Wise Granite taps Rodman to oversee George Washington Hotel
J F Rodman a noted city supervisor has been hired by Wise Granite Construction of Richmond Virginia to supervise the George Washington Hotel project at Market and Piccadilly Streets. Cement foundations are planned to start this week and materials are on hand. Rodman formerly worked with Glaize and Brother and oversaw major local projects.
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Wise Granité Construction
Richmond
George Washington Hotel
Market and
Piccadilly Streets
J. F. Rodman
Chiropractor On Trial Again in Staunton Case
Julius H. Taylor a Staunton chiropractor faces a second trial over whether he may practice without a state permit. At a prior trial witnesses testified his treatment relieved suffering from paralysis to headaches, with the jury later disagreeing. Winchester already has two chiropractors tried thrice without a conviction as state law requires exam by the State Board of Medical Examiners.
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Staunton
Julius Hi. Taylor
Taylor
State Board of Medical Examiners
Commonwealth
Winchester
Randolph Macon and American University Consider Union
Trustees of Randolph Macon College in Ashland Virginia informally weigh merging with the American University of Washington. If unified the orphanage in Richmond would relocate and the 500000 dollar grounds would be sold, with Ashland possibly losing the college. No official action has been taken and relocation discussions have included Norfolk as a potential site.
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Richmond
Randolph- Macon College
Ashland
American University of Washington
Virginia
Randolph Macon
Baltimore
American University
Oxford
Norfolk
Methodist
Prohibition Credit Given For Virginia Enforcement Gains
Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League praises Virginia enforcement as strengthened over two years with more arrests and convictions. He urges public support for dry laws and notes perceived national prosperity linked to prohibition. An ad closes with a Baltimore advertisement for wallpaper.
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Virginia
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League of America
Richmond
Wheeler
dru_ leader
Fatally Injured in Motor Accident at Darkesville
John Leslie Miller 26 dies from a motorcycle crash near Stokes School House after turning from the Winchester pike to a lane with his brother Alonzo Miller and Thomas Underwood. Underwood sustained serious injuries and Miller was brought to King's Daughters Hospital in Martinsburg with a fractured skull. Survived by mother Lulu Miller and brother Alonzo.
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Bunkdr Hill
W. Va
Darkesville
Winchester Pike
John Leslie Miller
Alonzo Miller
Stokes School House
Thomas Underwood
Miller
John
Underwood
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Martinsburg
Crum
Harry Miller
Luli Miller
Berkeley County
Standard
Kelley Island
Lulu Miller
Alonzo
Banks Close for May 30 1923 Legal Holiday
Banks announce closure on Wednesday May 30 1923 for a legal holiday. Payments due that date will be payable on May 31 1923. Signatories include John I Sloat William G Hardy Charles Summers and H D Fuller from several banks.
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Bengwu
John I, Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Bere
WM. G. Hardy
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Charles Summers
Union Bank of Winchester
H. D. Fuller
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Not Able to Function in Public Places Says Age-Herald
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes that chivalry appears to be in a coma in elevators trolley cars and other public resort spaces with courtesy lapses and awkward social moments cited.
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Birmingham
Bond Issue Debate Divides Middletown Voters
The town splits over a water and sewer bond plan with Pay-As-You-Go opponents preferring cash savings and bond advocates arguing future generations should share the cost. A six-vote turnout last election contrasts with expected broad participation next month as residents decide.
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Middletown
George Richard Weds Eleanor Wymer in Winchester
George Richard formerly of Strasburg Junction now living in York Pa married Miss Eleanor E Wymer on Friday May 25 in Winchester. The ceremony was by Rev C Sydenstricker of the Methodist Church. The groom formerly lived with the late Squire Huff in Strasburg Junction and worked as a newsboy for Union News Company. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wymer of Vaucluse. They will live at Vaucluse where the groom works for Conner Lime Company.
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George Richard
Strasburg Junction
York
Eleanor E. Wymer
Winchester
C. Sydenstricker
Methodist Church
Squire H. G. Huff
Union News Company
John Wymer
Vaucluse
Conner Lime Company
Free rupture treatment promises cure without surgery
Advertisement urges readers with hernias to request a free trial of a “wonderful stimulating application” that allegedly tightens muscles to close the rupture. It warns of gangrene risks and cites big ruptures and relief without the need for a truss, directing readers to mail a coupon to W. S. Rice, Adams, New York.
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Rice
Main St
Adams
N. Y
Rice, Inc
Bmain St
Georgia barbecue and Plantation Days draw Kiwanis crowd
Wooly pennyUOH as Connie will entertain Kiwanis during a visit. Plan tation Days offers an indoor glimpse of the old south with antebellum costumes negro choruses and a Virginia reel to close.
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Pennyuoh
Connie
Old South
Children Give Father a Party
A birthday party honored Mr. Warner Dyke for his 67th birthday at his Mt. Pleasant home. His children and fourteen grandchildren attended from Fisher's Hill, Strasburg, Middletown, Harrisville, and Mt. Williams, with a noon dinner and warm family tributes.
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MT. Pleasant
Warner Dyke
Charles Dyke
Fisher’s Hill
Jess Bly
Ofrasburg
Luther Dyke
Strasburg
Moody Dyke
Middletown
Robie Dyke
Harrisville
Vaj
Stanley Dyke
George Dyke
Mt. Williams
Pearle Cochran
Carson Dyke
Miss Dyke
Lamp
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N. Main Street
Mr. Rodman
North Carolina
Glaize and Brother
Rodman
New United Brethren Church
Fred. S. Anderson
North Main Street
Wise Granite Contruction Company
Chiropratcor
Washington, Frederick and
Carroll Counties
Central
Pennsylvania
Adams County
W. T. Birmingham
W. Water St
Huntsberry
the Rug Store
W. C. Plundeke Co
State Highway Commission
Louick
Middleburg
Chambersville
Upperville
Paris
Ashby Gap
Berry’s Ferry
Millwood
Boyce
Markshall Streets
H. G. Shirley
H. Ssie
H. B. Sproul
R. K. Saunders
I. Walke Truxtun
State Highways Commission
Br. Ewe
S. Braddock
BPS
Chichester
Washington
R. M. College
Up. Thomas & Messer Company
W. Balto
Boston
Sehersee Ae Eee
Scythia
New
Samaria
Jly
Londonderry
Glasgow
Assyria
Columbia
Cameronia
Tuscania
Plymouth
Cherbourg
London
Albania
Saxonia
New York
Richards Brothers
Acta Shenandoah Valley National Bank Building
Leves
E. J. Snapp
N. Market St
Miss Wymer
Adv
Richard E. Thibaut
Niagara Blue Ribbon
N. G. Hottle
Georgia
F. S. Emmertson & CO
Golmoga
Moling & Seal
People’s Drug Co., Inc
BELL
Jessie Hillyard
Water Street
Telephone
Hamburger’s
N. Main St
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