Leap Year Courthouse Gifts Spark Five Weddings
Lansing reports Mrs. Ethel Phillips register of deeds granted free licenses amid leap day chaos and even distributed rolling pins as wedding gifts. Albany debate follows as Assemblyman Carl Pack seeks repeal of 26 antiquated laws including tight rope walking and a pup show ban.
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Lansing
Mich
Ethel Phillips
Benedicts
Albany
N. Y
New York State
Carl Pack
Winchester Art Tribute Links Washington to Frontier History
An 1893 Columbian Exposition sculpture by A Carlewitz titled The People of Winchester Appealing To Washington For Protection Against the Indians honors Washingtons role in defending Winchester. The piece derives from Felix O C Darleys painting in the Capitol Theatre and ties local memory to the Father of His Country through Fort Loudoun and wartime letters.
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Capitol Theatre
Winchester
Emma Howard Wight
Chicago
Washington
A. Carlewitz
Newark
N. J
Dinwiddie
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Frederic Morton
Fort Loudoun
Main Street
Felix O. C. Darley
Carlewitz
Prosenium Arch
Darley
New Empire Theatre
William H. Baker
J. Henkel Henry
Empire
Mr. Henry
W. C. Wentz and Company
Baltimore
Universal Pictures Corporation
Empire Theatre
Winchester Theatre
George Washington
Katherine Glass Greene
Lord Fairfax
Cactus fruit, floral world, and a kid’s soft left field
A collage of observations notes cactus fruit in Arizona droughts used by Indians for sirups and dried fruit. It mentions China's floral contributions and compares Mexican Spanish to American English. A memory of a sandlot drive near home plate highlights changing voices and open minds.
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Arizona
Detroit News
Be Rid Of Rheumatism In 48 Hours With 85 Cent Remedy
An ad promises relief from rheumatic pains in 48 hours with one 85 cent bottle of Allenru from Baker's Drug Store or any progressive druggist. It guarantees money back if pains persist and advises continuing the remedy to remove uric acid for lasting happiness.
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Baker’s Drug Store
Allenru
Social Notes From Millwood Virginia Social Circle
Miss Mary Campbell hosted a dinner at Kentmere with guests including Miss Dorothy Willing Randolph and Miss Beatrice Davis. The piece lists many attendees from Washington Winchester and Baltimore, noting engagements, visits, and a church fundraiser supper at Emanuel Chapel Boyce for the mite box fund.
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Millwood
Mary Campbell
Allen Campbell
New York
Billy Jacobs
Louise Okie
Sallie Appleton
Warrenton
Basil Ryan
William Gordon
Jack Bowman
William Sprague
Montgomery Green
T. N. Jones
Charles Consolvo
Bar
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Tom Byrd
William Bell Watkins
Wilmer Biddle
Joseph A. Massie
Kena Frost
Smith, Jr
Ewart Johnson
B. O'F. Randolph
George H. Burwell
Fred Read
Allen Mr
Edward Gay Butler
Camden
D. C
Clarke Williams
Butler
Eleanor Leake
Henry Sabin Leake
Richard Cheatham Plater
Edward G. Butler
Plater
Boyce
Emanuel Chapel
Gardner's
Big Drop in Meats Prices Across Staples
Advert shows round steak sirloin at 20 cents per pound porterhouse 20 cents per pound boiling beef 8 to 15 cents per pound. Discounted meat sale priced for limited time with per pound savings highlighted.
Woman Protects Health With Thermos Lunch Dish
A school lunch habit uses a small thermos to provide a hot daily dish, aiding child health. The text notes cranberries grow in bogs and mentions a high bush cranberry variety that is edible and suited to drier areas.
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Hable’s
Palace Theatre
Potomac
Edison Company Preferred Stock
National Fruit Product Co
Hansbrough & Carter
Brown & Fisher
Pingley and
Carper
Plaza Cleaners
Frederick
Plaza
Gray & Sheetz
Main St
Tonite
Ford
Warner Bros
Loretta Young
Dudley Digges
Billy Barnes
Bing Crosby
Mammoth
The
Screen
Stafford Pemberton
Mae Murray
Jane Helbig
Helen Myers
China
Mexico
Clarke County
Douglas Crocker
Fitchburg
Mass
Mackay-Smith
Boy-Ed
Atlantic City
William Farrar
Harrett Farrar
Pittsburgh
Boston
Carter Hall
Nichols
Annefield
Philadelphia
Joseph Massie
Cartera
Jones Bros. Meat
S. Main St
J.V. Arthur General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Winchester, Virginia
Buck Jones
Marion Nixon
Lloyd Hughes
Torchy
and Colonial News
Prides
Palace
Stan Laurel
Oliver
Hardy
Zeigfeld
Charles
Buddy
Rogers Cart Erwin
Lake Placid, N
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