A Doctor in the Family Faces Loss and Duty
Linda supports Margaret after Lt. Silas Giddene is confirmed killed in action. The loss spurs plans to tell Father Thornton, manage duties for the twins, and urge Alan to provide heirs. Linda resolves to press Alan on family duty while preserving Silas’s memory and preparing for Fred’s looming heartbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Giddene
Linda
Margaret
Jim
Ann
Alan
Father
Miss Adamant
Silas
Father Thornton
Grandfather
Jasper
Thornton
Fred
Fern
Seretha
Darling
Thorntons
Poultry Market Report From Harrisonburg and Charleston
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market remains about steady with fair to good demand. Prices at farm end yesterday noon show broilers 19 to 20 cents per pound, heavy hens 23 to 24, turkey fryers 30, breeder hens 30, toms 25. South Branch Valley market steady with ample supply and fair to good demand. broilers 18 to 19, mostly 19. South Branch Valley Auction drops about 1 cent. demand weak to fair, sales 19.30 on 152,300 head of 208,000 offered in 73 lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
South Branch Valley
Armed robbers end barn cock fight in Steubenville
Jefferson County authorities investigate a holdup at a Norfolk Virginia man’s cock fight in a barn near Steubenville. Seven masked robbers seized cash and jewelry, fired on a victim and fled as patrons scattered. About 10 states’ cars spotted. proceeds estimated about $100,000. Cock fighting is illegal in Ohio.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Jefferson County
Norfolk
Clarence Eberts
Sylvester Frankhauser
Here
Hewitt
Colorado
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
New York
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Fire kills nine in Chicago South Side four story building
A Chicago fire on the South Side early Sunday killed nine people and injured eight in a four story brick building housing about 250 residents, mostly Negro. The blaze trapped families, with victims leaping to escape and a dozen residents rescued from ladders. Fire officials said arson was ruled out and the cause may be an overheated furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side
Walter E. McCarron
Ann Griggs
McCarron
Albert H. Petersen
Thomas Washington
Washington
Paul L. Kimbrew
Chicago Transit Authority
Kimbrew
Business leaders rally to Eisenhower run boost confidence
In New York and Chicago dispatches the Business Mirror reports that many top industrialists and financiers greet President Eisenhower’s plan to run again with optimism about a business friendly administration. Leaders credit or credit others for the recent boom while warning opponents will argue Washington favors big business. Trade and industry groups note rising sentiment as the 1956 campaign begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
Washington
Psychiatric tests urged to curb traffic crashes
Amos E. Neuhart of Penn State argues psychiatric checks on stability and attitudes could reduce accidents. He notes emotionally unstable people and bad attitudes raise crash risk and cites his history directing the university's driver training course begun in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Park
America
Amos E. Neuhart
Institute of Public Safety
Pennsylvania State University
Beckley plans special election for additional levies
The Beckley Common Council ordered a special May 8 1956 election to authorize extra levies to fund city needs. The plan covers street repairs and equipment, Fire and Police Department gear, City Buildings, joint Library, and recreational area upgrades with specific levy rates by property class and three year duration beginning July 1 1956.
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City OF
Beckley
Common Council
City of Beckley
West Virginia
Stan
Common Council OF the
s/ A. K. Minter
Raleigh County Memorial Hangar Project Bid Notice
Raleigh County Court invites sealed bids for a hangar building at Raleigh County Memorial Airport Beckley WV. Bids due May 1 1956 at 2 PM EST read aloud in the Raleigh County Court Room. Plans may be examined at Robert L Davis Company Beckley after April 16 1956 with sets available for 15 dollars. refunds offered.
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Raleigh County Memorial
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Raleigh County Court House
Beckley
Robert L. Davis Company
Park Avenue
County Court OF
H. G. Farmer
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United States Savings and Loan League
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Caroline
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Mount Tabor
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George Mickey
Ed Cox
John Yoko
Caffee Funeral Home
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Ellison
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Dempsey Lilly
Olie Lilly
Freddy Lilly
Roscoe Fergusson
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Lomas
Robert Evans
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Fairmont
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Hilton
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Keyser
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Oakwood Ave
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James C. Griffith
Kyle Davis
Paul Thompson
Rupert
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Bluefield
Rock of Ages
Barre
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard
Oak Hill
Logan
Fred Davis
SEARS
Harper Rd
Beckley Florists
Dial Floral CO
City Ave
Webb’s Florists
Wilson St
Hawthorne
Amere Gas Company
Mabscott
Henry Jones
Nash Campbell
Clarence Christian
Harold Williams
Marguerite’s
Main St
Embees
Gene H. Church Bookkeeping Service
Donald W. Miller
B. E. Silverman
W. L. Kincaid
Pax
W Va
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Zenith
John W. Eye
Neville ST
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Halstead
Wright
Jennings Radio & TV
MacArthur
W. Va
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Nta
Frank
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Sprague
Mutual of
Omaha
Combs St
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Lewis Transfer & Storage
Fred Roschi
Carolina
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Central Ave
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Yell
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Prince Street
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Roy A. Jones
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2nd_ St. Dial
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Barred Rock Cross
Chihuahua
Spitz
Collie
Fred Mann
John Game
Skelton
Greenbrier Valley
Ronceverte
Cleve Allen
Fitzpatrick Road
Paul Copeland
Greenville
Tamsworth
Glen Daniel
Cook's Poultry Farm
Shady Springs
Tennant
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Sophia
Bud Lovell
Hereford
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Means Lumber CO
Sisson St
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May's
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rea_son
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Curley
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Mutual of Omaha
Best Furniture Company
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Dearing Brothers
Prosperity
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Argu Pd
GMC
Sprague Dial
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