Front Royal Brevities Highlights Local Visits
Front Royal Virginia July 17 Mrs J H Robinson and two children of Washington DC arrived to spend a week with her sister Mrs Arthur Coates. Many residents and visitors are noted in the listings including General S Gardner Waller returning to Richmond and Major Rolfe Millar accompanying him.
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Front Royal
J. H. Robinson
Washington, D. C
Arthur Coates
S. Gardner Waller
Richmond
Rolfe Millar
R. E. Purdum
Elsie Stossel
Farmville
State Liquor Receipts Exceed First Estimate in Virginia
News from Richmond reports the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board after two months shows receipts of 1,040,000 and estimated daily net profits of 2,500. Thirty-one stores are open with more planned while beer receipts for June total 71,240.35.
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Richmond
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
General Assembly
Ich
Hotel Greeters Oppose NRA Code At Waynesboro Meeting
The Central Pennsylvania Club of the Hotel Greeters of America meeting at the Anthony Wayne Hotel in Waynesboro adopted a resolution condemning the NRA code as applied to hotels. They argued it fails fair competition for the hotel industry and mislabels it as a service sector, undermining the business.
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Central Pennsylvania
The
Hotel Greeters of America
Anthony Wayne
Waynesboro
NRA
Time Denies Almost All Provisions Including Wage Rules
The statement claims time denied most provisions except wage and hour rules, which are described as punitive, and denied compensatory provisions that might have allowed the industry to redeem itself.
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Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Lipppman on Europe Crisis and U S Economic Policy
Walter Lippman argues Europe’s deflation and German crisis slow global recovery. He urges U S policy to boost government spending to spur private enterprise, coordinate with markets, and reform restrictive regulations to revive construction and ensure private investment and stability.
Young Baptists Back Clean Films Crusade in Virginia Beach
The Virginia State Baptist Young People's Association with about 100000 members supports a Catholic led drive to purge films of dirt. The unanimous resolution calls on members to cooperate in the crusade and to boycott films deemed unclean. Rev. Dr. Gerald H. Payne introduced the motion at the Virginia Beach convention.
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Virginia State Baptist Young People’s Association
Virginia Beach
Gerald H. Payne
Fourth Street Baptist Church
Portsmouth
America
Virginia
Wife Preservers Use Metal Clasps for New Potholder Display
A humorous domestic note describes repurposing metal clasps from worn hose supporters to hang a newly crafted potholder. The improvised display idea reflects thrift and domestic craft sensibilities.
Two Unmarked Graves Found Near Kernstown Church Site
Announcement that the remains of an unidentified person, likely a Civil War soldier, were found in a plot once belonging to a Methodist church at Kernstown. A local elder notes the ground was donated by Adam Kern, a prominent Kernstown figure. Two more unmarked graves lie on the former church plot.
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Kernstown
Winchester
Adam Kern
Graves of Pierce Moore and Mrs Edward Hines Found Nearby
The article notes two graves at a churchyard: Pierce Moore of the John Gold farm and Mrs Edward Hines from a prominent family. Moore’s grave was found isolated and shallow, suggesting burial during or soon after a battle, reported by R W Bayliss yesterday.
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Pierce Moore
John Gold
Edward Hines
R. W. Bayliss
Herbert Kidwell Called By Death
Herbert Kidwell, 46, native of Hampshire County and son of the late Mr and Mrs Francis Kidwell of Slanesville, died Saturday in Philadelphia where he had resided.
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Herbert Kidwell
Hampshire County
Francis Kidwell
Slanesville
Philadelphia
Remains Taken to Family Home After Fatal Incident
The body was brought to Cumberland and then moved to the home of father-in-law Hollie Daniels at Short Gap on the Franklin road. Survived by his wife and four brothers and three sisters named Edgar Ridgeley Lemuel Pittsburgh Howard Elmer Mrs. John Day Mrs. Dawson Day Petersburg and Mrs. Lee Queen Higginsville.
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Cumberland
Hollie Daniels
Short Gap
Franklin Road
Edgar
Ridgeley
Lemuel
Pittsburgh
Howard
Elmer
John Day
Dawson Day
Petersburg
Lee Queen
Higginsville
Sundays in a Gregorian year and leap year patterns
The text explains that a typical year has 53 Sundays every five or six years and that 1939 1944 1950 1961 and 1967 will have 53 Sundays. It notes the US Naval Observatory finding that in 28 year spans five years contain 58 Sundays unless a year ending in two zeros is not a leap year. When a leap year begins on Saturday two of the six year periods occur consecutively.
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United States Naval Observatory
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Alice Clark
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L. C. Willey
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Hot Springs
Southern Orthodontic Society
Georgia Strutt
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Afton Inn
J. Baldwin Hornsberger
Eva Irwin
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John Hedrick
Dunkirk
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James Hedrick
Frank Crawford
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Walter Lippman
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Europe
United States
France
Great Britain
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John W. Rosenberger & CO
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Conoco
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Harry Richman
Jack Denny
John B. Kennedy
Big Sister
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Braddock St
Twin-City Oil & Cas Corp
Sas Lermina Bldg
Herrell Sales Corp
S. Loudoun St
J. S. Solenberger & Co
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E. R. Smith
Gunther
Free State
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