War Work by Winchester and Frederick County Women
Reports from Winchester and Frederick county units of the American Red Cross show extensive wartime knitting and sewing. Local ladies produced surgical dressings sweaters helmets gloves socks and other items while raising funds and data on contributions. Lieutenant B G McDonald spoke at the theater outlining the significant civic effort.
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Winchester
Frederick County
American Red Cross Society
B. G. McDonald
Hicks Motor Co Takes Over Willys Overland Agency
Hicks Motor Co will handle the Willys Overland line and offer several new model economy cars for immediate delivery. Showroom is at Water and Main streets. Reuss Garage operates for round‑the‑clock service including tires tubes accessories storage and repair work.
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Oldsmobile
Hick Motor Co
Reuss
Turkey sale case nets county fine for Floyd Adams
Floyd Adams, a county teamster, paid a $5 fine and costs after being found guilty in county magistrate court of offering a wild turkey for sale. Game Warden W. B. Jones made the arrest. The turkey was allowed to be kept by Adams for personal use and he cooked and ate it.
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Floyd Adams
Juaitice Tavenner
Magisbrate’s
W. EB. Jones
Adams
Engagement Announcement for Rosa Rogers and Ensign Emmert
Mrs Rosa Rogers daughter of Capt and Mrs Mortimer Rogers of Roanoke Va and Ensign Allen R Emmert son of Mr and Mrs Frank S Emmert of Martinsburg W Va announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. The ceremony will occur at the bride’s parents home in Roanoke on Tuesday December 17 with family attendance.
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Rosa Rogers
Mortimer Rogers
Roanoke, Va
Nala Allen R. Emmert
The
United Sitates Nawal Service
Frank S. Emmert
Martinsboro
W. Va
Roanoke
Scout Tree Sale Offer From Box Scouts
A dated notice invites orders for a fine lot of trees from Box Scouts. Orders may be given to any troop member. quality guaranteed and satisfaction assured.
Visitors at Spring Dale Return to Baltimore
Mrs. W Marburg and Mr Waldo Hack spent Thanksgiving week at Spring Dale the home of their mother Mrs Robert Arbuckle and have returned to Baltimore. Miss Kathleen Hack accompanied them and will visit her sister Mrs Marburg.
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W. Marburg
Waldo Hack
Spring Dalle
Robert Arbuckle
Baltimore
Kathleen Hack
Mrrs. Marburg
County Services Held Sunday Sermons and Conference
There will be preaching at Relief at 11 a m Macedonia at 2 30 p m Carpers Valley at 7 0 p m on Sunday December 15 The third quarterly conference will be held at the parsonage on Tuesday December 17 at 12 30 p m All official members are urged to be present RE W Brubaker pastor
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Relief
Macedonia
Elks Change Meeting Night to Friday Beg From This Week
The Elks announce their meeting night moves from Wednesday to Friday to avoid clashing with Wednesday prayer meeting. This change takes effect this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Christmas Jewelry at F. R. Crane's
Buy your Christmas jewelry at F. R. Crane's. Lowest prices on Blade goods. Includes a brief sale notice with emphasis on holiday items and discounts.
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F. R. Crane
F. R. Crane’s
Soldiers to Return Home from Expeditionary Forces
Washington December 11 General March announces that various organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces totaling 114 officers and 3,567 men are scheduled for an early return to the United States. The dispatch notes the movement is approved by the war department and lists the units involved.
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The
Star
Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
March
Saff
Page to Sit at Peace Conference Table
Washington Dec 11 Thomas Nelson Page American ambassador to Italy has left Rome for Paris accompanied by the first secretary and a naval attache The State Department announced this afternoon It is reported Page may sit at the peace conference in Wilsons place at the opening session He is a native and legal resident of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Washington
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Rome
Paris
State Department
Senate orders major labor probe by education and labor panel
Washington dec 11 the senate ordered its first reconstruction investigation by passing a resolution from senator kenyon of iowa calling for the education and labor committee to examine all problems affecting labor in the nation the move marks a broad inquiry into labor issues during reconstruction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Genaittor Kenyon
Iowa
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Winchester breeder buys prize herd sire at Chicago show
Mr J C Cather of Winchester and C Koontz Frederick County Farmers' Bureau director return from the International Livestock Show in Chicago reporting a grand scale event. Cather buys a Polled Durham sire for 400 dollars and a Poland China pig for 100 dollars, with bank and express arrangements completed.
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J. C. Cather
Winchesterr
C. ©. Koontz
Frederick County
Durham
United States
W. W. Rose
Rosevillec
Mr. Cather
National Bank
Express Company
Turkeys Geese and Chickens Wanted for One Day Load
A 1918 notice seeks 1000 turkeys 1060 chickens and 1000 geese and ducks to load a car on Monday December 16 1918. The brief call appears from a trading or meat market want ad labeled pype-Cm Ba al GIVAY.
Red Cross Names Its Officers For Another Year
At the Winchester and Frederick county Red Cross annual meeting at the Empire theater officers were elected. Lieut T Russell Cather was chosen chairman with R Gray Williams re elected vice chairman and John M Snyder as treasurer. The society reported receipts of 13003.66 and disbursements of 1115.18 with 1983.52 on hand. A large audience heard Lieut B G McDonald recount war experiences and praised Red Cross work.
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Winchester and
Frederick County
American Red Cross
Empire Theater
Winchester
The
M. R. Gray Williams
Red Cross
War Chest
Mills
Red Crow
H. B. MicCormac
United War Charities
John M. Snyder
M. M. Lynch
T. Russell Cather
Cather
R. Gray Williams
C. Vernon Eddy
L. Marshall Baker
Harry F. Burn
Phil. H. Gold
Robert L. Gray
D-Kline
H. B. McCormac
J. L. Whitlock
R.T. Barton
Walker McC. Bond
Carroll Carver
T. R. Cather
Willige E. Cooper
H. D. Fuller
Lucy F. Kurtz
H. C. de Grange
M M. Lynch
H. H. McGuire
Missacy
W. Russel
John M. Steck
Thompson Nominated by Wilson to FTC Board
Former Assistant Attorney General Houston Thompson was nominated by President Wilson today as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. The nomination was sent from the steamship George Washington while en route.
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the Star
Washington
Atttorney
Houston Thompson
Wilson Asa
Federal Trade Commission
George Washington
Reverend Copp Visits Relatives on West Winter Street
The Rev. Zed H. Copp of Philadelphia stayed last night with his nephew and niece Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hockman on West Winter Street while en route to Woodstock Virginia.
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Zed H. Copp
Philadelphia
L. L. Hockman
West Winter Street
Woodstock
Brother Severely Wounded in France
Mrs Edith Nalle of this city has learned her brother Wil Hem BE Everhart was severely wounded in France. The War Department confirms the injury with unknown extent. He was a mechanician attached to Company 4H, 318th Infantry and was wounded on October 4.
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Edith Nalle
Wil Hem BE. Everhart
France
War Department
318Th Infantry
Special Services at Grams Chapel Program Schedule
The Rev O D Lautret and Rev Mr Keen present lectures at Grams Chapel with afternoon sessions including World Wide Methodism by H H Sherman and R N Stewart on Tithing and Our Part in the Centenary Program. Evening worship features special music and an insurated lecture by Dr Sherman on Why a World Missionary Program at This Time.
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O. D Lautret
Hamill
Mr. Keen
H. H. Sherman
Forward Oaks
R. N. Stewart
N. Cockrell
Dr. Sherman
Doctor Boyd to Resume Practice in Richmond
Dr. P W Boyd who left his Winchester office last summer to join the United States Army medical corps will reopen his practice early next week. He served as a captain and has been stationed at Camp Crane Allentown Pa He is in Richmond for a Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners meeting and will return to practice afterward.
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Frank S. Emmert
Douglass
Freeman
Richmond News-Leader
Red Cross
Richmond
Newstueader
Winchester
Handley Platform
P. W. Boyd
United States Army Medical Corps
Boyd
Medical Corps
Camp Crane
Allentown
Virginia State Board of Medical Examiners
Brucetown Briefs Move and Visits Across States
Brucetown, Virginia residents report a Sunday drive to Marthnsburg to visit relatives. Several families plan winter stays in Baltimore after spending the warmer months in the village. The item notes include Mr. and Mrs. Boden and Mrs. Samuels with son, and Mrs. Alma Brady with granddaughter.
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Brucetown
Jack Boden
Kate Samuels
Ed. Steele
Raymond Boden
Marthnsburg
Alma Brady
Annie Brady
Little Charles Brady
Baltimore
Dare
Leese Herel
House committee to push big meat inquiry in Congress
Washington dec 11 a far reaching investigation into meat production in the United States and the role of large packing interests is promised by the House committee on interstate commerce chairman Sims introducing a bill for federal regulation of distribution He said testimony would show relations between stock raisers and consumers and the so called big five packing firms President wilson voiced disapproval of the measure in a communication received as he sailed for France
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the Star
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
House Committee On Interastate Commerce
Sims
Most Trust
Wilema
France
Misses Forney Aims to Take Possession of Property
Notes indicate Misses Forney intends to take possession of a residence early next year. The text mentions Miss Sere Porney, a professional nurse, connected to a hospital in Washington, in a fragmentary manner.
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Forney
Sere Porney
Washington
Thanksgiving Dinner Mentioned With War Efforts
The item describes a Thanksgiving meal including turkey deer oysters celery cranberries oranges pie and cake. It notes military service ties and references government plans to complete an airplane program crediting spruce from Oregon forests as crucial to the war effort.
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Oregon
Daughters Return Home After Visit in Hagerstown
A family note reports daughters returning to their home in Hagerstown on Sunday afternoon after a long visit with Mr and Mrs Joseph Snapp. Dr F T Pine is named vital statistician for the northern Frederick county district and will collect deaths and births for proper filing in Richmond. Mr and Mrs Williams visited Sunday with Ms Williams sister Mira Clark Wright. The village Sunday school plans an annual Christmas entertainment on Christmas night with a committee preparing an attractive program.
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Rte
J. H. Lacy
Home Service Section
H. Clay de Grange
Dr. Lacy
Pepple
H. H. McGuire
Walker Bond
Lucy Russell
Land
S. L. Lupton
M. M. Lynch
John M. Snyder
H. B. McCormick
Mary Worthington
Mamie Spellman
Red Cross
Kei Cross
Wiliams
Hagerstown
Joseph Snapp
F. T. Pine
Frederick County
Richmond
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G&g
Allen Emmert
Miss Rogers
Christian
Spring Dale
County Services
RE. W. Brubaker
Hudson, Buper
Page
Wire
Chicago
GIVAY
Wconald
T. Rus
Ous
H. D Puller
Lieut. McDonald Good ‘Balk
Western Front
Hey
Mr. Quinton
Christ Church
Grams Chapel
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Misses Forney
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