Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-07-26

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BORN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Alpha
Miller on Saturday, July 20, a son.
These are fine days for the farmer
when he can almost see the corn
grow.
Farmers in this vicinity have been
greatly delayed with their work on
account of the recent rains.
Parties who have visited the show
at Twins Opera House expess them
selves as we'll pleased.
WANTED A small flock of sheep
and a good COW. Apply TO Vt. ".
Logan, Woodstock.
Lightning struck the Presbyterian
Church at Elktun, Rockingham coun-
ty, Monday, slightly damaging the
steeple and the roof of the building.
Anyone in need of cement or granite
work of any description, call on or
write. G. r. SILVIOUS. Mt. Jack.
sen, Va. May z4-om no.
A few carloads of summer apples
have been shipped from this county.
The crop of later apples will be much
larger.
The Southern Methodist Sunday
School will conduct their annual pic
mic excursion to Alexandria, Mar
shall Hall, and Washington the latter
part of August. The exact date will
be published next week.
Invest you money IN the per cent
Certificates of the Shen. Valley Loan
& Trust Co., Woodstock, Va. Sc
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi-annually, and Certificates
redeemable any time after six months
no short notice.
Woodstock must not brag too
much about the championship. The
have not licked Harrisonburg yet
Harrisonburg News.
Brother, haven't you lost your
almanac?
A black bear was seen by Mr..
Henry E. GrabiIl of this place, on
the Fort mountain short distance
from the top on the road from Wood
stock to DERRICK.
The bear was about sixty feet from
Mr.. Grabill but neither party sought
q nearer acquaintance.
The poem "Titanic That Never Re-
turned" composed by Miss Amelia l.
Hoover, now Mrs. Stricken of this
place, has been set to music and is
published by the Needham Music
House of St. Louis, Mo. 1t is said to
be very popular.
The thieves have been getting in
their work in this place. A number of
chickens Yards have been visited and
the chickens stolen. Some enterpris-
ing thieves stole six shocks of wheat
from Mr.. P. s. Magruder's field.
While some of the thieves are known,
. little detective work would send
them to the penitentiary. If this cam
not be done, shot guns would prove
very eff Give.
The following FAMED horses arrived
at Wo dstock yesterday, for the big
races ! be held July 31st and August
1st and End at the Woodstock Fair
Grounds.
Margaret c., NJ, Bob Douglass,
krnabella, Country Jake, Edaska and
others are expected. Some fast and
close races may be expected.
Mr.. c. Be mis-, of Toms Brook
hearing noise in his chicken house
early one morning last week, hurried
out to Investigate the cause. Before
ne reached the chicken house he saw
sly old fox making his exit. Mr.
Bemis had lost 80 chickens in q short
time.
This is not the same fox that has
been visiting the chicken houses in
Woodstock.
The young man who was soliciting
subscriptions for the National Maya
ne at % cts. per year, in this place
last week, is said to be fraud. Those
who Subscribed can console them
selves with the fact that they have %
cents worth OF experience and can get
the magazine at the reglar price.
The young mao said that he pro-
posed to visit Ha-risonburg, Staun-
ton Waynesboro and Luray. He
also said that Winchester was not
In his territory, but would be worried
by another man.