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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1924
Page
2
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The funeral of Martha Shumate, who died at her home on Washin and Piccadilly streets after a long illness, will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock from her residence. The Service of Batiety of Friends will be conducted by the Rev J L Neff of Market Street M E Church. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers are William Trenary Howell Bond Richard R Brown J Fow Brown T J Dale and William Cross Miller.
Burnt Factory Virginia October report from Clark and Frederick counties notes Glen Dale and Red Ve sites with teachers Mrs Walter Foley and Miss Bucher. Local improvements include Walter Schwartz’s recovery on crutches and autumn farming tasks. Community events include Red Bud church meetings with conversions and Virginia Hoffman private scholastic work for younger children. Families visiting and death of Mrs J Lacy Hampton are also recorded.
Brucetown Virginia reports visits from Galen H Swimley of Bunker Hill West Virginia to his uncle S J Swimley Sr. Also social rounds include Andy Whitacre and wife and other families visiting White Hall and Mrs Janney McKee with various Snapps and Swimleys mentioned in the Brucetown brief notices.
Staunton grocer A P Coffey claims Vendol cured his pimples and boils and regularized his bowels after pills failed. He praises the plant remedy as nature’s own formula from twelve roots and leaves. Franck Baker and Son in Winchester report selling thousands of bottles.
Mrs Fisher and dusrantee plan a Tacky Night on October 17 at the town hall with a prize for the tackiest lady. Pie and coffee will be served. Funeral services for Mr John Fiddler were held at the M E Church Sunday afternoon. Jessie Brooke Bishop, a student nurse at Memorial hospital Winchester, was the guest of Miss Wright at the parsonage.
Annie Kelly of Winchester was the guest of Mrs. St Swimley Sr on Sunday afternoon.
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