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154 Women Register to Vote

100 Years Ago

Herald of Sept. 10, 1920

Among the men from Martinsburg called for jury duty for the October term of the Blair county courts were: Fleetwood Brumbaugh, Homer Hartman, Reuben Lytle and James B. Miller.

A picnic was to be held at Snyder’s grove, Martinsburg Sept, 15 for all persons of the community whose birthdays came in September.

D.S. Smelser, Martinsburg harness man, exhibited a tomato which measured 22 inches in circumference and weighed three pounds and 13 ounces. He raised it in his garden.

Approximately 12,000 women of Blair county registered so that they would be eligible to vote u...

 

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