Person

Charles A. Lanham

Boyce hunter who claimed the county's rabbit-killing championship in 1921, with 73 rabbits on the opening day and 115 for the season so far.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of November 17, 1921 reports that Charles A. Lanham of Boyce claimed the championship for killing rabbits that year: 73 on the opening day of the season and 115 so far, his first day's bag being shipped to Philadelphia through Spates and Feagan's store at Briggs.

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What the source supports

That Charles A. Lanham of Boyce claimed the county rabbit-killing championship in 1921.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The figures are his claim as reported. The OCR breaks the surname across a line and garbles it in the headline.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The November 17, 1921 report.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., November 17, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-11-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, report "Claims Rabbit Killing Championship in Clarke"

Relevant passage

Charles A. Lan ham, of Boyce, claims the champion ship for killing rabbits this year. His trusty gun brought down 73 rabbits on the opening day of the rabbit sea so8 [season] and so far tht. season he has kill ed 115.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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