Person

Ernest L. Alger

Unopposed Democratic candidate for overseer of the poor for Chapel District in the November 1923 election.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of October 11, 1923, printing the notice of Democratic candidates unopposed in the November 6 election, lists Ernest L. Alger as the candidate for overseer of the poor of Clarke County for Chapel District.

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What the source supports

That Ernest L. Alger was the unopposed Democratic candidate for overseer of the poor for Chapel District in 1923.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The notice gives no result for the election and does not say where he lived.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The October 11, 1923 notice of unopposed candidates.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 11, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-10-11 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, notice of Democratic candidates unopposed in the November general election

Relevant passage

DEMOCRATS UNOPPOSED IN GENERAL ELECTION Democratic Candidates for state and local offices will be unopposed in the State election, to be held in the ounty [county] November 6. ... For Justiecs [Justices] of the Peace of Clarke County, ... Chapel District ... J. F. Stinson. For overseer of the Poor of Clarke County, ... Chapel District Ernest L. Alger; Longmarsh District Holmes E. Mc Aboy.

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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