Casey Jones Memories Preserved in Museum
Mrs. Casey Jones widow of the legendary iron horse hero helps sustain memories in Jackson Tennessee where the town and preservation groups convert a 19th century frame house into a railroad museum. A replica whistle once owned by Jones will be displayed along with a ballad narrative by Wallace Saunders and a note on the original whistle owned by the St Francois Railroad Club of Bonne Terre Missouri.
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Iron Horse
Jackson
Tenn
Helen Duprey Bullock
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Jones
Casey
Assn
Tennessee Antiquities
National Trust
St. Francois Railroad Club
Bonne Terre
Wallace Saunders
Joyner Completes Insurance Course
Mr. Joyner completed an eight month Insurance Research and Review Service course in Indianapolis. His agency holds a Travelers Insurance Companies franchise and he serves as Shenandoah Area Council Extension Chairman and a local church teacher.
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Insurance Research and Review Service
Casey Jones and the legend of the Salt Lake line
The passage traces Casey Jones the engineer on a 6 8 wheeler whose death inspired a folk song. Saunders claimed authorship, then Newton and Seibert copyrighted it in 1903. Mrs Jones and three children learned of his death in Jackson. The tale notes a sister engine, a bequest tombstone by rail enthusiast Lucius Beebe, and the song line about shother papa on the Salt Lake line.
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Casey Jones
Saunders
Newton and Seibert
Casey
Berkeley Springs Fire Responds To County Brush Fire
Berkeley Springs fire crews were called to a Maas farm last Friday as a brush fire raged, burning several acres before extinction. Community notices report visits from relatives and neighbors over the weekend as residents attend ill family members and share news from Front Royal to Manassas.
Long Walk Home Hound Red Returns After 70 Miles
J W England reports his hound Red vanished during a hunt and returned a month later after traveling 70 miles. The dog was excited to see him and nearly scratched the car door. Only wear noted was worn down toe nails.
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Bamberg
Red
J. W. England
England
Hessians For History at Fort Frederick Bicentennial
Fort Frederick Bicentennial Committee seeks Hessian soldiers who fought as British mercenaries in the Revolution. Hundreds captured at Saratoga were housed at Fort Frederick. Some stayed in the U S after the war, contributing to American generations. Fort Frederick was built in 1756 to guard settlers from Indian raids.
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Hagerstown
Fort Frederick
Saratoga
Germany
United States
Here
Judge Mallard Iced In Paper Sign In Court Mix Up
In Lumberton North Carolina Superior Court Judge Raymond B Mallard of Tabor City was ordered to two years in prison for illegal whisky manufacturing. An assistant clerk accidentally typed his name and signed the commitment order while the judge was in fact present. The judge escaped the sentence.
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Lumberton
N. C
Superior Court
Raymond B Mallard
Tabor City
Dixie Adams
Jordan River Valley Below Surrounding Countryside
A historical note records that the Jordan River Valley lies about 2000 feet below the adjacent countryside in certain areas, highlighting notable topographic depth.
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Jordan River
Longtime hospital librarian keeps learning at 63
Berman, a 63 year old patient at the American Medical Center since age 35, remains under tuberculosis care. He has catalogued 17,000 volumes, taught himself piano and violin, learned Spanish, Greek, and Italian, and spends time in philosophy psychology and sociology while staying hopeful about remaining in the hospital with his books.
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Denver
Isadore Berman
Berman
American Medical Center
Average American Wheat Consumption in 1909
The 1909 data show average per person wheat consumption measured in bushels. Statistical table indicates total consumption approached five bushels per capita.
Navy Exhibit Attendance Grows At Piccadilly Festival
The U S Navy trailer exhibits on Piccadilly Street drew 3300 persons over Thursday and Friday, reports Chief B B Comer. Attendance surpassed 1956 by 700, with 2600 visitors during the two day festival last year.
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U. S. Navy
Piccadilly Street
Loudoun
Braddock
B. B. Comer
Navy
Slim Pickins skull display at Norman flower show
Norman Garden Clubs showcase featured a longhorn skull with a skinny cactus titled Slim Pickins. The report also notes a surprising claim that lice have been found on the most ancient mummies of Egypt and Peru.
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Norman, Okla
Norman Garden Clubs
Slim Pickins
Egypt
Peru
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By Jane Eads
Washington
RTT
Eeabanes
Rouss Fire Co
B.S. A. Troop No
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Strong
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
E. Piccadilly St
Joyner
Adwe
Been
Ake
Los Angeles
Angers
Mrs. Troy Dick
Omni
War Memorial
Berkeley Springs
Leroy Pritchett
Diane
Manassas
Mrs Pritchett
Doyle Dick
Dick Home
Richard Puffinburger
Troy Dick
Ray Luttrell
Mr. Luttrell
Pryor Luttrell
Leroy Dick
Mervil Dick
Long
Hessians For History
Les
Leggett
Trimfoot
Birdseye
Birch
Fisher-Price
Play-Skoll Toys
Kantwet
Sterson
Folda
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Blue Cross
W. H. Ligon
Medical Arts
Bidg
N. Braddock
NICE
Northern Virginia Power CO
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