Front Royal Brevities features local visitors and travels
Lieut W W Whiteside and Miss Virginia Carson will attend a polo match in Washington for the Myer team against the Mexican Army at Potomac Park. Col W W Whiteside returns from Nashville to Front Royal Remount Depot. Many local residents visit Washington and report weekend trips, illnesses, and education plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
W. W. Whiteside
Virginia Carson
Washington, D. C
Myer
Potomac Park
Gordon Rogers
Fort Myer
Col
Front Royal Remount
Nashville
Enn
Local residents report weekend travels and returns
Mr. Grover Hillidge has returned from Luray where he was the weekend at Greenwood tag e by the Cliff. Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Bragg have returned home after a week with relatives at Staunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Berkeley Stead
Washington
Grover Hillidge
Luray
Greenwood Tage by-the-Cliff
Stacey Bragg
Staunton
Virginia reports small deficit of 235 258 for 1934
A chart by A B Gathright shows Virginia ended the 1933 34 fiscal year with a deficit of 235 258 as expenditures exceeded current revenue by 2 087 505. Revenue totaled 42 899 766 with direct taxation at 22 362 346 and motor vehicle fuel tax contributing 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
A. B. Gathright
Treasury
Revenue sources share of total receipts total
The figures show motor vehicle and chauffeur licenses yielding 4 942 776 dollars or 11 1/2 percent of total revenue. These two sources contributed about 39 percent of all revenue received.
Old House to Be Preserved at Park Entrance
The National Park Service will preserve an 150 year old Warren County house near the Shenandoah National Park entrance. Built by Jared G. Williams as a gift to his daughter, it ties to Samuel Simpson husband of Williams’s daughter and a Warren County surveyor. Captain Simpson of Company EB, Seventh Virginia Cavalry, led troops with Stonewall Jackson into Front Royal in the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park Service
Warren County
Shenandoah National Park
Jared G. Williams
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
United States
House of Representatives
Samuel Simpson
Samuel J. Simpson
Seventh
Virginia Cavalry
Laurel
Capt. Simpson
Stonewall Jackson
Front Royal
John R. Kenly
Maryland
Simpson
Ancient Egyptians Face Common Ailments Across Ages
A fragment notes that ancient Egyptians suffered many of the same illnesses as today including bladder stomach sinus respiratory tooth and nervous troubles and epilepsy. It also mentions women bearing the majority of these ailments.
Wisconsin Gubernatorial Primary Battle
Governor A. G. Schmedeman faces challenger William B. Rubin in a colorful Wisconsin primary. Rubin, a former Socialist and Progressive Republican, draws comparisons to Huey Long in campaign tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
A. G. Schmedeman
William B. Rubin
Rubin
Louisiana
Huey Long
Army flier Capt Robert Van Deventer dies in Virginia crash
Cornelius Van Deventer learns of the death of his cousin Captain Robert Van Deventer United States Army Air Corps at Langley Field Virginia after a plane crashed in a field on Mrs O M Graham property in Loudoun County The crash left his skull crushed and his left leg broken He had trained at Kelly Field Texas for five years and was transferred to Langley two months ago Survived by mother and an aunt in Waterford and ham son in Hamilton Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius van Deventer
Boyce State Bank
Robert van Deventer
United States Army Air Corps
Langley Field
0. M. Graham
Hamilton
Loudoun County
van Deventer
Harry Roland
California
Albert van Deventer
Kelly Flying Field
Texas
James Carry
Waterford
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Isa Compton
Nancy Compton
William Brower
Alfred McKay, Sr
Alfred McKay, Jr
Timore
Mrs. Byrne
Bel Air
Rappahannock
Robert Massie
Wade Massie, Sr
Bertie Lib Moffet
B. M. Miller
R. G. Quaintance
Elizabeth Miller
Lyle Miller, Jr
W. E. Carson
Drayton Hite
Joeph Moore
College Park
Lillian McFall
Strayer's Business College
Katherine Jones
Markham
Louise Shirey
LeRoy Baxley
A. B. Crigler
Bessie Peyton
Hollins College
Hollins, Va
O. W. Carper
Frank Simpson
Chicago
George Alagna
Morro Castle
Gov. Schmedeman
Tna
Eae Nare
Aaves
Onis
Big Sister
Stokes
Louis
MR. Kerr
Les Forgrave
Baker’s Service
Winchester Garage
U.S. Army
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Winchester
Mtree
Johnson
John S. Miller & Company
G.E
Radios
Cammertire CO
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Chevrolet
Bickers Motor Co
Shell
Martinsburg Pike
Shell Station
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Twin-City Oil & Cas Corp
Bas Terminal Bldg
U. S
Herrell Sales Corp
Loudoun St
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