Booth Monument at Troy Debunked by Local Official
A Troy Alabama letter to the Montgomery Advertiser from June 9 1921 denies a John Wilkes Booth monument was funded by the public or reflects Pike County sentiment. It states the monument was privately erected at one man's expense and is now vandalized and crumbling.
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Alabama
Star
John Wilkes Booth
Montgomery
Booth
Troy
Ala
The
Advertiser
C. D Brooks
Woman's League of Republican Voters
Pike County
Geo. H. Cox
Sec.Mgr
Chamber of Commerce
Volunteers Stand Ready for Life Service
Winchester residents attend the Epworth League convention in Front Royal Virginia with about 250 delegates from the Baltimore Conference. At closing, thirty or more life service volunteers pledged to work for home and foreign fields.
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Winchester
Epworth League
Baltimore
Methodist
Freezone Corn Remedy Sold by Drugstores
A local note reports a druggist offering Freezone a small bottle that relieves corns instantly without soreness. It claims the product removes hard and soft corns and corn between toes, with shoppers invited to try it for a few cents. Mr and Mrs Frank Barr and Miss Virginia Barr of Washington visited relatives here.
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Frank. Barr
Virginia Barr
Washington
Military plan would fuse guards into unified reserve army
Government replies to governors show a proposed consolidation of sixteen national guard divisions into a skeletonized reserve force. Units would be led by reserve officers with trained specialists, preserving World War I records while ready to mobilize as needed.
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Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Miss Miller Weds Dr Hite in Hagerstown Ceremony
Society note from Winchester to Martinsburg reports the marriage of Elizabeth Miller to Dr. Heskett A. Hite at the bride’s sister’s home in Hagerstown. Rev. Francis R. Bailey officiated, with Ry. W. Miller giving the bride away. Out of town guests and local relatives attended the noon ceremony and reception.
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Winchester
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Elizabeth Miller
J. William Miller
Heskett A. Hite
W.W
Francis R. Bailey
St. Paul's Methodist
Ry. W. Miller
Do. Wright
Janice Swley
Sarah O'Neil
Harry Grim
Cumberland
M#e
Meredith
Cassel
George Updegraff
Mr. Cassel
Love
Professor Buys
George Ellis
Washington
Ralph Snapp
Staunton
Carlin Gray
Ralph W. Whitmer
Clearbrook
Republican convention set for Norfolk in July
An Associated Press report from Washington says John T Adams plans to attend the Virginia Republican convention in Norfolk starting July 14 as a principal speaker. Also slated are Rep Simon D. Fess and Rep C Bascom Slemp. The gathering will nominate a state ticket and shape 1922 congressional races. Henry Waddersoni, noted for Red Cross work in Romania, is floated as a possible Republican governor candidate.
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Associated Press
Washington
John T Adams
Republican National Committee
Norfolk
Virginia
Adams
Simon D. Fess
Ohio
Republican National ‘Congressional Committee
C. Bascom Slemp
Henry W.addersoni
Red Cross
Romania
Campfield to Aid Farm Bureau Campaign in Shenandoah Valley
Mr. W S Campfield, long time Winchester resident, is hired by the Virginia Farm Bureau to spend weeks organizing in the Shenandoah Valley. He will work in Rockingham County promoting the bureau begun by Mr Rue and emphasizes cooperation rather than rivalry among farmer organizations. The Farm Bureau, founded less than two years ago, claims over a million members and operates in forty three states with farmer control. Campfield stresses the bureau’s service to valley farmers whose interests align with central limestone and grain regions.
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W.S. Campfield
Winchester
Virginia Farm Bureau
Shenandoah Valley
Campfield
Rockingham County
Bureau
Rue
Middle-West
Farm Bureau
Middle West
Appalachian Division Formed by American Fruit Growers
Martinsburg West Virginia June 16 Announcement of a new Appalachian Division for American Fruit Growers covers Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and West Virginia with headquarters in Martinsburg The division appoints M S Foster as sales manager and H C Hetzer as production manager along with district managers Claire Pelham Hershey and M M Brown Leasing of Shenandoah Valley Bank and Trust Company offices signals centralized operations and expected growth Plans mirror other regional divisions including California.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
American Fruit Growers
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
M.S. Foster
H. C. Hetzer
Hancock District
Mr. Claire
Hancock
Mr.Pelham
Leesburg
Hershey
Hamburg
M.M. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Bank and Trust Company
California
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Studebaker
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Winchester Auto Sales Co., Inc
W. W. Dellinger
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H. W. Ebert
Buick
Cadillac
MR. Farmer
Ford
Chapman’s Auto Sales
Braddock
Postofffice
Miss Miller
DR. Hite
Ebert
J. William Ebert
Lutherville
M. P. Ebert
Stephenson
Ollie Vance
Bs Patere Tevet Memorial
Oafeaerdun
Braddock St
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H.R. Willis
N. Market St
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Winchester Garage, Inc
Maxwell Chalmers
North Main Street
Dodge Brothers
Howard Cather
Sunoco Oil
Peerless Motor Car Company
New York
F. M. Reynolds & Co
Winchester, Va
Virgin Co-operative Exchange
O. Dick
Stipe’s Clasgrand
United Ne
Clearbrook, Va
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Tntermont
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Larricks
RockEnon
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Gainesboro
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