Many Shopmen Still Insist On More Pay
Striking railway workers across the Midwest and Northeast show mixed returns. While some regions report near normal operations, others in New England and Chicago still have many men out. Voting on an official strike ballot is expected as workers are recalled to duty.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Chicago
Southwest
New England
Kellorg
Minnesota
Federal Trade Commission
Stockyard Labor Council
Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Norfolk and Western
Toledo and Ohio
New York
Westchester County
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Harlem River Division
New Jersey
Brooklyn
Carmen
Federated Railway
Chicago District Council
Byrd Named Counsel for War Costs Probe to Europe
Hon Richard Evelyn Byrd United States attorney for the Western District of Virginia is designated as counsel for the House special committee. He will join in New York and sail on Leviathan to Europe to investigate conduct and costs of the war in France and the occupied German areas. Mrs Byrd accompanies him. six weeks in Europe anticipated.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd
Winchester
United States
Virginia
Department of Justice
House of Representatives
Europe
France
Germany
House
Washington Star of
Winchester Cold Storage Co seeks grower stock for storage use
Apple growers are invited to subscribe to 150000 in preferred stock to expand cold storage and guarantee storage space. Subscriptions total 152000 with open books until August 16 and prorated allocations due to over subscription. Only fruit growers eligible. Officers: H F Byrd president John Thwaite vice president Ray Robinson secretary C R McCann manager.
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Winchester Cold Storage CO
H. F. Byrd
John Thwaite
Ray Robinson
C. R. McCann
Watermelons Arrived and Local Notices
A car of fine watermelons arrived at Sam Haines depot. John Marker advertises a sale offering a good cow. M W A Picnic set for Saturday August 16 in Middletown Virginia. Also, J D Marker advertises a sale of good pair young mules on Tuesday August 12. J D Sanders, director of the Chicago council, says word from Washington is expected today as railroad administration action looms.
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Sam Haines
C. V. Depot
J. D. Marker
Ence
J. D. Sanders
Chicago Council
Washington
Winchester Welcomes New Chamber Secretary John Richardson
Winchester Chamber of Commerce announces the selection of John Richardson from Syracuse New York as secretary, to assume duties September 1. Richardson a traveling rep for Swan and Finch, with prior roles in Meriden and strong endorsements from Syracuse Meriden and the American City Bureau, arrives to continue the chamber's growth.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
John Richardson
Syracuse
New York
Richardson
Chamber of Commerce
Swan and Finch
Oil Products
Board of Trade
Meriden
Connecticut
American City Bureau
Meriden Commercial Telephone Company
Winchester
The
Masons
the Elks
Methodist Church
A. M. Field
Field
Yard Party Announcement by Kings Daughters Circle
Helping Hand Circle of Kings Daughters hosts a yard party on August 15 at Minnie Wood Chapel Berryville Pike from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds support circle charities and local community projects.
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Kings’ Daughters
Minnie Wood Chapel
Berryville Pike
Apple Grader Ad Promises Lower Packing Costs
For sale farm listing 22 acres near Riverton with good house and outbuildings plus an apple orchard of 600 trees ten years old at 1600 dollars. Also a late notice of sale items including blacksmith tools and household goods from D W Kelcher and a separate farm cattle sale featuring Holstein and Jersey cows at J D Marker's sale day August 12.
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Riverton
Pred R. Jackson
Home Bakery
Front Royal
D. W. Kelcher
Burnt Factory
R. P. Duvall
Admi
Ij. D. Marker
Japanese Garden Party Tour Planned at Braddock Street Church
A personally conducted tour through Japan will be held this Monday at 8 o'clock starting from Miss Dorothy Calvert's home on South Main street. The event is under the auspices of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Young People's Missionary Society and invites members and friends to attend.
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Japan
Dorothy Calvert
South Main Street
Young People's Missionary Society of
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Alfalfa Seed Ad Promotes Pure Kansas Grown Product
Advertisement for Kansas grown alfalfa by Winchester Seed Co. Inc. claims 99.91 percent purity with no weeds. Includes address at 115 S. Main St., and references a sale house and lot.
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Read
Sale House and
I.ot
Jenkins, Aig
S.aMin St
Kansas
Winchester Seed Co., Inc
Winchester Sugar Relief Plan Purchases Carload Of Sugar
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce, led by Dr. H. H. McGuire, sent $3,500 to the Sugar Equalization Board for one carload of granulated sugar to be sold at cost in Frederick county. About 46,000 pounds in 100 pound bags will be distributed to families equitably, likely through grocers or direct sales, with plans for additional staple purchases at cost to ease the high cost of living.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
H. H. McGuire
New York
Sugar Equalization Board
Wal Street
Baltimore
New York City
Equalization Board
Winchester
Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Secret Japan Britain Treaty Hidden From Secretary Lansing
Senate testimony reveals Viscount Ishii concealed a secret treaty between Japan and Great Britain over Shantung from Secretary of State Lansing. Lansing said he first learned of the pact in February at Versailles after a thorough check, and he noted it was not published in Russia.
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Washington
Japan
Great Britain
Shantung
China
Lansing
Viscount Ishihti
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Versailles
Ife
Russia
British battleship Renown sighted bringing Prince of Wales to Newfoundland
The Renown, flagship battleship carrying the Prince of Wales, was sighted at eight this morning by the St. Francis lighthouse at Conception Bay entrance, as reported from St. Johns Newfoundland.
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Associated Press
ST. Johns
N. F
New Foundland
St. Francis Lighthouse
Conception Bay
Bargain Sale: Farm Insurance and Property Deals
Realty ad listing include insure your Wheat Livestock Hay with Hugh S Lupton Son agents in Winchester Virginia offers low rates and liberal policies. Also a ten room frame house with large lot stable and garage near Nation al avenue advertised by Herrells at 25 S Main St.
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Hugh S. Lupton & Son
Agts
Winchester
National Avenue
Herrell's
Main
Nilled in fall painting house in Camden
The funeral for Resin F. Duvall 47 killed after falling from a ladder while painting his Camden home. He died shortly after. service held at his brother Roy P. Duvall’s home in Stephensons. Interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester. Survived by widow Viola McDonald, five children, two brothers Roy and Raymond, and three sisters. Duvall formerly of Frederick County and jewelry dealer in Camden. This marked the third family death in six months.
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Resin F. Duvall
Camden
N. J
Roy P. Duval
Stephensons
O. D. Lambert
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brucetown
Winchester
Mount Hebron
Duvall
Frederick County
Roy Duval
Rezin Duval
Charles H. Duvall
Viola McDonald
This County
Roy P. Duvall
Raymond Duvall
Washington, D. C
Charles Pidgeon
Washington
J. P. Brown
Loudoun County
E. L. Bromley
Ramsburg Auto Supply Tire Giveaway Coupon
Ramsburg Auto Supply Co offers a trade coupon with every dollar purchase enabling a chance to win a tire drawn at 9 p m on August 30. Ford owners receive a Ford tire and Packard owners receive a Packard tire. Buy now and win.
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Ramsburg Auto Supply Co
Ford
Roumanian Army Keeps Budapest After Conference Shift
Paris dispatch reports the peace conference now unlikely to demand immediate Romanian withdrawal from Budapest. The supreme council protests Romanian seizure of Hungarian supplies bound for Roumania, yet many delegates favor keeping troops in Budapest to stabilize the capital temporarily.
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Paris
Budapest
Supreme Council
Hungary
Roumania
Prohibition Bill Faces Senate Committee Changes
The Senate judiciary committee began debating the House passed enforcement bill as amended by the judiciary subcommittee. The panel backed changes including exempting non intoxicating cider and fruit juice makers for home use and allowed light wines for personal consumption. Mrs. G. D. Brown and Miss Sarah Stewart visit Philadelphia hosts in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Judiciary
Youth shoots sweethearts after quarrel in Baltimore
Edward Adams 21 of 2802 Ulman avenue shot his fiancée Edith Rollins 18 at Park Heights and Violet. He then shot himself, leaving both in hospital. Rollins at Franklin Square Hospital likely to recover. Adams in University Hospital in serious condition. Police say the quarrel followed a broken engagement and a personal dispute.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Edith Rollins
Edward Adams
Ulman Avenue
Park Heights
Violet Areua
Adams
Miss Rollins
Franklin Square Hospital
University Hospital
Miss Collins
Bennett Collins
Fidelity
Wilson Delivers Draft Covenant of League to Lodge
President Wilson today sent to Senator Lodge an informal draft of the league of nations covenant presented by U S peace commissioners in Paris and the formal report of the commission on the league of nations.
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Washington
Wilson
Lodge
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Paris
Commission On the
League of Nations
President Withholds Bliss Letter on Shantung Settlement
Wison today refused to send to the Senate a copy of General Bliss letter concerning the Shantung settlement because it contained confidential references to other governments.
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Washington
Wison
Senate
General Bliss
Aurora Borealis Grounds Wires Across North America
Telecommunication systems across the United States and Canada suffered major outages as the aurora borealis disrupted telegraph and long distance telephone lines. Reports to Western Union indicated thousands of miles of wire were affected, with some impact reaching Kansas City Missouri. Mrs W A Swimley returned from Virginia with her granddaughter Dorothy Swimiley.
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New York
United States
Canada
Kansas City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Star Office
Stock Market Rally Before Noon After Carnegie Death
Stock market moved up before noon with reaction to percentage points affecting United States Steel Central Leather and speculative industries. Steel weakness tied to news of Andrew Carnegie's death but had limited impact on other sectors. Some low priced rails and food shares rallied before noon.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Iron Master Dead at Lenox Shadow Brook
Lenox Massachusetts August 11 Andrew Carnegie steel magnate and philanthropist died at his Lenox summer home Shadow Brook after a brief illness. Daughter Mrs Roswell Miller reached his bedside before he died. He had spent the summer in Lenox and had shown signs of ill health since Friday. Pittsburgh and New York figures note his vast fortune and public service. A Carnegie Endowment tally shows gifts totaling 350 million through 1918.
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Lenox
Mass
Carnegie
Lennox
Shadow Brook
Roswell Miller
Enkeenac
New York
4Saret
Drew Carnegie
I. A
Pittsburgh
Thia
City
PS Steel
Associated Press
Babcock
Te City
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Endowment For International
Fruit buyer with cash prices at Cumberland Valley Depot
Apples Damsons Pears Peaches Plains. Now buying at top market cash prices at my packing house Grain Elevator Cumberland Valley Depot Winchester. Call 476 after six p m 419. Large and small quantities. Also buying and packing at White Post Depot. See representative Mr David Reardon to those having orchards of winter fruit for sale call or come and see me SAM HAINES Winchester Way
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Cumberland Valley Depot
Winchester
White Post Depot
David Reardon
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Middletown
Live Wire
Massey Brothers
C. P. McVicar
Main Street
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Prince of Wales
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Moling and Seal
Ayip
Withholds Fien
Bliss
Aurora Borealis
W. A. Swimley
JT. R. Swimiley
Stainton, Va
Dutter
Dorothy Swimiley
Iron Master
Pate
Lenox, Mass
Argainst
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Bi Roswell Miller
United States Navy
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