Polk Miller and the Berryville Personal Notes Mix
Personal items from Polk Miller and others list social calls and visits in Berryville. Camden residents Carroll Rasin and Reese Cassard from Baltimore spend time at Willow Lawn with Mrs. Annie R. Hack. A note mentions Theosophists in Chicago and local autos with J M Kavanaugh party. A lamp explosion occurs on North Main Street and distant news covers politics and crime items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Carroll Rasin and
Reese Cassard
Baltimore
Willow Lawn
Annie R. Hack
Town
Storm Damage Report From Southern County Areas
A damaging storm swept southern county areas with hail and strong winds blowing down the Baltimore and Ohio Round house and killing many fowls. The same storm also caused heavy rain and electrical winds in Winchester and Stephens City with limited damage reported. Chancellor Day delivered the Syracuse University commencement sermon criticizing sensationalism and defending corporations and congressional independence. An advertisement promotes a Kentucky whiskey offered by Ritter & Spillman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Sunaay
Star
Stephens City
Winchester
Day
University of Syracuse
Congress
Whitacre News Notes Share Local Visits and Moves
June 11 Whitacre notes report D W Dick and wife visiting his father. J A Braithwaite visiting J D Adams at White Hall. Mary Fries of Winchester to move in with sister Susan Peacemaker near Whitacre. Staige Dolan back from Paw Paw. H A Herrell and wife of Washington in area last week. Mrs J A Long of Blaine now at Zeilor home with ill child. Mrs B N Gordon and Cand return to Greencastle Pa due to infant illness. Clarence Bohrer returns from Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
W. Va
Zeilor
B. N. Gordon
Miss Cand
Greencastle
Clarence Bohrer
Cumberland
Local Markets Remain Steady with Mixed Corn Prices
Prices in local markets show steady conditions today with corn listed at around $2.45 per bushel and small fluctuations noted among buyers and sellers. The fragmented text suggests typical trading activity rather than a major price shift.
President Cassatt Denies Coal Stock Ownership
In response to questions from the investigating committee, President Cassatt states he currently owns no stock in any coal company whose mines are on or whose coal is shipped over the Pennsylvania Railroad. Trade with Japan leads among Orientals, with $106,000,000 in the last fiscal year per a Commerce Department bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Japan
Department of Commerce and Labor
Hyomei Cited As Cure For Catarrh Across Ages
The Hyomei treatment is praised for curing catarrh through breathing medicated air, with noted testimonials from J. S. Nugent and customers of Franck Baker & Son. The complete outfit costs $1, extra bottles 50 cents, and the firm offers a money back guarantee if no cure is achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franck Baker & Son
Pasteur
J. 8. Nugent
American Union Insurance Co
New York City
Election Tickets Voted For in 1868
The article lists municipal tickets from 1868 with multiple candidates. It names J B T Reed for mayor Holmes Conrad for recorder and groups for aldermen at large T Arthur Latham Elijah McDowell W S Calahan John H Krebs and councilmen John Coe William H Streit Washington South and other names. A separate corporate ticket shows George Ginn for mayor George Hubard for recorder Samuel Trenary William Evans and various colored candidates including George Diffendafer Randolph Martin George Nickens John Seabright Jesse Sloat Daniel Brown Charles Anderson William Parks William Diffendafer John Taynn James Armsted Nathaniel Brent Joseph Senny and Thomas Lupton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. T. Reed
Recorder
Holmes Conrad
Lemuel Campbell
George Diffenderfer
T. Arthur Latham
Elijah McDowel
W. S. Calahan
John H. Krebs
John Coe
William H. Streit
Washington
Ge W. Anderson
J. R. Bowen
Wm. I. Slagle
Henry S. Baker
John N. Bell
Fred Rosenberger
Casper Nott
Lloyd Togan
Wm A. McCormick
Mr. Honck
Corporation
George W. Ginn
George Hubard
Samuel Trenary
William A. Evans
Geo. Diffendafer
Randolph. Martin
George W. Nickens
Late Forecasts To Be Sent Farmers
Postmaster General Cortelyou and the Weather Bureau test delivering twelve hour early morning forecasts to rural route farmers. Telegraphed forecasts will be stamped on letters by rural postmasters, replacing older 8 PM predictions. Objections include the age of the forecast by the time of delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Weather Bureau
Cortelyou
Farmer Dies in Cornfield Near Middleway West Virginia
Richard W. Kearns 55 a well known Jefferson County farmer collapsed in a cornfield at his Middleway farm on a Saturday morning and died likely from heart disease. He left a widow and two sons and was a Mason member. His brother Thomas W. Kearns of Martinsburg is named as surviving. Captain Casto of Atlantic City once awarded a heroic medal faces a chancery suit over a Caspian avenue dock project in Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Kearns
Middleway
Jefferson County
W. Va
Thomnas W. Kearns
Martinsburg
Middle Way Lodge of Masons
Casto
Atlantic City
Caspian Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Lassiter
Petersburg
Polk Miller
Robinson’s Circus
Fairfield
Miller Supply Co
Berryville
New Orleans
Lee Christmas
Honduras
Uncle Bill
Chicago
Bryan
Hearst
New York
Frank Olcott
Chauncey Olcott
White Wings
Bushnell
J. M. Kavanaugh
Miss Roller
Harrisonburg
Dick Frazier
Robert Thompson
Boyce
J. Robert Doran
Bushnell & Co
North Main Street
Andrew W. Benson
Ottawa
Kan
Agsend R Ruston
Richard A. Canfield
Bessie Bauer
Riverview Cemetery
Portland
Ore
Prenk Brouwer
Toms River
N. J
of the Christian Scientists
Boston
City
Kentucky
I W. Harper
Ritter & Spillman
Out At
Whitacre
Witcchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
County Court House
N. Main St
Ek Moon
J. P. Haddox
The
Oxfords
Huntsberry
Gertrude White
Garland T. White
H. C. Potter
United States Civil Service Retirement Association
Ney
Pfeiffer
Piano House
Washington, D.C
Jane
Water Street
Aeree
John W. Carlisle
WM. Carlisle
Wanamaker & Brown‘s
the Star
Fairmont Ave
E. Murnan
Bipa
Philadelphia
Frank Thomas
Zirkle
Weather Forecast
Virginia
Jones
Jones Creamery
Piccadilly St
S. H. Hable
John K. Stetson
Howard
Gray & Sheetz
Oppo
Taylor Hotel
Male Outfitters
R. Gray Wlliams
Rouss Ave
Brown
Horsey & Atwell’s
Horsey & Atwell's
Horsey & Atwell, Men’s
Fisher
Agt
Bridgeport Organs
F. W. Magruder
Pp Street
Plymouth Rock
Ae Tolayltor Ritter
ESKEY
D. R. Eskey
Brave and Steel Range Co
Rouse Enginehouse
Bell Phone
W. Piccadilly Street
H. W. Clowe
J. Bwimley
Brucetown
W. Ramsburg
ILLY
Capper
Aes
West Water St
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