State Issues New Pictorial Highway Guide for Virginia
The State Conservation and Development Commission releases a folded accordion style tourist map and pictorial guide of Virginia. It features a large state map with highways and historic spots, plus over twenty drawings of shrines. One pocket size layout allows easy use of map and sectional information, with 100000 copies printed for distribution through hotels and tourist bureaus.
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State Conservation and Development Commission
Virginia
Sunshine Returns as Corn Weather Improves at Oranda
ORANDA Va Sept 21 after a gloomy week the area enjoys sun shine and corn crop damage is less severe than feared. Families visit from Herndon and Washington while residents note health improvements and a church home coming service scheduled for the first Sunday in October.
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Oranda
Harry Coffelt
Herndon
Messrs
Norman
Leslie Coffelt
Washington
Ethel Hausenfluck
F. D. Sapp
Chabill
Bercanta
Edna Stickley
Winchester
Walnut Spring
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown speaks on politics
A Washington Star quotation features Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown advising that when political perplexities rise it is wise to know when to go fishing. The remark frames a cautious approach to complex public matters.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
Hell
Mississippi
Pidgeon Casts Light on Beer Interests at Virginia Temperance Rally
In a Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church meeting, Miss Norma C. Brown urged Virginians to resist repeal of the eighteenth amendment, warning repeal would unleash the liquor lobby. Charles M. Pidgeon of Washington argued the beer industry funds repeal efforts, naming brewers, millionaires, and undertakers as motives and alleging large profits and social harm from alcohol.
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Mr. Pidgeon
Norma C. Brown
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles M. Pidgeon
Washington
Pidgeon
Wadesville
Clarke County
Sabin
Old
Virginia
Miss Brown
America
Europe
Butler
Columbia University
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
West
Pennsylvania
Senate Judiciary Committee
Brewers’ Journal
Chicago Tribune
Rome
United States
London
International Association Against American Prohibition
Farley
Apple Market Hints and Canadian Apple Crop Update
Apple markets report slow demand in Martinsburg Winchester area with carloads at $3.75 to $4.00 per barrel and $1.25 per basket for Jonathans. Rochester and Western New York show light inquiry, some shipments kept, Canada forecast 4.698 million barrels with Newfoundland Quebec Ontario and British Columbia variances.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Shenandoah-Cumberland-Potomac
U. S
Rochester
New York
R. I. Greenings
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Apple Pickers Strike Over Low Wages in Augusta County
About 300 workers in Waynesboro Augusta county walked out protesting wages in Waynesboro in disarray. Rose Cliff Orchard Company sought police protection after talks with management set a lower wage of 15 cents per day for apple pickers and packers. Police reported five arrests for disorderly conduct as harvest delays threaten output. Nearby Winchester district growers pay three cents per crate to support earnings.
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Rose Cliff Orchard Company
Waynesboro
Augusta County
Winchester
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New Pictorial Highway Guide
Blank’s
J. P. Morgan and Kuhn Loeb & Co
Arthur Brisbane
Carlton
Chicago
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Ganges
IG Ones
Bell System
Telephone
Ehead
Chesapeake & Potomac
Harpers Ferry
Baltimore & Ohio
Fairmont Ave
Peyton Street
Davis’ Grocery
Loudoun St
Cork
West Cork St
L. Kuhn
Valley Food Co
E. Clifford St
Strickler and Wagner
C. &. Hardy
S. Cameron
Chas. A. Beaty
Stephens City
Darwin
James M. Rogers
Proffit
Stearns-Knight
Main Street
N. J. Wigginton
American Cooperage Co
Heatrola
Woodland Ave
J. W. Rosenberger
J. H. Rosenberger
Gore Farm
N. Main
S. Cameron St
E. C. Brumback
Middletown
Otis W. Rose
Lyric Music
Charlottesville
Goodyear
Braddock
Apple
Ra Wuate
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