Solon Sees U S Ownership If Rail Bonds Fail
Solon notes R F C loans to railroads raise question of future value of 68 year bonds. Senator Fletcher discusses risks and possible US takeovers as railroads face competition from autos, buses, air and waterways. He foresees possible socialist drift and government guarantees expanding losses.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
R.i&c
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Washington
Berkeley Woman Seeks Divorce From S J Cooper
Mrs Frances Cooper represented by Attorney Robert H Boyd asks Berkeley County Circuit Court in Martinsburg for divorce from husband S J Cooper and for counsel fees court costs and alimony for herself and infant children. She alleges he spent wages on another woman. They married in Middletown Virginia in August 1912.
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Frances Cooper
Robert H. Boyd
Berkeley
Martinsburg
J. Cooper
Cooper
Middletown
Social Scene At Millwood Center With Friends In Town
Millwood social notices describe a busy week of guests and gatherings. Mrs Hugh M Nelson hosts and hosts attend dinners with Edward Gay Butler Hunter McGuire and others from Baltimore Winchester Front Royal and Alexandria. A Blue Ridge Country Club monkey golf tournament honors Cary Harrison and guests. Several dances dinners and bridge parties follow at The Glen The Tubyries and homes of local families with invitations to Miss Betsy Patterson Miss Nancy Wortham Miss Mary Carter Randolph and more.
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Hugh M Nelson
Jetus
William H. Wilsale
Baltimore
Long Branch
Edward Gay Butler
Hunter McGuire
Winchester
C. C. Shriver
Hugh M. Nelson
Cary Harrison
Blue Ridge Country Club
Susan Steck
Basil Ryan
Nancy Wortham
Susan Carter
Benjamin Harrison
Virginia Jacobs
Mary Greenway Russell
Evelyn Page McGill
Gwynne Harrison
Elizabeth Jones
Charles Beatty
Nat Burwell Page
John Townsend Burwell, Jr
Robert P. Page
Hamilton Page
Henry Post Mitchell
Peter Williams
Berryville
William H. Wilmer
Wilmer
George H. Burwell
Edward G. Butler
Col
Hitt
Miss Hitt
Front Royal
Millwood
King’s Daughters
Roland G. Mitchell
the Glen
Ausedey
Feees Powell
Money Post Mitchell
Betsy Patterson
Cary Randolph
Alexandria
B. O’ Fy
Randolph
Loraine Jones
Kirkwood
Mary Carter Randolph
Charles Consolvo
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Tom Byrd
Joseph Wright
Shirley Carter
Ullerton Read
D. W. Burch
Summit Point
Robert Chew
New York
John Chew
Ann Meade
Margaret Della Meade
Lewis B. Meade, Jr
Mary Burchard
Jane Cary Randolph
Charles Lee Burwell
Roland G
Veterans' Sons Called To Meet In Radford September
Gen. R. M. Colvin of the Grand Camp of Virginia Sons of Confederate Veterans calls for the annual state meeting in Radford from September 6 to 8. The E. M. Ingles Camp No. 695 8 C V extends the invitation, with J. P. McDonnell offering college grounds and faculty support to visiting veterans, sons and daughters.
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R. M. Colvin
Virginia
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Radford
E. M. Ingles
C. V
Cote
J. P. McDonnell
Sons and Daughters
R F Baby Dies Suddenly in Shepherdstown
Raymond Francis Baby retired stock broker of New York and Shepherdstown died of angina pectoris at his Shepherdstown summer home. He was a George Washington University Law graduate and longtime brokerage figure with New York offices. Survived by wife Emily Gest Baby and stepson Walter B. Pierce, with funeral at Shepherdstown Catholic Church. He had ties to Opequon Golf Club and local communities.
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Raymond Francis Baby
New York
Shepherdstown
George Ashington University
Weemnetos
Jefferson County
Raymond A
Josephine Chaperton Baby
Samai Canada
Emily Gest Baby
Walter B. Pierce
Detroit
Guy Barham
Baby
Opequon Golf
Martinsburg
Winchester
Miss Trenary Captures Martinsburg Tennis Singles Title
West Virginia University star Miss Virginia Trenary won the Martinsburg tourney singles, beating Miss Elizabeth Wever 17-5 6-3. The win came as no surprise though her form varied. In the consolation men’s singles Whitacre defeated Meadows 3-6 6-4 6-2 2-6 7-5, and the men’s debate finals were postponed.
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Virginia Trenary
West Virginia University
St. James (Md
Martinsburg
Elizabeth Wever
Bobby Whitacre
Robert Meadows
Carson Shade Bankrupt in West Virginia Court
Carson Shade a Glen Gary farmer is adjudicated bankrupt in the Northern District of West Virginia. Creditors meet at Referee W H Thomas office on Tuesday September 6. Liabilities listed at 10 297.78 with assets of 8 219.75 and 200 exemption claimed. Secured debts amount to 4 050.50 with 2 978.88 unsecured. Assets include real estate bills and notes 4 361.75, animals 65, horses 15, vehicles 25.
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Carson Shade
Glengary
United States Court
West Virginia
C. G. Gain
W. H Thomas
Shade
Warren Man Ends Life on 51st Birthday in Warren County
Joseph A. Rutherford a blacksmith of Linden Warren County shot himself in the head with a .32 pistol yesterday at his home. He died after two hours, his fifty first birthday the day of the tragedy. Family health worries were given as the motive. He was unmarried with parents and five siblings surviving. An inquest was deemed unnecessary.
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Joseph A. Rutherford
Linden
Warren County
Mark Rutherford
Chicago’s Garden City nickname roots in park growth
In 1869 Chicago launched wide park development and soon surpassed 1,887 acres of parkland. The expansion earned the city the nickname Garden City, a name that remains on the municipal coat of arms.
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Chicago
Insurance policy promises weekly indemnity for accidents
A brief notice touts "Income Insurance" with small investment providing ready cash when needed. It claims the accident policy pays weekly indemnity for every covered accident while the insured is disabled.
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Spirit of
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Culver Military Academy
Tom Brown
Slim Summerville
Richard Comwell
H. B. Warner
Andy Devine
Russell Hopton
Universal
Crown Culver
Vitaphone
Farmers & Merchants
Chevrolet
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Gray & Sheetz
N. Main St
West Cork Street
Fred L. Glaize
Solon
R. F.C
U. S
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Florida Solon
Congress
Sam
S. J. Cooper
Philco
Veterans’ Sons
Colvin
R. F. Baby
Trenary
Warren Man
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Local Claim Service
W. F. Shryock
Hailee’'S Palace
Paramount Picture
Corinne Griffith
Ley
Christine
Margaret Bannerman
Colin Clive
Michael Arlen
Metrotone News
TOM & Jerry Cartoon
Sportlight Review
Brenon
Norman Foster
Hamman’s Bargain Basement
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Greenwood Farm Cooperative Dairy, Inc., News
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