Martha W. Levi
Clarke Courier household columnist who in October 1947 recalled the whole town turning out for Berryville's annual Hallowe'en parade on Main Street.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of October 30, 1947 prints a household column signed by Martha W. Levi, which gives advice for the trick-or-treat season and recalls that not many years before the whole town turned out to watch the annual Hallowe'en parade pass up Main Street.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of October 30, 1947 prints a household column signed by Martha W. Levi, which gives advice for the trick-or-treat season and recalls that not many years before the whole town turned out to watch the annual Hallowe'en parade pass up Main Street.
What the source supports
That Martha W. Levi wrote a household column in the Clarke Courier in 1947.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR prints her middle initial "\V." The column gives no year for the parades it recalls. She is not linked to any other Levi.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The byline of the October 30, 1947 column.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 30, 1947
Clarke Courier · 1947-10-30 (publication)
Locator: Page 16, household column by Martha W. Levi
Relevant passageHy [By] MARTHA ... LEVI
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. Its recollection of the parade.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 30, 1947
Clarke Courier · 1947-10-30 (publication)
Locator: Page 16, household column by Martha W. Levi, on the Hallowe'en parade
Relevant passagethe whole town turned out to watch the annual Hallowe’en parade pass up Main Street ... we could always spot Mr. and Mrs. Mason Osborne, although they were so well gotten up.
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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