Sorrel Mare Excites Ride of 250 Miles to Salisbury
Julian D. Carey of West Virginia rode his sorrel mare Judy 250 miles to visit his sisters in Salisbury after a six day journey averaging 40 miles daily. He endured a 10 day trip with Baltimore layovers and a Bay crossing ferry fare set at one dollar for the animal.
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Salisbury
Julian D. Carey
Vogue
Baltimore
Lee
Mr. Carey
Matapeake
Annapolis
Carey
Judy
Russian Prince Dies In Virginia
Prince Serge Wolkonsky aged 77 died in Hot Springs Virginia after a six day illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church with interment in Hollywood Cemetery Richmond. He is survived by his widow Mrs Seth Barton French. The couple split time between Paris and Hot Springs, with plans to stay in Hot Springs for the winter.
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Hot Springs
Serge Wolkonsky
Romanoff
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Prince Wolkonsky
Seth Barton French
New York
Prince
Princess Wolkonsky
Paris
Clarice Bird
London
Communist Candidate Attacks Byrd Machine Over Poll Tax
Roanoke reports Donald Burke, communist gubernatorial candidate, charging the Byrd machine imposes a poll tax that denies citizens the vote. He links the machine and its allies to Liberty League Republican Hearst reactionaries and compares their policies to Hitler Mussolini and the Mikado of Japan.
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Roanoke
Donald Burke
Byrd
Byrd Machine
Burke
Liberty League-Republican-Hearst
Hitler
Mussolini
Mikado
Japan
No Will Found In The Coffin Of Mrs. Garrett
Philadelphia reports the body of Henrietta E. Garrett was exhumed to locate a 1921 will amid a $20 million snuff fortune claimed by thousands. Officials say the coffin yielded no will, with 7,000 potential heirs and escheat or rightful heirs still unresolved.
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Garrett
Philadelphia
Henrietta E. Garrett
Orphans Court
Commonwealth
Clarence E. Hall
Henrietta Garrett Ferguson
Haverford
Ferguson
Five Wholesale Lines Show Gains In Richmond District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports nine month 1937 sales in groceries up 115 percent, dry goods up 4.7 percent, shoes up 9.8 percent, hardware up 22.6 percent and drugs up 13.1 percent versus the same period in 1936. September 1987 sales show varied gains and a 43 percent decline in shoes. August to September rise occurred in all lines except shoes. The survey covers 54 wholesale firms in the district.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Bank Closing Notices Nov 2 1937 Holiday
Bank closing notices state that on Tuesday November 2 1937 a legal holiday banks will be closed and all papers maturing that date may be paid on Wednesday November 3 1937. Signatories include GEO B. BUSHNELL J H YOST HAROLD G BROWN and JOHN L SLOAT as cashiers of banks in Winchester and Shenandoah Valley Net and Trust Co and Commercial and Savings Bank.
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Geo B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Net’s Bank
John L. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Tragedy in Harman: Young Man Burned In Apartment Fire
Crundry Virginia October 26 24 year old Buster Reed of Inman near Appalachia died when a kerosene explosion set a 12 room apartment building ablaze in Harman. Nelson Robinson suffered critical burns as investigators ruled the death accidental. The building owned by Louis Clevenger housed three families and all occupants lost their belongings. Reed’s body was sent to Lee County by hearse.
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Crundy
Buster Reed
Charles Reed
Inman
Appalachia
Harman
Here
Commonwealth's
F. W. Smith
F. M. Ratliff
Reed
Nelson Robinson
Robinson
Grace Richardson Hospital
Louis Clevenger
Lee County
Smith
Virginia Girl Composes Popular Waltz Number
NEW MARKET Virginia Mary Haley Pickering of New Market launches Waltz Hour a promising composition destined for nation wide popularity It marks her entry into the songwriter's division of the Hall of Fame Fred Strasser her collaborator is a renowned composer chosen for Ziegfeld Follies projects and has partnered with Sophie Tucker Frank Tinney Sidney Jarvis and others The pair plan to publish Waltz Hour soon and begin circulation shortly.
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New Market
Mary Haley Pickering
Virginia
Hall of Fame
Fred Strasser
Floreng Ziegfeld
Sophie Tucker
Frank Tinney
Sidney Jarvis
Strasser
Waltz Hour Spark Boosts Pickerling and Strasser Duo
Spurred by a bright outlook for Waltz Hour Mary Haley Pickerling and Fred Strasser are now composing, rehearsing, and planning performances. Their collaboration signals renewed momentum for the ensemble as they tackle upcoming venues and audiences.
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Mary Haley Pickering
Fred Strasser
Musicians Claim Second Composition Will Turn Heads
Completing their second composition, the group says the new piece will make the music world sit up and take notice with a bold, attention grabbing approach.
Burns Cause Death Of Local Businessman In Blacksburg
J. Thompson, 31, proprietor of a local business, died in a Christiaasburg hospital from burns suffered when a five gallon kerosene can exploded while he was filling an oil stove under a coffee urn. His clothing ignited and bystanders extinguished the flames.
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Blacksburg
J. ©. Thompson
Christiaasburg
Hayfield School Forms Junior League Officers Named
Hayfield School students organize the Junior League electing Louis Hoover as president Ernest Davies as vice president Merjorie Moore secretary Mary Lee Miller treasurer Betty Moore song leader Mary Virginia DeHaven program committee and Anna Hoover critic The first meeting is set for Thursday at 8 PM with a Halloween program and social planned by the committee.
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Hayfield School
Louis Hoover
Ernest Davies
Merjorie Moore
Mary Lee Miller
Betty Moore
Mary Virginia DeHaven
Anna Hoover
Hallowe’en
Automobile lineup for sale from 1930s era listing
Cash talks in a 1937 master deluxe town sedan radio ad listing several classic cars. It highlights a 1933 Deluxe Ford sedan with 14000 miles, a 1931 Model A Tudor with new paint, a 1931 Chevrolet Convertible Sedan with new tires, a 1933 four cylinder station wagon, a 1929 Plymouth adster with new top, and a 1929 Ford, all described as well maintained and priced to attract buyers.
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Buncutter Tire Co
Braddock
Germain
Cammer Tire Co
Boscawen St
Margaret
Red
Firestone Auto Supply & Service
N. Main St
Geo. T. Barnsley
Mgr
Chevrolet
O. K
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
U. S. Tires
S. Loudoun St
Martinsburg
Maryland
Prince David Kawananakoa
Hawaii
Honolulu
Waikiki
Arvilla Kinslea
Virginia Girl
Ebert
Winchester
Ford
Tudor
Bickers Motor Co
Maytag
Sweex
Manufactu
Iowa
Chrysler
Chapman Motor CO
Loudoun St
Wee Eyre AO
Conoco
Continental Oil Co
Ponce City
Okla
Tama
Plymouth
Pine Motor CO
Braddock & Cecil
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