Local Board Rules Exemption Denied for Keith Case
The Winchester and Frederick county exemption board met to review 100 men called to fill the quota for the city and county. They plan to begin examinations Monday with fifty men, then Tuesday another fifty, to reach 98 total. Twenty seven men are needed. several exemption requests may be denied. Keith of Middletown, 22, married with dependents, relies on a trust fund from his late uncle in London for income. ruling on his case faced uncertainty due to its peculiar features.
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Young Keith
Board of Exemption of
Winchester
Frederick County
Board of Exemption
Todey
William Keith
Middletown
Star
Keith
George Smith
London
Fliedland
War Drive and Prohibition Meeting Planned Across Nation
President Wilson vows energetic war effort against Germany with troops to France and strengthened allied offensives. German morale and coal supplies decline amid new German economy measures. In Frederick county, the Anti-Saloon League convenes at Bryarly School House on August 23 with prohibition commissioner J Sidney Peters among speakers. public invited to attend with dinner baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. L. BD. Kline
Rtso
Bryarly School
Charles E. Clevenger
J. Sidney Peters
Virginia
Anti- Saloon League
Frederick County
Bryarly School House
Frederick
Winchester
League
Charlee
Clevenger
County League
States Prohibition Commission
Anti-Saloon League
Orchard hail damage overestimated earlier report
Initial claims of widespread orchard damage on Apple Pie Ridge were revised after investigation. Damage is confined to Melvin Green and William S Hiett orchards, limited to western tree portions. Hiett expected to gather 8000 barrels and 5000 barrels per tree line, with no drastic overall loss.
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Star of Yesterday
Melvin Green
William S. Hiett
Hiett
Turned on water fined in court
H C Borden, an automobile dealer, was fined $5 and costs in police court by Justice Fultz for failing to notify the water department that he wanted water turned on for a sprinkler at his North Main street business. A city ordinance bans turning water on or off without authorization.
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H.C. Borden
Podlice Court
Justice Fultz
North Main Street
Real bargain on widow and door frames and building materials
Advertisement offering widow and door frames from fine houses plus sash shutters hand rails and related building materials at sacrifice prices. Also advertising Turnip seed buckwheat scarified alfalfa timothy and various grains by H. H. Baker at 46 East Piccadilly Street with specific sale days listed.
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W. J. Fourz
Io-St
H. H. Baker
East
Piccadilly St
Prices Paid Today In Grain Markets
At the Baltimore wholesale markets this afternoon a spot wheat price was $2.20 and corn at SLSS 1-2. Local dealers offered $2.12 for wheat this afternoon. Edgar Lonas of Winchester had his army service exemption denied after claiming a dependent mother rather than a wife. Miss Irehe Walters returned home after visiting Harrisburg Flagerstown and Berkeley Springs.
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Baltimore
Edgar Lonas
Winchester
1Ocal Board
Mr. Jonas
Hitching Horse Fined for White Way Post Offense
Justice Fultz presided in police court and fined W R Campbell of the county five dollars plus costs for hitching his horse to a white Way post on Main Street. This marked the first conviction since the new white way lights were installed and the fine was paid.
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Justice Fultz
W. RR. Campbell
Main Street
Family cradle rally service at St Pauls AME Church
A family cradle rally service will be held tomorrow at St Pauls AME Church with Rev G Oliver Wing as pastor. The pastor will preach at 11 a.m. and deliver a special sermon at 2 p.m. All are invited.
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St. Paul's A. M. E
G. Oliver Wing
P. m
Final Rites Are Plain And Simple For Miss Eliza Sherrard
The funeral of Miss Eliza Beth Sherrard, last of Judge Joseph Sherrard s family, was held at 4 pm at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church. The service was simple, conducted by Rev. W. D. Smith with chanted passages and hymns Lead Kindly Light and For All the Saints. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with active pallbearers William C. Marshall, Marshal Baldwin, A. M. Baker, A. T. Jones, Shirley Carter, Harry F. Byrd, Arthur Wright, Tawrence Weems and numerous honorary pallbearers including W. Weems, A. R. Pendleton, John N. Bell, Dr. Howard Osburn, Dr. Hunter H. McGuire, Dr. K. Stuart, B. Mason Ambler, Piondamds Mason, Julian Fr. Ward, Samuel A. Bell, John B. Neill, Berryville residents, and others.
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Elizabeth Kempe Sherrard
Joseph Holmes Sherrard
Amherst Street
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
W. D. Smith
William C. Marshall
Marshal Baldwin
A. M. Baker
A. T. Jones
Shirley Carter
Harry F. Byrd
Arthur Wright
Tawrence Weems
W. Va
SY Mason
Grimes Golden Apples Wanted and Buick for Sale
Grimes Golden apples wanted with top prices offered by Golden & Company. See Ashby Sprint to sell Grimes and other varieties. Also notice Buick M. 25 light six sedan top for sale via Hicks Motor Co. Opp. Hotel Jack, 7 W Piccadilly St. Phone 410.
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Washington
Tek
Ashby Sprint
Golden & Company
Piccadilly St
Hicks’ Motor Co
Local Dangers as Great as in the War Zones
A lengthy editorial discusses war anxieties and citizens' concern for soldiers. The piece argues readers stay informed via newspapers while reflecting on past city war memories. It notes soldiers endure hardship, view service as a grand adventure, and references future columns continued on page four.
Winchester Chamber Establishes Free Employment Bureau
A new Winchester Chamber of Commerce employment bureau will offer free services to match all labor classes with job seekers. Directed by A H. Jackson, it will operate from 19 Court House Square and has already approached Frederick County farmers to secure workers for corn and apple harvests.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
WH. Jackson
Court House Square
Frederick County
Prominent attorney and Mrs Harmer visit in this city
Harvey W. Harmer of Clarksburg West Virginia and his wife spent several days as guests of Mr and Mrs Stanley BE Harmer on West Cork Street. They left today for Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs and other West Virginia stops. Miss Lula A Rush and her brother Kenneth left this morning for destinations in West Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Harvey W. Harmer
Clarksburg
W. Va
Lula A. Rush
Kenneth
Wests Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Navy League Attacks Daniels Over Carper Death
Lee A W Carper of Frederick county died at home from cancer after a year long illness. Survived by widow Mrs Rebecca Carper two daughters Ada and Lola and son Leslie plus four sisters and one brother. Funeral Monday at 2 pm with Rev B W Brubaker at Mount Mehran Cemetery.
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Lee AW Carper
Frederick
Hig
Sharpe
Carper
Rebecca Carper
Ada
Lola Carper
Leslie Carper
Ida Clevenger
Louise Dix
Martha. Cadwallader
Boyce, Wax
Margaret Ritter
Frederick County
Mller Carper
David B. Kater
Kernstown
Honge
B. W. Brubaker
Methodist Episcopal South
Mount Mehran
Notice of Lost Item Return Request
A notice requests the return of a Cary Ing Set taken from the Winchester Tun Wheel. The item is to be returned to Mrs. R. B. Byrd or Mrs. M. M. Lynch, with no questions asked.
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Winchester Tun
R. B. Byrd
M. M. Lynch
Passports Granted for Stockholm Socialist Peace Conference
The provisional government in Petrograd announces that Futesia will issue passports to Russians who wish to attend the International Socialist Peace Conference in Stockholm. It says the Stockholm gathering is a party meeting not binding on governments and will not be refused if useful for discussion of war and peace.
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Thas
Nemo
Hopewell Meeting House
Petrograd
Futesia
Stockholm
Social‘et Party
Great Canadian plant explosion devastates munitions factory
Reports from Ottawa say scores of workers were killed and many injured in a large munitions plant explosion at Curtis about seventy miles from the city. Early dispatches indicate the plant was almost entirely destroyed.
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Ottawa
Can
Cat’ Curtis
Navy chief Daniels faces hostile league bid to oust him
Washington reports a powerful Navy League campaign against Secretary Joseph Daniels aimed at forcing him from the cabinet over war policy and alleged suppression of investigations. The league accuses Daniels of defying Teague and seeks to discredit his leadership amid ongoing wartime policy disputes.
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Navy Department
Binekilat
Maré Island 2
San Francisco
Daniels
League
Robert. H. Thompson
Amet
Daniela
Navy League
Dantela
Spain orders arrests of 500 agitators in general strike
The Madrid government ordered the arrest of 500 agitators in connection with disorders during the general strike. Arrests will be made across the kingdom as miners are urged to return to work. Also noted is H A Orndorff, a stone mason, recovering from medical treatment and back at work.
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Star
Madrid
Kingdom
H. A. Orndorff
Motial Hospital
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