Fireworks' Legal-in-County and On Sale Notices
Classified notices list various sale offers and legal in county on sale details. Items include firearms related sale terms, Potts Place address, and multiple yellow pages style ads for appliances homes and vehicles with contact numbers. Listings mention December 27 1941 dates and a 1937 DeSoto a 300 acre farm and a 1941 4 wheel drive Chevrolet among others.
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City Hall
Harry H. Willis
Meyers
The
Farm Service Company
Falls Road
Bare Hills Avenue
Baltimore
Maryland
Dodge
Call McFarland
Lumber Price Break in Year 25 Per Cent
Oregon lumber industry faces a 1948 price decline amid plant closures and weaker demand. Despite near record production early year, mills cut prices 15 to 25 percent on common grades while hardwoods held firm. Bright spots include steadier shipments and renewed January February inquiry.
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Gordon C. Macnab
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Josephine County
Dakota
Black Hills
Fluorescent street lights in Spartanburg and Waltherboro
Questions and answers note Spartanburg S C uses 104 fluorescent lamps in business districts while Walterboro S C also installs fluorescent street lighting. Fluorescent tubes reportedly yield four times the illumination of old lights for the same current.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Walterboro
Mrs Louise Cooper 93 Funeral Rites Held at Gravel Springs
Mrs Louise Virginia Cooper 93 of Star Tannery died Saturday in Woodstock. Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m tomorrow at Gravel Springs Lutheran Church with Rev E B Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Gravel Springs Cemetery.
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Louise Virginia Cooper
Star Tannery
Gravel Springs Lutheran Church
E. B. Smith
Gravel Springs Cemetery
Growth in U S Broadcasting Stations Since World War II
After World War II the United States had under 1000 standard broadcasting stations. The number now totals about twice that figure, including those under construction, with 600 applications still pending.
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United States
Skeletons Of 600-pound Birds Unearthed In 1948 Records
Washington reports the National Geographic Society’s year-end summary notes dramatic finds in 1948. Highlights include a nine-foot Swartkrans man fossil, references to giants in Africa and Java, ancient Sinai inscriptions, and discovery of the mo a skeletons in New Zealand by Dr Robert Cushman for the American Museum of Natural History.
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South Africa
Swartkrans
Java
Moses
Red Sea
Port Said
Sinai Penninsula
New Zealand
Robert Cushman
American Museum of Natural History
Gettysburg Park Storied Avenues and Monuments Highlighted
The Gettysburg Pa National Military Park preserves 26 miles of paved avenues and hosts 800 statues and monuments along with 1 700 tablets and markers. Northern pike consume nearly 9 000 000 wild ducks each year.
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Gettysburg ‘Pa
National Military Park
Annual Stockholders Meeting Notice for Winchester Bank
Notices announce the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester Virginia will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday January 11 1949 at 11 in the forenoon in the banking rooms for election of directors and other business as may arise presented by cashier J I Yost.
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Farmers and Mreychants National Bank
City of
Winchester
State of Virginia
Yost
Casiter
Conference Cagers This Week in Southern Circuit
North Carolina and NC State play this week along with The Citadel and Wake Forest. NC State competes in the Los Angeles Invitational against Wyoming. North Carolina meets Arizona in the Camellia Bowl at Lafayette Louisiana. The Citadel starts at Richmond against Richmond Royals and plays Quantico Marines. Wake Forest finishes at Winston Salem versus Hanes Hosiery.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Citadel
Wake Forest
State
Wolfpack
University of Wyoming
Tar Heels
University of Arizona
Lafayette
Bulldogs
Richmond
Richmond Royals
Quantico Marine Base
Deacons
Winston-Salem
Hanes
Origin of the term gallery gods in London theatres
The phrase arose from painted skies in the Ditty Lane Theatre ceiling above gallery patrons, described as “among the pods.” It sparked the name gallery gods for the highest seating area. The Monroe Doctrine was a presidential message to Congress on December 2, 1823, not an act of Congress.
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Ditty Lane Theatre
London
Congress
Reburial services set for 2d Lt Cecil R Clem
The body of 2d Lt Cecil R Clem killed in Germany on April 22, 1945 will be returned to Winchester for reinterment. He was 21 and son of Ernest and Mary Clem of SenSeny Road. Survivors include four brothers Edward, Honest, Richard, Jeremiah, and five sisters Irene, Nina, Cora, Eve Haven, Dora Graves. Body to be taken to parental home on arrival.
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Cecil
R Clem
Germany
Winchester
Clem
Ernest
Mary Trenary Clem
Senseny Rd
Eaward C. Clem
Radford
Honest R. Clem
Richard Clem
Stephens City
Jeremiah Clem
Frederick County
Irene Pierce
Nina Clark
Cora Clark
Eve de- Haven
Nain
Dora Graves
Eight Democratic governors to succeed Republicans after November elections
Eight newly elected Democratic governors will replace Republicans, while two Republican governors were chosen to succeed Democratic incumbents, reflecting shifts in the November 2 results.
Final Capitol Theatre Auction Draws Top Bids
The final auction at Capitol Theatre exceeded five hundred thousand dollars with a dryer selling for 575,000 to Edgar Whiting of 415 W Clifford St. Other winners included Evan Creswell of 111 Whitlock Ave for 86,000 an Edward Hartley of 19 S Cameron St for 90,000 and Mary Hawk of 739 S Ken St for 86,000. This marked the theater’s last auction.
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Capitol Theatre
Edgar Whiting
W. Clifford St
Evan Creswell
Whitlock Ave
Edward Hartley
S. Cameron St
Mary Hawk
S. Ken
Camel Drinks 25 Gallons in Half an Hour
A camel can consume 25 gallons of water in thirty minutes. Forest and wood fires annually destroy enough timber to produce 5,700,000 tons of newsprint.
Heinz Co Employees Christmas Dinner Honored Guest
George Dieckman former local manager served as guest of honor at a Christmas dinner and party for H J Heinz Co employees held at the George Washington hotel.
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George Dieckman
H.J. Heinz Co
George Washington Hotel
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Call Boyce
Boyce Lunch
Call
Boyce
Waynesboro Nurseries
Waynesboro
BEW Armstrong
Cameron St
Pri
P. T. Braithwaite
Grimes
Collie Pups
Berryville
John Rutherford
Aberdeen Angusheifer
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F. A. Shryock
Burley C. Turner
Airport Rd
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N. Braddock St
Imal
Mississippi
Mississippi River
North America
Amazon
Congo
la Plata
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
M. M
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Berlin
S. E
England
George Washington
United States Chronicle
Providence
R. I
Santa
Grace Purcell
Lovejoy
Grace
R. R. Purcell
Henry Lee
Jackie Blewitt
Robert
Newark
N. J
Jackie
International Soundphoto
Narsarssuak
Greenland
Saipan
Mrs. Cooper
Veterans
Thomas Jefferson
U. S. Senate
BELL
Front Royal
National Geographic Society
Annual Stockholders’ Meeting
Tommy D. Lockhart
N. Loudoun
Cecil R. Clem
Pine Motor CO
Plymouth
Imei
Veers
Chrysler
Heatwole Motor CO
St. Phon
Fered
G. Adams Esso Station
J. R. Alexander, Jr
Heatrolas
Miller’s Hardware
J. C. Hollinger & Son
Rouss Ave
Buncutter
Braddock
Germain Sts
Purina Broiler Chow
Purina
America
Checkerboard Feed Store
N. Cameron S
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