Adah Levi
Needlework prizewinner at the 1922 Berryville Horse Show and Fair, with first prizes for a luncheon set, crocheted table mats, a centerpiece and a knitted article.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of August 17, 1922, in its report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair, which it says drew between eight and nine thousand people, lists Miss Adah Levi in the Woman's Department as winning first prizes for a luncheon set, crocheted table mats, the handsomest centerpiece and the best knitted article, with lesser prizes in four other classes.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of August 17, 1922, in its report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair, which it says drew between eight and nine thousand people, lists Miss Adah Levi in the Woman's Department as winning first prizes for a luncheon set, crocheted table mats, the handsomest centerpiece and the best knitted article, with lesser prizes in four other classes.
What the source supports
That Adah Levi won first prizes for needlework at the 1922 Berryville Horse Show and Fair.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from this prize list, which gives no place of residence. She is not linked to Marion, Mettie or Nannie Levi.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The August 17, 1922 report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 17, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-08-17 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, report "Horse Show and Fair Best Ever Held in Clarke"
Relevant passageHORSE SHOW AND FAIR BEST EVER HELD IN CLARICE [CLARKE] ... That sums up the-opinion of be tween eight and nine thousand people who attended the eBrry ville [Berryville] Horse Show and Fair last Wednesday and Thursday.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its list of prizes in the Woman's Department.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 17, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-08-17 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, prizes in the Woman's Department
Relevant passageMrs. Fleeta McNamara—First premiums for canned vegetables, canned fruits, preserves and ta ble mat with linen center ... Miss Adah Levi—First prize for luncheon set, crocheted table mats, handsomest center piece, and best knitted article ... Mrs. T. M. Hooker—First prices [prizes] for best tatting and for miscellaneous class. Mrs- Will Moore—First prize for colored embroidered bureau scarf. Mrs. Frank Hart—First prizes for pickles, quart of vinegar, bot tle of catsup and home-made soap
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources
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