Judge Harrison Seeks Farm Labor Draft deferment Bill
Judge Thomas W. Harrison proposes a House bill to grant deferred classification in the selective draft for men actually engaged in agricultural pursuits. The measure, titled to define necessary skilled labor in agriculture, was referred to the House Committee on Military Affairs where Harrison serves.
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Committee On Military Affairs
House of Representatives
Harrison
Harrison Bel
Whce
Agricul
Horses Run Off At Funeral Near Mount He prom Cemetery
Two horses hitched to a hack bolted after the burial of Mrs. Susan Prince Reed wife of Capt. M T Reed in Mount He prom Cemetery. The rig ran down East Water street to the engine house of Charley Rouss Fire Company before breaking loose from the tongue and fleeing toward the Northwestern grade. Passengers including Capt Reed his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs W H Reed and Mrs William Jenkins escaped injury though deeply shaken. Funeral attendees lingered nearby as authorities investigated the incident.
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Susan Prince Reed
M T. Reed
Mount. Heprom
Cemetery Hill
East Water Street
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Captain Reed
W. H. Reed
William Jenkins
Baltimore
Mrs Rosalie Taylor McCormick Dies At Winchester Hospital
Mrs Rosalie Taylor McCormick wife of Hon Marshall McCormick a Virginia lawyer of Berryville Clarke county died late last night at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a several weeks illness following a surgical operation. Her family were at her bedside as her condition grew critical and a hoped recovery faded with a relapse late last week.
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Virginia
Berryville
Clarke County
Winchester’ Memorial Hospital
Wallis Tractor Delivers Seventeen HP For Light Weight
The Wallis tractor develops seventeen horsepower while weighing 3000 pounds. It has no exposed chains or gears and promises durable use year after year. Massey Brothers advertises the model with the 22-1p-fri-mon-wed-ttf listing.
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Wallis
Massey Brothers
Big Allied Raid Reported Against German Targets
One of the largest allied air raids yet against German works in Belgium was reported from Maastricht Holland. Bombs were dropped on Ghent and Bruges and German ammunition dumps were blown up.
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Paris
Belgium
Maastricht
Holland
Ghent
Brugses
Nine room house with bath and electric lights
Real estate notice listing a nine room house featuring a bath and electric lighting. Attorney M. M. Lynch listed as the contact. One page.
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Bath
M. M. Lynch
Mexican Bandits Kill An American In Tampico
One American worker was killed and two wounded by Mexican bandits at Tampico aboard a pay boat tied to a large oil company. The State Department has lodged a formal protest with the Mexican government as officials declined to identify the victims.
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The
Star
Washington
Tampico
State Department
Virginia Merchant Fined for Sugar Rule Violation
B W Goodwin a Chuckatuck Virginia retailer paid 500 dollars to the American Red Cross Society to avoid a denial of permission from the U S Food Administration to deal in sugar He had bought 132 barrels and advertised ample supply and low prices under orders of Col E B White federal food administrator for Virginia The administration warns merchants that attempts to boost sugar consumption beyond limits will jeopardize licenses for small businesses in the trade.
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Washington
B. Ww. Goodwin
Chuckatuck
Nansemond County
Virginia
American Red Cross Society
United States Food Administration
Goodwin
Scouts Banquet Prompts Berryville Council Formation
Berryville Troop 1 held a meeting and banquet at their headquarters to form a Local Scout Council for Berryville. Judge Whiting Dr Osborne Mr Joseph Crown and other residents joined as charter members. Scoutmaster Brown led the program and a Girl Scouts unit will come under the same council.
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Berryville Boy Scouts
Berryville
Whiting
Osborne
Joseph Crown
Clarke Courier
Brown
Deserter Dressed Like A Woman Captured In Virginia
Samuel Campbell one of five Shenandoah county deserters from Camp Lee was found at his parents home near Mount Jackson after a fur lough. He had lived months in the mountains disguised as a woman and borrowed small sums from comrades. He is jailed awaiting Camp Lee instructions.
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Woodstock
Samuel Campbell
Shenandoah County
Camp Lee
Mount Jackson
Campbell
Albert Keckley Dead in County
Albert Meredith Keckley died at his home near Hayfield in Warren county after paralysis at age sixty three. He leaves a widow Bertie Larrick, son Frank Keckley of Winchester, daughter Rena Keckley, and his mother Mrs Matilda Keckley. Funeral at St Johns Church tomorrow at 2 PM after a 1 PM gathering at his late home. Also notes Runnymeade farm details and a sale listing for March 9 at the Court House.
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Albert Meredith Keckley
Hayfield
Keckley
Winchester
Bertie Larrick
Frank Keckley
Rena Keckley
Matilda Keckley
St. John's Church
Diplomats Leave Petrograd Amid Russian Turmoil
Reports from Berlin and The Hague describe Entente diplomats exiting Petrograd as chaos and terror grip Russia. Germany proclaims martial law in parts of Poland while Brest-Litovsk talks hint at renewed peace terms under German terms and continued Austro German advances toward Reval.
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Poland
Russia
Amsterdam
Germany
Berlin
Washington
Pape
United States
Lenine
Trotzky
Wilson
Entente
Petrograd
State Department
Stockholm
The
Hague
Trylenko
Brujewitsch
Verkaus
Copenhagen
Brest-Litovsk
Army
Brestttovsk
Forty Saved From A G Liner Last Words Near Cape Race
Forty of 138 aboard the Red Cross liner Florizel were saved as the vessel pounded on a Broad Cove ledge off Cape Race. Seven bodies were said to wash ashore including an unidentified woman and Captain Joe Keen among the dead. The Prospero aided throughout the night. rescue began at daylight amid heavy seas while spectators watched from the shore.
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Red Cross Mner Florizel
Broad Cove
Cape Race
Joe Keen
Prospero
Death of Frederick County farmer David P. Lupton
David P. Lupton, 71, prominent farmer and fruit grower, died at 1 30 a.m. at the home of Newton Grove on North Braddock Street after years of declining health. Unmarried, he leaves sisters Ann M. Bond and Rebecca J. Brammell and brother Hugh S. Lupton, with ties to Virginia and Maryland. Funeral at the Friends Meeting House at 1 p.m. Wednesday, burial in Ridge burying ground.
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David BP. Lupton
Frederick County
Society of Friends
Newton Grove
North Braddock Street
Saupton
Lupton
Hugh
Apple Pier Ridge
Jonah
Lydia Lupton
Ann M. Bond
Rebecca J. Brammell
Baltimore
Hughs. Lupton
Clearbrook
Virginia
Maryland
Stores Offer Thrift Stamp Change During War Drive
Washington merchants will begin today to suggest to customers that thrift stamps be accepted as change. The plan supports a large drive for war savings stamps. Purchase remains voluntary with no pressure or solicitation by merchants.
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Washington
Americans With French Raid Germans On Chemin des Dames
American and French forces conducted a dawn raid against German positions on the Chemin des Dames. Two German officers and 20 men were captured along with a machine gun, with no losses reported for the attackers.
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France
Chemin Des Dames Front
Motorcycle Accidents Injure Two Men Near Filiman Tollgate
Two riders were hurt in separate crashes on the Valley Pike near the Filiman tollgate. One man suffered a severely broken kneecap and may take eight to ten months to heal, while his brother escaped serious injury. A jeweler, K J Mowery of West Piccadilly Street, also crashed and broke his nose. Both were attended by Dr. Canries KR Anderson and Dr Anterser. Miss Maude J Brown and Miss Virginia Athey, Winchester guests, visited Mr J W Brown at Mrs E A Jones’s home in Front Royal.
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Pangs
Canries KR. Anderson
K. J. Mowery
West Piccadilly Street
Filiman Tollgate
Valley Pike
Anterser
Mawery
Maude J. Brown
Virginia Athey
Winchester
J. W. Brown
E. A. Jones
Brown
Front Royal
Md Hardesty dies at home in Clarke County
Matthew Jones Hardesty a prominent farmer of northeastern Frederick County died suddenly at his home four miles from town. He had been in ill health from heart disease and collapsed while preparing a dose. He leaves a widow Sarah Elizabeth Carter and eight children, plus a brother Adrian D Hardesty, with a wide family network in Virginia and Clarke counties. Continued on page thread.
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Matthew Jones Hardesty
Frederick County
Virginia
Clarke Counties
Ferson County
W. Way
Sarah Elizabeth Carter
Daugh
Jacquelin Carter
Jacquelin Howard Hardesty
Washington
Foster Monroe Hardesty
Winchester
Frederick Jones Hardesty
Akron
Ohio
Clarke Wileiamson
Soothsayer Foretells End as Encke Comet Returns
Capt Goff M Cooper, a painter in Chambersburg, cites a Harrisburg clipping predicting history repeats with Encke’s comet signaling an end. Theosophist Isabel Holbrook quotes visions naming Woodrow Wilson as a governmental teacher and hints at the Ides of March as a warning to Wilson.
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Goff M. Cooper
Chambersburg
Harrisburg
Mr. Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Sea
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Thomas W. Harrison
Congress
M. T. Reed
Was. M. M'Cormick
Rosalie Taylor McCoormick
Marshall McCormick
Germans
Mountain View Nursery Co
Williamsport
H. C. Bordpn
Judge Whiting
Baker
Richard Gray
Troop i
Star Office
Wf. H. Baker
E. Piccadilly St
Albert Keckley
Court House
Mareh
Warren County
Carlosé
Straw
L.ee Hockman
Hook
Eb-Pizt
Wire
War Office
Teutofe
Ostrov
A. G
Florizel
ST. Johns, N. F
David P. Lupton
Friends’ Meeting House
Ridge Burying Ground
Toul
Uncle Sam
Liverty
Hardesty
County
Frederick Farmer
Encke
Star of Bethlehem
Christ
Dee
Isabel Holbrook
Theosophical Society
X" Woodssayer
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