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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1929
Page
5
The piece notes that the delay for a son and daughter to choose their paths is a heavier burden on the father than sending them to college, reflecting on parental expectations and independence.
A Romney court record from 1771 describes bartering white women as goods. It notes an indenture on November 13 in Hampshire County where William Todt agreed to 18 months of work for Samuel Pritchard in exchange for Mary Hickley as a servant. Pritchard and Todd signed. Hickley’s assent is not shown.
In Franklin West Virginia on September 16, the famed belled buzzard reappeared in Pendleton county at Luther Hedrick’s Friends Run farm. Hedrick and his boys in a buckwheat field saw the buzzard rise from a stump and fly over, hearing a sheep bell toll from the bird’s neck. The origin of the bell remains unexplained, but witnesses confirm its presence and the bird’s return.
Mrs Ellen Cornwell spent last week with Mrs Mark Armel. Misses Katherine and Hazel Grubbs visited Misses Katherine and Annabel White. Mrs Paul Baker returned to Washington after time with Mrs Mark Armel. Miss Louise Armel visited Olive White. Mrs Milton Cornwell stayed with sister Mrs M H Armel at Bunker Hill. Thelma James returned to Washington after visiting Mark Armel. Helen White visited Hazel Grubbs. Greenway Sunday school picnic near Nineveh drew large crowd and enjoyed by all.
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