Henry Watterson Dies at Jacksonville Hotel
Colonel Henry Watterson known as Marie Henry and a veteran Old School journalist died in Jacksonville Florida at a hotel. He suffered heart failure with congestion of the lungs and died peacefully after conversing with family. Watterson shaped Democratic policy through decades of editorials and public life.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Henry Watterson
Marie Henry
Watterson
Florida
Henry ‘Watterson
Democratic Party
Y. Fianna
Congress
Tennessee
Army of the Confederacy
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Leonidas Polk
Lincoln
Mr. Watterson
Hbecause
Ganoniz] Lincoln
South
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Death summons Mrs A C Brown in Frederick
Mrs Ellen E Brown wife of Albert C Brown a longtime livestock dealer and Republican committee chair for Frederick county died this afternoon at 513 North Market Street She had been in frail health for some time contracting a severe cold a week ago Her son Clay Brown arrived from Baltimore to her bedside also surviving are her daughter Mrs W M Seal and her husband in the Moling and Seal dry goods firm Funeral arrangements were not yet announced
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Ellen E. Brown
Albert C. Brown
Republican Committee
Frederick County
North Market Street
Friday and Saturday Vaudeville Acts At Auditorium
The Auditorium offers two fine double vaudeville shows Friday and Saturday with singing dancing comedy and music plus pictures each night. A Christmas special film starring William Farnum is shown Saturday. Christmas Monday features Clara Kimball Young in What No Man Knows for first Virginia showing with matinee and night performances.
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Wm. Farnum
Winchester
Virginia
Clara Kimball Young
Rialto Theatre
Washington
Jewelry Bargains at F. R. Crane Jewelers
Bargains on jewelry offered for several days at F. R. Crane Jewelers located at 6 South Main Street Winchester Virginia. Shoppers are urged to come see the selection for themselves.
Empire Tonight Show Features Elliott Dexter and Wanda Hawley
Society drama unfolds with an all star cast led by Elliott Dexter and Wanda Hawley at the Empire tonight. Florence Vidor stars as the heroine from Lying Lips marking a premier screening you won’t want to miss.
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Emire
Paramount Artcraft
Empire Tonight Showcases Old Wives For New
Paramount presents Old Wives For New at the Empire tonight with a star cast including Elliott Dexter Adore Roberts Wanda Hawley Florence Vidor Julia Faye and Mayme Kelso. The program also features a sharp comedy Chick Chick and promises strong entertainment value.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount
Empire Tonight
Elliott Dexter
Theodore Roberts
Wanda Hawley
Florence Vidor
Julia Faye
Mayme Kelso
Christmas Gift Sale at Little Joe's Store Winchester
The item offers a last minute selection of useful Xmas gifts from Little Joe's Store in Winchester Virginia. Seasonal greetings are extended with wishes for a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
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Little Joe's
Winchester
Cash price reductions offered by strictly cash shop
Advertisement from Hicks Motor Co offering lower cash prices for machine shop labor oils tires and accessories with 10 percent off list prices. Credit not offered unless a deposit exists in the company credit department. Also notes sale of household goods at 02 North Main St and an auction in Gore Virginia by the P O S of A with string music.
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Hicks Motor Go.,. Inc
H. C. Browne
Mgr
North Main St
Gore
New
Neidemeyer’s store offers Friday Saturday oyster specials
CrISFIELD OYSTERS Standard and Selects sold at special Friday and Saturday prices per gallon two twenty five and two forty five. Neidemeyer’s G O Snapp phone 414 J. 22-1p-21 advertises many gifts for family and friends. Prices very low at P C Neidemeyer & Co Cor Water and Main.
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P. C. Neidemeyer & Co
Worth-While Christmas Club invites members
The Commercial and Savings Bank announces the Worth-While Christmas Club open to join with over 1,000 enrollees last year. Eight weekly classes range from 1c to 2.50, no fees fines or extras, and Saturday evenings are open.
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The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Lemon Soap: Baker's New Drug Store Ad
The item notes a lemon scented soap product labeled Lemon Soap offered by Baker's New Drug Store. The brief lists the product visibly and indicates a local pharmacy advertisement style from the period.
Government probes retail prices of red shoes and clothing
Attorney General Daugherty announced a nationwide inquiry into red shoe and clothing prices as too high. He ordered Burns to deploy investigators to compare retail and wholesale prices for fuel food and clothing to curb profiteering and set prices at a proper level.
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Associated Press
Generl Daugherty
PIANO BARGAINS FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA FIRM
Factory representatives for Weaver York Lester Baldwin promise piano prices at least 50 below competitors. With the 5 percent war tax discontinued,pianos cost less than pre war. Largest stock in Northern Virginia with 21 on show and 14 in warehouse. Special offer on Baldwin Model LO player piano with easy installment terms.
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Winchester
America
Weaver Piano Co
York
Lester Piano Co
Philadelphia
Baldwin Piano Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Virginia
Marcosson Speech at Auditorium Tonight
Isaac F. Marcosson, famed writer and contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, speaks on "The World In Transition" tonight at the city auditorium. The talk promises clear analysis of European and world conditions and draws on his extensive experience in journalism and international affairs.
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MR. Marcosson
Saturday Evening Post
Isaac F. Marcosson
Marcosson
Europe
The Sonora Talking Machine at Seals Music Store
The Sonora highest class talking machine priced from 50 to 2150 dollars offered at Seals Music Store. Christmas entertainment event on Friday December 23 at Braddock Street M. B. Sunday School, with everyone welcome.
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Braddock Street
M. B
Xmas Club Seeks City Business Leaders to Join
Our Business Men's Club promotes a Christmas savings plan at five dollars per week with $253.75 target. The notice urges local businessmen to join this Xmas Club backed by Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
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Xmas
Xmas Club
Shen
Valley National Bank
Whittman’s Christmas Candy and Baker’s Drug Store Ad
Fragmentary classified line mentions Whitman’s Christmas Candy and Baker’s Drug Store. Readable pieces imply an old advertising notice with product names and shop references.
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Whitman's
Baker’s New Drug” Store
Cold snap in Winchester may ease by mid March says Weather Bureau
The recent cold wave dropped temperatures from the fifties to 10 and 12 above zero in under 12 hours. Washington forecasts a cloudy night with possible rain or snow and warmer temperatures tomorrow. Fruit growers hope moderate cold lasts two to three months to prevent early buds and protect next fall’s crop.
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Winchester
Weather Bureau
the Star
Washington
The Star Will Not Publish Christmas Day Issue
The Star announces no edition on Monday December 26 due to Christmas day. This notice cautions readers to expect a delayed or absent paper and to plan accordingly.
Value of bank offer drawing steady deposits
Shen Valley National Bank advertises a savings plan paying 1.00 per week for 50 weeks with a Christmas check of 50.75. The notice notes Saturday evening hours from 7 to 9 for inquiries.
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Shen
Valley National Bank
Iptt
Oranges and Apples Price List from C L Robinson
A local advertisement lists fruit prices from C L Robinson Cold Storage. Oranges are $2.50 per bushel and Rome Beauty apples are $3.25 per box.
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Rome
C. L. Robinson Cold Storage
Best Christmas Club in the Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Valley National Bank promotes a Christmas club saving plan. Members enroll with ongoing annual rejoin and referrals, offering a $5 business mens club that pays $250 next December. Payments can be made in advance and mailed monthly in December.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Shenandoah Valley
Two Die in Gas Explosion at Wright Woman's Furnishings
Columbus Ohio December 22 two people were killed and thirty seven injured when a gas explosion tore through the Wright Woman's Furnishings Store on Main Street as shoppers filled the store. The dead are Mrs Gertrude Schecter 40 and Mrs Barbara Carl 32 both of Columbus. Six seriously injured include five women and one man.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wright Woman
Main
Gertrude Schecter
Barbara Carl
Beautiful calendars at Empire Theater Saturday night
Attend the Empire Theater show for a Christmas Eve program and receive a free FIRST National calendar featuring Norma Talmadge Pola Negri Charles Chaplin Katharine M'Donald Constance Talmadge Marshall Neilan Anita Stewart Buster Keaton Richard Barthelmess Dora Phillips Charles Ray Wesley Barry.
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the Empire
Norma Talmadge
Pola Negri
Charles Chaplin
Katherine M'Donald
Constance Talmadge
Marshall Neilan
Anita Stewart
Buster Keaton
Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy Phillips
Charles Ray
Wesley Barry
Winchester Woolen Mills overcoat sale at Connber’s Bargain Store
A final notice promotes an all wool overcoat from Winchester Woolen Mills guaranteed by Connber’s Bargain Store, urging early Friday evening purchase for the Christmas sale ending Saturday. The notice also thanks friends for kindness during the illness and death of Annie J. Kern, signed by her husband and children.
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Winchester Woolen Mills
Gconnber
Conner
Annie J. Kern
Big Saturday Sale at Conner's Bargain Store
Local ad announces a Saturday sale at Conner's Bargain Store featuring flannel shirts wool pants gloves and underwear. Shop residents are urged to hurry for discounted clothing essentials.
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Lo Conner
Free Christmas Gifts Saturday at OConnor's Bargain Store
On Saturday customers will receive a fine grade handkerchief free of charge from OConner's Bargain Store as part of a Christmas gifts promotion.
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Oconner’s
Baker's New Drug Store Offers Face Powder
Face powder Azurea and DJerkiss advertised at 10 cents a box in Baker's New Drug Store circular. The brief note lists the price and product names for readers.
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Azurea
Dj’erkiss
Baker's New Drug Store
Blooming Plants Arrive at The Flower Shop Christmas Mix
Blooming plants for Xmas include Poinsellas primroses cyclemen and cherries arriving now at The Flower Shop. Local florists report fresh seasonal stock for holiday gifts and decorations.
Xmas Cake Sale Notice by UV B Church Ladies Aid Society
The Ladies' Aid Society of the UV. B. Church will hold a Christmas cake sale on Saturday December 24 at W. P. Anderson's Store on Main Street. Proceeds support church activities.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the
UV. B. Church
W. P. Anderson
Main Street
Presbyterian Christmas Program At Local Church
The Sunday school of the Presbyterian Church will hold a Christmas celebration at 7 o clock Friday evening the 23d in the Sunday school rooms. An attractive Yuletide program of music and recitations has been prepared and friends are invited. Mr George Good arrived from Washington and Lee University to spend Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs I N Good of North Braddock Street.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
Thomas A. ‘Rankin
J. H. Yost
Lucille Anderson
G. L. Brawner
Loesch
Mary
Martha Stuart
Gertrude Higgins
Ursula O'Leary
Hilda Grove
F. S. Anderson
Duffey
C. H. Lillis
Elizabeth Verzialios
S. L. Larew
Philomena Larew
Messrs
Donald McFadden
John Green
The
Presbyterian Church
George Good
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Mrs
I. N Good
North Braddock Street
Capital Ship Program Accepted at Washington Conference
The Associated Press reports that France and Italy formally accepted American proposals to limit capital ship armament at the Washington conference. Naval talks focused on auxiliary craft as experts consider French requests for more submarines and cruisers, aiming not to jeopardize the conference’s success. Japan plans to oppose any disc of China’s 1916 demands if biases affect the talks.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Italy
Japan
China
Talking Machines Undercuts Competition With Low Price Offer
Advertises a high grade talking machine priced at 72.50 with six records on easy terms, claiming to have eliminated all competition including mail order houses. Prompt asks if customers should purchase a talking machine before inspecting their shop's music selection.
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Shelp Seal
Bank Looted at Union National Mount Wolfe Bank York Pa
Burglar broke into the Union National Bank of Mount Wolfe in York Pennsylvania today. robbers used acetylene torches to breach the vault cutting doors and windows. about 80 safe boxes were broken with no clue to the robbers. an estimated $100000 in bonds and $1100 in currency were taken. detectives offered burglar insurance coverage but left no suspect or direction of escape.
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Associated Press
York
Aly
Mount ’ Bank
Union National of
Mount Wolfe
Wreaths for Cemetery Arrangements at The Flower Shop
All kinds of cemetery wreaths available at The Flower Shop with prices from 50q to 5.00 dollars and up. Contact at 17 1p for orders and delivery options.
Lime Sulphur Delivery and Local Notices
Lime sulphur ready for delivery by Orchard Supply Co of Win. Also notices for shade trees shrubs and plants with delivery and planting services. A shooting match announced at J H Renners with details and a business trip noted for M C Walter from Washington.
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WIN
Orchard Supply CO
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F. R. Crane
S. Main St
Wanda Hawley Empire
Church of Sacred Heart
Crisfield Oysters
Neidemeyer’s
G. O. Snapp
Phone
Worth - While Christmas Club
TINTO
Sonora
Seal
Babe
Hilly Mee
Holly
Empire Theater
Presbyterian Entertainment
Capital Ship
Hughes
York, PA
J. Frank Baylie
Amherst St
J. H. Renner
N. W. Gi
Rade
Mr. M. C. Walter
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