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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1915
Page
3
The Russian legation at the Hague ordered Warsaw evacuated due to insufficient ammunition to defend the city. Russian commanders also ordered destruction of the Vistula bridges as Ivangorod forts are encircled and eight outer fortresses captured by Austro German forces. Escape possibilities for Russian troops there are diminishing.
Mexican raiders burned the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexican Railway bridge eight miles north of Marlinggen this morning. A posse of armed men is pursuing them. The raiders killed seven Americans yesterday.
A lone robber, hiding in the Cedar Rapids National Bank basement, held up cashier Leon Ferris with a revolver and forced the vault to be opened. The bandit escaped with 32000 dollars in cash.
A cryptic market snippet lists totals and figures such as 69 937 and 287 34, with scattered prices like 8.50 and 6.50. The fragmentary text references markets on a page with incomplete entries and stray numbers suggesting trading activity and quotes.
Readable lines describe unclear counts and names. The text mentions persons and numbers but lacks coherent facts or context to identify event or outcome.
Winchester officials approve measures to keep the water safe and install a chlorine plant for sewage treatment. They authorize funding for a park shelter at Royss Park, open a public comfort station, and appoint Clinton Lewis as a sworn police officer with janitorial duties. The council also discusses a new traffic ordinance and elects candidates for ward seats.
The record lists resources including loans and discounts 328 14 overdrafts secured 22 709 95 unsecured 357 85 bonds securities owned including premium 22 709 95 real estate owned 3 550 20 banking house and lot 14 000 00 furniture 1 493 42 exchange and checks 5 914 23 cash 1 25 87 due from National Banks 27 846 63 due from State Banks private bankers and trust companies paper currency coinage etc total resources 234 993 67 685 99 525 971 16 100 000 line shows stated totals.
Washington August 4 A U S ultimatum to establish peace in Mexico will be sent to General Villa Zapata and Carranza after Thursday's conference with Argentine Brazilian Chile Bolivian and Guatemalan diplomats. It demands peace within 60 days or US and six powers will force a railway link between Mexico City and Vera Cruz and recognize a provisional president from the Madero regime with allied backing.
Official Berlin reports progress by Austro German forces around Warsaw while Russian resistance slows retreat. German losses cited near Komorova and Orz with retreat underway. Strassburg bombarded by Anglo French air flotilla. British forces claim Gallipoli ridge on the Dardanelles. Austrians prepare to evacuate Tsonzo defenses. The British steamer Ranza sunk, possibly by a submarine.
The Special Relief Society led by Mrs. William Alexander announces a campaign to mobilize American women for immediate war preparedness. It plans a nationwide organization, offers summer homes for hospital use, expands volunteer hospital staff, and compiles sewing clubs and nurse rosters for field and hospital work. The group argues women must defend American liberty and ideals.
Special Receivers offer the William Pannett tract for rent at public auction in Winchester Virginia with 154 acres. The lease runs to October 1915 and includes crops and pasture rights. Payment split into six and twelve months with bonds as security. Receivers reserve crop harvest rights and storage.
The Baltimore markets note daily telegraph reports on wheat and corn with closing prices. Wheat No. 2 red spot is $1.13 per bushel.
In Frederick County Virginia Farmer & Merchants National Bank of Winchester vs Lula May Anderson and others, a Master Commissioner is directed to inventory Lula May Anderson real estate, liens, and rental value with publication of notice weekly for four weeks in The Winchester Evening Star. The notice sets August 30 1915 as the execution date at the Master Commissioner’s Winchester office.
A morning service is set for 11 a.m. in the Presbyterian Church. There will be no evening service.
Court in Frederick County Virginia orders T. M. Barr to comply with a deed of assignment dated July 5 1915 and to reveal assets and liabilities while creditors are notified. The case names Herbert S. Larrick as trustee and lists numerous nonresidents required to respond within 15 days to protect their interests. Publication requirement set for four weeks in The Star Winchester.
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