Winchester Adopts Virginia Auto Law A City Council Meeting Report
The Winchester Common Council held its last regular meeting with eight present and four absent. A request from Braddock Street Church members urged sidewalks on South Braddock Street from the Reuss engine house to the church property. The matter was referred to the street committee. July receipts totaled 10 292 92 with disbursements 8 938 28 and a cash balance of 1 354 64. The revenue officer issued 19 licenses totaling 173 63. (Continued on page 6.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Carter
Gray
Kremer
McGuire
Brown
Ryan
Murnanv
Jones
Messrs. Steck
Sheetz
Snyder
Goss
J. W. Rosenberger
G. E. Huntsberry
T. S. Jolliffe
W. B. Snider
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Braddock Street
Reuss
Bids Sought for Winchester to Opequon Creek Macadam Road
The Virginia State Highway Commission invites bids by noon on August 15 1916 for 1.35 miles of macadam road between Winchester and Opequon Creek in Frederick County. Plans are at Winchester Clerk’s Office and this office. A $200 certified check is required with each bid and bids may be rejected.
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Richmond
Winchester
Opequon Creek
Frederick County
Renew Subscription Deadline Shifts to July 31
The notice urges renewal by Monday July 31 to lock in a reduced rate of $2 per annum. Subscriptions not renewed by that date will be affected as described in the policy.
Catawba Sanatorium to Add Two Temporary Shacks for 24 Patients
The Virginia Anti Tuberculosis Association offers two temporary shacks to Catawba Sanatorium to relieve waiting list congestion. The plan aims to keep patients longer, expand beds, and educate patients while stressing the need for local provisions to achieve real relief. Captain W W Baker cites the pitiful current situation and urges communities to provide 24 beds as a start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catawba
Virginia Anti-Tuberculosis Association
W. W. Baker
State Association
Richmond
Danville
Baker
Ifne
Ox Killed in the Great Blast
The body count from the Black Tom Island explosion rises to six with seven still missing. Authorities expect thirteen total deaths. Cornelius Layden of the Lehigh Valley police identified as a victim, aiding manslaughter charges against four men held at $5,000 bail each. Railroads halt shipments of explosives into Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Black Tom Island
New York Harbor
Cornelius Layden
Lehigh Valley Police
Notice on 1916 Tax Interrogatories and amended filings
The Local Board of Review announces it will entertain overlooked bond or intangible property returns for 1916 and prior years back to 1903 for the next three or four days without penalties. After this period, penalties and interest will apply if proper tax returns were withheld, according to Commissioner J L Maphis of the Revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
J. L. Maphis
Yard Party For Macedonia Crater Sunday School Benefit
A yard party is planned in the church grove on Saturday night August 5 1916 to raise funds for the Sunday School. Admission will be free with donations urged for the charity event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia Crater
Church Grove
Health Board July report praised as among best
Common Council heard the July Health Board report with high praise. The milk and meat inspector noted slaughter of 62 cattle and 281 small stock with 13 condemned parts. The health inspector cited 693 places visited and multiple sanitation actions, no new contagious disease cases, and no infantile paralysis cases in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ders
New York State
State Board of Health of
New York
P. W. Boyd
Battle with Mexicans near Fort Hancock reported
Fighting between United States regulars and about 200 Mexican outlaws was underway near Fort Hancock at dawn. Reinforcements arrived including 780 soldiers on motorcycles and two cavalry troops, while Massachusetts infantry held a border post as the bandits crossed the Rio Grande heading toward Sierra Bianca.
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Paso
United States
Fort Hancock
Bell
Rio Grande
Massachusetts
Sierra Bianca
Texas Rangers
Twenty-third Infantry
Massachusetts Ifantry
Massachusetts Infantry
Casement Awaits Executions Amid Possible Reprieve
London reports Sir Roger Casement condemned for high treason waits for the next 24 hours with rumors of a possible reprieve. An adjacent employment ad seeks industrious girls over sixteen for hosiery mills in Martinsburg West Virginia with wages and travel paid. A second notice calls for road laborers, addressed to the Superintendent of Roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roger Casement
The
Interwoven Mills, Inc
Martinsburg
W. Va
Widow and Children Urged to Buy Stock at Court House Sale
The speaker appeals to a family head to consider buying 42 shares of Ghenandoah Valley and Farmers and Merchants' National Park stock offered for cash in front of the Court House in blocks of two and three shares at noon on Getarday. The stock is described as creases in value with regular dividends on January 1 each year.
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Ghenandoah Valley
National Park
Court House
Winchester City Manager Field Re‑elected Unanimously
The Winchester Common Council unanimously re elected city manager Arthur M Field for another one year term starting September 1 with a $2000 annual salary. No opponent was named in the nomination by Mr Jones, as the vote was declared unanimous. Also notes a lost cat reward and mill closing notice for Berryville pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Field
Winchester
Field
Jones
French Troops Renew Offensive on Somme Front
French forces renew action in Picardy with gains on both banks of the Somme. Peronne expected to fall soon, threatening a major German salient. Fighting also reported on the Meuse near Verdun as Germans use gas shells. British troops advance east of Pozieres with repelled counterattacks.
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Somme
War Office
Peronne
Meuse
Verdun
Vaux, Chapitre
Chenoix Woods
London
Pozieres
British War Office
Asquith
Germany
Seashore Excursion Leaves Winchester August Third
The next 16 day Seashore excursion from C. V. A. R. departs Winchester on Thursday August 3 at 7.25 a.m. Fares are $6.50 to Atlantic City and South Jersey resorts and $8.50 to Asbury Park and North Jersey resorts.
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Winchester
Atlantic City
South Jersey
Asbury Park
North Jersey
Grand Master Visits Madison Lodge In Virginia Town
J F Krenning grand master of the Grand Lodge IOOF Virginia spent part of Monday and yesterday in the city as guest of Madison Lodge No 6. He attended an elaborate banquet at 302 South Market hosted by Philip Klompus with about two hundred members attending. The event featured toastmaster Joseph B Newlin and speeches, praised by local officers and visiting lodges from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Krenning
Wytheville
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Virginia
Madison Lodge
Philip Klompus
South Market Street
Krenning
Woodstock
Edinburg
Basie
Harrisonburg
Boyce Lodge
Joseph B. Newlin
Odd Fellows
Messrs
Robert L. Gray
A. C. Slonaker
Philip Kiompus
Rev Dr and Mrs Dame Arrive for August Stay in Winchester
Rev Dr William Dame rector of Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church Baltimore and Mrs Dame arrived today aboard the Shenandoah Special. They will likely spend August at the Winchester Inn where they are now comfortably quartered amid friends and family connections here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dame
Baltimore
Winchester Inn
Dame
Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church of Baltimore
Arrests Made for Violating Child Labor Law
Several defendants appeared before Magistrate Krebs in police court after an inspection by Virginia labor inspector J. B. Clinehinst. Five charged with child labor violations and five with the ten hour limit faced fines or dismissal. one charged with sanitary law was dismissed. The law requires 12 to 14 year olds to hold an age certificate and work ten hours daily after 7 a.m. or before 9 p.m. with age proofs for older youths. applies to factories, laundries, bakeries, and many shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyebs
J. B. Clinehinst
Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics of
Virginia
Krebs
Circuit
Corporation Court
Alvin Tavenner Claims A Bride
Announcement: Miss Gertrude L. Clements of Washington D C marries Alvin J. Tavenner of Frederick County Virginia. The ceremony was in Washington with Rev P H Bernman. Tavenner a prominent Winchester lawyer and U S Commissioner plans a wedding trip and return to Winchester soon. Special sale of towels noted.
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Gertrude L. Clements
Washington, D. C
Alvin J. Tavenner
Frederick County
City of
Washington
P. H. Bernman
Winchester
Rose Janney
South Main Street
Tavenner
Shenandoah Valley
United States
Stonewall District
Toll issue for pleasure wagons on Valley Turnpike
Yearly toll will be issued for pleasure wagon travel during August covering the period September 1, 1916 to September 1, 1917. Notice signed by Shirley Carter. Also a sale notice dated August 5, 1916 for 15 shares of Farmers & Merchants Bank associated with Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Turnpike
Shirley Carter
Farmers & Merchants Bank Lee
Allied Warships Track German Submarine Off Virginia Capes
Allied and neutral vessels monitor the Deutschland as it moves eastward near the Virginia capes. US neutrality patrols sit within the 3 mile limit while German and British forces pursue and signal expectations of a showdown in the bay.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Capes
Auo
Germany
Patapsco
Koen
Koenig
Capes
United States Navy
Tangier Island
Timmins
United States
Flusser
Reid
Smile
North Carolina
Fortress Monroe
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Goungil
Sanitary Committee
Office OF the State Highway Commission
G. P. Coleman
State Highway Com
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Page
Hudson
Vim
R. Strode
Mijwen
Catawba Sanatorium
Virginia Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Wire
Jersey City
Health Board
S Council
Board of Health
Milk and Meat Inspector
Mr. Doran
National Guard
the Star
Pen Mar
Pen. Mar
Casement
S. Main Street
Wood's Mill
Berryville Pike
Pern
Pards
Picardy
Amsterdam
Mrs. Dame
Alvin Tavenner
Seal
Fleet
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