Daily Society Notes Patch In Town and Nearby
Mrs Ad Ritter arrives from Baltimore while Mr John McFadden and Mr C B Dooley return to their cities. Local social items include marriages, visits, and guests from Washington Richmond Martinsburg and Baltimore with notes on health, real estate, and local business. Captain Hatcher's death last Sunday is noted alongside various town happenings and introductions.
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Ad. Ritter
Baltimore
John McFadden
C. B. Dooley
Washington
Pretty Pyrotechnic Display At Hotel Evans
Dr. John L. Smith of the American Tobacco Company staged a fireworks show before Hotel Evans drawing a large crowd. The display featured sky rockets Roman candles and other effects lasting over an hour. The Girls Friendly Society plans a Christmas entertainment at the Episcopal Chapel next Saturday at five.
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John L. Smith
American Tobacco Company
Hotel
Evans
Girls Friendly Society
Episcopal Chapel
Scottish Christmas Evolution From Pagan Roots to Christmas Customs
The Chicago Record notes Scotland’s shift from a six week winter festival to a modern Christmas holiday with religious and social rites. Halloween marked winter’s advent, now replaced by Yule remnants and festive meals like roast turkey and plum pudding during the Christmas fortnight.
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Scotland
Christendom
Chicago
Thor
Christmas Toys Center of the World in Bavaria
The Bavarian towns Nuremberg Fuerth and Sonneberg dominate European toy production with French dolls and robotic toys. Families work together with a father making heads while children color paint and assemble decorations on china ware wooden toys and blown glass ornaments.
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Bavaria
Nuremberg
Fuerth
Sonneberg
Europe
Lost silver heart with Romney W Va imagery
A small silver heart was lost yesterday the 24 possibly near Main or Water sts. One side bears a Romney West Virginia Court House image and the other the name Romney West Virginia. Suitable reward offered if returned to this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney
W. Va
Court House
Duck Stuffing Recipe Instructions Interpreting a Classic Guide
The passage describes preparing stuffing for ducks by finely chopping liver and sauteing in hot butter with onion. It then mixes in bread, melted butter with hot water, chopped parsley, and a beaten egg yolk to bind the mixture.
Old Time Superstitions About Evergreen Decorations
Decorations of evergreens in winter temples and homes were common among Romans and Druids to aid dryads and wood spirits, which must die without shelter of their native foliage.
Christmas Notes on Greens and Turkey
Christmas greens such as holly mistletoe laurel ivy and pine are proper. Yew and cypress are unlucky except in churches and wreaths may stay until Ash Wednesday if they stay fresh. The turkey, native to America, has been popular in England for over 300 years.
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America
England
Macedonia Notes and Local Social Updates
Mrs. Samuel Cook lies ill at her Culpeper county home awaiting her husband’s arrival. Mrs. Kate Parkins of Loudoun visits her daughter Mrs. J R Bailey. Christmas events at Macedonia and White Post, Jubilee Church to host on the 30th inst. Dudley Pitcock and Hugh Pitcock of McKeesport visit their father James Pitcock. Mrs. Frank Lind and Mrs. Chas Clanahan visit Mt. Jackson. Winchester Company opens telephonic links with Summit Point this morning. line established recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Cook
Culpeper County
Kate Parkins
Loudoun County
J. R. Bailey
Macedonia
White Post
M. E
Jubilee Church
Messrs
Dudley and
Hugh Pitcock
McKeesport
James Pitcock
Frank Lind
Chas. Clanahan
Mt. Jackson
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Benjamin N. Hatcher
Stone’s
R. L. Butsler
Lost City
Hotel Evans
Harold Sheetz
Gardner Hillyard
Fred McDonald
Curtis Bay
Martinsburg
Capper
Howard S. Nurton
Richmond
Stone
William Stewart
Glenn Dudley
Roanoke
Nellie Warren
Adampton
Mary Condit-Smith
China
Edw. Hare
Frederick County
J. E. Shaffer
E. C. Hottel
Lee Hodgson
South Market Street
Joseph Lyder
Col
B. D. Gibson
Charliestown
Colonel Morrow
Ira C. Whitacre
Virginia Teachers League
Miss Rose Hardy
Elizabeth Hummer
Miss Hardy
Mrs
Wm. H. Hardy
L. C. Bromley
Laurel, Md
Dr. Aiken
Lacy Springs
T. J. Orndorff
Messrs. W. B. and
E. Clay Krebs
Mercersburg, Pa
H. Clay Krebs
Katie and
Zula Harper
Brunswick
Katie Forney
Theo, Conner
Harpers Ferry
F. H.jackson
W. Ff. Hantsberry
Staunton
W. m. Kronk
Mount Jackson
Winchester
Buford Edwin Pierce
Fountain Head
Wadesville
Clarke County
S. Fred. Grimm
Mechanicsburg, Pa
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Ms. Mort Jarrett
Kernston
Francis Steele
Kernstown
David Hamilton
Daniel Hansucker
Mr. Jackson
Edith Spangler
Mary Gray
Just
Rix
Horsey & Atwell
C. P. RotHweltu
W. B. Reap
J. P. Wickersham
Rothwell& CO
North Market Street
M. Lohr Capper’s
E. Bruce Ee
West Water St
Hinkins
She Jeweler
Miller Supply Company
Winchester Company
Summit Point
S. Rosenmyer
Jones Creamery
D. McDonald
Hart Hotel
Arey Lesc
Thomas Keating
Agt
Cumberland Beer and
Braddock
Barwell Supplied
Cumberland Brewing Company
North Main Street
Hable’s Big Store
Paes
Robert M. Henry
J. Robert Doran
Wilson
Gibson
Finch
Weltys
Ohio Valley
Pocahontas
L. Hostek Brewine Company
Robert Doran
Horsey
Atwall
C. H. Goetz
Wrights
Taylor House
Decits
C. HL. Goet
Wright
Deats
Eastman Kodaks
Sronr
Drue
Miller Supply .Co
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