Rudes Hill Marker Unveiling Staged July 9
The Confederate battlefield marker at Rudes Hill in NOW MARKET Virginia will be unveiled July 9 under the Woodstock Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. Judge Philip Williams of Winchester will deliver the address. The bronze marker commemorates Civil War episodes once seen on the battlefield.
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Rudes Hill
Woodstock
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Philip Williams
Winchester
Virginia Antiquities tablet to honor 1606 first colonists
A tablet at Blackwall London by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities will be unveiled Saturday. The event, with 500 invitations, features Miss Alethea Serpell and S March, plus royal and colonial figures, with the Star Spangled Banner and God Save the King to conclude.
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Star
Richmond
Blackwall
London
Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Brunswick Wharf
America
Alethea Serpell
Norfolk
S. March
Massachusetts Historical Society
Charles Knowles
Boston
Hollins College
EB. Marion Smith
John Stewart Bryan
Sue Harriet Tyler
Nelly Serpell Tyler
Heth Tyler
J. Hoge Tyler
Admiral Burrage
Royal Navy
Charles Wakefield
England
South Leads In 1927 Export Trade Share
The 1927 U S export total reached 74 758 721 000 with the South accounting for 1 632 000 000 or 35 percent of exports originating in southern industry not just ports. New York led the nation with 769 766 896 while Texas and Michigan followed. Louisiana Virginia and Illinois show prominent rankings among state export totals as southern wealth rises.
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United States
South
New York
Texas
Michigan
California
Louisiana
Ilinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Virginia
Massachusetts
Washington
Minnesota
Indi
Stone Wall Jackson Markers Erected Near New Market
The marker on native limestone, erected by the Virginia Battle Fields Market Association, mirrors Civil War tablet design and sits four miles north of New Market near the Valley Pike. It recalls Stonewall Jackson’s Rude’s Hill encampment in 1862 and honors Col. John Francie Neff, a Jackson brigade commander killed at Manassas, born near the marker.
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Virginia Battlefields
Virginia
New Market
Valley Pike
Shenandoah Caverns
Stonewall” Jackson
Rude’s Hill
John M. McNeil
McNeil
Jubal Early
Sheridan
Fishers Hill
Rude's Hill
John Francie Neff
Jackson
Manassas
Neff
Virginia Military Institute
South wealth to surpass Northeast by 1927 in bold forecast
The article compares estimated regional wealth in 1922 and 1927, noting the South near three times New England and within six percent of the combined wealth of New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Delaware while exceeding by nearly 3 billion the wealth of Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin. It projects the South's wealth may surpass the entire national total by 1927 and its export trade exceed current U.S. levels.
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South
United States
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Ohio
Indiana
Mlinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Russell Hupp Brother Killed by Lightning Bolt in Timberville
Luther Hupp a 35 year old farmer was instantly killed when a bolt struck him as he and John Kipps along with Kipps' son Vernon were shocking wheat on the Kipps farm three miles northeast of Timberville. Kipps survived after receiving a shock attributed to rubber-soled shoes.
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Luther Hupp
John Kipps
Hupp
Kipps
Vernon Kipps
Timberville
Divorce by Desertion In Virginia Corporation Court
In Winchester Virginia on July 2 1928 Rosie Lonas Offenbacker seeks absolute divorce from Charles H Offenbacker on grounds of desertion for three years. The order requires publication in the Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posting at the courthouse front door and mailing to the defendant. The defendant is not a resident of Virginia and must appear within ten days after due publication to protect his interest.
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Virginia
Corporation Court
City OF
Winchester
Rosie Lonas Offenbacker
O. G. Lonas
von Chancery
Charles H. Offenbacker
Eall
Charles H. Offembacher
Winchester Evensing Star
Court of Or
Tragic Wheat Field Accident Claims Hupp
During a rain shower two men were attempting to finish shocking wheat when a machine accident occurred. Hupp was instantly killed while Kipps, who was unhurt, assisted rescuers and revived the other man. Hupp leaves an aged father, a brother, and three sisters. Funeral plans had not been set.
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Kipps
Hupp
Jacob Hupp
Russell Hupp
Winchester
Joseph Zirkle
New Market
Fassel L. Hupp
Russell Schaffer
Harrisonburg
Woman who fainted family dispute cited by McPherson Republican
The Kansas City Star reports a dispute involving the daughter of the woman who used to faint, as referenced in the McPherson Republican. The brief item notes the contentious exchange and the parties involved without graphic detail.
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McPherson Republican
Kansas City Star
School for Boys and Girls to Open in Ft Londoun
The School for Boys and Girls will open at Ft. Londoun on September 10, 1928. Write to Mary E. Bush, Registrar, for details and admission information.
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Londoun
Mary E. Bush
Picnic M W of A Picnic at Whit Acre
Picnic at Whitacre Virginia on August 18 1928 for PICNIC M W of A. local notice lists event details and date for community gathering in the small town.
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Whitacre, Va
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Wheeling
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West North Central
Mountain
Ono
Miller & Anderson
Snapp’s Foundry
Corinnf Barnett
Mutt & Jeff
Bad Fisher
Miss Debris
Jay
Teé Hee
North Main ST
J. C. Penney Commany
Jersey
Messinger
R. MW. Swimley
George Washington Hotel
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C. I Brumback
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