City Budget Fails as Council Rejects Proposal
The council defeated a proposed budget with a 1.20 tax rate and a 215371.08 fine, reporting income 209403.59 and a 4163.94 overexpense. A resigning city school board member John H. Rosenberger was accepted, with Warren Co and Claude R. Cam named to fill the vacancy after a six vote tie. The piece notes a controversial quote from the Boston Herald about white men and travel.
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Harper
Forney
Patton
Rosenberger
Baetier
John H. Rosenberger
Henry
Warrenco
Grimm
Claude R. Cam
Market Report Prices Quoted by Local Buyers
Local buyers today quoted wholesale prices in a daily market report. The Star notes it does not assume responsibility for typographical errors as it presents the corrected figures from the market.
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Star
Market Report Obscured Auction Prices
Markets posted for the previous day show varied livestock and grain items with scattered figures. Listings include wheat, corn, old chickens, springers, cattle, lambs, hoges, and pigs with unclear percentages and prices due to OCR errors.
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Ocean
Bane
Walter Boothe Remains Unchanged After Vertebra Operation
Roanoke May 4 Walter Boothe former boy remains in condition unchanged after an operation to replace a vertebra that had paralyzed nearly his entire body and required artificial respiration for almost two weeks.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Walter Boothe
Surgeons Restore Breathing After Long Operation on Boothe
Seven doctors operated for about three hours to correct a paralysis caused by a fracture near the skull base. They reported the dislocation reduced and stable though Boothe remained on artificial respiration with no clear prognosis for survival.
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Boothe
Tinderanes
Roanoke
Walter Boothe
Jefferson Hospital
Survey Here For Many Fire Insurance Companies
F A Farrell a Norfolk fire insurance surveyor conducts a city wide survey of Winchester to create a complete insurance map. The project will describe each building with floor plans and surroundings for 65 to 70 insurers. Work resumed after a pause and will last three to four months, with headquarters at the Winchester Inn on South Stewart Street.
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Winchester
Deng Men
New
F. A. Farrell
Norfolk
Farrell
Winchester Inn
South Stewart Street
Jefferson quote on governance and women’s dress in Arkansas
A brief Arkansas Gazette item notes Thomas Jefferson’s idea that a nation is best governed least and suggests women have applied the dictum to dress. The piece frames this as a contemporary comment on public norms.
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Thomas Jefferson
Arkansas Gazette
Judge Williams Makes First Official Visit To Woodstock
Judge Philip Williams of Winchester paid his first official visit to Woodstock to review the Shenandoah Circuit Court docket. He was greeted by local attorneys and court attaches and his handling of business drew favorable comment.
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Woodstock
Philip Williams
Winchester
Shenandoah Circuit Court
First Shenandoah grand jury to convene in May term
The judge ordered a preci grand jury for May in Shenandoah County. Members named include J. W. Neeb, S. B. Tepner, W. B. Allen, J. D. Grabill, C. F. Coffman, J. Frank Hottel, and Warren L B French. Only a few presentments exist, all involving violations of prohibition laws.
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Shenandoah County
No body will swap apples for Bolshevism says Punch
A Punch remark notes that despite thousands of idle doctors in Russia some will not abandon apples to embrace Bolshevism. The ageless jab contrasts everyday fruit with political zeal.
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Russia
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Market Report
Syholesale
Cracked Corp
Tod
Corp
CWL
Frank Gearing
East Piccadilly Street
H. P
R. Sale
Richard Boyce
N. Main
Bell
Jamesway Poultry
F. Artrip
R Z
Highland Re
W. A. Henson
Winichester
North
Power ‘Co
Stultzer
Mudd
Kratzsch & Rhodes
Staads St
J. T. Lindsey
Boyce
Apply -Singer Sewing ‘Machine Co
Loudoun St
S. Braddock St
Bath
National Avenue
Kern
Leicester
North Ave
Onyx
W. Water St
Bailey Bros
W. Clifford St
Mt. Carmel Church
Edw. B. Jacobs
B. M. Sullivan
Fred Crisman
Water St
Handley School
Leader Store
Star Office
Hansbrough & Carter
Seewee
Weaeboen
Baltimore
Detroit
Dietrich
the Dist
Herbert Shutte
Shenandoah Motor CO
Handley Schools
Harry Shmidt
Goodyear
Ford Dealers
Detroit River
Windsor
Judge Williams
International
Alma Heller
Allentown
Spencer Houser
Morristown
N. J
Houser
G. O. Snapp
Wiseman's Cash Grocery
White House
Maxwell House
Kellogg’s
J. W. McQuay & Son
West Water Street
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