Courthouse Walls Reveal Civil War Hospital Use
Seventy five years after Kernstown battle, Fredericksburg courthouse walls yielded names of Union and Confederate soldiers. Wall inscriptions mention Gen Banks and Stonewall Jackson. Memoirs by Mrs. Cornelia McDonald recount hospital scenes, amputations, and a later claim of a theatre on the courthouse porch.
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Fredericks County
Kernstown
A. J. Tavenner
Gen. Banks
Stonewall Jackson
Alexander Scott
U.S. A
A. Buckheister
Joseph Bell
C. B
J. W. Derr
John H. Kenney
17Th Street
J. F. Flick
Cornelia McDonald
Louisville
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Hunter McDonald
Nashville, Tenn
Philip Williams
Escape attempt at Alcatraz ends with presumed drownings
Police officials say Cole and Roe, Alcatraz inmates from McAles ter Penitentiary, apparently drowned during a desperate bid to reach the sea. Fog lifting aided coast guard and police search as authorities recall earlier escape attempts and note no direct shore swim was made.
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Angel Island
Max Reznik
Farallons
Farallon Islands
Golden Gate
Wedding Invitations At STAR 10B PRIN
Readable fragments show a wedding invitation notice for a STAR venue event with names and date likely referenced. The item appears as a formal announcement card and invites attendance or acknowledgment.
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Star 10B
PRIN
Silk Mill At Berryville Is To Run Again
Berryville Virginia December 17 Announcement that Victoria Textile Mills owners of the local silk mill have leased the plant to Philadelphia textile operators for eight years with option to buy. Equipment valued at 75000 will be installed to manufacture hosiery capacity 90 dozen pairs daily. Initial staff six men and six women. Officers to form Board of Directors reside in Clarke County.
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Berryville
Victoria Textile Mills, Inc
Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
Roy E. Potts
Edward P. Berlin
Harold L. Scheuer
A. Garland Williams
Clarke County
Harold F. Paget
August J. Hark
John W. Bodenschatz
Mr. Smith
Lester A. Michel
Virginia
Ralph N. Dorsey
Charles Shhenk
Eee
Santa Calls via Telephone In East Aurora
Children in East Aurora New York skip letters to Santa and call a private line to Old Saint Nick. The operator connects them for chats with Santa from 6 30 to 8 p m every night until Christmas as arranged by the telephone company.
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East Aurora
N. Y
Santa Claus
Old Saint Nick
Santa
Actress Admits Her Exact Age
Hollywood gossip pieces reveal actress Sally Eilers declaring she is 29, praising the Duchess of Windsor for loosening age stigma in cinema. She recalls past starlets cutting years off ages to appear younger and notes shifts in perceived romance linked to age.
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Hollywood
Duchess of Windsor
Sally
Miss Eilers
Mrs. Jennie Kerns Bageant 74 Dead in Baltimore
Mrs. Jennie Kerns Bageant wife of H A Bageant longtime Reynolds Store resident died Wednesday at her son R A Bageant home in Baltimore in her 74th year She was a Frederick County native and lived here until three months ago Survived by husband and seven children services Saturday at Mt Hebron A B Church with Rev B F Spitzer officiating The family will meet at grandson T C Holliday’s home near Whitacre before proceeding to the church
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Jennie Kerns Bageant
H. A. Bageant
Reynolds Store
R. A. Bageant
Baltimore
Frederick County
Bageant
Selah Holliday
Reynold’s Store
Elmer Bageant
Washington, D. C
Jackson Bageant
Cumberland, Md
Floyd Bageant
Jacksonville
Fla
Brandell Bageant
Owens Mill
Norman Bageant
Berkeley Springs
Mt. Hebron A. B
B. F. Spitzer
T. C. Holliday
Whitacre
Death Calls Dr. John Long In Page Co.
Funeral for Dr. John Frederick Long 88 held in Luray Virginia with family and friends attending. Nephews C L, N D and W F Long of Middletown and Edwin Haines of this city were present. the service was led by Elder J B Jenkins. Long practiced medicine for over 50 years and served as a Page Valley National Bank director. He is survived by one son, three daughters, one brother and one sister.
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Winchester
Frederick County
John Frederick Long
Luray
C.L
N. D
W. F. Long
Middletown
Edwin Haines
E. W. Miller
Page County
Page Valley National Bank
Shenandoah River
Ciiic
Dr. Long
Mary Susan Bell Kite
George L. Kite
Marksville
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Lowing
Farmer’s Bank
Fellowship Club
A. Y
Friendship
Washington Hotel
Jess Dunn
Oklahoma
McAlester Penitentiary
Cole
Alcatraz
Roe
Johnston
McAlester
Island
Joseph Bowers
San Francisco
Sausalito
Loudoun St
Philadelphia Textile Group
Shenk
Mrs. Bageant
John Long
Page Co
The
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Winchester, Virginia
Eye E
McCormick Deering
C. I. Brumback
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