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Brilliant Career Ended in Cumberland After Long Public Life
The obituary recalls Philip Williams Avirett a prominent journalist and civic figure from Maryland and West Virginia. It details his career from Cumberland Times editor to advocate for state treatment of inebriates, his marriage to a Goodwin, and his interment plans in Winchester Virginia amid tributes from colleagues and friends.
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