Virginia Becomes More Urban as Farm Losses Rise
The University of Virginia News Letter reports Virginians increasingly reside in cities and towns of 2,500 or more. Over the last decade rural population barely grew while urban areas expanded sharply, with 32.4 percent urban and 67.6 percent rural by 1930.
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University
University of Virginia News Letter
Virginia
News Letter
Old Dominion
South
Continental
United States
Recent Transfers of City Realty Admitted to Record
Real estate deeds recently recorded in the Corporation Court clerk's office include J M Steck trustee to Bertha S Archer for a house and lot on North Market Street with $1425 consideration. Russell Jackson to Alice Jackson for a parcel on Cecil Street with nominal consideration. Walter E Sibert et al to Clarence Haymaker for a lot in Harris East Orchard tract with nominal consideration. Emma W Cross et al to Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Works Inc for land and building on East Gerrard Street with $18500. L B Newlin to C Douglas Barnett et al for land in Shawnee Heights Addition with nominal consideration. Bessie Young to Mary Jefferson for $5 on Kent Street.
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Corporation Court Clerk
J. M. Steck
Bertha S. Archer
North Market Street
Russell Jackson
Alice Jackson
Cecil Street
Walter E. Sibert
Clarence Haymaker
Harris East Orchard
Emma W. Cross
Als
Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Works, Inc
Gerrard Street
L. B. Newlin
C. Douglas Barnett
Shawnee Heights
Bessie Young
Mary Jefferson
Kent Street
Virginia inaugurates John G Pollard as governor
John Garland Pollard was inaugurated as Virginia governor succeeding Harry F Byrd. Byrd signed a bill raising the governor salary from 5000 to 10000 dollars. Handley High School prepares for Cumberland Valley contest with Berkeley Springs High School. Northern Virginia Dental Study Club hosted a turkey dinner in Front Royal with Doctors Creasy and Van Dusen.
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John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd
Winchester
Luther A. Thomas
Concord
N. C
Grace Lutheran Church
Harry F. Byrd
Handley
Berkeley Springs
Northern Virginia Dental Study Club
Front Royal
R. T. Creasy
C. van Dusen
Virginia Budget Plan and First Woman on Health Board
Governor Trinkle proposes a biennial Virginia budget of 23 733 407 for the General Assembly. Mrs William Morgan Smith of Rosemont near Berryville is named to the Virginia State Board of Health the first woman to hold the post. Massanutten Academy defeats American Legion 31 to 29 in basketball. Mrs C F Massey read Lafayette paper and Mrs John S Scully spoke on the American Museum of Art at the Century Club meeting.
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E. Lee Trinkle
Virginia
General Assembly
William Morgan Smith
Rosemont
Berryville
Virginia State Board of Health
Alfred E. Smith
New York
American Legion
Massanutten Academy
C. F. Massey
Lafayette
John S. Scully
American Section
American Museum of Art
Century Club
Fifteen Years Ago in 1916 Foreshadows Wilson Criticisms and Prohibition
In January 1916 Nemo attacks the Washington Post over Wilson criticisms. Henry Ford and his peace party may return to the U S. Captain Richard P Hobson to speak here on prohibition with a talk titled Destroying the Great Destroyer. The Commercial and Savings Bank is chartered with 50000 capital and 10000 surplus amid oversubscription in local counties.
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Nemo
Washington Post
Henry Ford
United States
Richard Pearson Hobson
Commercial and Savings Bank
Neiaech
Frederick
Reynolds Store Notes
Reynolds Store notes local social visits in Virginia with multiple names and Sunday gatherings. It reports birth congratulations for Tom Brannon’s son and a note on Mrs. I D Shade’s illness progress amid community updates. It also includes a political digression about Sandino and a plant note on Arizona cacti and their fruit uses.
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Tom Brannon
Belief and Anger Replace Faith in Dining Table Debate
A fragmented line questions belief in God while noting anger at the idea of thirteen people sharing a table. The speaker contemplates divine perception and human conviviality in a terse, reflective phrase.
Acid Stomach Relief Claims Stir Druggist Action
Fragmentary OCR suggests a note about stomach relief remedies and druggists authorized to treat persistent pain within minutes. Names and specifics are unclear, but the item indicates a medical remedy discussion and potential commerce between makers and vendors.
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Beker
Gon
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