Dicks School to Stage Bound to Marry Play
Reynolds Store Virginia April 13 at 7 pm the Dicks School presents Bound to Marry a Walter Richardson comedy. Proceeds aid school books. Cast includes Betty Jane Dove Hilda Slater June Ray and others directed by William B. Mickley noted for drama work at Gettysburg College.
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Dicks School
Reynolds
Walter Richardson
Betty Jane Dove
David Muntzing
Augustus G. Baker
Noah Shade
Hilda M. Slater
Tressa Dick
Samuel B. Boyer
William Shade
June Ray
Betts Place
Billie Ponder
David Munro
Evelyn Grace
IV~ Nebraugh
Mose Lincoln Hall
William B. Mickley
Mandy Snook
Raymond Nebraugh
Mr. Mickley
Gettysburg College
Feen a Mint Laxative Ad Promotes Chewing Benefits
An old advertisement touts Feen a mint laxative for family use. It claims chewing stimulates salivary and digestive fluids for balanced action and warns against delaying treatment. It promotes non habit forming relief available at druggists for 15c and 25.
Rainfall in March Near Twenty-Year Average
March rainfall matches the long term average with 2.82 inches observed versus a 22 year average of 2.81 inches. The record shows precipitation near normal for the period.
Five Hour Hunt Closes Season For Piedmont
Spring plowing and warm weather end the Piedmont Foxhounds season after a five hour chase led by Dr. Archibald Cary Randolph. A fox was pursued across Fletcher Farm toward Upperville, then gained ground before a field near Blakelyhood House. Another fox was found but evaded the pack. the hunt ended at the kennels at six o'clock with a large crowd and local spectators.
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Piedmont Foxhounds
Archibald Cary Randolph
Upperville
Fletcher Farm
Lee Jackson Highway
Blakelyhood House
Randolph
Fox
Tally-Ho
Blakely School House
Reynard
Prun O Wheat Bread Offers Natural Constipation Relief
Natural laxative bread from grocer shelves promotes regular eating of fruit and prune juice blends. The product uses flaked wheat and sun-ripened prune juice to imitate sanitarium style diets. Self medication with laxatives is discouraged in favor of natural foods.
Three Minute Relief From Your Headache
An advertisement promotes B. C as a quick relief for violent headaches and nervous distress. It claims fast action from a pharmacist made formula containing several ingredients and suitable for muscle aches colds neuralgia fever and non habit forming. Available in 10 and 25 cent packages at drug stores.
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B. C
Legionnaires to Discuss Child Welfare Matters
In Charlottesville Virginia on April 8 a Virginia American Legion meeting will focus on child welfare. W Glenn Elliott notes the daylong conference studies problems and relief for widows and orphans amid veterans deaths. Homer L Chaillaux will lecture at an evening open meeting. The Seventh district annual meeting and an Americanism dinner precede the session.
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Charlottesville
American Legion
W. Glenn Elliott
Virginia Department
Elliott
Legion
Homer L. Chaillaux
Americanism Commission of the American Legion
Edward C. Goss
Winchester
Hannon E. Norris
Alexandria
Connecticut Middletown Claims Oldest Incorporated Status
The letter notes Middletown Connecticut was incorporated in 1651 and claims to be the oldest Middletown incorporated in America. The celebration spans from April to October.
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Connecticut
America
Middletown Virginia to Send Rep to Middletown Conn Tercentennial
Middletown Virginia invites a representative to attend the Tercentennial of Middletown Connecticut on May 25. A later address to Mayor Fred Kline requests that the Virginia town name a delegate for the three hundredth anniversary celebration of Middletown, Connecticut.
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Middletown
Conn
Fred Kline
Virginia
Funeral Services Conducted For Mrs Isaac Harris
The funeral for Mrs Minerva Headley Harris was held at her West Spring Street home with pastor J P Derrick and Rev J H Billingsley officiating. Interment followed at Massanutten Cemetery in Woodstock. She is survived by her husband Isaac Harris an adopted daughter Miss Daisy Hovey a sister Mrs C W Snapp a brother Frank O Headley and several nephews and nieces.
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Woodstock
Minerva Headley Harris
West Spring Street
J. P. Derrick
Emanuel Lutheran Church
J. H. Billingsley
Methodist Church
Lutheran Church Choir
Frank O. Headley
Coral Gables
Fla
Charles B. Sears
Springfield
Mass
Harry K. Lamb
Washington, D. C
Ernest D. Funkhouser
Lebanon Church
Herbert Rhodes
Middletown
Lloyd M. Hoover
Wilbraham
Elks Grand Treasurer James F. Duffy Dies in Providence
James F. Duffy, grand treasurer of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks since 1932, died at his home in Providence on April 1. He led the lodge for over two decades.
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Providence
R. I
James F. Duffy
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Flashes of Life No 1 Historian Kardas in Court
A humor brief about Dedham naturalization where Kardas misnames the first U S president Abraham Washington. Judge Sheehan lets the matter pass and Kardas is approved. The note mentions he later married a seventh wife. A separate item reports Robert also known as Walter Coey held on bigamy charges.
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Denham
Mass
Valenty Kardas
United States
Dedham Court
Kardas
Abraham Washington
Joseph A. Sheehan
Marsh
Robert
Walter Coey
Births Stir Allerton Family Witherspoon Trio
Allerton Illinois records a family note as Mrs Clyde Witherspoon of Fairmount reports three new sons born in late March. Lawrence aged 10 and John aged 2 are now joined by a third son born March 29.
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Allerton
Clyde Witherspoon
Fairmount
Lawrence
John
Arfe
Moling & Cather le
Woman testifies on missing husband Marsch case
Mrs. Vera Marsch told the court she last saw her husband August 31 when he went to buy groceries. She testified yesterday she met him returning with arms full from the grocery store. The case centers on the disappearance of Robert Marsch, 44.
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Chicago
Vera Marsch
Robert Marsch
Teen Arrested After False Fire Alarm Call
Buffalo police booked 17 year old Fred Schaefer after he became dizzy from a strong cigar and called the fire department, charged with sounding a false alarm at the police headquarters.
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Buffalo
Fred Schaefer
Fire Department
Time To Plead Guilty In Buffalo Horse Torture Case
A horse with a dislocated shoulder testified against 48 year old August Roscitalski in Buffalo city court. The animal’s case led Judge Clifford J. Chipman to order the horse destroyed after Roscitalski pleaded guilty.
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Buffalo
August Roscitalski
Clifford J. Chipman
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Eman
Dick’s School
Hayfield
Deacon Dobbs
Hayfield School House
State Board of Education
Luxenberg
Loudoun St
Piedmont
Oliver Filley
Far Hills
New Jersey
Plunkett Stewart
Unionville
Penna
A Jacobs
Pinckney Wetherall
George Greenaulgh
Clarke County
Dorothy Willing Randolph
D. Carey Langhorne
Arthur White
George Robert Slater
Taylor Hardin
Charles Sabin
Norman Whitehouse
John Butler
William Langley
Robert Young
Middleburg
F. Fauntelroy
Mississippi
John Hay Whitney
Liangollen
Etta Keit
Jeff
Ton
BY Paul Robinson
Allen San
Legionnaires
Isaac Harris
B. P. O. E. Grand
Miles Music Company
Paris
St. Louis
London
Bauer
Gieseking
Sturbi
Shevinne
Studio
School
Baldwin
Monarch
S. Loudoun Street
Hamilton
Howard and
Louis C. Claybrook, Jr., Mer
Baldwin Pianos
Fullerton
N. D
Leroy Copple
Fullerton High School
the News
Betty Shoppe
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
N. Main Street
T. F. Timberlake
the Linen Store
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