Ohio Day Presses Removal of Mellon Over Prohibition
The Ohio state conference of Anti-Saloon League supporters urged national churches to pressure President Coolidge to remove Andrew Mellon as secretary of the treasury, calling him the source of enforcement trouble. The meeting, attended by 70 to 88 counties and business leaders from both parties, focused on enforcement methods and urged higher quality officers. Senator Burke urged action and said officials must set an example for the people.
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Columbus
Ohio
Coolidge
Andrew Mellon
Burke
Major Barton To Speak At Virginia Insurance Agents Meet
In Charlottesville Virginia the twenty eighth annual Virginia Association of Insurance Agents convenes today and Thursday. Notable speakers include Jesse S Phillips James Button Walter H Bennett W N Bennett and Major Robert T Barton a Virginia House member. Maurice G Long of Norfolk will headline the evening banquet followed by a ball at the Monticello Hotel.
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Charlottesville
Virginia Association of Insurance Agents
Jesse S. Phillips
Great American Indemnity Company of
New York
Joseph Button
Virginia
Walter H. Bennett
National Association of Underwriters
W. N. Bennett
The
Home Insurance Company of New York
Colt
Joseph ‘Button
Robert .T. Barton
Winchester
Virginia House of Delegates
Maurice G. Long
Norfolk
New Monticello Hotel
Fire Wrecks Blue Ridge Grocery in Waynesboro
The Blue Ridge Grocery Company wholesale building and stock were destroyed by an early morning fire in Waynesboro causing about 50000 dollars in loss. Firemen from Basie and Waynesboro battled the blaze for two hours after 4 am. the building was saved but stock was ruined. The ruins sit to the left of Main Street beside the Norfolk and Western tracks.
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Waynesboro
Blue Ridge Grocery Company
Basie
Main Street
Norfolk and Western Railway
Staunton Baptists Select Pastor by Prayer
Staunton June 22 The First Baptist church members plan daily noon prayer for guidance in selecting a new pastor after Rev Malcome A MacLean D D resigns to accept a calling at College Hill Baptist Lynchburg. Each man will read the Book of John and recruit others to pray and read.
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Staunton
Malcome A. MacLean
College Hill Baptist Church
Lynchburg
First Baptist Church
Sermon at Welltown M E Church and local social visits
Rev Russell preached on Matthew six at Welltown M E Church. Miss Lillie Finfrock is ill at home with Mrs S K Hicks visiting. Families and relatives attended visits to Pikeside Martinsburg White Hall Martinsburg area from Braithwaite Liven good and others. Frances and Cornelia Livengood hosted Mildred Smith from Winchester. William Walace of Harrisburg visited relatives.
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Ridge
Russell
Welltown M. E
Lillie Finfrock
S. K. Hicks
C. C. Dix
Joseph Cave
C. EB. Braithwaite
Pikeside
Ben Braithwaite
D. A. Smith
Bruce Lodge
White Hall
Charles Braith
Winchester Firemen Urge Precise Alarm Details
Fire department asks the public to call 10 to report fires with full extent nature and exact location to prevent unnecessary turnout for small blazes.
Virginia Boy Represents South in Oratory Contest
John Garland Tarrant of Reidsville currently a law student at the University of Virginia will head to Los Angeles to represent the South in the national oratorical contest. He won the local University of Virginia competition, the Virginia state contest, and the Southern contest held last month in Raleigh to earn the spot.
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University
John Garland Tarrant
Reidsville
University of Virginia
Los Angeles
The
American Federation
Tarrant
State of Virginia
Raleigh
Large Pores Are Unnecessary
A skincare blurb promotes MBEL LO- GLO Skintone from a French beauty line, claiming it removes excess oil tightens pores cleanses the skin and beautifies. The ad exhorts readers to buy a bottle at Peoples' Drug Co.
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Peoples’ Drug Co.ad
Noted newspaper writer to study Virginia conditions
Frank R. Kent of the Baltimore Sun, famed for analytic articles on Dixieland conditions, will tour Virginia soon for a study of local conditions. He plans to visit Winchester and the Valley after surveying five Southern states and predicts wealth shift to the South and large regional development.
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Frank R. Kent
Baltimore Sun
Virginia
Kent
Winchester
The
Valley
A Word to the Wise
A reader recalls a sister near Brewton Alabama near death who recovered after taking Maya’s medicine from Bakers Drug Store. The note claims the preparation clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation in the intestinal tract and can cure stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis with one dose refunded.
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Brewton
Alabama
Maya
Bakers Drug Store
Adv
Norfolk and Western Schedule From Berryville 1926
Train schedule effective May 2, 1926 listing Berryville departures to Roanoke Bristol and beyond with Pullman sleepers to Gary Hagerstown Philadelphia and New York. Connections at Shenandoah Junction and Roanoke. Fares schedules and reservations through H H Burks Berryville and J L Bladon Roanoke.
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Berryville
Roanoke
Bristol
Bluefield
Welch
Norton
Waynesboro
Pullman
Gary
W. Va
Memphis
Chattanoga
Nashville
Broiler
Shenandoah
Hagerstown
Shenandoah Junction
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
H. H. Burks
Jno
L. Bladon
Gen. Pass
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Evelyn
Brent
Mary Flynn
Charles Ray
Adaline
Lefty Flynn In
Glenister
the Mounted
Bob Custer
Art Acord
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corp
N. Loudoun (Main) Street
Ohio Day
Sec’y Mellon
Major Barton
Beaufont Ganger
Jamaica
Beaufont
NaSan
Cooper Mdse. & Oil Co. Wholesale Dist
AUF RK Mt
Big Waynesboro
Staunton Baptists
Garber Mfg. CO
Ebent Hotel
Neswert
Mallon
Malin Cal & Manage
Chester
Whole Department For
South
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Tennessee
Funk & Son
Little Joe’s
Norfolk & Western
Oney Vo. JC Department Stores
Court House
Betsy Ross
T. Winchester Mattress Works
S. Loudoun St
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