European fruit prospects weaken to mid August report
The August mid term outlook shows Europe facing weaker apple and pear crops in many regions. Britain reports the worst ten year apple harvest with hail and scab damage. Germany, Austria, Switzerland show mixed results with overall below average quality and size. France has good mid quality supplies but fewer high grade fruits.
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Washington
Europe
England
Loyd V. Steere
Berlin
Department of Agricultu
L. V. Steere
Austria
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Syria
European
Netherlands
France
Italy
Tyrol
Stunt Flying At Takoma Park Provokes Protest
Takoma Park Maryland residents condemned frequent aerial acrobatics by Army and Navy aviators over the town. The public safety authorities will investigate the stunt flying seen as a menace to wartime veterans at Walter Reed Hospital.
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Associated Press
Washington
Takoma Park
National Capital
Army
Navy
Walter Reed Hospital
Citizens’ Association
Bonds for Sale First Mortgage 6 Percent Land Bonds
Bonds offered by Hansbrough and Carter a first mortgage issue with 6 percent interest payable semi annually. Denominations are 500 and 1 000 dollars secured on property valued at more than twice the bond issue. Call or write for details.
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Hansbrough & Carter
Apple shipments show shifts in Washington district varieties
Wenatchee district figures compare 1921 to 1926 shipments of 15 principal varieties. Winesaps Delicious and Winter Banana rise, while Black, Black Twig, Ben Davis, Rome Beauty, Stayman and Spitzenberg shrink. Jonathans hold steady. declines evolve across many varieties, with notable gains for Winesaps and Delicious.
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Jonathans
Spitzenbergs
Rome
Bert L. Baker
Wenatchee
Newtown
Ben Davis
Stayman
Ellen and Ike Allen Fight Over Snoring in Police Court
Ike Allen and wife Ellen Allen, both colored, were fined $12 each for fighting and disorderly conduct after a dispute over snoring escalated. Ellen allegedly struck with a window screen and Ike with a kiss of sleep then a razor or knife threat was denied. neighborhood reports and a hospital visit followed.
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Ike Allen
Ellen Allen
Ike
Ihe
Ellen
Cou
South Braddock Street
Memorial Hospital
Apple Shipments To Great Britain From New York Port
The local office of G. R. Cooper Harnden and Company reports weekly shipments of apples from the port of New York to British ports for the week ending September 10. Also notes: Wanted Carpenters. Apply new Baptist Church.
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Great Britain
New York
G. R. Cooper, Harnden and Company
New Baptist Church
Wives Hope For Flyers As Old Glory Wreckage Found
Wives of missing Old Glory flyers cling to hope after reports of wreckage found north of shipping lanes. A Daily Mirror bulletin from St John’s credited locating Old Glory debris with no signs of the crew. Other wreckage tales include a submerged find east of Halifax and a washed ashore fragment in Wales.
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New York
Philip A. Payne
Lloyd Bertaud
Florence Callaghan
Bertaud
Associated Press Today
Old Glory
Daily Mirror
Douglas Muir
St. John's
N. F
Kyle
The
Mirror
Avaina
Transylvania
David W. Bone
Associated Press
Lloyd Bernard
James D. Hill
Phillip A. Payne
Wales
London
Newquay
Cornwall
Lloyd's
Tribute to Caleb DeHaven Follows Mart insburg Death
Funeral services were held Sunday at Pine Grove M E Church South for Caleb DeHaven who died last week in Martinsburg West Virginia. Rev John T Banks officiated as per DeHaven request. More than 1500 attended the service and burial was in the church cemetery. DeHaven was known for helping neighbors without pay, aiding sick livestock, sitting up with ill families, and directing travelers around Back Creek when it flooded.
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John T. Banks
Caleb DeHaven
City Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
DeHaven
Mr. Banks
Pine Grove M. E. Church
South
Charles Strobridge
Alexander Rogers
W. Luttrell
Charles Jackson
William Dunham
Willis DeHaven
Mr. DeHaven
Back Creek
Pack Your Apples in Sunset Brand Paper
An advertisement for Sunset Brand shredded oiled paper for packing apples, offered by Winchester Cold Storage Co. Describes product as protective packing material and notes sale details imprecisely with catalog-like codes.
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Winchester Cold Storage CO
Pride of Detroit Near Kinshiu Typhoon Waits to Hop to Kasumigaura
The Pride of Detroit remains near Omura as Kinshiu suffers a typhoon and tidal wave. Japanese aviators Brock and Schlee may end the flight at Kasumigaura while doubts persist about completing the Pacific crossing.
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Tokyo
Pride
Detroit
Kinshiu
Nagasaki
Omura
Kasumigaura
Edward F. Schlee
Illiam
Brock
Pacific
Kumamoto
Osaka
Kiuchiu
Asahi
Schlee
Tokio
Midway Islands
America
Caril Islands
Japan
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
U. S. Army World Flyers
Baltimore Clerk Indicted For Two New York Killings
Charles M. Bernstein a Baltimore store clerk and realty dealer was indicted for the September 6 shooting that killed Char A Herkovitz a New York real estate broker and his lawyer Henry C Cohen Two others died in the same incident Victor J Steinberg fell nine stories from the Cohen law firm and died after hospital treatment Robert McCroarty died of injuries from the fall
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Associated Press
New York
Charles M. Bernstein
Baltimore
Char
A. Herkovitz
Henry C. Cohen
Victor J. Steinberg
Cohen Law Firm
Leape
Robert McCroarty
Man and Woman Found Slain In a Baltimore House
In Baltimore on September 13 a man and woman, both shot, were found dead in a locked west Lombard Street apartment. Police say the man killed the woman then shot himself. a .32 caliber pistol and three discharged bullets were found, with a grocery bill and city directory listing for Nellie and Anna Daniels at the residence.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
West Lombard Street
Nellie Daniels
Anna E.' Daniels
Lombard Street
Pencil Free With Each 5c Tablet At People's Drug Co
Notice to school children offering a pencil free with each 5 cent writing tablet at People's Drug Co with price and location details omitted from the readable text.
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People's Drug Co
Special McCormick Deering 10-20 Tractor Ad
McCormick Deering 10-20 tractor priced to sell. Local listing from J Hook at 130 South Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia.
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McCormick Deering
J. Hook
Loudoun St
Winchester
United Brethren Convene in Winchester For 128th Virginia Conference
Clerical and lay delegates arrive in Winchester for the 128th Virginia Annual Conference of the United Brethren Church. Bishop William M. Bell of Harrisburg will open the meeting at 10 a m in the United Brethren Church on North Braddock Street and speak at the opening. The conference, hosting about 150 attendees, covers Virginia and parts of West Virginia and Maryland with Rev. Dr. J H Brunk as superintendent and Rev. George W Stover as host pastor.
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Winchester
Virginia
United Brethren Church
North Braddock Street
William M. Bell
D. D
Harrisburg
Bell
Hotel Jack
Bishop Bell
Belt
Virginia Coopenane
West Virginia
Maryland
J. H. Brunk
Martinsburg
W. Va
George W. Stover
Roanoke Youth Slays Father and His Stepmother
William Thomas Collins, 17, killed his father and his stepmother in a Roanoke home, then fatally struck the woman with a hatchet as she lay on the kitchen floor. Detectives cite a confession in which he said he was angry and spoke of quarrels at home.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
William Thomas Collins
Mid West Stews Under Heat Wave Sweeps Plains
Chicago report says the mid west sweltered under a heat wave today with high winds blowing from the central plains along the Arkansas and Missouri river valleys.
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Chicago
Mid-West
Great Central Plains
Plate
Arkansas and
Missouri River
Dr. McBride to Direct League Duties After Wheeler Death
Dr. Francis Scott McBride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, will take on active legislative duties in Washington until a new general counsel is appointed to succeed the late Wayne B. Wheeler, the league announced from its Westerville headquarters.
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Associated Press
Westerville
Ohio
Francis Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
League
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
President May Order Flight Probe
Washington Sept 13. President Coolidge weighing a thorough investigation of transoceanic flights. The order would be issued to the assistant secretaries of war navy and commerce in charge of aviation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secretaries of War
Navy
Commerce
FOR SALE ITEMS PICKING SACKS AND 1925 FORD COUPE
USED picking sacks in good condition offered at Grew Orchard or Berryville Orchard. Also a 1925 Ford coupe with new tires and a motor in good shape. Apply 319 National Age.
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Berryville
H. F. Byrd
Rev Mr Stover Closing 13 Year Winchester Pastorate
The Virginia Annual Conference meets to honor Rev George W Stover closing his 15th year as Winchester United Brethren pastor. Since 1912 the church built a $64,000 new structure, paid $53,750 in principal and interest, and grew membership to 447. Stover led 314 marriages, 326 baptisms, 378 funerals, and 56,678 pastoral visits.
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Virginia
United Brethren Church
George W. Stover
Winchester
United Eleven Church
G. W. Howe
Staunton
Main
Washington Street
Stover
Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester
Ae Bank
Christian Endeavor
Ladies’ Aid Society
Carolina Beach Hotel Destroyed in Fire near Wilmington
Fire swept the Carolina Beach Hotel near Wilmington NC early today causing an estimated loss of 125000 dollars. No injuries were reported as crews battled the blaze and contained damage to the structure.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
N. C
Carolina Beach
Coal Operators Reject Peace Plan in Illinois Miners Tie-Up
Chicago Sept 13 coal operators meeting today rejected the peace proposal from miners' representatives. They sent a two man committee back to confer but gave no counter offer. They said the mine tie-up is no nearer a solution than a week ago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Llinois
Bugs and Draperies Cleaned to Your Satisfaction
All kinds cleaned to your satisfaction at Steam Laundry Winchester. Prices right. Steam Laundry phone 238.
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Winchester
Gainesboro farmer Mathias Loy dies from stroke
Mathias R. Loy a longtime Gainesboro district resident died at 6 a m Monday from a stroke suffered after Sunday evening farming errands. Born March 6 1865 he was 76. Funeral Wednesday at Grove Church with Rev J T Crews officiating. Burial in Grove Cemetery. He was survived by a large family including Mrs Virginia Light and Mary Clark and many relatives.
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Gainesboro
Mathias R. Loy
Loy
Atricken
Mr. Loy
Asa H
Phoebe Loy
Fred County
Chestnut Grove
Miss Lanah
Isaac
Elizabeth Adams
Bunker Hill
Any. Nartoneney
Clarence
Clifton
Ila Lester
Sodheithan
Samuel Loy
I Winches
Virginia Light
Light
Mary Clark
Martinsburg
Grove Church
Joint
Cenetery
W. H. McIlwee
Robert Adams
Charles Emory
Howard DeHaven
Luther Light
James Campbell
Immense French Plane Wrecked At Takeoff In France
An immense Potez biplane in Etampes wrecked during takeoff as crews rushed to break the world air record. The crew reportedly survived with injuries while the accident halted attempts amid ongoing trans Atlantic hopes. In another note, aviation leaders consider Bluebird’s New York crossing feasible within two weeks if weather cooperates.
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Associated Press
Etampes
France
Marnier
Louis Fa
Neeree
Peroeee
Paris
Bluebird
Leon Given
New York
Farman Company
Starnael
John Car Paul Tarascon
Tango Bird
Azores
Man
Hollywood
N. F
Phil Wood
A. C. Schiller
Newfoundland
Windsor
Ont
W Sar
England
Kelligrems
Winchester Concert Band Tonight on Court House Lawn
The Winchester Concert Band performs at 8 tonight on the courthouse lawn under Prof. McKnee. The program includes Washington Grays March, Faust Grand Selection, Old Timers Waltz, Forest Whispers, selections from Prince Chaxes ing, and Kitties March. A collection will be taken during the evening.
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Winchester
Court House Lawn
McKnee
Washington Grays
Elks Schedule Weekly Meetings on Wednesdays
Notice outlines regular Elks meetings each Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. with coded timing notes. Details appear as terse calendar text indicating recurring lodge gatherings and meeting times.
Kindergarten Reopens Under Miss Gertrude Miller
Miss Gertrude Miller will reopen her kindergarten at the Reformed Church on Monday September 19. The address listed is 237 W. Martin Street, Bartinsburg, West Virginia, with the notice dated December 1.
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Gertrude Miller
Reformed ‘Church
W. Martin ‘Street
Bartinsburg
W. Va
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Glagow
Southampton
Eto Merchester
ST. Johns
N.F
Kara
Pride OF
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Dr. McBride
MR Stover
North Carolina
Farmer
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