U D C President Loses Society Pin at Winchester Convention
Mrs. William Allen Roberts of Chase City, elected Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy president, lost a Colonial Dames Society pin with initials g BR after staying at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester on Friday October 7. A hotel desk check found no pin matching the description. Reverend George W. Stover said no one reported a find.
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William Allen Roberts
Chase City
Virginia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Winchester
Colonial Dames Society
G. BR
Roberts
Lucy F. Kurtz
Turner Ashby
George Washington
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Poet Anderson Buys Newsnaner In Smyth County
Richmond report states Sherwood Anderson, noted novelist and poet, buys Marion Publishing Company of Marion Virginia including a jar plant and the Smyth County seat papers the Marion Democrat and the Smyth News. He plans to relocate to Marion after a year in Smyth county remote area.
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Anderson
Smyth County
Richmond
Sherwood Anderson
A. L. Cox
Marion Publishing Company
Marion
Marion Democrat
Smyth News
Allison Hartman Makes Good Start As a Sportsman
The report highlights 12 year old Allison Hartman son of Mr and Mrs Clayton Hartman who bagged six squirrels in one afternoon. He also collected a large fox squirrel with a 16 inch tail marking a notable early hunting record.
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Allison Hartman
Clayton Hartman
Master Hartman
Ruth Elder and Haldeman Given A Noisy Send Off
Ruth Elder and George W. Aldeman sail from Fayal aboard the Lima for Lisbon after a dramatic rescue by Barendrecht. They depart under moonlight with cheering crowds and a farewell wave from the crowd in the Azores.
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Ruth Elder
Haldeman
Associated Press
Morta
Island of Fayal
Azores
Captain Goos
Barendrecht
Lisbon
Lima
George W.W. ‘Aldeman
Reward Offered by Winchester Faithfuls over alleged nun claim
The Citizen Committee of Winchester offers a $1000 reward to Neva if she proves in writing to a panel of ten Protestant leaders that she was never a nun. The claim follows a leaflet circulated in Winchester on October 4. A telegram from Detroit cites a 1927 juvenile record for Neva Pinkham alias Vaninwegen. The record notes a disorderly conduct arrest on June 4, 1910, with a year at the House of the Good Shepherd.
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Winchester
Neva
Detroit
Michigan
Elias Alexander
Haines
York
Penna
Neva Pinkham
Vaninwegen
House of the Good Shepherd
Jack Holt Quits Cowboy Roles for Drawing Room Comeback
Jack Holt, a former Winchester boy, gives up western parts after tiring of cowboy hats. In The Tigress with Dorothy Reinery he plays an English earl in Spain, avoiding any horse riding amid the drama and excitement.
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Jack Holt
Drawing Room
Winchester
Dorothy Reinery
Spain
Naric Thors
Winelk Roe
Bouts Under Ban In South Carolina
Governor Richards orders 46 county sheriffs to enforce a prize fighting ban in South Carolina. He cites a state constitutional section and a law article to justify the crackdown on prize fights.
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South Carolina
Associated Press
Columbia, D. C
Richards
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