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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
8
Wheat in Clarke county fetched less than a dollar a bushel at Berryville with Berryville buyers at 98 cents last week and others paying 1.05 to 1.15. Winchester and Baltimore prices rose while dealers said they paid high bids to aid local farmers despite light receipts and rising costs.
The Diocese of Virginia mobilizes 1919 to 1921 campaign across three districts. Bishop Brown promotes education, new churches, and mountain mission work while noting 19 parishes without ministers and seminary recruiting needs. The goal includes 10 men in ministry, 10 volunteers, 10 women for mountain work, 10,000 intercessors, 10,000 donors to raise 270000 dollars.
Harrisonburg Virginia October 26 The fall season is among the driest in twenty eight years according to Revi Le J Heatwole voluntary observer for the United States Weather Bureau He answered a query comparing this October with other Octobers in the period.
Mr Heatwole cites a twenty eight year cycle and meteorological bureau observations in Washington predicting an unusually dry season. He notes drought typically begins late September and lasts into December with the St Lawrence river valley and Great Lakes areas hardest hit and October rainfall far below normal. Water shortages force residents to haul water as cisterns run dry.
The Pennsylvania Railroad continues to advertise for locomotive engineers firemen conductors trainmen and yardmen signaling persistent demand amid talks of a possible railroad strike. The ads stress that applications may be submitted, highlighting ongoing recruitment across multiple crafts.
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