Explosion Destroys Windows In Winchester Front Yard
A dynamite bomb exploded at 6 30 this morning at Piccadilly street and Indialo street injuring few and smashing plate glass windows. The blast shook the United States post office building and startled guests at Hotel Jack. Mrs Franck Baker residence suffered broken windows as residents awoke in terror. Richard Brown Post Office janitor described the tremor and flames near the Baker property. Fire later extinguished. Continued on page five.
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Winchester
United States Post Office
Hotel Jack
Franck Baker
Postoffice
Baker
Post Office
Jailed for Not Sending Children to School in Strasburg
Edward Putnam and Albert Day of Strasburg faced the Virginia compulsory education charge. Found guilty, they were allowed to avoid jail if their children immediately attend school. failure to keep them in school will bring fines and possible confinement.
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Virginia
Strasburg
Edward Putnam
Albert Day
Justice L. Hurn
Buck Carper Transferred to R. F. and P. Railroad Route
Buck Carper, longtime news agent from Harrisonburg, moves from the Southern line to the R. F. and P. Railroad. He now runs from Washington to Richmond, altering his accustomed schedule.
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Buck” Carper
Southern
Harrisonburg
Washington
R. F. and P. Railroad
Richmond
Edinburg Sentinel
Miss Harford Weds Frederick in Rockville Md
News reaches this city of the marriage of Miss Gussie Harford to Mr. Carl M Cramer in Rockville Maryland on January 23. The groom is a well known solicitor and collector for an insurance company in Frederick where the couple will reside. The bride is a daughter of Lewis H of this city.
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Gussie Harford
Carl M.cramer
Rockville
Cramer
Frederick
Lewis H
First Mortgage Bonds For Sale By Hansbrough And Carter
Six per cent land bonds offered by Hansbrough and Carter secured by realty worth twice the loan amount. Interest payable semi annually. Insurance Loans Real Estate. sait-tues.
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Hansbrough and Carter Insurance
Coventry Tale of Lady Godiva and Tax Repeal
A Sunday paper recalls Coventry's fame from Lady Godiva wife of Earl Leofric. Her selfless plea to repeal harsh taxes for the people is recounted, including Tennyson's line about a naked ride through the town to move her husband. The fragment hints at further continuation on page five.
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Coventry
Godiva
Leofric
Tennyson
Virginia Bankers Meet in Winchester on Washington's Birthday
The Virginia Bankers Association Group No 3 plans its eighth annual meeting February 22 at Handley Library auditorium Winchester. Pred D Maphis cashier of People's National Bank Strasburg presides as chair C B Kemper Marshall serves as secretary. About sixty five banks in fourteen northern Virginia counties belong to the group with a large banker turnout expected. Invitations were sent by Shenandoah Valley National Bank and Farmers and Merchants National Bank Winchester.
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Bankers’ Association
Winchester
Washington
Handley Library
Pred. D. Maphis
People’s National Bank
Strasburg
C. BE. Kemper
Marshall
Mrs Haymaker Dies After Illness in Winchester
Mrs. Lacey Ellen Haymaker, longtime Winchester resident and Franklin county native born 1841, died Friday afternoon at 2:15 at her home 209 South Market street after five weeks of illness. She was the widow of Capt. James M. Haymaker and mother of Carson Haymaker and Mrs. William Breckenridge. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday at Braddock Street Church with burial in the family lot.
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Lacey Ellen Haymaker
Franklin County
Winchester
South Market Street
Frank Ason
James M. Haymaker
Chambersburg
Haymaker
Friendship Fire Company
Lucy Ellen Davis
Carson Haymaker
William Breckenridge
Ww. O. Talbert
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Burnal
Death takes Mrs Virginia Price after illness
Mrs Virginia Price 36 wife of Erheat Price died at her White Hall home after a lingering stomach cancer. She previously underwent surgery at Winchester Memorial Hospital but worsened. funeral Monday at Greenspring Methodist Episcopal Church with interment at Ol Stone Church burying ground. She was formerly Miss Brown daughter of George W Brown near White Hall. Survived by husband, parents, and brothers and sisters across several towns. She was a devout Greenspring Church member.
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Virginia, Price
Erheat Price
White Hall
Greenspring Methodist Episcopal Church
Ol Stone Church
Price
Miss Brown
George W. ‘Brown
Albert Brown
Near White Hell
William Aidams
Inwood
W. Va
Carl Webber
Greenspring
Edward Roeland
Verona
Ohio
Greenspring Church
Winchester Camp Fire Play Salamagundi Preview
Two days remain before the Camp Fire Girls present Salamagundi in Winchester at Empire Hall. The event features the county orchestra and ceremonial gowns from New York with proceeds aiding a local tuberculosis tent project.
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Winchester
The
Empire
New York
Winchester Orchestra
Shearer Sued Over Drafts On Defunct Bank
Robert D. Garrett, appointed by the U S Comptroller, has filed suit in common pleas court to recover 7808 dollars and 32 cents. The action names Samuel B B Shearer of Chambersburg as signer of drafts drawn on the National Bank of Lemasters now defunct. Shearer heads Penn Distributing Co and was once with Post Shearer and Co. The drafts totaled 398 42 2083 40 2681 20 and 2635 30 with most amounts paid except about 2000.
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Oakland Matory
Philadelphia
National Bank of
Oakland Motor Cars
Post, Shearer and Co
Ft. Loudoun
McConnellsburg
Shearer
Shryock to Appeal Federal Court Review
The case of S. P. Calkins and Company of Memphis against F. A. Shryock of Winchester Va. goes to the Federal Court of Appeals in Richmond after a $6,000 judgment in Lynchburg. The suit was originally for $25,000 and a jury verdict followed by the judgment. Attorneys Harry R. Kern and Robert T. Barton Jr. represent Shryock. elder Barton assisted.
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Jin
District Court
Six Bel
Juiry
Harry R. Kern
Robert T. Barton, Jr
Shryock
Barton
Federal
Wheat and corn prices reported at Baltimore market close
At the Baltimore wholesale market this afternoon spot wheat was quoted at 185 and corn at 1.14. Winchester dealers offered 1.70 for wheat after the close of the Baltimore market.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Watch Your Step Dances at Empire Theater Draws Large Crowd
A large audience filled the Empire Theater last night to see Watch Your Step with a company that justified advance notices as one of the best dancing shows on the road. The crowd included a notable visitor, Mr. B. M. Pentz of Richmond Virginia, staying several days for business at the Hotel.
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Empire Theater
B. M. Pentz
Richmond
Death of Mrs. Millard Yost Mourned in Martinsburg
Mrs. Millard Yost died at 10 30 am at her home 319 North Kent street after a long illness. She was 62, born near Red Bud July 4 1855, daughter of the late Thomas and Lucinda Clark. Survived by husband four daughters one son and other relatives. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 pm from North Kent home conducted by Rev George W Stover and Rev H G Spencer. Burial in Mount Hebron with pallbearers Edward Johnston William Hottel Sandy Baker Langdon Janney William Poston Edward Huntsberry Lawrence Drummond.
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Yost
Thoming
Lucinda Clark
Frederick County
Red Bud
This County
L. D. Grubb
James L. Prince
Cathrine Yost
Elis Yost
City
Henry Sterger
Baltimore
Annie Clark
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hnain
David Davidson
The
North Kent Street
George W. Stover
H. G. Spencer
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Hebron
Edward Johnston
William Hottel
Sandy Baker
Langdon Janney
William Poston
Edward Huntsberry
Lawrence Drummond
Kron Prinzeswin Cecilie engines damaged by secret orders
Captain Polack testified in a U S court that the interned German liner Kron Prinzeswin Cecilie had its engines damaged under direct secret orders of the German government. He refused to name the source, fearing treason charges upon return to Germany. The order arrived January 31 and the disabling took place January 31 to February 1.
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Boston
Polack
Kron- Prinzeswin Cecilie
To¢Ny
United States
Germany
Wilson to Arm Ships for Europe Trade Move
President Wilson plans the next step in moving American shipping to Europe and arming vessels for regular trips, with details known only to him and Secretary Lansing. The plan likely involves arming ships and resuming voyages, while Congress faces division and a looming end of session. Officials await consular status updates as 86 Americans and families remain in Germany and two U.S. steamers Rochester and Orleans sail from New York under provisional contraband rules.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
Lansing
White House
Senate
House
Congress
Kitchin
Navy Yards
Germany
Berne
Rochester
Orleans
New York
Oldest Ferrari Family Member Pressed Into Italian Army
Miss Fortuna Fanrrari of Martinsburg learns her eldest brother Mr. O. Ferrari is conscripted for Italy’s army. He formerly ran a North Main Street fruit and candy shop in Winchester before selling to Ramiciotti. The Ferrari family toiled at home with their mother and an invalid sister, while even the local farmer was drafted.
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Fortuna Fanrrari
Martinsburg
Italy
Mrr. O. Ferrari
Mr. Warrari
North Main Street
Winchester
Ramiciotti
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Indian Alley
Richard Brown
Piccadilly Great
St. Paul
John Mann Church
E. Queen
W. E. Cooper
T. J. Cooper and Sons
Buck Carper
Harford
Nemo
Esau
Soch
Dread Gander
Mrs. Price
State Road Commission
Norfolk
Anna Lloyd Baylor
Charles Town
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Edith Brown
F. A. Shryock
S. P. Calkins and
Com
Federal District Court
Federal Court of Appeals
Mrs. Yost
Wire
Berlin
Ferrari
Shannon Hill
Berryville Pike
E. A. Horsey
Edward Copeland
Tas
Frank L. Sublett
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