Sean Mickeon Named Third Irish Army Chief in Ireland
General Sean Mickeon becomes head of the Free State Army at 83, the third romantic figure to lead Ireland's military after Michael Collins and Dan Hogan. His youth as a Ballinalle blacksmith who supported his mother underlines a life of death-defying adventures and national service.
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Mickeon
Michael Collins
Dan Hogan
Collins
Ballinalle
Hogan
Meckeéon
John Bagwell
Great Northern Railway
Tipperary
Bagwell
Free State
Ulster
Southern Ireland
Kline
Irish Volunteers
Downing Street
Dublin Castle
Blacksmith of Ballinalee and the rise of Irish rebels
The article recounts rebel leaders including the “Blacksmith of Ballinalee” who forged munitions for the Irish Republican Army and escaped pursuit before capture and death sentence. It tracks General Hogan’s crackdown, the Bagwell kidnapping and release, and Michael Collins’ rise, disguises, and eventual assassination in August 1922 amid Free State founding.
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Ballinalee
Noek Ae
Nan
Sinn Fein
Washington Attorney Proposes Federal Aid Withdrawal on Prohibition
Wade H. Ellis former Ohio Attorney General presented a plan at the Institute of Public Affairs in Virginia to end federal aid for local liquor law violations. He argued states must enforce laws or face removal of federal support, leaving enforcement to local authorities. The talk questioned feasibility of splitting enforcement powers between federal and state levels as urged by the Hoover administration commission.
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Associated Press
University of Virginia
Wade H. Ellis
Washington
Ohio
Mr. Ellis
Institute of Public Affairs
Ellis
United St
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
James A. Doran
Social activity in Clarke County told briefly
Social activity in Clarke County is tersely told. The McGuire family owns the colonial stone Riverside with river views. Mr Williams plans Riverside as a summer home, later retirement. Mrs Richardson, Miss Ferguson, and Miss White sail from New York on the Aquitania to England for a tour of the British Isles.
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Clarke County
Page One
Carvewood
Riverside
McGuire
Williams
Paget
John D. Richardson
Alice Ferguson
Mamie White
New York
Aquitania
England
British Isles
Contin
Public Sale of Desirable Country Home on Martinsburg Turnpike
Due to ill health, John T. Noonan offers a seven room frame house on about 4 acres near Martinsburg turnpike four miles west of Winchester. The property includes a filling station and store room, ideal for a tourist home or camp, with convenient access to schools, churches, and railroad. Sale at noon on September 7, 1929, terms: half cash, balance in up to three years secured by deed of trust. [Aucts: Duvall & Dunn.]
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Martinsburg Turnpike
Winchester
John T. Noonan
Duvall & Dunn
Aucts
Social Notes Mention Visitors and Travel Plans
The column lists families like the Richardsons of Chicago and Fairfield gatherings hosted by Mrs. J. D. Giffin. It notes Mrs. Margaretta Whiting traveling to Providence and Boston by sea, and John Stevens visiting relatives in Short Hills, New Jersey.
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France
Ralph Richardson
Frances Richardson
John D. Richardson
Chicago
Fairfield
J. D. Giffin
B. Harris
E. P. Berlin
Gt . H. Williams
W. A. Daniels
Albert Muller
Lloyd Will
Tom Peyton
W. C
Margaretta Whiting
Annie Moss Taylor
Providence
R. 1
Thornton Parker
Whiting
Boston
John Stevnes
Bayard Stevens
Short Hills
N. J
John B. Neill
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Sean Mackeon
Plautus I
Lipsey
Dublin
Sean Mickeon
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Warner Bros
Jason Robards
den Ferguson Baby
Mary Louise Miller
Colla Roce Ter
Ray Enright
Henry Prather
Pat” Gallagher
Broadway
North Main Street
Jeff
Colonial
A. W. Chase CO. Tonic
Signa- W. Chase, M. D
W. Chase-Company, Inc
Treet, and
van Alst Avenue
Long Island City, N. Y
McCormick-Dee
Brumbagk
Ven
Mutt & Jeff
Bad Fisher
Mutt
Country
J.c.penneyco
North Main
Bothifor
Peoples Drug Store
Virginia
Winchester Furniture Co
South Main Street
Otage
Winchester, Va
Dunbar
W. C. Talbert
National Ave
Alberta
J. W. Haymaker
Front Royal Road
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