Coal profiteering figures spark Senate scrutiny of prices
Senator Kellogg cites private-sector coal prices to warn of profiteering as Hoover tariff and coal-shortage concerns echo. Examples from Kanawha Valley to Paducah show run of coal at seven to ten dollars per ton and mine slack charges reaching twelve dollars. Public interest focuses on rate abuses amid 1922 economic strains.
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Hoover
Ces
Ies
Senate
Kanawha Valley Coalty
Charleston
W. Va
A. Pee Brick Company
Etteville
N. C
Paducah (Ky
Mah, Lt
Kentucky
Ormally
Holland Furniture Com
Holland
Mich
Or West
Virginia
Iége
Ering
Enate
Frank B. Kellogg
Newberry
Kelloge
Wisconsin
Only Way to Save: Aunt Samantha Cans All
Walt Mason laments Aunt Samantha's frugal habit of canning everything from pickles to ketchup while avoiding store purchases. The poem celebrates thrift as she packs jars, tends the garden, and keeps up with friends who travel and enjoy leisure.
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Samantha
Jones
Local notes from Brucetown Virginia and vicinity
Brucetown Virginia notes list residents and visitors including Miss Emily Pierce of Winchester visiting grandmother Mrs Emma Tanquary. Martinsburg trips involve Mr and Mrs Andrew Whitacre and others while Miss Corrie Swimley hosted Virginia Clendening of Bunker Hill. George Wright improves. son Gilbert seriously ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown
Emily Pierce
Winchester
Emma Tanquary
Andrew Whitacre
Purcell
Robert Smith
Martinsburg
John Ware
Evelyn Jobe
Kabletown
Belle Jobe
Annie Pecore
Baltimore
Nannie Smithey
Corrie Swimley
Virginia Clendening
Bunkers Hitl
Georgie
Virginia Cossack
Eg Clarke Hardesty
Charles Hyer
Aim
Charles
John Schlack
Rest
O. D. Lambert
Summit Point
Edith, McClure
Washington
Howard Boden
George Wright
Gilbert
Golf threatens to dethrone baseball as national sport
A Rock Island Argus opinion argues golf is growing faster in popularity than baseball and could become the leading national sport. It notes golf’s inclusivity issues and crowded courses but praises golfers who play, contrasting golf with spectatorship in baseball and calling golf a vigorous, active pursuit.
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Sporting Spods
America
Tfolf
Baraenes
Cross Junction Notes Entomologist Move Twins and Local Trades
Max Braithwaite, son of E. W. Braithwaite, left for Lexington Kentucky to take a position as state entomologist after completing an agronomy course at Virginia Tech. Mrs. W. B. Edwards name twin daughters Elsie Frances and Eltha Virginia. Paul Shenk was kicked in the face by a colt. Virginia Angell of Winchester visited grandparents C. G. Baker. Dale Baker moved to Winchester. Ray Baker employed at a vinegar plant in Winchester. Cannery at Cross Junction busy as tomato yield remains good despite drought. Early Collins, who cared for his ill father Charles P. Collins, returned to Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mecklwee returned from Ohio.
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Cross Junction
Max Braithwaite
E. W. Braithwaite
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Lexington
W. B. Edwards
Elsie Frances
Eltha Virginia
Paul Shenk
Virginia Angell
Winchester
C. G. Baker
Dale ‘Baker
Ray Baker
Early Collins
Charles P. Collins
Springfield
W. H. Mecklwee
Ohio
Grimes Local Items Note Outings and Visits
Local notes report Mr and Mrs Ehmer Fisher and others from Lancaster Pa visiting Maple Shade farm in Grimes Virginia Apple picking has begun. Mr E Shepard and son Edwin and Mr J A Grimes traveled to Charles Town W Va on business. Several families from York Pa Martinsburg W Va and Dehaven area spent time with Grimes residents.
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Grimes
Ehmer
Fisher
Alfred Thomas
Bruce
Marion
Lancaster
Maple Shade Farm
John Hubbard
Thomas
E.”S. Shepard
Edwin
J. A. Grimes
Charles “Fown
W. Va
George Stottler
E. L. Stine
Albin
Monroe Zinn
York
Albert Grubbs
John Wolfe
Martinsburg
Sarah Ware
Lela
Dehaven
Richard Randall
Messrs
Ellis
Arthur Finfrock
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The
Evening Star
Arry Flood Byrd
Evening Publishing Co
Morning News
Weekly News
the Weekly Mirror
Bell
United
Associated Press
Sven Kellogg
Baltimore Sun
Walt Mason
Gole
Rock Island Argus
P. C. Neidemeyer & Co
Frank Gearing
E. Piccadilly St
National Sales
South Main Street
Atlantic City
Satuday Night
Mechanicsburg
South Carolina Avenue
Broadway Ltd
Frederick County
Mary C. Albin
Emanuel J. Albin
Circuit Court
County Court House
Stephens City
Nineveh
Herbert S. Larrick
M. M. Lynch
Herbert 8. Varrick
G. Brannon
Frederick Co
Clinton St
Boston
Harrisburg
Niagara Falls
Susquehanna Valley
Pennsylvania
Sheriff's. Sale
Nectar Bottling Works, Inc
Brockway Auto
Adam Forney
Good & CO
Rouss Ave
Northern
Thomas & Messer Company
W. Balto
Baltimore, MG
Sally Ann
Beck’s Bakery
Domestic Science
H. C. Heslop
W. Piccadilly St
W. A. Ryan
Old Dominion
Buttlemith
Winchester Milling Corporation
Covesville
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