Disability aid drive moves for veterans assistance
At a Maryland Virginia and West Virginia American Legion meeting on Friday, leaders decided to push an active campaign to help disabled World War I veterans and their dependents claim Veterans' Bureau benefits. Gen James A Crain was named chairman of the fourth district rehabilitation committee, with John R Quin as national commander liaison. Separately, Mr and Mrs Charles J Enders of Henryville announce the birth of a fine boy at their home, Willie Bell Olston Enders, Clarke County connection.
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Ngton
Maryland, Virginia
West
James A. Crain
Merican Legion
Mént
American Legion
Mittee
Legion
John R. Quinn
Drain
A. J. Dalton
Veterans’ “ Bureau
Cherles J
Enders
Hergyville
Ares
Willie ‘Bell Olston
Clarke County
John B. Enders
Yyville
Achester
Miss Kennerly Dies at White Post Clarke County
Miss Antje E Kennerly longtime Clarke resident died at White Post after a long illness she was 75 years old She is survived by sisters Fannie and Minette Reumerly Funeral services were held at Meade Memorial Episcopal Church White Post with the rector Rev John F Coleman conducting Interment followed in the church graveyard
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Antje E
Clarke County
Fannie
Minette Reumerly
Vantici & Ral
Lo’el
Meaderial Episcopal Church
White Post
Tany
John F. Coleman
Sage Sulphur Compound Restores Dark Hair Color
An old home remedy Wyeth's Sage Sulphur is advertised as turning gray hair dark and glossy. Apply with a sponge to dampen small strands, repeat daily to restore natural color and sheen.
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Wyeth
Scarcity of labor delays West Virginia road project
Work on the state road between Charles Town and the Virginia line and toward Berryville is unlikely to finish before July or August. The segment to Rippon may open by January first, but the three miles to the Virginia line require at least six more months due to labor shortages affecting the contractors Edwards and Dunn of Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Virginia Line
Berryville
Rippon
Edwards and Dunn
Greeksburg
Reforming Reunion at Pen Mar July 17 Planned
The thirty fifth annual reunion of the Reformed Church at Pen Mar was set for Thursday July 17 1924. A York Pennsylvania board meeting in the Colonial hotel parlors appointed committees for arrangements and re elected officers Emory L Coblentz president Ephriam Cornman vice president Paul F Schminke secretary and Samuel S Benner treasurer.
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Reformed’Church
Pen Mar
Colonial
York
Ephriam
Middletown
Ephriam Cornman
Washington
Paulf. Schminke
Samuel S. Benner
Mechanicsburg
Cross Burned At Charles Town
Charles Town West Virginia December 3 two men allegedly visiting the town traveled in a touring party and burned a cross at the Courthouse corner drawing a crowd that gathered and then dispersed.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Courty House
Virginia Legion Plans for 1924 Activities Reach Wide Interest
Virginia Legion announces 1924 plans including new service chevrons for members and expansion of local chapters. 168 charters issued in Virginia, with a goal of auxiliary units for each legion post. Mothers wives and daughters of legionnaires eligible for auxiliary membership.
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Virginia Legion
American Legion Day
Virginia
Department Enginia
Peelie
Department
Seae Staaigne
Chevron
Nationa
Cin Legion
Na- Wein
Legion i
Ranittary
Joint Ease Promises Fast Relief for Ailing Joints
An ad touts Joint Ease as a quick, rub-on remedy for sore, stiff joints including knee elbow and shoulder. It claims rapid bone penetration delivering comfort within seconds and also helps congestion sore throat chest colds lumbago and neuralgia, urging users to try after other treatments fail.
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Ccessam
A. Gaal
Local Wholesale and Retail Markets Listing Items
The Star reports daily corrected market quotes for wholesale and retail goods. Lettuce, hens, butter, creamery products, calves, flour, corn meal, and hay are among items with prices and notes on market activity.
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Warsew
Star
Gcour
Duahel
Hk Fadeat
Wiese Isis
Protest over new mail box numbers in Charles Town
In Charles Town West Virginia residents protest the new post office box numbers tied to the reclaimed post office site once a jail where John Brown and followers were hanged. Patrons fear changing long held box numbers and resist the move to newer designations.
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Charles Town
Fala
John Brown
Petersburg Church Dedicates New Methodist Episcopal Structure
The new Petersburg West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Church South was formally dedicated yesterday. Pastor F. Tidgeway, formerly of Winchester, serves under Rev. Dr. E. L. Woolf of Staunton, who chairs the Baltimore Conference emissions board. The stewards include L. Peters, B H M Pier, He BW Sehel, Julius Thompson, WEY son kK, V VanMeter, L J Forman and Le A Heltzel.
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New Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Petersburg
W. Va
F. Tidgeway
Winchester
E. L. Woolf
Staunton
Baltimore
tof-Es
L. Peters
BH. M. Pier
Sehel
Julius Thompson
Wey Son
V. VanMeter
L. J. Forman
le A. Heltzel
Italian flood at Lake Gleno swallows villages and lives
Bergamo Italy Dec 2 More than 600 people are believed dead after the Lake Gleno dam burst flooding the Gleno Valley. In Genzo 500 residents were reduced to three survivors and Corna was wrecked with over 30 houses washed away. Bugeiynice area largely erased with about 100 feared dead.
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Bergamo
Italy
Lake Gleno
Milan
Genzo
Cornal
Bugeicy
Nice
Turko American indemnities talks deadlocked in Constantinople
The Turko American conference on indemnities for American wartime damages in Turkey reached a deadlock. The Turkish delegation awaits new instructions from Ismet Pasha as of December 2 in Constantinople.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Turkey
Ismet Pasha
Fight Looms On New German Chancellor
Berlin December 2 The Associated Press reports Dr Marx will unveil a revamped Stresemann cabinet and its program to the Reichstag Tuesday Pending disclosure speculation centers on whether the new government can steer a middle course to gain tolerance from the clerical and left groups amid political tension
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Berlin
Marx
Stresemann
Reichstag
Public sale of timber property in Frederick County VA
By order of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia a public sale will be held in front of the Winchester Court House at 12 noon on December 15 1923. The 1.4 acre lot formerly Bethel 7 lies about five miles northwest of Winchester along a public road adjoining Edward Stine and Nathan H Lewis. Timbered land with cash terms. D A Fries Trustee.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Court House
Winchester
Bethel
Edward Stine
Nathan H. Lewis
Court orders bond validity suit in Frederick County
Office of the Circuit Court of Frederick County on November 10 1923 orders B F Bowers Susan M Hoover Mary E Sager Anna B Kemp Ella Pierce Daniel Bowett Daniel Wright Jessie S Wright and Susan B Bowers to appear within ten days to protect interests in a suit by Fred C Wright Executor of A G Mellenger seeking to validate a 6000 bond and to refer the matter to Master Commissioners. The order requires weekly publication in The Winchester Star for four weeks and posting at the courthouse front door by November 19 1923.
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B. F. Bowers
Susan M. Hoover
Mary E. Sager
Anna B. Kemp
Ella Pierce
Daniel Bowett
Daniel ©. Wright
Jessie S. Wright
Susan B. Bowers
A. G. Mellenger
Virginia
Winchester
Co. C. Brannon
T. Russell Cather
Soup Concluded With Careless Yachtsman Comment
A fragment from the London Daily Express quotes a remark about class warfare and a careless yachtsman, noting a belief that a perfect gentleman should refrain from holding class conflict. The line emphasizes smug withdrawal from social strife.
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London Daily Express
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