Gettysburg Draws At Least A Million Tourists Annually
The piece notes Gettysburg Battlefield draws about one million visitors each year to see Plum Run waters red with blood and sites like Little Round Top and Devils Den. It contrasts Washington as a tourist Mecca with New England and Philadelphia attractions, mentioning Princeton Trenton Nassau Hall and the Princeton area resorts. It highlights New York Finger Lakes, Taughannock Falls and Niagara Falls, Adirondacks and Catskills, and Hudson steamboat trips.
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Washington
Gettysburg Battlefield
Associated Press
New York
New England
Mecca
Gettysburg
Plum Run
Little Round Top
Devils den
Lincoln Highway
Black Bear Trail
Gettysbug
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Independence Hall
Valley Forge
New Jersey
Princeton
Trenton
Delaware
Nassau Hall
Continental Congress
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Long Branch
Cape May
Kittating
Myriad Lakes
New York State
Finger Lake
Taughannock Falls
Rocky Mountains
Cornell
Caledonia
Niagara Falls
Adirondacks
Catskill Mountains
Hudson River
Albany
Classified Advertisements For Rent
Modern apartment listing for B Davis. Peyton St new apartment with contact 283. Modern house at 531 N Loudoun St. Braddock area. Multiple rental notices appear with dates from 1961 and 1967.
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Davis
Peyton St
Loudoun St
Kiddies No Worry More the Better Parents of 15
In Clarksburg West Virginia on August 10 1934 Mr and Mrs C W Coburn newlyweds reveal they have fifteen children from prior marriages all six of Mrs Coburns and nine of Mr Coburns. They say Children are wonderful and the more we have the happier we are. Mrs Coburn was formerly Mrs Stella Hooper wife of John J Hooper. Mr Coburn works as a painter for the Gore estate.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
C. W. Coburn
Value of Pre-War Negro Slaves Shown By Old Payrolls
Mobile Ala Aug 10 The Mobile and Ohio Railroad hid pay rolls for slave owners headed by Oliver Beers dating to 1858. The document lists slaves Tom Washington Anthony Jefferson and John with monthly wages of 20 to 25 dollars. The names masters and wages appear in neat columns on aged paper.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Mobile and
Oho
Oliver Beers
Tom
Washington
Anthony
Jefferson
John
Five Lost as British Sub Sinks at Devonport Dock
London reports the British submarine H 28 sank at Devonport dockyard near Plymouth during morning operations. Five sailors died while six crew members on deck swam ashore. Officials cited causes include sharp inclination during repairs, tilting test excess, and water entering open hatches.
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London
Devonport
Plymouth
Can Ride Over 37 Miles For 7 Cents On Chicago Cars
Chicago offers the longest street car ride for seven cents. A 27.3 mile journey from the south city limits to the north edge of the forest takes about four hours with eight transfers. The route spans farms, parks, amusement areas and Chicago business districts, passing Wolf Lake White City Armor Tech Hull House Douglas Park Garfield Humbolt Independence and other neighborhoods.
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Chicago
Wolf Lake
White City
Presse
Coliseum
Hull House
Douglas Park
Garfield Park
Humbolt Park
Independence Park
Man To Man Talks Found Helpful By Wyoming Warden
Rawlins Wyoming August 10 A Wyoming penitentiary warden says one to one talks with each of his 200 prisoners help reform criminals by stressing the folly of their ways He treats inmates as peers not convicts and rewards truth telling while punishing lies and claims about three quarters of those discharged later reform.
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Wyoming
Wyoming Penitentiary
Hadsell
Pris
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Elaine Hammerstein
Evelyn Brent
Dorothy Revier
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Big RE
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Winchester
Baltimore & Ohio
J. W. Arthur
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Warpers Ferry
Vicket
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Braddock St
Loudoun
Bacycle Bicycle
N. Main St
Winchester Credit Corp
Howuse
Braddock
Opequon
Bunch of Keys
A. J. Sager
Bufflick Road
Wno
United States
Royal Cord
United States Rubber Company
Sumatra
Malaya
Comany
United Sineca Tires
Winnsboro
South Carolina
Uited State Royal O& Ord
J. Howerd Cather & Co
Winchester Motor Co
Ramsburg Auto Supply
Elies
Forermost Scientific Industrial Research Institute
Your
Ebonite
COLL
Erie
ASD
Enney Vo
Department Storp
Uoupposite Court House
Variety
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K-L Pilla
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