Winchester to host eight hundred veterans welcome event
Citizens of Frederick County prepare a large Monday celebration for nearly eight hundred veterans returning from war. The War Camp Community Service under J. C. Matheny coordinates major details with local committees led by W. L. Fultz, Philip Williams, and J. William Sibert. Ladies and community groups contribute time funds and planning as rain concerns loom as an unlikely hindrance.
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Winchester
Frederick
Manifple
Philip Williams
J. William Sibert
J. C. Matheny
Grimes Golden Apples Auction Offer in Winchester
Advertises to bring Grimes Golden apples for sale at top market cash value. Agent SAM HAINES of the Grain Elevator at C. V. Depot Winchester Virginia assures no price concerns.
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Sam Haines
C. V. Depot
Winchester, Va
Sale of Bank Stock Attracts Attention In Financial Circles
Public sale of ten shares of Shenandoah Valley National Bank stock set for Saturday in front of the County Court House at 11 o clock. Last sale price was 250 per share. book value 258.41. bank pays taxes. semi annual dividends of five percent for three years. Stock to be offered in two blocks of five shares each. Auctioneer Roy P. Duvall to conduct the sale.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Roy P. Duvall
Handley Library to Close Next Monday for Holiday
The Handley Library will be closed all day next Monday September 1. Books due that day may be returned the following day without fines.
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Handley Library
Public Sale of Dr W M Janney Farm near Alb in VA
Public auction of the Dr W M Janney farm near Alb in Virginia on Friday September 5 1919. Items include mules horses shoats farming implements apple picking supplies sprayer and household goods. Duvall Dunn auctioneers. iptf.
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W. M. Janney
Albin
Aucs
Duvall & Dunn
Iptf
Business Closed Monday After 10 A.M.
A notice from B. J. Snapp states the business will be closed Monday September 1 after 10 a.m. Readers are advised of the short shutdown.
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B. J. Snapp
Decorating supplies for Welcome Home Celebration sale
Advertising blurbs offer decorating supplies for a Welcome Home Celebration. Samples are on display at G. A. Butler, electrical contractor, 15-16-14t, inviting customers to purchase immediately.
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G. A. Butler
Friendship Fire Company to parade at engine house
All members are instructed to meet at the engine house at 9 30 Monday September 1 in uniform to participate in the Victory celebration parade. By order Captain C H Hardy 29 1p 21
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Friendship Fire Company
C. H. Hardy
Y Canning Club Girls Special Notice
The Canning Club exhibits must be at the fair grounds by noon Monday September 8. Booth setup is Monday afternoon and judging Tuesday. Each girl should box her exhibit with her name, no home on jars. Prizes offered. many features expected. Miss Haynes urges club girls to meet Septembers 1 before the victory parade at the Chamber of Commerce rest rooms in Winchester.
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Canning Club
Fair Grounds
Haynes
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
T. J. Cooper and Son and Baker and Company Close for Holiday
T. J. Cooper and Son and Baker and Company will be closed all day Monday September 1. The notice names the two firms and the date of the closure.
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T. J. Cooper and Son and
Baker and Company
T. J. Cooper & Son
Baker & Company
Banquet Food Request For Local Soldier Dinner
All county residents and others who plan to donate fried chicken pickles cake and related items for the soldier banquet are urged to leave them at the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Court Square one door west of the county clerk's office by 10 oclock Monday morning.
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Chamber of Commerce
Court Square
Clover Seed for Prompt and January Delivery
Winchester Seed Co advertises seed crops including clover for prompt delivery and January orders. Grain seeds listed include wheat rye barley timothy Red Top Orchard Grass and all fall seed varieties.
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Winchester Seed CO
Spanish War Veterans Invited to Monday Parade
The Victory celebration committee urges all Spanish-American War soldiers and those who served on the Mexican border or in the Philippines to join the parade. A dedicated section will be kept for them. uniforms are not required as few have one.
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Red Cross
Philippines
Watermelons Arriving Saturday on Eastern Shore
Fancy Eastern Shore water melons to arrive Saturday. Place orders early as melons are very fine keeping quality and scarce. Sam HAs C. V. Depot Winchester. Phone 476 28-1p-21)
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Sam
C. V. Depot
Winchester
Wanted Ten Women at National Fruit Canning Plant
Ten women are sought for positions at the National Fruit Products Co canning plant located at 29 lp 21. Applicants should report to the personnel office for employment details and start dates.
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National Fruit Products Co
Steel workers ask Wilson to mediate steel strike
A steel workers committee announced President Wilson would be asked to intervene in the dispute with United States Steel Corp to avert a general strike. Gary Indiana workers reported mass firings to force a stoppage while the union seeks wage and conditions talks, but no conference has been arranged.
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Washington
Wilson
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Gary
Ind
Three day general strike hits Peoria streetcars
In Peoria Illinois on August 29 a three day general strike began sparked by insurgent labor leaders protesting blacklisting at Keystone Steel and Wire Company and other plants. Demands called for full union recognition in each case.
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Peoria
Til
Lodgy
Keystone Steel and Wire Company
Montreal Strike Shifts to Eight-Hour Day Demand
Fifteen new men connected with the of Montreal will strike for the eight-hour day. The protest was decided upon at a meeting of various unions held last night in Montreal Ontario.
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Montreal
Ont
The
of Montreal
Bolsheviks Capture Kupinsk and Pavlovsk in Russia
The Bolsheviks have captured the towns of Kupinsk, sixty miles southeast of Kharkov, and Pavlovsk on the Don river, about ninety miles south southeast of Voronezh, according to a statement from the Russian soviet government released today.
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London
Kupinsk
Kharkov
Pavlovsk
Don River
Voronezh
Woman in Buckhannon kills two daughters with hammer
In Buckhannon West Virginia on August 29 Mrs. William Stalnaker aged 47, wife of a railroad engineer, beat to death her daughters Mildred 15 and Mary 6 with a hammer and attacked Grace 18 before a neighbor subdued her.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
William Stalnaker
Mildred
Mary
Grace
Illinois Republican introduces delay on president tour
Representative Rodenberg of Illinois introduces a resolution urging Congress to postpone the President's planned nationwide tour until the United States clearly understands the industrial and cost of living problems guiding the nation.
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Washington
Rodenberg
Ilinois
Congress
United States
Wilson to Tour Thirty Cities for Peace Treaty
Wilson will visit thirty cities on a tour promoting the peace treaty and will be absent from Washington until September 30. He departs next Wednesday night and will begin with a Thursday address in Cleveland Ohio.
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Washington
Wilson
Cleveland
Ohio
Labor unrest focus of AFL talks with Gompers and Wilson
Labor unrest across the nation prompted further AFL committee conferences. Afterward Samuel Gompers would meet with President Wilson at the White House to discuss the general labor situation. Topics included a threatened steel strike and railroad wage demands tied to cost of living.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Wilson
White House
Governors Confer on Cost of Living Crackdown in Washington
Seven state governors met in Washington to coordinate with the federal government on reducing living costs. They conferred with Attorney General Palmer on methods to target profiteers and hoarders and planned further talks with President Wilson at the White House.
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Washington
National Conference of Governors
Palmer
Wilson
White House
Western strike crumbles in western railroad yards
West coast and southwest railroad men move toward returning to work after warnings from Director General Hines. San Francisco yardmen rejoin after around 36 hours out while Santa Rosa Tracey and Oakland report near normal operations in handling trains east and south.
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San Francisco
Cal
Hines
Railroad Administration
Railroad
Santa Rosa
Tracey
Oakland
Tie-Up Persists as Railroads Plead for Return
In Los Angeles on August 29 the general railroad tie-up continued with companies offering reinstatement to striking workers while Brotherhood leaders urged strikers to return to their posts.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Street car workers return to rides after two week strike
In Pittsburgh on April 29 3000 motormen and conductors resume service after voting to abandon the strike. They accepted a 5 cent per hour wage increase from the National War Labor Board while negotiations restart on the original 60 cent demand.
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Pittsburgh
Carmen
National War Tabor Board
Bombardment Heard at Viborg Near Kronstadt Voice
Helsingfors dispatch reports a heavy two hour bombardment at Viborg Finland on August 27 directed toward Kronstadt Bolshevik naval base near Petrograd. British naval and air forces are believed involved.
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London
Viborg
Finland
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Prizefighter Heifling Dies From Ring Injuries
Frank Heifling of Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania died in a Atlantic City hospital from injuries suffered in a prize fight last night. His opponent Sam Lewane of Pittsburgh was held in 7000 bail after the bout. A short right punch in the eighth round floored Heifling and proved fatal after doctors could not revive him.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Frank Heifling
Wilkesbarre
Grpenent Kosemsaniea
Pittsburgh
Sam Lewane
Heifling
Southern Pacific Leads Stock Rise Amid West Rail Strikes
In New York on August 29, the government’s firm stance against Western rail strike action boosted the stock market at the open. Southern Pacific jumped 9 points on a 20,000 share block at 103 to 105, with gains also seen in Crucible steel Baldwin locomotive and Mexican petroleum.
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New York
Aus
Southern Pacific
Crucible Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Mexican Petroleum
Sterling Exchange
Senator Chamberlain urges papers to reject Ludendorff story
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon asked the Senate to appeal to American newspapers not to publish General Ludendorff’s war narrative. He cited announcements by several papers and urged them to decline printing the German general’s account without legislative action, with Senator Lodge agreeing.
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Washington
Senator Chamberlain
Democrat
Oregon
Ludendorff
Senate
Congress
Germany
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Slump Continues as Chicago Food Prices Fall
Chicago markets report ongoing decline in foodstuffs with live hogs at $14.50 per cwt and cattle around $16.75 per cwt. Sparse demand signals further drops, though consumers may not feel the savings until meat moved from declined stock is sold.
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Chicago
Longshoreman Arrested for Stealing 2000 Watches
A New York longshoreman was arrested for the theft of 2,000 wrist watches valued at 40,000 dollars from the army supply base at Brookyln Navy Yard. The watches were sold to an auctioneer. Bartenders Pleaded Guilty in Wartime Prohibition Case. Three bartenders pleaded guilty in federal court and were fined 50 dollars each for liquor violations, while over fifty others pleaded not guilty. Congress Accepts Resolution for Pershing Welcome. Congress unanimously passed a joint resolution to appoint a committee to arrange a formal welcome for General Pershing upon his return to the United States.
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New York
Brooklyn
Oather
Federal District Court
Congress
Roe Ana
Washington
Nane
General Pershing
United States
Morning Star of the West Meeting Called for Monday
All members of Morning Star of the West 1461 G U O of O F are requested to meet at the hall Monday morning at 9 30 prompt. Andrew Gaskins V G.
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Morning Star of the West
O. F
Andrew Gaskins
V. G
Meeting of Company I in front of Empire Theater
Captain G H Grim requests that all members of Company I assemble in front of the Empire Theater at 10 a m on September 1 with overseas caps if possible. Miss Jannie Green has returned from a visit to friends in Paris Virginia.
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Empire Theater
G. H. Grim
Jannie Green
Paris
Demobilization Service At Grace Lutheran Church
A demobilization service will be held at Grace Lutheran Church next Sunday evening at 8 o clock to lower the star flag. Visiting friends will deliver special addresses and a special musical program is arranged.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Slightly Used Mord Truck For Sale With Platform
Slightly used Mord truck with large platform body suitable for hauling apples and sideboards. Reason for selling no longer needed. For price and demonstration contact J. R. Hardt Success Va. Palm-Oity Soap Special three cakes for the People’s Drug Co. 2Y-1p-ct
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J. R. Hardt
Uh the People’s Drug Co
Fruit packing house buys many kinds at top market
Apples damsons pears peaches plums sought at packing house and White Post Depot in Cumberland Valley Winchester area. Representative Mr David Rear don accessible after six. Call 476 419 or visit for orchard winter fruit sales. Lost item: Hib cap from a Franklin car near 17 W Water St return to Mrs Shirley Carter.
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Cumberland Valley Depot
Winchester
White Post Depot
David Reardon
Lindee-Whiteworth
Franklin Automobile
Shirley Carter
W. Water Street
Medals of Honor to be Awarded in Winchester and Frederick County
Medals of solid bronze with ribbon and bronze bar engraved Victory will be presented to Winchester and Frederick County soldiers sailors and marines who served in World War I. Fourteen gold-star medals will honor families of local war dead and nurses serving with the armed forces will receive the same design. Nearly 800 medals in total will be distributed at a ceremony on Market Street near City Hall after a banquet, with recipients presenting IDs and marching to the reviewing stand for a brief address.
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Winchester
Frederick County
United States Forces
America
Frederick
Market Street
City Hall
Company I
Stan
Noted Orators 10 Speak In Behalf Of U S League
State Prohibition Commissioner Jers Wayne B Wheeler will headline world wide prohibition rallies in Winchester and surrounding areas on Sunday August 31. The meetings, part of a nationwide and international effort, will feature national speakers and academics. Virginia hosted over 100 sermons last spring, with Winchester previously unvisited by the national speakers. Churches in Winchester and Frederick County are listed as hosting events.
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U. S. League
Jers. Wayne B. Wheeler
Acadenic
Winchester
Virginia
G Smith
Chester
Frederick County
Merchants Plan to Stay Open on Victory Celebration Day
Mr. FE B. Capper told The Star that many local retailers will not close Monday for Winchester and Frederick county’s returned service men celebration. Merchants say staying open serves regular customers and is not compulsory. any store may remain open as on other days.
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FE. B. Capper
The
Star
Winchester
Frederick County
Fine Furniture for Sale on Washington Street
Private sale of a large dining room set a parlor set with a Knabe piano two French mirrors two bedroom sets two wardrobes a cooking stove and hot water tank. Items available any day with removal by September 1. Proposer W Roy Stephenson announces the sale.
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Washington Street
W. Roy Stephenson
Evaporator at Stephens City Seeks Apples
Local notice states an evaporator at Stephens City is open for business and seeking apples. Contact FRANK DIVER at 28-1p-61 for supplier arrangements.
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Stephens City
Frank Diver
Cars For Hire In City Ad
Good cars for hire at reasonable rates. Auto Service Company advertises office 107 EF. Piccadilly Street and Potts Grocery handle phone inquiries.
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Auto Service Company
Piccadilly St
Potts’ Grocery
Virginia Woolen Co Winchesters Milling Firms Named
A roster lists Virginia Woolen Co Winchester Milling Corp and numerous firms and individuals including J. S. Haldeman J. Orndortt W. H. Baker Inc Miss Pear Wigginton Mrs C J Von Witt Co A Heller Co A J Tavenner Mrs Holmes Conrad Robert Worsley and others in an industry and merchandise context.
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Virginia Woolen Co
Winchester Milling Corp
J. S. Haldeman
J. Orndortt
W. H. Baker, Inc
Miss Pear Wigginton
A. Heller and Co
A. J. Tavenner
Holmes Conrad Robert Worsley
A. Schmidtopper
Empire Theatre Offers Free Admission to Soldiers Families
The Empire Theatre grants free admission to all soldiers sailors and marines and parents of deceased soldiers from the city and county for Victory celebration shows. The single ticket needed is uniform identification with a special program featuring Nazimova in Out of the Fog and other attractions.
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Empire Theatre
The
Empire
Nazimova
Moving Pictures Ahead for Winchester Parade
A major moving picture company will send cameramen to Winchester on Monday to film the large parade. The footage will be produced at the local theatre afterward. Tires will be removed from vehicles along the parade route.
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Est
Winchester
Bank stock for sale Shenandoah Valley Bank shares
Ten shares of Shenandoah Valley Bank stock offered for sale in front of the Court House on Saturday August 30. W G Hardy administrator announces the public sale. Creamery will close at 10 a m Monday.
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Shenandoah
Valley Bank
Court House
W. G. Hardy
Admi
Cider Apples Bought At Market Price By Shen Val A C
The notice indicates prompt handling of cider apples at the highest market price by Shen Val A C and Co, with L Jackson named as superintendent.
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SHEN
VAL. A. C
L. Jackson
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Y Canning Club
Massey Brothers
NBOR
Associated Press
REDS
H. C. IT
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