Death Follows Brief Illness Mrs Margaret Schindel 62
Mrs Margaret Schindel widow of Howard Schindel died after a brief illness at 205 South Main Street Winchester. She was 62, survived by son F Howard Schindel sisters Emma Rosenberger and Mrs Russell Baker, brother James W Rosenberger. Funeral Friday at 3 from 205 South Main Street with Rev F M Richardson. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Winchester Gun Club to hold a 6 pm shoot Thursday.
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Margaret Heighlydel
Howardel
Hagerstown
Emma Rossenberger
James W. Rosenberger
South Main Street
F. M. Richardson
Raddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Rosenberger
Mount Hebron
O. P. Grove
Shoemaker and
Schindel
Winchester
F. Howard Schindel
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation
Emma Rosenberger
Russell Baker
Mary Myers Rosenberger
Shenandoah Valley
Senate Panel Affirms Congress Right to Define Intoxicating Liquor
The Senate judiciary sub-committee says Congress has the right to define what constitutes intoxicating liquor to enforce the prohibition law. An accompanying brief, reportedly by Anti Saloon League counsel, cites court decisions and precedents.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Judiciary
Anti- Saloon League of America
Government Cuts Prices on War Department Feedstuffs
The War Department reduced prices to match retailer cuts. Canned roast beef drops from 2.13 to 1.96 per six pound can, bacon from 0.35 to 0.81 per pound, and three pound cans of beans from 0.11 to 0.09. Other food items priced proportionally under the new scale. The secretary of war approved revising quotations to stay below private sector rates.
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Washington
War Department
Reigners
Winchester Labor Day Fireworks To Welcome Soldiers
A representative from a major fireworks firm outlined a large display for Winchester on Labor Day September 1. The event aims to warmly welcome returning soldiers with three concurrent banquets at the fairgrounds Rouss Hall and a parade led by army officers. Nine bands including the US Marine Band and a Boy Scouts Band are invited, with living history tableaux planned. The committee seeks county cooperation for food offerings and volunteers, with a Friday meeting at 8 30 at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
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Winchester
Ams
John H. Seal
Fair Grounds
Rouss Hall
United States Marine Band
Boy Scouts Band
Washington
W. Scott White
R. T. Barton
The
Star
Frederick County
America
Chamber of Commerce
A Trescott Apple Grader Sale by Massey Brothers
A Junior Red Cross event at Paxtons Chapel school lawn on Friday night August 15 features music by Winchester Mandolin Club. Proceeds aid Red Cross relief with a reserve if weather delays the event moved to Saturday.
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Red Cross
Paxtons Chapel
Paxtons Chapel School
Winchester Mandolin Club
Sale of House and Lot at 115 S Main St
Notice that a car of middlings has arrived at Shryock and Co. for the sale of a house and lot owned by Jenkins. The sale is set for August 16 at 115 S Main Street.
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Shryock and Co
Jenkins
S. Main ST
Treaty 10 Be Speeded Along in Senate Session
Washington Aug 13 At a stormy session the Senate foreign relations committee agreed to expedite consideration of the peace treaty Re-reading disputed sections and possible amendments will begin tomorrow
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Equipments Dominate Market in Active New York Session
New York stock market opens strong with equipment shares leading gains and broad advances as several issues rise beyond early momentum. The session shows continued upward progress and broad participation in the market.
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New York
Aid Rushed to Kolchak Forces in Siberia
The American government is transmitting material aid to Admiral Kolchak's retreating Siberian army. Official word states 45 000 rifles and several million rounds of ammunition have already left San Francisco, with more equipment slated to depart this week aboard an army transport. A lost oval gold locket bearing initials C G B was reported at Huck's Dam with a reward offered by Sandy Baker at Baker and Co.
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Washington
Kolchak
Siberia
Vladivostok
San Francisco
G. B
Huck
Sandy Baker
Baker and Co.'s
Reds abandon city as Bolsheviks leave Ukrainia
London August 13. Moscow wireless reports Bolsheviks abandon Viniauska in Ukraine as city is abandoned and troops retreat.
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Reds
Ukrainia
London
Viniuska
Ukraine
Moscow
Brewers Schedule National Conference On Liquor Law Repeal
Brewers across the country plan a major conference in Atlantic City from September 18 for a week to press for repeal of liquor statutes, aiming to concentrate sentiment against prohibition for repeal efforts.
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Associated Press
Atlantic&scely
Secretary Daniels Off For Honolulu
Secretary of the Navy Daniels departed for Honolulu today on the battleship New York, accompanied by four destroyers. He did not sail on the Mississippi as had been originally planned.
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Associated Press
San Pidro
Daniels
Honolulu
New York
Favorable Senate Move On Federal Lands Leasing Bill
Senate public lands committee ordered favorable reports on a bill authorizing leasing of government owned coal oil phosphate and sodium lands to spur production. Separate items note a for sale listing for a Chalmers automobile and a Virginia visit returning to Rogersford from a F H dshuil residence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Aus
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Sunday Newsboys Ordered to Stop Street Sales
Mayor Ward and Chief Doran moved to enforce a city ordinance prohibiting selling Sunday newspapers on streets. Newsboys faced fines of 1 to 5 dollars for crying papers in front of Christ Episcopal Church after services, prompting authorities to require indoor or home deliveries to subscribers only.
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Ward
Doran
Christ Episcopal Church
Newsies
Nellie Kemp's Son Held for Murder
Charlie Lee Kemp of Middletown, colored, shot a man in a Pittsburgh gambling house last Sunday and was later captured. He is Nellie Kemp’s son, connected to prior Winchester cases, with ties to Elias and Thornton Parker families.
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Charlie Lee Kemp
Middletown
Pittsburgh
Kemp
Nellie Kemp
Walter Banks
Peter Meyer
Winchester
Elias Parker
Thornton Parker
Winchester Co. closes stock subscription books Aug 16
Last day for subscription books for stock of Winchester Cold Storage Co for erection of additional facilities. Manager R McCann announces the deadline as Saturday August 16.
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Winchester Cold Storage Co
Co. R. M'Cann
Fruit packing house buys all kinds of fruit at top market
Apples Damsons Pears Peaches Plums now buying at top market cash prices at my packing house Grain Elevator Cumberland Valley Depot Winchester. Call 476 after six p.m. 419. Also buying and packing at White Post Depot. See Mr David Reardon. Winter fruit orchards callers please phone or come see me. Sam Haines Winchester Va 8 8 Ip 1f
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Cumberland Valley Depot
Winchester
White Post Depot
David Reardon
Yard Party August 15 at Minnie Wood Chapel
Helping Hand Circle of Kings Daughters hosts a Yard Party at Minnie Wood Chapel on Berryville Pike from 11 to 1. Kansas Grown Alfalfa advertised as 99.91 percent pure, with notices for weed control. Bell telephone 470 listsAuto Services Co at 107 B Piccadilly St from 12 to 1 and 2.
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Circle of Kings’ Daughters
Minnie Wood Chapel
Berryville Pike
Kansas
Winchester Seed Co., Inc
Iptf
Bell Phone
Auto Services Co
Piccadilly St
Land Bonds for Sale and Farm for Sale
Land bonds offered at two bonds of 2000 dollars secured by first mortgage on a new brick residence in Winchester at 6 percent. Apply to Star Office. Also for sale a small 22 acre farm 2 12 miles from Riverton with a good house stable outbuildings and an orchard of 600 ten year old apple trees. Price 1600 dollars. Mrs Fred R Jackson Home Bakery Front Royal Va.
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Winchester
Star Office
Riverton
Price
Fred R. Jackson
Home Bakery
Front Royal
Insure Wheat and Livestock Offered by Lupeton and Son
Hugh S. Lupton & Son advertise liberal insurance for wheat, hay, and livestock in Winchester Virginia. Contact via two phones for policies.
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Hugh S. Lupton & Son
Agte
Winchester
Probes Advance on High Cost of Living Measures
Washington reports Senate debates on curbing profiteering as House agriculture panel considers extending food control to essentials. Senate interstate commerce panel plans its handling of interstate commodity businesses. Commerce and Labor seek extra funding to fight rising costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House Agricultural Committee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Striking Yorkshire Miners Resume Work
The Associated Press reports that the striking coal miners of Yorkshire, numbering over 200,000, have decided to return to work after a strike that began on July 21. The move ends days of industrial stoppage affecting regional coal output and supply.
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London
Yorkshire
Viscount Grey To Represent Britain In Washington
London August 13 Viscount Grey former secretary of state for foreign affairs has agreed to represent the British government at Washington while awaiting a permanent ambassador appointment.
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Associated Press
London
Viscount Grey
Foreign Affairs
Washington
Supreme Council Summoned Quickly to Discuss Hungary
PARIS August 13 The inter allied supreme council was hastily summoned today to meet at 2 30 in the afternoon to consider the Hungarian situation.
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Associated Press
Paris
Inter-Allied Supreme Council
Rubber Company Employes Strike in Connecticut
Workers at five United States Rubber Company plants in Naugatuck Connecticut walked out to demand a 20 percent wage increase. The union claims about 2,200 members and many nonmembers joined the action.
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Naugatuck
Conn
United States Rubber Company
Costa Rican President’s Brother Reported Killed
The Associated Press reports Joaquin Tinoco, brother of Costa Rica’s president, was assassinated on August 10. The State Department indicated it did not know if President Tinoco remained in Costa Rica, amid other unfixed details and rumors of official leave.
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Associated Press
Washington
Joaquin Tinoco
Costa Nica
State Department
Tinoco
Costa Rics
State
Vingeo
Aly Ener
Conns
Enti Joseph Tinoco Wis
Roumania Moves to Stamp Out Bolshevism in Hungary
Premier Brediano of Roumania said in a statement to the Associated Press that the Roumanian army entered Budapest with aims to stamp out bolshevism. He asserted the move aligns with national unity and does not seek territorial gain.
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Hucharest
Budapest
Brediano
Roumania
Associated Press
Potathiin
Kominania
Auto victim's car attached after accident near Toms Brook
An auto wreck case in which M. A. Poole of Chattanooga and family were injured led to an attachment on the wrecked car for about 160 in claims for physician and garage services. The Poole party had been en route to Atlantic City when the crash occurred on the pike. the car was loaded for shipment back to Chattanooga as the hotel settled.
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Mr. Poole
Atlantic City
Toms Brook
Winchester
M. A. Poole
Chattanooga
Tenn
Poole
Hotel Jack
Baltimore and Ohio
Neh Bay
One Million Eggs Seized by U S Court in Tennessee
In Chattanooga Tennessee on August 13 the United States district attorney seized 1,008,000 eggs stored by the Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation for Harris and Company of Chicago under libel proceedings. The government alleges the eggs were stored unlawfully to inflate prices.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation
Harris and Company
Chicago
United States District Attorney
United States District Court
Rioting at Keystone Stech and Wire plant
Rioting broke out at the Keystone Stech and Wire Company plant as strikers clashed with deputy sheriffs guarding the site. More than eighty shots were exchanged and two strikers were said to be wounded amid a six week strike by eight hundred workers demanding a closed shop.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Keystone Stech and Wire Company
Yard Party Benefit for Sunday School Prompts Local Help
A yard party on Tharp's lawn in Greenwood runs Friday the 15th and Saturday night to raise funds for Sunday School. Public notice invites attendees to enjoy themselves while supporting a good cause. Sale of house and lot advertised earlier by Jenkins for August 16.
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Tharp
Greenwood
Wilson may send repeal rider before Congress
Washington reports President Wilson is said to plan sending the repeal of the right to restrict the ship purchase act to Congress soon. Efforts to pass the agricultural act without the repeal rider continue, with veto threats and votes needed to override the executive. Rail labor unrest spreads as shopmen strike and trains face cancellations in several districts. some return to work as settlements loom. Governor Cornwell warns federation workers may demand broader wage actions across industries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Charleston
W. Va
John J. Cornwell
Russia
Victory parade prep at armory for September 1 event
All members must meet at the armory Thursday at 8 00 for important preparations for the Victory celebration. Everyone will receive hay pack carriers and full equipment and should learn to assemble packs as soon as possible under First Lieutenant R. Jollliff.
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Jolliffr
Striking Actors Rally as Chicago Theaters Face Strike
In Chicago managers push to halt a theater strike spreading from last night. Francis Wilson of the Equity Association warns of a nationwide theater war while matinees proceed at Cort Theater and Cohan's House amid downtown plays.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cort Theater
Cohan
Og House
Francis Wilson
Equity Association
Jors
New Orchard Deal In Berkeley County
In Martinsburg West Virginia on August 13 Mayor H G Tonkin United tes ontenae H A Downs and Dr T K Oates bought the Ruckman Orchard near Romney The orchard has 10 peach trees and 2000 apple trees The Wilderness Orchard owner Alva Richards of Winchester sold it for 38000 dollars and recently bought the Alden orchard stock for 200000 dollars
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Martinsburg
W. Va
H. G. Tonkin
United
Tesontenae
H.A. Downs
T. K. Oates
Romney
Wilderness
Alva Richards
Winchester
Shawnee District Voter Thanks Post Primary Support
A note to Shawnee District voters thanks supporters of the recent primary election. The writer expresses appreciation and pledges to perform duties to the best of their ability if elected.
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Shawnee
Shawsnee
Ortal
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Herman H. Hable
Sam Haines
Grey
Supreme Council
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