Horses and stock perish in Stephenson Farm fire
Fire at Stephenson Depot farm destroyed the large barn and its contents. Ten horses nine burned, cattle and sheep losses heavy. Total loss $7,500 with $2,900 insurance. Tenant W. Ashwood and family fled in night clothes. incendiary act suspected. Winchester fire department responded but could not save livestock. Stephenson plans immediate rebuilding.
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W. Roy Stephenson
Winchester
Stephenson Depot
Ashwood
Stephenson
Loudoun Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Reuss
The
Star
Confederate War Veteran William Deane Remembered in Youngstown
The Youngstown Telegram reports the death of William M. Deane in Youngstown on Friday after a week of pneumonia. A Confederate veteran born June 10, 1836, he served in Stonewall Jackson's brigade and lived in Youngstown 30 years, leaving a wife Henrietta and two children, with military honors at his funeral and taps by Tod Post G A R.
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Youngstown
Ohio
William M. Deane
This County
Second
Virginia Infantry
Stonewall
Jordan’s Springs
This
Thomas K. Cartmell
Tod Post No. 29
Grand Army of the Republic
Tod Post
Garrison Coale
Deane
Orange Street
Mr. Deane
Mechanicsburg
William
Susan Wolf Deane
Stonewall Jackson
L. B. Scheible
Desperate Call for Aid for Destitute Southern Family
Mrs. A. M. Baker reports a distressed southern city family facing starvation. The father is gravely ill, the mother cares for eight children, and clothing food and fuel are urgently needed. Contributions may be left at 24 South Washington Street for immediate relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Baker
Valentine Tea at Parish House Friday
A Valentine Tea event is planned at the Parish House from 3 to 6 PM Friday. Volunteers are invited to help the Turners and assist with livestock and barn owners.
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Valentine
Turners
Fruit Growers Set Big Meeting in Washington
The Eastern Fruit Growers Association led by S. L. Lupton of Winchester plans its annual convention February 16 and 17 at the Raleigh Hotel Washington. About 300 prominent fruit growers from Virginia West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Delaware will attend with addresses from U S Senator Hoke Smith and Congressman Carter Glass among others.
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Eastern Fruit Growers’ Association
S. L. Lupton
Winchester
Frederick County
Raleigh
Washington
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
United States
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Carter Glass
L. M. Eastabrook
C. T. Moore
M. B. Waite
A. L. Quaintance
Government Department of Agriculture
Practical Fruit
Association
S. “. Fulton
Sleepy Creek
W. Va
Jamies M. Rothwell
Charlottesville
R. G .Phillips
Rochester, N. Y
International Apple Shippers’ Association
J. B. 8. Norton
The
Maryland Experiment Station
Bank Chooses Lucky Numbers for Bazaar Prize
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank selected and sealed the lucky numbers for a Sarah Zane bazar prize. The bank will hold the numbers until Saturday night at 8:80, when winners are announced. the bazar management had no role in the drawing.
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Sarah Zane Bazar
W National Bank
Bazar
Hughes Opposes Use of His Name in Presidential Bid
Representative Slemp of Virginia released a letter from Justice Hughes stating he is totally opposed to the use of his name for the Republican presidential nomination and to any effort to instruct delegates in his interest. The letter came after Slemp informed Hughes that Frank H. Hitchcock had begun a movement in the South backing Hughes for the nomination.
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Co. B. Slemp
Virginia Republican Committee
Justice Hughes
Slemp
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
South
Baltimore Grain Markets Close Report
At the close of the Baltimore wholesale markets, the 8 o'clock afternoon session quotes list No. 2 red wheat on spot at 1.3134 dollars and corn at 80.5 cents.
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Baltimore
Virginia legislature considers dress regulation bill
Richmond Feb 10 A bill to regulate women's attire was offered in the Virginia legislature as an amendment to the anti nuisance act. It would prohibit skirts with hems over four inches from the ground and neck exposure over three inches while banning transparent fabrics. The move aims to curb "Broad street silhouettes" and morality concerns.
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Richmond
Mond
Virginia
Myers
General Assembly
House
Senate
Funeral for Harry L. Kurtz Held in Winchester
The body of Harry Lee Kurtz of Winchester, who died in Baltimore, was brought home by the Cumberland Valley line and taken to the East Clifford street residence of his uncle Joseph Steele. The 11 a.m. Friday service was at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. Dr. George Bowers officiating. burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. The Friendship Fire Company will attend in a body, and Mrs. Charles Kurtz and daughter Mary Kurtz of Martinsburg will be present.
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Harry Lee Kurtz
Winchester
Baltimore
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Joseph Steele
East Clifford Street
Grace Lutheran Church
George 58. Bowers
Mount Hebron
Friendship Fire Company
Mr. Kurtz
Kurtz
Charles Kurtz
Mary Kurtz
Martinsburg
W. Va
Notorious crooks go on trial in federal court Baltimore
Three famed American post office robbers Thomas Price alias Old Tom Dowd Thomas Nolan alias Pennsylvania Tom and Charles Horn alias Texas Dutch faced federal charges in Baltimore for breaking into the St Michaels Maryland post office on November 15 with $1400 in stamps and $120 in cash taken Also charged for the Aber deen post office robbery of November 18 they were linked by a gold watch recovered from a Brooklyn pawn shop Police and inspectors testified to their long criminal records and alias usage while Nolan and Horn had earlier been pardoned by South Carolina Governor Blease in 1914
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Thomas J. Price
Old Tom Dowd
Thomas Nolan
Pennsylvania
Tom
Charles Horn
The
United
St. Michaels
Price
Winchester
Ben Cline
Stephenson
Greensboro
N. C
Baltimore
M. A. Doran
Lewis Armel
Aberdeen
Alexander H. Radcliffe
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pixon
Jacobs and Vick
Charles Ross
Morris Schafer
Veggimen
Front Street
Nolan
Horn
Blease
South Caroina
Enoree Cotton Manufacturing Company
Enoree
8. C
Columbia
Senate panel to study Virginia road question
Senators Byrd and Gunn introduced a resolution in the Virginia State Senate to appoint a commission of three senators two delegates and the State Highway Commissioner. The panel will study the state road question and report recommendations to the next General Assembly.
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Richmond
Byrd
Gunn
State Senate
House of Delegates
General Assembly
City Light Committee Recommends Modern Lighting Plan
The Light Committee reports to Winchester City Council after months of study into municipal lighting and the possibility of running an electric plant. Engineer A Langstaff Johnson proposes replacing arc and tungsten lamps with high candle power nitrogen lamps and an 80 candle nitrogen option, plus plans for a full city system and ornamental district lighting. The committee asks Northern Virginia Power Company for bids on the new lamp types.
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Common Council
A. Langstaff Johnson
Richmond
Percival Moses
Johnson
Northern Virginia Power Company
Light Committee
Austria Must Explain AGT 3 Of Submarine Incident
A United States demand asks Austria to explain how another submarine commander stopped the tanker Petrolite in the eastern Mediterranean and seized stores. Greece vows to stay neutral, saying coercion cannot draw Greece into the war. Reports say the German cruiser Roon may have been captured, but Bermuda cables deny details.
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Patafel
Greece
Roon
Washington
Austria
United States
Petrolite
Mediterranean
Lansing
Oil Company
Athens
Schoulaudis
New York
Hamilton
Bermuda
Drake
London
Vimy Heights
Arras
St. Nazaire
Banquet Tickets Sell Fast for Charley Rouss Fire Company
Tickets for the annual Charley Rouss Fire Company banquet sold briskly at Sartelle's store for 60 cents each. Invited guests and ticket holders will meet at 7 30 at city hall and march to the fire hall for dinner at eight. Admission requires ticket presentation.
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Charley Rouss Fire Company
Sartelle
Fla Plate
toror+ row
Council Chamber
Spates Joins Bank of Clarke County in Berryville
Jetson Spates, son of Thomas P. Spates of Briggs Clarke County, has accepted a position with the Bank of Clarke County in Berryville and begun his new duties. He was formerly employed by the Norfolk and Western Railroad at Boyce, Virginia.
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Jetson Spates
Thomas P. Spates
Briggs
Clarke County
Bank of
Berryville
Spates
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Boyce
Clarke
Frederick Counties
Spinach and Cabbage Items Appear in Local Listings
Readable fragments show a retail list including spinach kale cabbage tomatoes peppers lettuce potatoes and cauliflower with stray characters. The text hints at a market or grocery item inventory from a local publication.
President backs Tillman armor plate bill for swift passage
President Wilson endorses Senator Tillman s armor plate bill in response to private arms threats. Tillman gains permission to bring the measure up as a special order on Monday Read Moling and Sealad. Wool Batting and Comfort Covering material on page.
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Washington
Wilson
Tillman
Titian
Moling
Sealad
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Hughes
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Commission of Fisheries
Commissioner of Fisheries
Auditor of Public Accounts
Treasury
Harry L. Kurtz
White Post
Madison Swadener
Indianapolis
Ind
Zetta Gardner
Mary Powers
Bayard
Ian
Tom Dowd
Hose
United States District Court
CIY Council
H .H. McGuire
Messrs. J. Prod. Goss
John H. Snyder
McGuire
the Common Council
Mditerranean
Wire
Mr. Spates
Bank of Clarke
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