War News and Food Speculation in 1917 Dispatches
The Shepherdstown Register reports on wartime shortages and calls for action against food speculators. It notes delayed responses from Edison on war aids, predicts harvest issues in Germany, and highlights U.S. funding measures including a $3.21 billion war budget and a push to curb food profiteering. It praises Red Cross fundraising and warns against lax enforcement of internal enemies while urging universal work requirements and defense measures.
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Cornwell
United States
Wilson Boll
Congress
Ural
Roanoke College Visit Highlights Salem Trip
A Roanoke College board of trustees meeting in Salem showcased campus growth and wartime plans. Highlights include military training proposals, ambitious new buildings, and Roanoke College’s history from its 1842 rise to the 1903 leadership of Dr J A Morehead amid a flourishing Shenandoah Valley locale with ample crops and enduring civic pride.
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Salem
Roanoke College
Register
Shenandoah Valley
Shepherdstown
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railways
Oie
James River
Potomac
Buena Vista
Virginia
Glasgow
Natural Bridge Station
Buchanan
Troutville
C. H. Moffett
Piscatorial Prevaricators
Europe
Henry S. Trout
A. D. R. Haucher
Staunton
Robert W. Kime
Wm. TH Ruthraull
J. A. Morehead
Board of Trustees
Colonel Trout
Leslie C. Shaw
Treasury
Christopher C. Baughinin
David Frederick Bitile
Middletown Valley
Maryland
Mt. Tabor Church
Augusta
County
The
Virginia Collegiate Institute
Binghaman
Bittle
Dosh
Morehead
L. A. Fox
W.N. Painter
W. ¥. Morehead
Hildreth
Powell
Salemi
Roanoke River
Norfolk & Western
Virginian
Lutheran Orphans
United Synod of the South
J. T. Crabtree
Red Cross Week Opens Nationwide War Fund Drive
The Red Cross War Fund campaign begins at sunrise across the United States with plans to raise 100 million dollars within seven days. President Wilson telegrams 100 mayors urging generosity, and local chapters like Jefferson County aim to enlarge membership and bolster the drive as communities highlight gifts over investments for soldiers’ relief.
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United States
Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund
Wilson
Red Cross Fund
Liberty Loan
America
Jefferson County
Shepherdstown
Red Cross Society
Harper's Ferry
New York
Elmer Sperry
Manhattan Bridge Plaza
Brooklyn
Wall Street
Bankers’ Trust
National League For Women’s Service
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advise Internal Remedy
An advertisement asserts catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated with an internal tonic. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is promoted as blood purifying and mucous-surface affecting, prescribed by leading physicians, with testimonials available and price listed.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dr Mary E Conrad Foot Specialist at Rumsey Hotel
Dr Mary E Conrad chiropodist will be at Hotel Rumsey Shephardstown June 27 from 9 to 5 p m to treat bunions corns callouses ingrown nails club feet fallen arches flat feet weak ankles and related pains. Consultation and examination free. Arch builders supports and appliances available. Come early to avoid the rush.
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Mary E. Conrad
Rumsey
Shepherdstown
Bar Sam
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