Handley To Play First Game of the Season Saturday
Handley High School opens its season with a Saturday game after recent player losses and a coaching change. Otis Sargent leads the squad, while veteran figure Witherow Legge from Virginia Polytechnic appears as a continuing influence.
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Ritter
Ritendur
Full
Baker
Handley High School
Whicheater
Hosen
Otis Sargent
Witherow Legge
Virginia Poly
Handley High Opens Season With Harpers Ferry Game
Handley High School begins football on October 8 at Winchester against Harpers Ferry with six veterans in the lineup Clevenger Ish er Carpenter Grim Barr Renner plus new players Anderson Fries Clark. The eight game schedule includes Waynesboro Staunton Randolph Macon Harrisonburg Martinsburg and Martinsburg Thanksgiving game. The Cumberland Valley League season opens October 15 with Waynesboro at Winchester Hagerstown at Waynesboro Martinsburg at Hagerstown Martinsburg at Waynesboro and Winchester at Martinsburg.
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Technic Institute
Handley
Virginians
Harpers Ferry High School
Winchester
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Isher
Carpenter
Grim
Barr
Renner
Anderson
Fries
Clark
Harpers Ferry
Waynesboro High
Charles Town High
Staunton, High
Staunton
Randolph Macon
Front Royal
Harrisonburg High
Harrisonburg
Martinsburg High
Martinsburg
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Chambersburg
Anchester
Win
John P. Shreckhise Former Staunton Merchant Dies
John P. Shreckhise 73 longtime Staunton merchant died suddenly Saturday at his daughter Mrs. Herbert A. Jacob’s home in Fort Defiance. He was a Long Glade native and leaves a widow Ella Ewers of Nelson county and three daughters, Mrs. R. W. D. Taylor of Woodberry Forest, Mrs. T. C. Carrington of (rest of text)
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John P. Shreckhise
Staunton
Herbert A. Jacob
Fort Defiance
Shreckhise
Long Glade
Ella Ewers
Nelson County
R. W. D. Taylor
Woodberry Forest
T. C. Carrington
That Baby You've Longed For
Mrs Margaret Burton of Kansas City recounts years of infertility and depression before becoming a mother to a daughter. She offers free confidential guidance to married women seeking the same happiness and invites letters to her Kansas City address.
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Margaret Burton
Kansas City
Massachusetts
Virginia Ad Campaign Heralds Allied Chemical Hundred Million Investment
The Allied Chemical Corporation plans to invest over 100 million dollars in Virginia to build the world’s largest nitrate plant. First unit contracts total ten million, citing labor, climate, proximity to mines, power, transportation, eastern markets, and state tax policy as reasons. State offices invite inquiries through the State Conservation and Development Commission.
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Virginia
United States
Allied Chemical Corporation
Virginians Vote on Amendments in November 1927
Richmond reports three proposed constitutional amendments to be voted on at the November 1927 election. They cover veteran tax exemptions, shifting state appropriation timing to align fiscal and appropriation years, and allowing certain high density counties to tax abutting land for sidewalks streets and sewers, currently limited to Arlington County.
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Eral Assembly
General Assembly
Arlington
A W Foreman Named Head of County Home
At the county supervisors meeting A W Foreman was elected superintendent of the County Home succeeding John M Massey who had resigned. The board also allocated courthouse space for Stonewall and Shawnee school use and discussed boundary work with Berkeley County. They proposed a new county road, discussed marking historic spots, and planned a stone wall bumper for Frederick Plaza. The board approved monthly support for Lorenza Puffinberger’s family and praised Miss Martha E Sowers for her report.
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Board of County Supervisors
A. W. Foreman
John M. Massey
Carper
Mr. Massey
Foreman
Stonewall
Shawnee
Hugh B. Kline
M M. Lockhart
J. B. Smith
Conrad
Commission On Conservation and Development of
Frederick Plaza
Leorenzo Puffinberger
Lfe
Rheumatism relief from S.S.8 promises comfort and health
An advertisement claims S.S.8 relieves rheumatism after years of suffering. It features Earl C. Campbell of Johnson City Tennessee praising the remedy, noting past treatments and a successful course. The product, described as wholly plant based, is sold in two sizes at feed drug stores.
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Hot Springs
S.S
Earl C. Campbell
West Main Street
Johnson City
Tenn
Revolt Crushed In Mexico City Mutiny Report
Mutiny by Federal troops in Mexico City is reported as suppressed by Gen. Pablo Macias. Train service on inter-oceanic railways linking Mexico City with the capital is ordered suspended. Vera Cruz notes quiet yet streets show expectancy as authorities issue the order.
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Pablo Macias
Nogales
Sonora
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Vera Gras
ORFOLK WES T Schedule Details Roanoke and West Virginia Routes
Rail timetable entry lists overnight and daytime departures from Norfolk and West Virginia connections. Services include Pullman sleepers to Williamson and Bristol, dining car, connections at Roanoke with Memphis Special, and routes to Seattle destinations via Hagerstown Baltimore Philadelphia New York with parlor car service. Reservations through H H Burks and Jno L Bladen.
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Berryville
Roanoke
Bristol
Bluefield
Williamson
Norton
Waynesboro
Beyon Pullman
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Chattanooga
Nashville
Memphis
Cincinnati
Columbus
Geotey Gee
Shenandoah
Hagerstown
Shenandoah Junction
Washington
Baltimore
Waston
Pullman
Hagerst
Hoamacse
Philadelphia
New York
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