Banks Reopen As Roosevelt Bank Holiday Ends
Seven years ago this week banks across the nation reopened after President Roosevelt declared a bank holiday. Leading institutions, including Federal Banks, resumed with deposits and withdrawals near normal. the New York Stock Exchange had not set a trading date. Local officials plan a municipal electric plant funded by monthly payments or savings from power costs as council members meet.
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New York Stock Exchange
Roosevelt
Apple Pie Ridge Community News Briefs
Guests of Mr and Mrs Melvin Brown included Leonard Brown of Winona and George Bennett with Inez Adams. A daughter Cath t test Adams was born February. Frances visited with Mrs Walter Jackson and Mrs Jacob Hausenfluck. Daniel Hickerson moved to Swimley orchard. Visitors to the Bennetts included E Reid Clarke and Paul of Martinsburg, Odus Mason and two children, Dean Heironimus of Ganotown, and David McCarty of Inwood. Various locals attended visits with Brown and Brown relations. several moves and illnesses noted among area residents.
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Apple Pie Ridge
Melvin Brown
Leonard Brown
Winonars
George Bennett
Inez Adams
Walter Jackson
Jacob Hausenfluck
Cath
A. Adams
Tak Tess Adamos
Jacob
Frances
Daniel Hickerson
Seibert House
Swimley Orchard
E. Reid Clarke
Paul
Martinsburg
W. Va
Odus Mason
Dean Heironimus
Ganotown
T. McCarty
David
Inwood
M. H. Brown
June
Walter Brown
Hayfield
Robert Fincham
Fred Hiett
Kernstown
Joe Cave
Galway Clarke
Braithwaite Hosts Dinner for Whitacres in Cross Junction
Mr and Mrs S H Braithwaite entertained Saturday night with a dinner party honoring Mr and Mrs Frank Whitacre who recently celebrated their marriage. Guests included George and Nell Whitacre John Whitacre Paul Braithwaite Harry McKeener Ray Morris and others. Mrs E W Braithwaite visits her son in law and daughter Dr and Mrs Noble Whitacre of Pike Street WV.
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Ray
Whitacre
Nell Morris
Fred
Howard Braithwaite
E. W. Braithwaite
Noble D. Whitacre
Pikeside
W. Va
Middletown Social Notes Include Local Visits and Moves
Mr and Mrs Fred Manuel hosted a party from near Wash at their home in Virginia. Dinner guests included Mrs Bate jam Martin and Mrs George. Mr Don Borden plans a new barn on land bought with a relative. Mrs Nan nie Pega and Mrs Bee Gore visited relatives near Clearheens. George Clark and D H Glenn attended the gathering with Mrs Walter Little. Children of Lloyd Hoffman are moving from Main Street to another location.
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Eee VA
Fred Manuel
Near Washin
Davis Manuel
Claude Oe
Bate Jam Martin
George
Don Borden
Nannie Pega
Bee Gore
Near Clearheens
Gore
George Clark
D. H. Glenn
Walter Little
Ildren
Trasburg
Lloyd
Offman
Main Street
Vane
Martha Hottel Ang
Reynolds Store Notes in Virginia Social Fragments
Local notices list residents and visitors from STORE VIRGINIA and surrounding areas. Families include Okley Catlett Pleasant Grove Purcell Dick Lettereete H. B. Dick and neighbors such as Walter Moore Maggie Murphy Ernest Largent Martha Whitacre J K Nesmith Yellow Springs Shockeysville Un, with moves and relatives visiting over recent days.
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Mar. Clavery
Okley Catlett
Pleasant Grove
Purcell Dick
Lettereete
H. B. Dick
Lonie Shenk
Robert L
Ernest Largent
Maggie Murphy
Lie Murphy
Walter Moore
Martha Whitacre
Martinsburg
Frank Lee Flowers
Buck Point
Ernest
J. K. Nesmith
Bnd Crouse
Shockeysville
Crouse
Yellow Springs
Lane
C. H. Smith
Winchester
Peter Nesmith
R. P
Anderson and Son
R. C. Hovermaie
Convicts Cut Off Legs at Eastham Prison Farm
O J B Ellington as Texas prison chief reports two inmates at Eastham prison farm cut off their legs amid a wave of self mutilation. He notes eight others have broken arms, three broken legs, and one man sliced flesh from his heels, blaming recent coffee served in fields for rising tensions.
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Huntsville
Tex
O. J
Ellington
Texas Prison System
Eastham Prison Farm
Death Valley Scotty Claims Hidden Gold Certificates
West coast prospectors say they buried $100000 in gold certificates in Death Valley around 1909. Scotty Walter Scott told federal revenue officers he planted the yellowbacks, later losing track of them due to floods. He wrote to the fictional bearded collector seeking permission to dig them up if allowed.
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Death Valley
Calif
United States Internal Revenue
A. M. Johnson
Sam
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Scotty
United States Collector of Internal Revenue
Walter Scott
Prate
Bracetown Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Bracetown Virginia notes record a Young Men’s League meeting at Waverly Hardesty and Lillian Carter’s home. Visitors include Mr and Mrs J R Stith with Marion Marshall and Kerfoot, and the Carter sisters of Wadesville. Attendance spans Ridgeway to Winchester with several sick and visiting guests.
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Bracetown
Young Le’s League
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L. C. Hollis
Peyton Marshall
Percy Miller
Nelson Page
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Joan
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Silver Springs
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Sire. Valley
Carper
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Pee
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Mae Ginn
J. Brown
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Cross Junction News
Middletown
Texas
Greyhound
N. Bradd
Tee le
Bracetown Notes
J. B. Snapp
W. F. Bragg
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Cumberland
Luther
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Unger
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Chambersville
Merenes Castleman
Chuck Roast
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Prunes
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Hormel
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Purchasor
Hunt
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