Approve Plans For New Hotel At Front Royal
Three story modern hotel plans approved in Front Royal after meeting with Harry R Loveless and Fuller and Wilson Architects. Project aims to harmonize with the Warren county courthouse complex on Main Street at Royal Avenue, site of the former Afton Inn. Plans go to contractors for cost estimates before Loveless presents a construction proposition to local investors.
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Eres
Royal
Harry R Loveless
Washington Hotel
Fuller and Wilson Architectual Company
Warren County
Main Street
Royal Avenue
Afton
Loveless
Early Days Of Front Royal Described To Rotary Club
Mark B. Turner described Front Royal’s development as a road community linking two trails to Ohio and Tennessee. He painted scenes of residences on Chester street and old Main street businesses, noting Crescent and Chester streets as short cuts. The talk was enjoyed as one of the club’s most interesting programs. George Sloat, guest of honor, was presented by Edgar R. Rudacille. President G. Tyler Miller presided.
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Front Royal
Rotary Club
Mark B. Turner
Turner
Whester
Ohio
Tennessee
Snoke
Luray
Crescent Street
Chester Reet
Chester Street
George Sloat
E. M. Sloat
East Main Street
Edgar R. Rudacille
G. Tyler Miller
Rare Penny Found On Dairy Farm In Indiana 1791
Billy Bierer found a 1791 penny on his Cedar ley Nineveh dairy farm near a silo. The coin is larger than a modern quarter and bears Washington with the inscription President Washington on the obverse. The reverse shows the U S insignia and edge inscription To United States of America. The coin is in fine condition with legible inscriptions.
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Front Royal
Billy Bierer
Cedarley
Nineveh
Washington
President Washington
United States
United States of America
Scholes To Open On October 3
Warren Rappahannock schools will open for the 1935 1936 session on Thursday October 3 with a joint faculty meeting in the Warren County High School auditorium. Pupils report for class Friday October 4. Opening dates depend on no new polio cases.
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Front Royal
G. ‘Tyler Miller
Warren- Rappahannock
Warren County High School
Town Clock To Adorn Courthouse In Front Royal
Front Royal and Warren county prepare a new town clock for the completed War ren county courthouse. The old 99 year old bell is discarded and stone masons work on installing window frames for the first story.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Front Royal Socials Highlight Weddings and Visits
Frances Kauffman of Stanley marries Russell Weaver Yowell of Madison in a Front Royal ceremony. The bride, a Stanley High School graduate and former secretary to Luray lawyer J Everett Will, and the groom, a Madison County High School and University of Virginia alum, will reside in Luray. Nearby social notes mention visitors from Washington and Pittsburgh, trips to Hagerstown and Middletown, and several gatherings at local homes.
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Frances
J. Kauffman
Stanley
Russell Weaver Yowell
Madison
Stanley High School
J. Everett Will
Luray
Yowell
Madison County High School
University of Virginia
CCC
Deeds Scene in Front Royal Transfers Land and Lot
Joseph A. Duncan transfers general warranty of title to Howard Duncan for 100 acres in Cedarville near Success. Deed recorded September 19 1935. Mrs Mattie Lee Bower and J W Bower transfer to Anne Virginia Compton Isa McKay Compton a lot with dwelling on First street. Deed recorded September 19 1935.
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Front Royal
Joseph A. Duncan
Howard Duncan
Cedarville
Success
Mattie Lee Bower
J. W. Bower
Anne Virinia Compton Isa McKay
First Street
McFarland Transfers Title To Ruby Weaver In Thompson’s Hollow
J H McFarland transfers the general warranty of title to Ruby F Weaver for 2% acres in Thompson's Hollow South River district. Consideration $100. Deed recorded September 20, 1935.
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Front Royal
J. H. McFarland
Ruby F. Weaver
Thompson's Hollow
South River District
Huntsman Fined in Front Royal Squirrel Case
Sept 21 in Front Royal court Trial Justice Walter G Olmstead found L A Sealock of Linden guilty of hunting squirrels without a license. He was fined 10 dollars with 4 25 dollars costs. Arrest by game warden C Norman Shepherd.
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Front Royal
Walter G. Olmstead
L. A. Sealock
Linden
C. Norman Shepherd
William H Reed Funeral Services Held Yesterday
Funeral services for William T. Reed 70 longtime Larus and Brother Company president were held yesterday at 3 pm from his Goochland county home Ben Dover. The Rev Fred W Poag of Second Presbyterian Church Richmond officiated in a large Richmond area gathering with attendees including Senator H F Byrd and R Gray Williams among others.
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William T. Reed
Larus and Brother Company, Inc
Virginia
E. Goochland County
Ben Dover
Fred W. Poag
Second Presbyterian Church
Richmond
Charles Reed
P. Larus Reed
Stanley Reed
Wellford L. Reed
L. Barteeli Reed
Edwin C. Laird
C. Hancock Reed
L. G. Larus, Jr
Chas. D. Larus, III
Robert S. Preston, Jr
H. F. Byrd
R. E. Byrd
R. Gray Williams
Shirley Carter
Negro Shot In Fleeing Officers
Oakland Maryland police say William McIntire a 21 year old Negro was shot during a running gun battle with town and county officers. He was captured after attempting to flee a department store with six suit cases full of coats dresses and other apparel and was jailed on robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
William McIntire
B. B. Nethkin
McIntire
Post's Airplane Was Nose Heavy
The Department of Commerce attributes the Wiley Post-Will Rogers crash in Alaska to nose heaviness of the plane. Air commerce chief Eugene L. Vidal previously stated this in a memorandum. today the report formalizes the finding of the presidential aviation accident board.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Alaska
Eugene L. Vidal
Air Commerce
Moore To Head Control of Arms
Announcement from Washington states the new office of arms and munitions control will supervise the munitions traffic under neutrality law. R Walton Moore will direct the office with Joseph C Green as chief and Charles W Yost as assistant chief.
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Washington
Office of
Arms and Munitions Control
Deen
Hull
R. Walton Moore
Joseph C. Green
Charles W. Yost
Nazis Stab Girl as Hitler Youth Attacks French Children
Metz police report eight Hitler Youth members crossed the frontier from Germany and stabbed one French girl when a group of children tending cows refused to become Germans. The attackers fled back into Germany after the assault.
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Metz
France
Hitler Youth Organization
Germany
Hitler Youth
Carpenters Rush Gas-Proof Chambers for Air Raid Defense
In Malta on Sept 21 government orders rapid completion of gas proof chambers in private and public dwellings. Government experts lectured the public on use of the chambers and other defense measures to prevent air raids.
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Valetta
Malta
Virginia college honors UVa president at convocation
William and Mary conferred the doctor of laws degree on UVa President John Lloyd Newcomb at a special convocation. John Stewart Bryan presented the honor, while Dr. Douglas S. Freeman reflected on Thomas Jefferson’s failed bid to make William and Mary the state university due to religious objections.
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Williamsburg
W. and Mary
John Lloyd Newcomb
University of Virginia
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond
William and Mary
Douglas S. Freeman
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia General Assembly
America
Freeman
Negro Track Workers Quit Under White Threats
In Bluefield West Virginia on September 21 about 30 black track workers quit Buchanan County Virginia after white mountaineers threatened to blow them into the Levisa River. Norfolk and Western Railway officials would not comment.
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Bluefield
W. VA
Buchanan County
Devon
Western Railway
Levisa River
Local Market Prices for Grain Feed and Farm Livestock
The local markets list wholesale flour bags, grain meal, and mixed feeds with prices per barrel or hundredweight. It also shows dairy and egg feeds, butter, and livestock quotes for cows, steers, heifers, sheep, lambs, and live hogs.
Local Retail Market Prices and Grain Subscriptions
Local prices show 98 lb bags at 6.50 per barrel and 48 lb bags at 6.60. 24 lb bags cost 6.60, with single 12 lb bags listed at 45 cents and 0.85 dollars for a 24 lb bag. Patent Brand 12 lb bags range 6.25 to 6.05 per barrel for 98, 48, and 24 lb sizes. Also listed are cracked corn and corn meal prices, middlings, mixed feed, scratch feed, egg mash, and butter prices.
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Ceyivensvane
Erdica
Kasco
Robbery at Bel-Air Home Takes Securities
The home of Rich Canner in Bel-Air was robbed on September 21. Non negotiable securities valued at about 500000 were stolen from a closet in the secretary Mrs D T Bonell s quarters. Hormel, away in the east, had not occupied the residence.
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de Bel-Air
Austin
Canner
West Los Angeles
Bruce Clarke
D. T. Bonell
Hormel
Monument Proposed for Dr Carl Weiss Sating Huey Long Assassin
Frank H. Anderson of Birmingham Alabama sketches a rough model for a monument proposed to honor Dr Carl Weiss, described as the assassin of Senator Huey Long. Anderson notes the value of sacrifice for national good and urges public support.
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United States
Carl Weiss
Huey Long
Frank H. Anderson
Birmingham
Ala
Anderson
Ethiopia Not Surprised Over Cabinet Action
ADDIS ABABA Sept 21 Ethiopian officials showed little surprise at Italy s rejection of League of Nations peace proposals. They noted the league committee s plan resembled Mussolini s prior rejection at the Paris tri power conferences recently.
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Addis Ababa
Italy
League of Nations
League Committee
Mussolini
Paris
Marian Martin Frock Pattern 9604 Promises Slim Lines
The Winchester Evening Star advertises Marian Martin Pattern 9604, a diagonally styled frock with raglan shoulders and yoke lines promising slenderizing effect. It lists fabric choices in wool crepe or satin, sizes 14 to 44, and price details for the pattern and book, with ordering instructions and address.
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Marian Martin Lew
Marian Martin
Phillies Tame Boston 6 0 Behind Curt Davis Shutout
Curt Davis pitched a complete shutout as Philadelphia defeated Boston 6 to 0 in the first game of a double header. The Braves collected six hits, four off Davis by Thompson Todd and Allen homered for Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Curt Davis
Phillies
Boston
Braves
Davis
Thompson
Todd
Allen
Two men sentenced to death for Chickasha officer murder
LAWTON Okla Sept 21 A district court jury sentenced Charles Sands Leon Siler and Ruby Herring to death for the murder of Pete Wilson a Chickasha peace officer in a gun fight after a bank robbery A woman received ten years in prison and the three men faced the same capital punishment sentence.
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Lawton
Okla
Pete Wilson
Chickasha
Charley Sands
Leon Siler
Ruby Herring
Italians Barred From Ethiopian Front Lines
An Italian consul at Gondar and his staff were prevented from entering Ethiopian military lines and forced to travel by caravan via Khartum to Sudan. The Dessie staff have left for Addis Ababa, with Debramarkees attaches to follow. Rome officials will stay at Aduwa and Harar pending developments.
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Addis Ababa
Eritrea
Gondar
Khartum
Dessie
Rome
Aduwa
Harar
DuPont Hosts Foxcatcher National Cup Steeplechase
At Foxcatcher estate William DuPont Jr hosts the Foxcatcher national cup steeplechase in Fair Hill Maryland the three mile race attracts eighteen nominated riders. The event features veteran timber-toppers and a difficult brush course seen as a test akin to Aintree.
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Fair Hill
William DuPont, Jr
Brush Course
Aintree
Market in stocks shows mild rally with off balance close
New York traders saw a mild rally yet selling kept the list uneven. Commodities tied to war hopes backed up as outlooks shifted, wheat and corn slid, foreign exchange firmer, and domestic trade improving per the National Industrial Conference Board survey.
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New York
Rome
Geneva
National Industrial Conference Board
The
Stock Exchange
Fed Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
American Woolen
Atch. Topeka & 8S
Bethlehem Steel
Consol Gas of
N. Y
Chrysler
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. J. Central
Penn Railroad
N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Livestock And Produce Market Report Prompted by Quiet Demand
Philadelphia market notes show no quotations for Baltimore area livestock and produce. Poultry and eggs prices steady as of September 21, with 3 383 cases of eggs, light supplies and quiet demand reported.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
U. S
Future And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations
Baltimore wheat market shows No 2 red winter at 89 1 2 cents spot with varying quotes for futures. Winchester reports wheat around 84 cents per bushel and corn near 90 to 93 cents. Quotes are for deliveries at mill and include futures and spot prices for various grades and dates.
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Baltimore
Winchester
APPLE MARKET REPORTS WEAK DEMAND AND PRICES
Market notes from Benton Harbor and West Michigan indicate slow demand for apples. Prices range for Winesap and Wealthy varieties around 46 to 65 cents per box, with some firmness in certain stocks like Ilsa and Wolf Rivers. Weather shows light rain and modest market activity with few sales recorded.
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Sie Va
Ana Cra
Grimes
West Midh
U. 8
Wolf Rivers
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Bureau
Winchester Evening Star
Richard K. Eddy
Telephone Front Royal 213
Main and
Scholes
South Fork
North Fork
Front Royal News
Mr. Lee
Ww. Warren
Unwilliam
Washington, D. C
J. J.warren
J. T. Skyles
Hagerstown
Mamie Wallihan
Pittsburgh
Warrenton
Hudson
Middletown
Rogers
Ralcom Griffith
Rom- W. .Va
Sophie Schey
Mary Burrus
Lawrence Pettitt
Virginia Corder
Forrest McKee
Christiansburg
Knoxville
Tenn
Harry E. Martin
Mr. Martin
Bailey Morrison
Purcellvile
R. O. Morrison
Flushing, L. I
Hug Brown
Frank Forsyth, Jr
Frank Forsyth, III
William and Mary College
Lawrence Weaver
Dr. Weaver
Mrs
Brook Weaver
Justice
Lynn DeLashmutt
DeLashmutt, Sr
W. A. Haley
Charles Green
A. C. Carson
Elliott Marshall
Roberta
Raychelle Fleming
William Fleming
Mae
Virginia Burch
Boyce
Jane Brower
Huntsman
William H. Reed
Post
Moore
Malta Public
U. Va
Star
Just
P. Klompus
North Main St
Legal Challenger
John W. Davis
Ve Be
Morgan
Ethiopia
Marian Martin Frock
18Th St. New
T. F. Timberlake
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
N. Main Street
DuPont
Foxcatcher
L. R. Smith, Inc
APPLE
Axminster
Cretonnes
Moling & Cather
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