Second Infantry Chooses Chaplain and Staff
The Rev J Lewis Gibbs former rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Forest Hill Richmond is named pack captain and chaplain of the Second Virginia Infantry. Company I Winchester reassigned to the Second Infantry as part of the new regiment formation added December.
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J. Lewis Gibbs
Church of the Good Shop of
Forest Hill
Richmond
Episcopal Emmanuel Hb
Staunton
Pbox
Yental
Second
Virra
Mr. Gibbs
Winchester
Hunter Bags a Black Bear Cub
RG Va Jan 14 Samuel Middleton and his two sons hunted Mascanutten mountain and killed a black bear two years old. The bear was wounded in the den after six shots, the carcass brought to town and dressed by a local butcher. The gross weight was pounds. This marks the second bear killed on the mountain this past year.
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Mascanutten
Samuel Middleton
Owe
Miss Ursula Kern Weds Charles Victor Wilson at Remount
On January 14 at 3 PM Ursula Mae Kern daughter of Mr and Mrs Marshall Kern of the United States Remount Station Front Royal Virginia married Charles Victor Wilson of Ossining New York. The ceremony was by Rev N N Hall. The bride is well known locally and the groom an electrician at the Remount for eighteen months. They will reside at the Remount.
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Urront Royal
Ursula
Mae Kern
Marshall Kern
United States
Remount
Front Royal
Charles Victor Wilson
Ossining
New York
N. N. Hall
Wilson
Old Lumber For Sale By Tear Down Notice
August Graber of 121 S8 Market St advertises old lumber for sale from a teardown at the property.
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August Graber
Market St
Hay Wanted for Rail Transport in Virginia
25 cars of timothy hay sought for loading on B&O Southern or N&W rail lines within ten days to two weeks. Contact 8 G Runkle & Co Woodstock Virginia for arrangements.
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Timothy
Southern
G. Runkle & CO
Woodstock
Be ale te ee ee DO YOU ENJOY THE BIRDS
A reader asks about bird enjoyment and guidance on feeding and protecting birds this season. The message implies interest in bird care and seasonal actions.
American Legion Pushes Two-Year Continuation for Virginia War History Commission
The American Legion of Virginia urges the Legislature to extend the Virginia War History Commission for two years. It cites strong publication output including calendars and calendars of military histories in the Virginia Magazine of History, plus two upcoming supplements and thousands of clippings. A $50,000 biennial appropriation is requested to finish the four volume history, with an alternative $15,000 plan if funds fall short. The Legion emphasizes the commission’s central office in Richmond and local units statewide, aiming to complete records by spring 1924.
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American Legion
Virginia
Virginia War History Commission
Legion
Virginia Magazine of History
Printer of
Military History
Am Legion
Commission
Richmond
Physician's Dog Attacks Rescuer in Va Incident
In Maurertown Virginia on January 14 a physician Doctor D. L. Shaver nearly died when a radius rod dropped on his car trapping him after leaving the Rush Mill bridge near Woodstock. The machine sped up a hillside at the mountain foot.
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Maurertown
D. L. Shaver
Doctor Rescued After Turbine Accident At Plant
Dr. Shaver, unconscious after a turbine incident at a hydro electric plant near the scene, lay in stupor until aid arrived. Rescue efforts were hampered by his dog which angrily resisted handling and bit one rescuer before the doctor was removed from the wreckage.
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Turtle
Dr. Shaver
Shaver
Women in Virginia Prepare for Equal Rights Legislation
The National Woman's Party opens its Virginia campaign for equal rights at the General Assembly session. It plans an early introduction of a blanket bill of rights, while the league supports improved laws but opposes a comprehensive blanket measure. Official delegates at the Capitol include Adele Clark, Edith Cowles, Nora Houston, Lucy Mason, Mary Pidgeon, and others.
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Richmond
Woman's Party
League
Capitol
Miss Adele, Clark
Mesdames F. C. Beverley
Louis Brownlow
Cities to Ask Equalization in Virginia Legislature
Richmond, January 13, report shows Mayor Ainslie's statement on tax segregation reveals cities suffer under the current system. In 1921 counties paid 5.11 million into the treasury but drew out 6.51 million, a deficit of 1.39 million. twenty six cities paid 6.59 million in but drew out 1.59 million, only 25 percent returned. Richmond alone paid 2.31 million and drew 449 thousand, a net state gain of over 80 percent from city taxes. The statewide net gain was about 979 thousand. only eighteen counties paid more in than they drew out.
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Richmond
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Virginia
Ainslie
Treasury
Builders Welcome Stable Lumber Prices and Full Stock
The column notes that rumors of high material costs spread faster than good news. It states prices have fallen to a fair level, especially lumber, enabling purchase for trade houses or barns. The store claims complete stock and willingness to help plan projects with affordable materials.
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We. Aes
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New Yorker
OLD Lumber
Chapman Auto Supply
Braddock
WAR History Board
American ‘Legion
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J.gochenour
Maurertown, Vay
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Moresco
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E. Water St
Winchester High School
Theo. Earle
City Hall
P. C. Neidemeyer & Company
Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church
Sloan
Sloany Liniment
Chapman’s Auto Sales
Braddock St
Postoffice
Funk & Son
America
South Main Street
Skillcraft Clothes Shop
N. Main Street
Castile
the People’s Drug Co., Inc
Exide
Ening
Payne & Sutton
Water St
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W. Balto
St. Baltimore
Winchester Garage
N. Braddock St
Glaize & Bro
Chas. E. Ellison
Waynesboro
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