Pike Display Reveals John Brown at Vets Meeting
A display in Richmond during a Confederate reunion features John Brown pikes and a pamphlet recounting his plan to incite slave rebellion. The article notes Brown's 1849 Europe trip to Waterloo, pike production in Collinsville Connecticut, and the Harper's Ferry context with rough wooden handles later added to the weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
Pike
John Brown Pike
Harper's
Bank of Commerce and Trusts
Richmond
Brown
Europe
Waterloo
Collinsville
Conn
Sharp
Wharper’s Ferry
Harper’s Ferry
Brutal Pike Blades Strengthen Wooden Handles
A description notes blades with metal strips set into wooden handles to reinforce them, with pikes described as heavy enough to crush a skull when used with force.
Inspector Bayliss to Oversee Virginia Permit Exams
Inspector Raymond E. Bayliss of the State Police will supervise driving and physical examinations for applicants aged 14 to 18 seeking auto driving permits in eight Northern Virginia counties. Examinations begin July 11 with schedules set in Stephens City Gore Berryville Boyce Front Royal Cedarville Bentonville New Market Woodstock Strasburg Edinburg through late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Raymond E. Bayliss
Winchester
Bayliss
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Frederick County
Stephens City
Gore
Clarke County
Berryville
Boyce
Warren County
Front Royal
Cedarville
Bentonville
Shenandoah County
New Market
Woodstock
Strasburg
Edinburg
County Presbyterian Church Activities and Notices
Pastor Rev Allen Jones leads Cedar Creek Sunday School in Marlboro starting Monday at 9 o clock for one week with three hours each morning except Saturday. Cedar Cliff Vaulvue Sunday School 9 30 a m and preaching at 8 p m. Miss Juanita Riley and Mrs Thurman Pierce visit relatives in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Jones
Cedar Creek
Marlboro
Cedar Cliff
Vauvluse
Juanita Riley
Mrs. Thurman Pierce
Washington
Encampment By M W A Planned At Potomac Park
The Modern Woodmen of America eastern zone foresters encampment will meet in Washington at East Potomac Park July 2 5. Camp George Washington will host with Winchester Camp contributing a team under Capt. Paul R. Hartman. States represented include New Jersey Maryland Delaware DC Florida Georgia New York North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia. Hundreds of dollars in cash prizes will be awarded for team drills. Applications for quarters should go to J M Dawson Jr Mount Jackson Va.
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Woodmen of America
United States
Washington
J. M. Dawson, Jr
Mount Jackson
East Potomac Park
George Washington
Winchester Camp
Paul R. Hartman
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
New York
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Conference at Refuge Church
The Rev. E. L. Woolf presiding elder of Winchester District will preach at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon in the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Refuge. Immediately after the sermon the quarterly conference business session will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Woolf
Winchester
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Refuge
Local Wholesale and Retail Market Highlights
Market listings show prices for dairy products butter creamery and country varieties, eggs, corn, mixed feeds, and livestock. The Baltimore and local wholesale sections report prices for hay, eggs, cattle and pigs with various price points and product names across markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gtrokoo
Ceetesses
Scroliines I
Baltimore
Cross Junction Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Illness
Visitors from Washington Martinsburg Berkeley Springs and Winchester gathered at the Bake home in Cross Junction with extended family. Several Braithwaite relatives visited Edinburg and Shepherdstown. Sickness affects Mrs Braithwaite Mrs Baker and Mrs Braithwaite while James Grove shows improvement with new paint in Saeene.
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Cross Junction
C. G. Bake
Alvin Baker
Washington
Donald Bascue
Beatrice Baker
Martinsburg
Gilbert DeHaven
Dale Baker
Winchester
W. R. Baker
Beulah Braithwaite
Harold Woody
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
J.S Braithwaite
Clarence Sibert
Pearl Anthony
Edinburg
Edgar Collins
Inwood
Gerald Braithwaite
Near Winchester
S. H. Braithwaite
Freda Braithwaite
J. S. Braithwaite
C. G. Baker
E. W. Braithwaite
Jeannette Braithwaite
Shepherdstown
Shepherdstown College
James Grove
Uniform Season Proposals For Game And Squirrel Hunting
The Rockingham Game and Fish Association pushes for a uniform opening date November 15 to December 31 across game seasons. They seek synchronized limits on grouse two per day and ten per season, and turn two per season, plus turkey limits of four with one per day. Members urge the State Game Commission to adopt changes for conservation and to secure bass for Rockingham streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham Game and Fish Association
State Game and Inland Fisheries Commission
Mina
State Game Commission
Rockingham
Pastor to Teach Class on Sunday at First Christian Church
The Rev R L Williamson pastor of the First Christian Church will lead a class Sunday morning at 9 45 o clock at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. Special music opens the service with a solo by Allen Russell and piano by Billy Barnes. Visitors and strangers are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Williamson
First Christian Church
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Allen Russell
Billy Barnes
Muddling Through and Tax Day Realities
The piece notes government muddling through efforts and jokes about rheumatism traced to skull cavities. It claims the average American works sixty-one days for taxes and 304 days for instalment collectors, with digressions on neighbors and bore-rowing.
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Howard Hughes
Paul Muni
Ann Dvorak
Osgood Perkins
Karen Morley
Boris “Frankenstein
Karloff Plom
Ben Hecht
Armitage Trail
United Artists Picture
the Police Department
Warner Bros
Howard Hawks
Vitaphone
Ann Harding
Iriefiths
Waesee Colonial
Hal Skelly
Hollywood
Westeex
BOB Steel
WES
Air Mail
Zefirettes
Gray & Sheetz
N. Main St
Inspector Bayliss
County Presbyterian
Potomac Park
Refuge Church
Market Report
Star
East Piccadilly Street
West Pall Mall Street
Millwood
Front Royal Pikes
Valley Pike
Herman H. Hable
Iceland
Farmers & Merchants
Hamman’s Bargain Basement
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Seersucker
S Brown
She Wen
Hable
Edgar Rice Burrough
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O’sullivan
C. Aubrey Smith
Neil Hamilton
Shadow OF
THE
EAGLE
Richard Arlen
Fay Wray
Jolliffe
Insurance, Loans & Investments
Potomac Edison
Rite
Hansbrough & Carter Loans Investments
Virginia Antique Shops, Inc
N. Cameron ST
Winchester, VA
C. I. Brumback
Ladies
Oxfords
Keystone
Coudoun St
J.W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Local Claim Service
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