Local draft exemption rolls list names from Winchester area
The local exemption board examined claims over two days. Several were discharged for disability resident alien or already in service. Numerous dependents were cited with approvals for exemption, including Winchester residents James Newcome Samuel Carpenter and others across Kernstown Stephens City and Goode plus nearby towns.
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Board of Exemption
Ralph B. Snapp
Edward Sherman
James O. Baker Winchester
James W. Newcome
Winchester
Valley Turnpike tolls announced for August travel
Shirley Carter director of Valley Turnpike Co announces the yearly toll for pleasure wagons during August covering from Sept 1 1917 to Sept 1 1918. The notice appears in the August 14 issue.
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Valley Turnpike
Shirley Carter
Director Valley Turnpike Co
Butterfly Girl Dances Through a Simple Yet Striking Screen Offering
Margarite Fischer headlines a double feature with Jackie of the Navy and Pearl of Paradise. The Butterfly Girl, a dancer in a concession, captivates patrons with beauty and poise. Supporting acts include a Cubovay comedy and a 20 minute vaudeville sketch by Worth, Sheldon & Co. Admission 10 cents up and 15 cents down.
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Margarite Fischer
Jackie
Navy
San Diego Exposition
Miss Fischer
Worth, Sheldon &Co
The Fatal Ring at Empire Saturday Matinee
The second Pearl White serial episode promises to top the first and will be shown at The Empire tomorrow with seven reels of pictures and vaudeville. Admission is 10 and 15 cents for matinee and night shows.
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Pearl White
the Empire
Virginia Defense Council adopts vocational exemption rule
The Virginia Council of Defense approves a resolution on army draft exemptions, authorizing exemptions only for individuals proven, by affidavit, to be essential to their war related work or industry. Mr. and Mrs. Lin R. Irwin and daughter Miss Mary Irwin of Richmond visit Mr. William Keating on South Main Street.
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Virginia Council of Defense
Lin R. Irwin
Miss Mary Irwin
Richmond, Va
William Keating
South Main Street
Heavier Loading Saves Rail Freight in July
The transportation department reports that railroads cut use of cars by 4 000 while moving 12 000 more tons of high class freight in July compared with a year earlier. Baltimore and Ohio moved 1 393.60 freight cars, 928 684 loaded, with hot weather hindering some operations. expected to exceed 1 000 000 loaded cars monthly in fall.
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Transportation Department
Baltimore and Ohio
Christmas Cheer For All Soldiers
The American Red Cross with 3 million members plans Christmas cheer for all service members. Local chapters near 32 camps will host trees, carols, pageants, and films inviting 600000 trainees. Red Cross aims to deliver in France and home with packages including writing paper pipes tobacco cigars mirrors puzzles and more. Chapters race to finish comfort bag allotments.
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The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Canronments
France
Atlantic
Star Want Ads Bring Results For Local Buyers
Local classified listings show strong demand as buyers seek jobs services and items. Advertisers report steady responses from residents across the city and surrounding areas.
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WM. G. Hardy
J4few Brown
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John Wanamaker
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Rogers
Bruce Capper
J. Mack Noonan
Dunn & Duvall
Robt. Smith
S. B. Elliot
Harry Wood Hicks
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Samuel Ellis Rees
Robert Ellis Turner
Stephens City
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Stephenson
DeWitt Talmage Weaver
Middletown
Leslie Miller Brown
Bernard M. Sullivan
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Edgar Anderson
Edward Crouse, Goode
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Madison Monroe’ Racey
Star Tan
Nery, Va
Ashby Harper, Hillyard
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George Lester Bratiner
Chares Crum Hardy
John Henderson Cook
John Elwood Snyder
William Ed. Brill
Joseph Conway O'Leary
Elvara Eddison
Fawcett, Fawcetts
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Lester FE. Braithwaite
Solomon Johnson
William Jonas Cornwell
Kerns
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Roger Ansley Kline
Vaucluse
Raymond Mattison
Leah Franklin Anderson
Robert “Owen Daugherty, Grimes
Alfred Dimas, Scott
Jacob Berlin DeHaven
Light
Clyde, Winifred Orndorff
Robert Guy Trussell
Samuel Holliday Renner
Samuel William Carpenter
Chester
Earl Grant Sanger
Clearbrook
Herbert Cain
Edward Griffy Fauver
Joseph Austin White
Opequon, Va
Thurman Bradies
Stottler
Goode
Harry Lee
Strother
Gainesboro
Edward Byrnes Cook
Star Now
Yee
Marguerite Fischer
the Butterfly Girl
Vaudeville
Worth, Sheldon & Co
Societry
Delaware
Berryville Pike
Boyd Richards
Hodgson & Brown
Thos. P. Graybear
West Water St
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Just
Fcolerstand
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Virginia
Gray & Sheetz
Maxwell
Buick
Marion
Graham Conner
Sunday Morning Jones Creamery
Fletcher
Rick
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Piie
Good & CO
Hell Phone
Woodward's
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