West Virginia Scenery Praised by Lynchburg College Professor
Prof Ruskin S Preer of Lynchburg College extols the Cumberland to Romney Moorefield Petersburg Franklin West Virginia scenery in the Lynchburg News. He notes U S Route 40 parallels the ancient route from Ohio to Cumberland and highlights a fertile valley flanked by rugged mountains with narrow gorges that squeeze the river and road.
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Cumberland
Romney
Moorefield
Petersburg
Franklin
W. Va
Monterey Va
Ruskin S. Preer
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg News
Freer
Ohio
West Virginia
Funeral Rites Held At Hopewell For Mrs Bowman
A large crowd attended funeral services for Mrs Virginia Priest Bowman at the Hopewell Meeting House. The ceremony was led by Daniel Shoemaker of Washington D C with readings by Annie Reese Charles Pidgeon and Susan Pidgeon. Interment followed in Hopewell burying ground. Survivors include husband John G Bowman and two children Lincoln Griest Bowman and Margaret Gardner Bowman. Relatives from Lancaster German Town Reading and Washington attended. Mrs Hoops a Pennsylvania legislator was among distant mourners.
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Hopewell Meeting House
Virginia Priest Bowman
John G. Bowman
Clearbrook
Daniel Shoemaker
Washington, D. C
Annie Reese
Charles Pidgeon
Susan T. Pidgeon
Hopewell Burying Ground
J. L. Jolliffe
J. W. Headley
Lincoln Griest Bowman
Margaret Gardner Bowman
Magazine article on Lord Fairfax cooperage in Virginia archives
The January issue features a historical piece about the Fairfax family cooperage, detailing tools from Lord Thomas Fairfax’s Northern Neck Virginia estate. Illustrations accompany the narrative, with the caption Virginia Archives Reveal Sundry Cooperage Tools in Will of Lord Fairfax.
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Lord Fairfax
Lord Thomas Fairfax
Virginia
Man Arrested in Mail Fraud Over Pershing Bust Campaign
Alfred M. Layton, 35, pictured in Washington after arrest on charges of using the mails to defraud. He allegedly collected $11,000 from prominent donors for a General John J. Pershing bust committee and diverted the funds for his own use.
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Alfred M. Layton
Washington
John J. Pershing
Layton
Pershing
Local Teams Win Big Doubleheader on Handley Court
Company I dominated the Valley Fives 41 to 16 in the nightcap on Handley court. Ed Lee scored 7 points in half a game, Williams led with 13, and Crabill topped the visitors with 7. In a preliminary, the Girls' Athletic Association beat Boyce Independent 16 to ?.
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Company I
Valley
Handley Court
Girls’ Athletic Association
Boyce
Militiamen
Williams
Ed Lee
Crabill
Oe Stine
Garber
F. P. Ritenour
J. Smith
F. Cc. Smith
Funkhouser
Lentz
Painter
Tota Winchester
P. P
Netistoner
Emma Graves
Alma Wakter
Helen Shockey
J.c. Elsie Mathews
S.c. Elizabeth Jasper
F. VanDeventer
Frances Preffitt
Pifer
F Peyton
F Adams
J.c Kibler
C. Brown
E. Jolliffe
D. R. Jolliffe
Virginia Horse Breeders Urge Passage of Pari Mutuel Bill
The Virginia Horse Breeders Association at its Richmond meeting endorsed the pari mutuel wagering and racing commission bills to regulate statewide horse racing. The group backs the Hall proposal limiting pari mutuel wagering to three one mile tracks and urges enactment for potential boosts to land values hay markets labor and state revenue. Kenneth Gilpin was elected president with William duPont Jr and others named as officers and directors.
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Virginia Horse Breeders’ Association
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Boyce
Richmond
The
Fair Association
Virginia Horsebreders’ Association
America
Virginia General Assembly
Wilbur C. Hall
Loudoun County
Cecil Connor
Leesburg
Racing Commission
Association
General Assembly
Virginia Association of Fairs of the Hall
Fair Managements
Hall
Algernon Daingerfield
Ockey Club
Virginia
Thomas G. Herring
Harrisonburg
Heering
Sun Beau
Gallant Knight
Virginia Horse Association
William duPont, Jr
Ohn L. Witz
Staunton
Raymond Belmont
Middleburg
W. J. Carter
H. T. Archibald
the Plains
A. 8. Craven
Greenwood
R. W. Daniel
William du Pont
P. H. Faulconer
Charlottesville
Thomas B. Gay
Miss Lyda Chapman Resting Comfortably After Illness
Miss Lyda Chapman confined at home on West Clifford street with severe tonsillitis reported today to be resting more comfortably rather than at a high fever or distress.
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Lyda Chapman
West Clifford Street
That Vulgar Little Blonde and the Ferncliffe Dinner
Kitty Packard craves social advance as Dan Packard plots to buy Jordan stock and host a Ferncliffe dinner. Larry Renault flirts with Paula while facing stage work and a past romance with Ernest. Dr Talbot pursues Kitty, Paula scenes reveal film world tensions and shifting loyalties.
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Kitty Packard
Tina
Oliver Jordan
Dan Packard
Socia Ition
Kitty
Jordans
Lord
Here
Tropics
Dan
Ferncliffe
Perncliffes
England
Washington
Packard
Dr. Talbot
Wayne
Paula For
Larry Renault
Barclay
Paula
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H. G. McGee
D. N. Rust, Jr
D. C. Sands
T. H. Somerville
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E. D. Tayloe
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P. M. Walker
R. C. Winmill
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