County School Finances Presented at Fred ering Board Meeting
The Fred ering County Public School Board met in the courthouse with a quorum. Reports showed healthy finances with debts paid and a district surplus. Fall term opens October 4 for six months, teachers’ pay on the Saturday after the first Monday each month. Hancher resigned. successor to be elected by the district electoral board.
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Fredering County
James A. Hancher
Stonewall
White Hall
Hancher
Edmondson Buys Charles Town Store Lease
Messrs. Jones and Jolliffe have sold their Trapnell building store room lease to Mrs. C E Edmondson of Middletown Virginia who will take possession September 15 and Mr Edmondson will start a dry goods business in Charles Town.
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Messrs
Sprinters Touched Only High Places at Carlisle Meet
Spectators in Carlisle Pa watch the Sarah Zane Fire Company reel team sprint through North Main street during practice. Coach Grover Cooper trains the squad as they prepare for the Cumberland Valley firemen convention where rivals from Sarah Zane boys are expected to contend.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Sarah Zane
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s
Carlisle
North Main Street
Grover Cooper
City Demographics Highlight Foreign Dominance in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires hosts about 1.2 million residents with roughly 80 percent foreign born. Italians constitute around 60 percent of the foreign population, reflecting the citys immigrant profile in this period.
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Buenos Aires
D of C Reception For Mrs Montague in Berryville
Berryville Va August 14 Stonewall Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy hosted a reception for Mrs Montague wife of Governor Montague at Dr R P Page residence Friday afternoon Those present included many local women and visitors. Mrs Montague gave a favorable address supporting the Home for Confederate Women in Richmond The notice also lists funeral details for Mr William Crampton and a schedule of residents and visitors in town with connections to nearby towns and cities.
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Berryvlle
Stonewall
Daughters of the Confederacy
Montague
R. P. Page
Mary and
Lucy Gold
Fannie Wolfe
Emily Smith
Jane Moore
Mabel Barnett
Minnie Kerfoot
J.S. Goldsmith
Henry Patterson
Charles M
J.T. W. Jones
Herbert Whiting
Claude Helvestine
William Dix
W. T. Ramey
Jennie Trolitman
Washington, D. C
Fannie Crow
Frank Brightwell
Walker Shepherd
Messrs
Conrad Kownslar
Thomas Reynolds
Washington
Col. Goldsmith
J. S. Goldsmith
Beauregard - Bryan
W. T. Lewis
Gettysburg
Hard to Right Fundamental Wrong Analysis
Editorial notes that amendments rarely fix original wrongs and may cause further mischief. It urges timely advertisement of correcting actions as the right step now to address the issue.
Shriners Conclude Underground Shrine Degrees at Luray
Mystic Shrine members from Shenandoah Valley and beyond gather in Luray caverns to confer degrees on a large class of candidates beneath the ground for the first time in the society. The Shrine banquet follows tonight in Luray.
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Mystic Shrine
Shenandoah Valley
Luray
Union services On The Plaza At 6 45 P M Tomorrow
The plaza services tomorrow evening at 6 45 will be led by Rev. H B Richardson of the United Brethren Church. All churches will hold their regular six o’clock services.
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H B. Richardson
United Brethren Church
Stick Pins From Lincoln Pennies Trend At Winchester
The latest fad in Winchester features stick pins with Lincoln pennies. Many people have started wearing them as pennies stay bright, though the trinket will lose its luster as weathering dulls the coin.
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Lincoln Pennies
Winchester
Lincoln
Niagara Fallys Excursions and Rates Advised
Personally conducted excursions for V. RR. R.v and P. R. Ron on July 28 August 11 25 September 22 October 6 1909. Gold for 5 days. Rate 11.60 dollars for the round trip from Winchester. Tretn leaves at 7.30 a.m.
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V. RR. R.v
P. R. Ron
Winchester
Social Roundup From Stone Bridge Va A Weekend Tale
A Stone Bridge Virginia column notes neighbors and relatives visiting and hosting across Nineveh White Post Bethel and Milldale with many gatherings and a Greenway yard party. The piece mentions typhoid fever illness among the Misses Powers and a local wish for rain as crops suffer.
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Henry
Charles Franks
George Fuller
Nineveh
Robert Atkins
White Post
Florence Silman Fe
Shipe
Bethel
Thomas Armel
Albert Slonaker
J. H. Wilson
Virgie Armel
Sarah Silman
A. B. Silman
Myrtle
Ethel Silman
Corder
Milldale
Greenway Yard
Gore
Marvin Gore
Pleasant Green
Atkins
Willie
Ross Silman
Misses Powers
iMr. Kirby
Garver
Plains
Tombstone Eighteenth Centuries Old in England Church
An 1800 year old tombstone was unearthed inside a church in Fordington England sparking interest among local historians and researchers. The find underscores the church's ancient past and raises questions about early Christian burials in the region.
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Fordington
England
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School Trustee
Supt. Lynch
Commonwealth
Herbert S. Larrick
R. A. Lemley
Stephens City
Circuit Court
Mr. Edmondson
Charles Town
D. of C
Joseph Scheuer
New York
Charles McGuire
Hoboken
N. J
Fion
Marshall MecCormick
Léslie Shepherd
Kansas City, Mo
Shepherd
Patsy eLafe
Newton Smith
Kabletown
Tom Williams
Audley
Mye
Archibald Cummins
Richard Beardsworth
Tapscot
Armistead Lippitt
Porton Rico
Chester Qeden
Roanoke
Major Leavenworth
Petersburg
Norfolk, Va
Mis
Hester Riddle
Norfolk
Blackburn Smith
Edward Parker
Cyrus McCormick
Edward Brown
Staunton
J. F. Brown
Luke
Pattie Luke
D. WW. Scanlon
Montreal
N.C
Warfield
Shriners At
Unionervices
Niagara Falys
Stone Bridge
Ashwood
Wilson
Peru
Amonia
Jan S
Peruvian Guano Corporation
Richmond, Va
A. B Richards
Charleston, S. C
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