Miller Is Found Dead at Burlington Flour Mill
B F Funderburg owner of a Burlington West Virginia flour mill was found dead recently when Charles Miller visited for flour. Funderburg 55, reportedly strangled by clothing caught in a pulley shaft in the mill. He leaves a widow two daughters Mrs Harry Martin and Miss Mary Funderberg and three sons Charles Fred and Victor.
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B. F. Funderburg
Burlington
W. Va
Charles Miller
Funderburg
Harry Martin
Mary Funderberg
Charles
Fred
Victor
Three Great Makers of the Cremona Violin
The three greatest makers were Nicholas Amati Joseph Guarneri del Gesu and Antonius Stradivarius. They were simple hard working artisans who sold their genius works for a few florins.
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Cremona
Nicholas Amati
Joseph Guarneri del Gesu
Antonius Stradivarius
Madison Woman Survives Funeral After Coffin Ordeal
A Virginia woman, Fannie Broyles of Madison County, was believed dead after a head injury. Her family opened the coffin during her wake and found a twitch in her eyelid, reviving her before burial. She then slept in the coffin overnight and heard the last hymn at her grave.
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Luray
Fannie Broyles
Madison County
Virginia
Miss Broyles
B. F. Broyles
House Eliminates Auto Sales Taxes From Revenue Bill
The House voted 166 to 82 to repeal the automobile sales tax in the revenue bill amid protests from Ways and Means members. A prior roll showed 120 to 120 on the tax question. The repeal would cost about 33 million dollars in annual revenue. Meanwhile the inheritance tax was retained 191 to 55, with Republicans and Democrats split in the support for repeal. A European scientist blamed malaria mosquitos for over two million deaths yearly.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ta‘iy
Ways and Means Committee
Representative McLaughlin
Michigan
House
Merritt
Connecticut
Melion
Congress
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O. D. Army
O. D
Army and Navy Store
Shenandoah Valley
Nat’l. Bank
Winchester, Va
Jolliffe
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Empire
Laura la Plante
Creighton Hale
George Siegmann
Gertrude ‘Astor
Tully Marshall
Lindbergh
Mexico
New York
Universal
Dick Hatton
Hine
Ben Hur
Annie Mahoney
W. S.mahoney
Miller
The
Union Bank of
Winchester
Orndoff & Brown
Madison
Hable’s
Hable
Santa Claus
Farmers
Merchants National Bank
Charlie
C. L. Robinson Ice Plant
F. A. Shryock
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