New Winchester Society Annual Papers Highlight Revolutionary Diary
The Winchester Society 1931 Annual Papers publish William Heth diary from Morgan’s 1776 Quebec assault and prisoner life. Meigs journal supplements, plus early Winchester families notes, history of Winchester up to 1820, society bylaws and index. Future volumes promised.
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Pers
Quebec
Morgan
Montgomery
William Heth
Winchester
Library of Congress
B. Floyd Flickinger
Winchester Society
Flickinger
Jonathan Meigs
Canada
Walls
Virginia
Radio Artist To Be On Capitol Program Today
Crosby the coast’s crooner headlines the Capitol program today and tomorrow in a new singing comedy based on One More Chance. He also stars at Paramount Theatre New York with Dance Team at Roxy and Fox in New York and Wilton.
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Capitol
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Paramount
Paramount Theatre
New York City
James Dunn
Sally Eilers
Roxy Theatre
Fox
Many Visitors of Prominence Around Clarke Millwood
A Millwood Virginia social column describes Mr. and Mrs. Allen Campbell hosting tea for Mrs. Margaret Dole and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Theobald artists, and many neighbors at Annefield and other homes. The piece notes visits, hunts, dinners, and travel among prominent families and guests, with mentions of Blue Ridge Hunt events and trips to Paris, Washington, and Key West.
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Samuel Theobald
M. E. Dole
Dole
Theobald
Blue Ridgr Hunt
Allen Campbell
Ewart Johnston
Benjamin Randolph
William Bell Watkins
Mackay-Smith
Watkins
William B. Watkins
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Winchester
William Beverley
Hunter McGuire
Rose MacDonald
Berryville
Hugh M. Nelson
George H. Burwell
J. Townsender
Kennedy Edsall
Carl
Washington
Vieda
Virginia Watkins
Spencer Carter
Richmond
Saratoga
Page
Agnes R. Page
Robert P. Page
Ardmore
Blue Ridge Hunt
Chapel Hill
Millwood
Paris
Lambert
Lillian Lambert
Europe
Richard P. Whiting
John Woolfolk
Isabella M. Cameron
Roland G. Mitchell
the Glen
Kenneth N. Gilpin
McGhee Tyson
New York
Scabby
Annefield
Lammot Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Havana
John Townsend Burwell
J. Townsend Burwell
Peter Dupont
William Winder Laird
Key West
Dupont
Dupont Companies
Cuba
Reading Contest Planned for Rural Schools Saturday
A reading contest for rural school children is set for Saturday January 23 at the Court House with a schedule from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Transportation is arranged by local patrons including F. W. Pingley. Due to limited space only a few pupils from each school will be selected. silent tests will determine winners with small prizes.
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Court House
Round Hill
F. W. Pingley
Supt. Kline
Thoxine advertised as quick cough remedy
An old advertisement touts Thoxine as a fast acting cough suppressant that stops coughing on first use and prevents night coughing. It claims relief for sore throat, safety for the family, and a money back guarantee with a 35 cent price at Baker's Drug Store.
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Baker’s Drug Store
Annual Meeting Of Small Loan Bodies In Richmond
The Virginia Industrial Leaders Association will hold its regular annual meeting at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond Thursday at 10 a.m. Delegates from across the state will attend. reports, including the Publications Committee, will be presented. An afternoon session features a luncheon, a Schwarzchild address, and reports from committees and delegates.
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John Marshall Hotel
Richmond
Virginia Industrial Leaders Association
John Marshall
Virginia
C. R. Porter
Norfolk
State Corporation Commission
Wm. H Schwarzchild
Central National Bank of Richmond
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
American Association of Personal Finance Companies
Wash
Spain Suspends Jesuit Order Decree Signed in Madrid
A presidential decree suspending the Jesuit order in Spain calls for confiscation of its Spanish property valued at about 30 million dollars. The measure, signed by President Alcala Zamora, awaits official publication to take effect.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
St. Ignatius Loyola
Alcala Zamora
Bakery Manager Held For Ransom In Denver
Denver police report two men kidnapped bakery manager Benjamin P. Bower, 62, of the Denver bakery core corporation. They threatened death unless $50,000 ransom was paid by noon today.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Benjamin P. Bower
Ranson
Another Killing in Dyers Strife in Chicago Area
A man shot to death was found in Downers Grove near Oceaneeenee. A cleaners' card with the name M. Costabille of Chicago was found in his pocket as police investigate a clash in the cleaners and dyers' industry.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Oceaneeenee Downers Grove
Page County
Cleaners
M. Costabille
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NEW Book OF Historic Society
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Clarke
Japan
Manchuria
Goodyear Speedway
Buncutter Tire Co
South Braddock St
Great Northern
Kelloggs
White House
Maxwell House
Oxford
C. W. Ramsburg Grocery
BUICK
General Motors
America
Eng
Piggly Wiggs
Housewives OF America
Piggly Wiggly
Flint, Mich
F. O. B. Flint
Mich
H. .Webert
Winchester Garage
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