Fiery Ku Klux cross seen atop Keyser mountain
W C Plundeke Co reports a 50 foot high Ku Klux Klan cross on Alleghany crest near Keyser West Virginia. The blaze tower stood 3 327 feet above sea level and 2 418 feet higher than Keyser with windows shattered up to half a mile. Sightings could reach about forty miles under clear conditions per USGS estimates.
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Keyspr
W. Va
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Alleghanies
Keyser
United State Geological Survey
Norfolk and Western Schedule From Berryville 1928
Schedule details list train numbers and times from Berryville Virginia on June 17 1928. It covers routes to Roanoke Bristol Shenandoah Hagerstown Philadelphia New York and connections at Shenandoah Junction Roanoke and Hagerstown. Includes parlor car sleeper and dining options and notes agents for fares reservations and information.
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Berryville
Roanoke
Bristol
Broiler
Roane
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Welch
Norton
Pullman
Williamson
Shenandoah
Hagerstown
Philadelphia
Shenandoah Jct
New York
H. H. Burks
W. C. Saunders
Gen. Pass
Roanke
Money to lend on improved farm land at 6 percent
Smith and Wray offer long term amortizing loans from five thousand dollars upward secured only on improved farm land. The borrower pays no cost. Virginia location.
Front Royal Beats Winchester In Tense Local Showdown
Front Royal defeats Winchester in a see-saw game with early scoring and late defensive plays. Key moments include Schindler and Herrell producing for Front Royal, Smith and Doyle driving in runs for Winchester, and a late rally stalling on a muffed grounder and a final strikeout to end the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
H. Russell
W. Russell
Schindler
Herrell
Winchester
Schroll Stout
Kelly
Fitzgerald
F. Cook
Clarke
Smith
Herren
Doyle
Garrett
A. Cook
Lynch
Hope
Maley
Vereker
Schroll
Cook
McGovern
Herrel
Russell
Local market listings and prices for livestock and grains
A fragment shows prices and items at a Baltimore market including creamery butter, local flour in barrels and sacks, flour middlings and screenings, mill feed, corn meal, wheat, corn, chickens, lambs, hogs, spring chickens, and calf prices. The text is numeric and fragmented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Peter
21 Warships to Be Sold at Public Sale
Washington reports 21 U S Navy battleships and battle cruisers to be sold for scrap under the limitation of armament treaty ratified August 17. Sales begin October 25 with four ships under construction and several cruisers. additional consignments follow on November 1 and November 8 at multiple yards.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Department
New York
Mare Inland
Norfolk Navy Yards
South Dakota
Indiana
Montana
North Carolina
Constitution
United States
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Hampshire
Louisiana
Diladelphia
Georgia
Rhode Island
Mare Island
Connecticut
Puget Sound
Iowa
Newport News
Massachusetts
Fore River
Mass
Constellation
Ranger
Local Wholesale Market Prices Quoted Today
Local buyers quoted wholesale prices today at the market. The Star notes potential typographical errors in the daily correction and provides the figures as read from local wholesale listings.
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Star
If Barnum Were Living He Would Employ Firpo
Atlantic City reports a vivid portrait of Luis Angel Firpo as a showman talisman. The piece humorously imagines Barnum branding Firpo in a tent with a sensational sign and stark routines, detailing his icy bath, raw meat habit, and peculiar sleeping habits.
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Barnum
Firpo
Atlantic City
N. J
P. T. Barnum
Luis Angel Firpo
Luis Angel
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Winchester Credit Corporation
Virginia
H. B. McCormac
T. Russ Cather
Shirley
Carter
Frances W. Beverley
Notary Public
H.B. McCormac
T. Russell Cather
Shirley Carter
G. M. Hansbrough
Ass’t
Clifford D. Grim
B. B. Wright
Directo
H. ¥. Byrd
R. T. Barton
T. R. Cather
C. W. Trenary
Dr. W. D. Myers
Shirley Carter Stewart Bell
J. W. Phillips
T. B. Patton
Warren Rice
I. N. Good
W. Nelson Page
Footer’s
W. C. Plundere CO. Agency
Brenli
Brenlin
W.C. Plundeke Co
Charlie Doombrown
Norfolk & Western
Smith & Wray
Ie, Va
Rain Insurance
J. Vic. Arthur
Rouss Ave
Wirae Ata Red
Coleridge
HO E Smith
Grett
Sehroll
Fitzgerald ci
Thomas P
Russell c
Straw
Jed Bot
Ageese
Albertino
STANDARD OIL_COMPANY
New Jersey
F. S. Emmertson & Co
Coats
Peggy Paris
Moling & Seal
Dolly Shouiol
Eversharp
the People’s Drug Co., Ing
Ube
Ialzac
Evi
Nui
Saratoga, Ney
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