Soldier's cigar leading to Antietam battle retold
Sharpsburg, Md on September 17 recounts private P. W. Mitchell of the 27th Indiana who found three cigars and Special Order No 191 guiding Robert E. Lee. McClellan moved against Lee on September 15, the bloodiest single-day fight followed in Bloody Lane. The clash ended in a draw but checked Lee's invasion and shifted war momentum toward the Union.
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Robert D. Price
Sharpsburg
P. W. Mitchell
Indiana Volunteers
Antietam
Mitchell
Frederick
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Harpers Ferry
George Brinton McClellan
South
Maryland
Roosevelt
Lee
McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
D. H. Hill
South Mountain
Crampton’s Gap
Longstreet
Hagerstown
Burnside
Antietam Creek
Ambrose Hill
Hill
Potomac
Teens turn to finger hitchhiking to California
Niagara Falls youths Carl Danglemayer and Stanley Levine, both 17, say they found thumb hitchhiking fading. They recently returned from a cross country hitching trip and report using their forefingers to signal drivers, with success.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Carl Danglemayer
Stanley Levine
California
Millwood Social Scene Highlights Local Bridge Club
Mrs B O F Randolph hosted the Duplex Bridge Club meeting in Millwood with attendees including Miss Mary Lewis Mrs Robert Randolph Mrs Ewhart Johnson Mrs Spencer Carter and Misses Agnes and Mary Page. Several members traveled or hosted events with dinners luncheons and social visits involving families the Gilman School in Baltimore and local shows and visits to Orange and Pittsburgh.
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Millwood
B. O’f. Randolph
Duplicate Bridge Club
Mary Lewis
Robert Randolph
Ewhart Johnson
Spencer Carter
Agnes
Mary Page
Plan To Sell Milk At Lower Prices Denied
Highland Farms Dairy Co. of Washington sought an injunction to allow 11 cent a quart milk sales in Virginia and to block a 14 cent minimum when ordered in Washington for Virginia delivery. The court unanimously denied the plan but offered another hearing if the complaint is amended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Farms Dairy Co
Washington
Virginia
Virginia Milk Commission
Highland Farms
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Darynayer Wicturs
M-G-M
Kay Francis
Ian Hunter
Basil Rathbone
Cartoon & Band
Warner's
Winchester II
Capitol
the National Brewing CO
Baltimore
Winchester Milling CO
N. Cameron St
E. Water St
Winchester
Koman Bro
WinChester, VA
Valley Creamery CO
Strasburg
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Farmers & Merchants
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Richmond
Second Manassas
Confederacy
Gettysburg
McCormick
BY Bergson
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Stoker Coal
W. B. Snider & Son
Jung
Ung’s “Banner
Jew
Omer
Rhodes Drug Co
NUT Coal
Consumers Coal CO
Cork St
Mrs. Randolph
E. K. Meade
Jeanette Wright
Virginia Jacobs
Susan Carter
Fraser Dougherty
Graham Dougherty
Gilman School
Richard Wilmer, Jr
Mrs. Ewart Johnson
Joseph Moore, Jr
Texas
University of Texas
Jane Randolph
Warrenton
Mary Dougherty
Pinkney Weatherall
Orange
George Greenhalgh
Allen
Mrs Greenhalgh
W. H. Wilmer
Helen Beatty
Pittsburgh
Miss Jean Smith
Mallory
Cravenette
N. Loudoun
Maryland Casualty Company Claim Bureau
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Avenue
Wilmer F. Shryock General Insurance
Haldeman
Haldeman’s
S. Kent St
Bob Allen
Dick Tracy
Johnny Mack Brown
SHEIK
Hansbrough & Carter
George W. Kurtz
Pilot Life Insurance CO
N. Loudoun St
Ralph G. Hengeveld
Palm Beach
Gray & Sheetz
Lupton Orchard Service Co
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