Christmas Parade Ends Red Cross Drive in Winchester
A large crowd enjoyed a Christmas parade ending at Frederic plaza with Community tree events. Mr. Baker spoke for the Red Cross praising service over self and gifts for the city’s poor were placed at the manger for distribution. Santa attended as weather curtailed the program.
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Frederic Plaza
J. H. Lacy
Red Cross
L. Marshall Baker
Santa Claus
Baker
Jerusalem
Mrs Mary Cornelia Stephenson Dies In Winchester
Mrs. Mary Cornelia Stephenson of Winchester died yesterday at her Washington street home. Born in King George county Virginia over eighty years ago, she was noted for hospitality and Christian faith. Survived by son W Roy Stephenson, sister Mrs Cofing of Washington DC, and brothers Welford and Henry Mason. Funeral Wednesday at 11 with pallbearers Dr J F Ward and others.
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Mary Cornelia Stephenson
Washington Street
Winchester
Mrs. Stephenson
King George County
Virginia
Roy Mason
Stephenson
Frederick County
Lee
Appomattox
W. Roy Stephenson
Winchester Law
Cofting
Washington, D. C
Messrs. Welford
Henry Mason
Washington
Friendship Bazar Draws Large Crowds in Windchester
The Friendship bazar run by the Winchester firemen closes tomorrow night after a week of nightly sales and raffles. The event, extended to Christmas night to auction remaining items, has been highly popular and aims to fund an automobile fire truck for the department.
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Friendship Bazar
Winchester
Bagar
Radiator Covers and Anti Freeze Offer by NPPL Motor Co
NPPL Motor Co promotes radiator covers for all makes and urges use of anti freeze to avoid freezing risks. The brief notice emphasizes protection and includes product availability for various radiators.
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Nppl Motor CO
Italians Hold Germans at Bay on Piave and Asiago
Rome dispatches say German and Austrian forces failed to cross the Piave and were pushed back in the Venetian Alps. Their attempt to capture Monte Asolone also ended in failure, signaling Italian resilience along the Piave and Asiago plateau.
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Rome
Venice
Piave River
Asiago
Piave
Venetian Alps
Monte Asoione
No Star Will Appear Tomorrow Christmas Day Notice
An Evening Star notice explains the newspaper will not publish on Christmas Day, the sole holiday observed, as it otherwise runs daily. It urges readers to support wartime bread efforts using barley or corn flour and Hoover formula to conserve wheat flour. Beckt’s Steam Bakery and Helping Hand of the King’s Daughters sponsor.
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Evening Star
Beck’s Steam Bakery, Inc
Beck's serving hot drinks with cakes
A brief note announces hot drinks with cakes served at Beck's and a Ford sale listing a 1917 model. Interested parties may apply to J. Howard Cather for details or purchase.
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Beck’s
Ford
J. Howard Cather
Citizens' Band Concert On Xmas at Courthouse Grounds
The Citizens' Band plans a 1:30 PM Christmas afternoon concert in front of the courthouse weather permitting. The program includes The Avenger King Overture Laurens March Royal Brown Selection Sweet Genevieve Prendergill March National Emblem Sita on Bennet Waltz Daughter of Love The Star Spangled Banner. A lost Hupmobile tire chain was reported in Winchester or on the Martinsburg Pike with reward offered by Neel Motor Co.
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Citizens’ Band
Avenger
Laurens
Royal
Kingdom
Brown
Prendiville
Bayley Sita
Winchester
Martinsburg Pike
Neel Motor Co
For Rent Nine Room House with Bath and Lights
Classified notice stating a nine room house for rent with bath and electric lights. Contact M. M. Lynch, Attorney, for details.
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Bath
M. M. Lynch
Christmas Front Fight Continues Despite Holidays
Paris dispatch reports World War I fighting would not pause for Christmas as German forces mass troops and ammo along the front. Verdun saw a failed surprise attack near Dead Man's Hill while experts predict potential offensives in Alsace Lorraine and diversions elsewhere. Deputy Reinach cites 500,000 troops shifting west with Austro Hungarians arriving from The Hague. Western front strength now about 1,500,000 men.
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Paris
Verdun
Dead Man's Hill
Alsace-Lorraine
Joseph Reinach
France
Ypres
Rheims
Nancy
Hans
Belgium
Reinach
Hague
Pneumonia Fatal to Mrs Machir Funeral Held in Strasburg
Funeral services were held Friday in Strasburg for Alma Catharine Machir widow of James W. Machir who died at home after a week long pneumonia illness in her sixty fifth year. She came from Shenandoah county and had many local connections. She leaves a daughter Mrs W Henry Ellis and two sons Arthur W Machir and Lewis W Machir, all of Strasburg, with one sister Mrs Silas Funk.
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Strasburg
Alma Catherine Machir
James W. Machir
Machir
Bowman
Shenandoah County
Thie
Silas Funk
Strasboro
Mrs. Machir
W. Henry Ellis
Arthur W. Machir
Lewis W. Machir
Strasburge
City Hall Flags Lighted At Night
The city of Winchester displays an American flag above the Red Cross flag atop City Hall. At night during the holidays a search light from a nearby building will illuminate the flags. House for rent apply to . é. Autick.-ip
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Winchester
Red Cross
Bums Must Work Or Go To Prison In Philadelphia War Era
Mayor Smith orders police to arrest every vagrant found in Philadelphia during wartime and force them to work or jail them. The crackdown aims to keep the city a work camp zone as coal deliveries suffer from labor shortages.
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Philadelphia
Smith
Director of Public Safety
Holiday Shoppers Spend Much Coin in 1917
Christmas Eve 1917 finds Winchester and Frederick County merchants reporting a large holiday trade. Shoppers focus on essentials rather than extravagant goods while supporting war efforts through liberty bonds Red Cross gifts and thrift stamps. Citizens intend to observe Christmas with duty and patriotism, reflecting nationwide wartime resolve.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Red Cross
Frere
Dependents Receive First Christmas Checks
The War Risk Insurance Bureau has issued the initial payments of allowances to dependents of soldiers sailors and marines. Most checks should arrive before Christmas and some have already been received by families in Winchester.
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Wiashington
United States
War Risk Insurance Bureau of the Treasury
Winchester
Camp Lee Men to Get Leaves for Holidays
Deserving soldiers at Camp Lee Virginia will receive furloughs in the next month to visit home before deployment to France. Brigadier General Lloyd M. Brett announced the plan to spread leaves to ease railroad congestion, hoping some men can spend Christmas with family. The camp mood shifts as the order allows a few days with loved ones.
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Camp Lee
France
Lloyd M. Brett
General Brett
Orders to remove incompetent medical officers
Surgeon General Gorgas directs removal of all incompetent army medical officers. They will first be instructed and, if unable to perform army duties, will be discharged.
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Gorgas
Worsley Objection to Wood for Winchester Sparks Debate
In a letter to The Star, Frederick County farmer Robert Worsley questions a plan to supply Winchester with $2 per cord wood using state convicts or German prisoners. H F Byrd, federal fuel administrator for Virginia, responds defending price controls and urging maximum wood production to aid war needs.
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Winchester
Moses
Star
Virginia
Frederick County
Byrd
The
France
Richmond
Robert Worsley
Norfolk
Worsley
United States
Europe
Hf. F. Byrd
Attacked by Old Foe Hits Christmas Downturn
Captain Henry Schneider of the U S Army quartermaster department, living in Lynchburg Virginia, spends holidays at his South Braddock Street home but avoids festivities due to a rheumatic flare up. Dawson Armentrout from Strasburg, a former clerk in Boyd’s Drug Store, Winchester, served as a registered genacist in Washington before enlisting in the aviation corps.
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Henry Schneider
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
Lynchburg
South Braddock Street
Dawson Armentrout
Boyd's
Winchester
Washington
Strasburg News
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Warren Rice
W. C. Marshall
W. B. Cornwell
W. S. White
John M. Snyder
Matt
Wire
King’s Daughters of Drums' Church
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S. EB. Brown
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Susan B. Howards
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