her about romance. Kerma mocks, while Marion envies freedom and money woes. The Dunbars boast a Havana prize in a family doubles contest and a forthcoming casino opening sparks plans for a wild trip.
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Lizetta Boyd
Stuart Logan
Tropica Beach
Patricia
Lizetta
London
John Bull
Patty
Kerma
Lizzie
Panama
Old Pedro
Pedro
Marion
Mother
Dad
Big Wind
Flore
Betty
Larry
Mrs. Dunbar
Mr. Dunbar
Havana
Dunbarx
Casino del Acaso
Pollard Defends Road Funds Overhaul to Aid Schools
Richmond reports Gov. Pollard defends highway funds as aiding unemployment relief and school children, amid budget board hearings. Highway costs cited include $16 million income next year, with maintenance and debt needs outlined by Highway Commissioner Shirley. He warned reducing auto license taxes could halt primary road work and worsen district completion rates.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
Pollard
Capitol
Ashton Covell
Williamsburg
House of Delegates
Shirley
Henry G. Shirley
Norfolk
Bristol
Roanoke
Lynchburg
U. Va
Doctors Recommend Creosote Based Cough Treatment
A vintage ad touts Creomulsion as a powerful yet harmless remedy for coughs colds and bronchitis. It claims creosote and six other medical elements quickly stop lingering illnesses and guarantees relief with a money back promise.
Original McIntosh apple tree bore fruit 112 years
The Canadian farm’s McIntosh apple tree produced fruit from 1796 to 1908, a span of 112 years, highlighting a remarkable longevity of a historic cultivar on a single tree.
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Middletown
Apple
Goodyear
S. Braddock
Fairmont Ave
Peyton Street
Davis Grocery
Loudoun St
Ork St
Kuhn
South Stewart St
Wm. R. Willis
National Ave
W. Cockl Street
Braddock St
American Cooperage Co
Children’s School
N. Market St
S. E. Myers
Summit Point
Willis Bicycle Shop
Amherst St
Baugh's Fertilizer
B. & O. Hayhouse
John S Hardesty, Mer
America
West Virginia
J. O. J. Greene
East Cark St
Sinclair Refining Co
Reward
Baker
Burns
Cal Ove Wager Roth Webster
Budget Board
University of Virginia
Pri
Vate
Education Board
International Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
School of Medicine
Natural Science
Social Science
U. S. Senate Committee
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Comporation
Thomas A. Edison
Walter
Walter Lippmann
The
Star
Lippmann
Cuba
Evening Star
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