Heavy Electrical Storm Damages Virginia Farm and Garden
A very heavy electrical storm struck TRONE Virginia on Monday afternoon causing major losses to crops along Isaac's Creek. J Robert Giffin reported heavy damage to oats, four acres of corn, gardens, and fencing, with rain thunder and lightning. B N Lockhart visited Winchester due to high waters while Bettie Scrivener returned home. Edward Hicks and wife visited Aunt Sarah Triplette.
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B. N. Lockhart
Winchester
Fine Vaudevil at Empire Tonight
Fine vaudeville act Mullane and Montgomery headline at the Empire with a new routine after past successes. Two shows tonight at 7 15 and 9 0, plus pictures, promising solid entertainment for the Saturday audience.
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Mullane
Facts About Warsaw Taken By Germans
Warsaw, capital of Poland, had 872 478 population in 1911. It is a great manufacturing center, notably of iron and steel, and lies on a fertile plain known for vast wheat production. The city connects by railroad to Vienna, Kiev, Moscow, Strograd, Danzig and Berlin and has a long history of conquests and battles. The University of Warsaw enrolls about 1 500 students and holds 500 000 volumes in its library.
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Germans Take Warsaw as War Rages Across Europe
Berlin announces Bavarian troops under Prince Leopold seized Warsaw. Austro-Germans with heavy batteries bombarding Ivangorod while Russians resist. Petrograd says Riga fallen as Archbishop leaves city. French war office reports Germans capture a French blockhouse in Vosges fighting.
Italian Forces Push Austrians From Fortified Trenches
An official Rome release reports Italian troops seized fortified Austrian trenches in the Cordevale Valley and repelled a counterattack, signaling a successful advance in the area.
Ridgeway News: Camp Plans and Local Travel Notes
Ridgeway residents plan to attend the Ridgeway camp starting August 1 for ten days. Evangelist Lee Starke of New York City will lead devotional sessions. Mr L A Travert spent Wednesday in Winchester on business and Sunday school and Epworth League activities are noted.
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Evangelist Lee Starke
New York City
Trains Run Over Temporary Bridge After Burned Structure
Workmen of the Southern railway completed a temporary bridge over Stony Creek after the Kiln burgh bridge was burned yesterday. A new steel span will replace it when materials arrive as trains suffer delays and passengers transfer by auto and wagon. The temporary bridge spans over 200 feet with the rail about seventy feet above the river.
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