Joseph F. Moore
Commonwealth's Attorney in 1923 and 1924. The Clarke Courier reports him at home with the flu in January 1923 and reports a new private secretary in his office in May 1924.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of January 25, 1923 reports that Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph F. Moore was kept at home for three days by the flu, and its issue of May 1, 1924 reports that a new private secretary had accepted the place with Commonwealth Attorney Joseph F. Moore.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of January 25, 1923 reports that Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph F. Moore was kept at home for three days by the flu, and its issue of May 1, 1924 reports that a new private secretary had accepted the place with Commonwealth Attorney Joseph F. Moore.
What the source supports
That Joseph F. Moore, Commonwealth's Attorney, appeared in the Clarke Courier in 1923 and 1924.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. Neither quoted passage names the county he served. Reading the two items as one man rests on the matching name and office. The private secretary is not named here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The January 25, 1923 item on officers ill with the flu.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 25, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-01-25 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, personal item on county officers ill with the flu
Relevant passageThe "flu" epidemic caught Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph F. Moore In Its net last week. Mr. Moore was kept at home for three days. He is now out.
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 May 1, 1924 item on the new private secretary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 1, 1924
Clarke Courier · 1924-05-01 (publication)
Locator: Page 5, personal item on a new private secretary
Relevant passage... has accepted the place as private secretary of Commonwealth Attorney Joseph F. Moore here.
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) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: Jos. F. Moore. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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