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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1922
Page
8
Virginia farmers enjoy the best harvest in 25 years with corn at 55 million bushels wheat 10.5 million tobacco 167 million pounds white potatoes 15 million bushels sweet potatoes 6 million bushels apples over 1 million barrels and peanuts around 1 million bushels. Apple and peanut yields fall short due to poor prices.
Richmond Va October 4 Miss Anna Lee Dirigledine of Timberville Va among Near East relief workers reuniting refugee families in Smyrna region according to dispatches to Oliver J Sands chairman of Near East Relief in Virginia Miss Dirigledine and five others travel by American destroyer from Constantinople on an assignment planned to reunite scattered refugees.
Open relief stations in Rodosto Bee and on a Greek island aim to reunite many of the affected people. The work follows orders from the Harpoot unit and reflects recent efforts by relief organizers.
A Purcellville dispatch reports extremely dry weather in Loudoun county has ruined late crops. Peaches fell before ripening, beans corn and tomatoes yielded little to none, and many wells are drying up, prompting public concern.
The report warns that without substantial rainfall soon the water supply will be at risk. Authorities urge rainfall to replenish reservoirs and prevent a severe shortage impacting communities and industry.
State and county officials including sheriffs and prohibition agents work closer than ever. Harry B. Smith, state prohibition director, said in Richmond that Virginia enforces the dry law more strictly than any other state, with many counties setting records in enforcement.
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