Purple Heart decoration seeks revived honor for Washington era
Virginia ex service men apply for the revived Purple Heart to be issued in connection with the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. The order, first created in 1782, features a purple heart medal with a Washington bust and a military merit inscription, reintroduced after years of disuse.
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War Department
General Washington
Virginia
Washington
Newburgh
Marke
United States Army
E. W. Jorden
Veterans Bureau
Richmond
Daniel Bissell
Second Connecticut Regiment
Daniel Brown
Fifth Connecticut
Elijah Churchill
Second Continental Dragoons
Connecticut
Gordon Johnston
R. D. Johnston
Clarke County
Continental Army
Dairymen welcome spring pasture to cut milk costs
Virginia dairymen celebrate greener pastures as milk and butterfat prices fall. Extension dairy expert R G Connelly cautions that early pasture is rich in water and nutrients but must be supplemented with grain to sustain milk production and calf growth.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
R. G. Connelly
Dairy Ee
Mr. Connelly
Jerseys
Guernseys
Chesterfield blend extends mild tobacco claim
The ad extols Chesterfields S premium cross blending of fine tobaccos promising mildness and smoothness sought by smokers. It emphasizes the blending methods and the resulting mild character as a key feature of the product.
Market report note and stray museum anecdote
A London museum displays a slow snail glued to a card for three years in a glass case and recently stirred awake. The item appears in a market report with disclaimers about typographical errors and record accuracy.
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London
Another County Reduces School Levy in Virginia
In Pittsylvania County Virginia the Board of Supervisors after an all day session reduced the school tax levy from 90 to 75 cents and cut the general levy from 70 to 65 cents forming a compromise that lowers total levies from 2 20 to 1 48 with 60 cents saved by eliminating the road tax. The move ends a heated local dispute and follows state road program changes approved by the General Assembly.
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Associated Press
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Board of Supervisors
Ayers’ Association
Mae
General Assembly
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