Stores to Replace Cannon Ball House on Loudoun Street
The historic Cannon Ball House at the northwest corner of Loudoun and Clifford Streets was torn down 97 years after surviving a direct hit from Star Fort in August 1862. Charles Pine Sr. plans three modern air conditioned store buildings and will inset the cannon ball back into the wall with the distance marker restored.
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Loudoun and
Clifford Sts
Star Fort
Charles Pine
Patrick Conner
Mr. McCormick
Clifford St
Mrs. Conner
George M. Anderson
Route 50
White
Winchester
Sunnyside
Nixon Plans Quiet Campaign Through September
Nixon trusts favorable public opinion after his Soviet trip and schedules no major campaigning for two months. A September swing to New England includes civic speeches, possible showdown with Rochester in New Hampshire's next year's primary. Firm stops include the American Legion convention in Minneapolis and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Los Angeles.
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New England
New Hampshire
Rockester
Nixon
American Legion
Minneapolis
Minn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angels
Crowley Death Ruled Accidental By Coroner
New Haven Connecticut on Tuesday coroner James J Corrigan said Joseph P Crowleys death Sunday on his 50th birthday was accidental from a combination of liquor and sedatives. Crowley was alone at home while his wife and three children stayed at their summer house in Madison.
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New Haven
Madison
James J. Corrigan
Crowley
Cohalan
Bloeth
Joseph Principe
Jane
Greenwich Village
New York City
Fee Burone
Autostrada Opens World’s First Separate Traffic Expressway
A fragment notes Italy's Autostrada opened in 1925 as the world’s first expressway to separate fast distant traffic from local traffic. The text mentions Crowley and Canada’s newsprint, noting eight or ten drinks and eighty percent of production going to the U.S.
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Crowley
Canada
Italy
Slayings Probe Fails to Tie Husky Worker to Murders
Francis H. Bloeth a 27 year old construction oiler held on a robbery charge was named prime suspect in three Long Island killings. Authorities say the slayings across eight days used a .32 caliber revolver and a .32 caliber automatic and netted under 400 dollars. Bloeth denied the charges and took a lie detector test.
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Islip
N.Y
Long Island
Suffolk County
Atty
John P. Cohalan
Francis H. Bloeth
Cohalan
Bloeth
Bleeth
Manhattan
City Council backs eastern highway route to save park land
Council favors an eastern alignment around the city for the interstate project and approves a resolution urging relocation further east to protect a 200 acre park area. Park planners Leslie C. Lynch and William Hay praised the area while seeking funding by subscription. Mayor Smalts echoed support for park development.
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Acre Lake
Leslie C. Lynch
William Hay
National Recreation Association
Sirbaugh
Claude B. Smalts
J. Ben Cather
Airport, Parks and Recreation Committee
Good Time Charlie Bladder Relief Ad Pitch
An old style advertisement promotes Doan's Pills to ease bladder irritations and related back pain. It claims three actions soothe irritation, relieve pain, and mildly diurese to aid kidney function, asserting decades of popular use.
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Doan
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John Hoover
Cannon Ball House
Mr. Pine
Frank N. McCormick
William Greenway Russell
Michael Copenhaver
Jacob Copenhaver
S. Loudoun St
Bowles Hill
Jackson
Rapidan
Eneral White
Harpers Ferry
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Old — Strong Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
U.S
Stuart M. Perry
Husky Construction
Council
Charlie
Slacks
Ol’ Center
U.S.A
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