Charles W. Marks
Manager of the Clarke Opera House in 1921, who bought a lot on Liberty Street in Berryville that March to build a home.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 17, 1921 reports that Charles W. Marks bought a lot on Liberty Street from E. G. Coiner, on which he would build a home. Its issue of June 23, 1921, reporting that the film "In the Shadow of the Dome" would be shown at the Clarke Opera House, says the president of the company that filmed it called on Manager Charles W. Marks of the Clarke Opera House.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 17, 1921 reports that Charles W. Marks bought a lot on Liberty Street from E. G. Coiner, on which he would build a home. Its issue of June 23, 1921, reporting that the film "In the Shadow of the Dome" would be shown at the Clarke Opera House, says the president of the company that filmed it called on Manager Charles W. Marks of the Clarke Opera House.
What the source supports
That Charles W. Marks managed the Clarke Opera House in 1921 and bought a Berryville building lot that year.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The March item prints the seller "E. Q. Coiner." Reading the two items as one man rests on the matching name.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 17, 1921 local items.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 17, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-03-17 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, local news items
Relevant passageAir. [Mr.] Charles W. Marks has purchased a lot or [on] Liberty street from Mr. E. Q. [G.] Coiner, on which he will erect a home... A'r. [Mr.] Holmes Hibbard local superintendent of the Northern Virginia Tower [Power] Company, has purchased a lot from Mr. M. W. Jones on the Charier 1 own [Charles Town] pike, on which he will erect a tew [new] home, Mr. Hoimes [Holmes] Hibbard,, local superintendent of the Northern Virginia Power Company, had the end of one of lii? [his] Angers [fingers] tom [torn] off while repairing a washing machine last week.
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. The June 23, 1921 item.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 23, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-06-23 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, item on the film "In the Shadow of the Dome" coming to the Clarke Opera House
Relevant passage“In The Shadow of The Dome,” the film which aroused the ire of /Congress at the time it was shown in Washington, will be exhibited on the screen in the Clarke Opera House probably the first week i nJuly ... Mr. Fox, President of the Fox* Fischer Co., which filmed the picture, was in Berryville Tuesday and stopped to see Manager Charles W. Marks, of the Clarke Opera House.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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