Portable drill blocks 100000 tons ore near Timberville Virginia
A small mobile core drill operated by L. K. Marshall for the U S Bureau of Mines blocked out 100000 tons of zinc bearing dolomite on Timberville Mining Co property near Spanandoads County. The vein runs north south from an 80 foot shaft on W L Weatherholtz farm four miles north of Timberville.
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Virginia
Timberville Mining Go
Spanandoads County
L. K Marshall
Raleigh
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Marshall
W. L. Weatherholtz
Timberville
Tennessee
Mascott
Tenn
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Timbervile Mining Co
W. E. Bridgeforth
Benjamin H. Braunlich
Walter Amos
Winchester
Middletown to issue 25000 bond for water system
Frederick County Virginia court and Middletown town council authorize a 25000 bond issue for a new water system with 25 serial bonds maturing from one to fifteen years and interest not over 2 percent. Bids due October 28, 1949, at 7 PM. Mayor Charles L. Wright signed notice.
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Circuit’ Court
Frederick
Virginia
Ominon Counc
Middletown
Tees Oeegann
Chancery Court
Frederick County
Borden
Charles L. Wright
Virginia squirrel and grouse season opens in West Virginia
Virginia hunters are expected to hunt as the West Virginia season opens for squirrel and ruffed grouse until Nov. 19 while wild turkey hunting is allowed in some counties until Nov. 5. Berkeley and Jefferson counties have no turkey season but nearby Morgan Mineral and Hardy counties permit turkey hunting.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Berkeley
Jefferson
Morgan, Mineral
Hardy
Duck on Highway Causes Four-Car Pileup Near Rochester
A white duck wandered onto a busy highway in Rochester leading to a four-car wreck. Three-year-old Linda Peters, a passenger in one vehicle, sustained slight injuries. Authorities investigated the incident and urged drivers to watch for animals near roadways.
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Rochester
N. Y
Linda Peters
Estelle Taylor Rites Held for Mrs Estelle G Taylor
Funeral services for Mrs Estelle G Taylor will be at Cartwright funeral home at 2 p m tomorrow with Rev C M Comer officiating. Interment in National Cemetery. Born in Wardensville she was a daughter of Mary and the late Phill Ball. A Mission Church member, she lived in Winchester 30 years. Survived by husband Bernard Taylor of Winchester two brothers Courtney and Lovett Ball of Wardensville two aunts and an uncle.
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Estelle G. Taylor
Cartwright Funeral Home
C. M. Comer
National
Taylor
Wardensville
Mary
Phill Ball
Mission Church
Winchester
Bernard Taylor
Courtney and
Lovett Ball
E L Duggan Dies Former Winchester Baseball Captain
Edward L Duggan longtime captain of the Winchester baseball team from 1904 to 1908 died in a Rochester New York hospital. A four letter man at George Town university he coached football and other sports at Connellsville high school and Tone Preparatory school and was a prominent figure in Pennsylvania sports circles. He came from Georgetown University and played in Winchester on the diamond at 8 Stewart St.
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Edward L.gan
Winchester Paneball
Rochester
N. Y
Georgetons University
Duggan
Connélisville
Tone Preparatory School
Pennsylvania
Moonshiners Feud Enflames Tennessee Hills
In Daisy Tennessee over the weekend a third man died in the continuing hill country feud tied to moonshining. Police found William L. Parker shot three times and bludgeoned on a mountain slope. Raym Bell and Ed Bell were arrested as Chief Deputy Scott Swafford charged them with murder.
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Daisy, Tenn
Daisy Mountain
William L. Parker
Raym Bell
Bell
Scott Swafford
Origin of etching dates to early 16th century
Etching arose in the early 1500s from the armorer craft. The first dated etching is Urs Graf's 1513 piece titled Woman Bathing Her Feet.
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N.S
Urs Graf
West Germans Seek Greater Power Over New Non Communist Republic
Western German leaders warn that the creation of a Soviet aligned or autonomous Eastern state could push extremists toward the Reds and worsen Bonn’s dependency on Allied power. They call for real sovereignty to counter Eastern unification pressures and note French opposition to West German independence.
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Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
West
East
Bonn
Turner and Harper Win Warren County Jail Contract
Bid of 100642 by Turner and Harper of Strasburg for a new Warren County jail at Front Royal was accepted by the board of supervisors. Plans show a 46 by 106 building with 38 cells plus offices for the sheriff and state and city police. Work to start by Nov 1 and finish within seven months.
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Turner and Harper
Strasburg
Warren County
Front Royal
Board of Supervisors
Harry W. Aikens
Clearbrook
Winchester- Frederick
One Room Schoolhouses Decline As Rural Consolidation Grows
U S Office of Education expert Dr Walter H Gaumnitz notes 45 percent of US schools are one teacher institutions. Rapid consolidation into larger schools brings bus transport and trained teachers, with 5 million children now transported annually. The shift has reduced one room schools by over 90 percent in several states.
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U. S
Mid-West
Gaumnitz
Ohio
Washington
Maryland
Indiana
South
North Dakota
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Iowa
Ebenezer Lecture Attracts Elderly Audience
An Ebenezer Christian church event drew an older crowd with a 7 30 pm start aimed at community members seeking spiritual talk and fellowship.
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Drew
The
Ebenezer Christian Church
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Ing
Estelle Taylor
Winchester FurnIture Co
E. L. Duggan
Georgetown University
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Sterling
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By Lunt
Reed
W. Boscawen St
France
Britain
United States
Kansas City
Janice Milae Bryan
Lawrence
Kansas
Amering
International Soundphoto
Turner
Harper
Vermont
Minnesota
Missouri
Kentucky
Umnitz
Ebenezer
Safeway
Cherub
Westinghouse
Baker
Anderson
N. Braddock St
Ted Malone
Abe Mende
Edwards Riya
Edwards
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