Person

John W. Riely

Treasurer of Battletown Lodge No. 98, I. O. O. F., elected in December 1923.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of December 13, 1923 reports that Battletown Lodge No. 98, I. O. O. F., meeting in Masonic Hall on its regular election night, elected John W. Riely treasurer for the ensuing term.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of December 13, 1923 reports that Battletown Lodge No. 98, I. O. O. F., meeting in Masonic Hall on its regular election night, elected John W. Riely treasurer for the ensuing term.

What the source supports

That John W. Riely was elected treasurer of Battletown Lodge No. 98, I. O. O. F., in December 1923.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR prints the lodge number "9S". The lodge is not linked to any organization or hall in the corpus.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The December 13, 1923 lodge news.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 13, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-12-13 (publication)

Locator: Page 8, report of Battletown Lodge's election of officers

Relevant passage

I. O. O. F. LODGE NEWS Battletown Lodge No. 9S [98] held a very interesting meeting in Masonic Hall Tuesday evening with a good attendance. This being the regular election night, the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: ... John W. Riely, Treas.

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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