Charley Rouss Fire Company Reflects on 1916 Record
On January 1 1917 the Charley Rouss Fire Company notes an unequaled 1916 record. It states ownership of its handsome home and annex with a new fireproof garage adding about six thousand dollars in value. The steamer was sold to a junk dealer and the hose carriage to sponsor a May Day parade in a neighboring county. The text mentions a gift to the Seagrave Company of Columbus Ohio.
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Charley Rouss Fire Company
Seagrave Company
Columbus
Ohio
Howe Fire Company Expands Fleet and Records Strong Year
The Howe fire company reports adding a Seagrave triple combination wagon of 110 horsepower to its equipment. In 1916 the department logged 58 alarms with 38 responded to, extinguishing 15 fires with chemicals and 6 with water and chemicals. Losses totaled 18,500 with 16,400 insured. two minor injuries were sustained during firefighting.
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Howe
Seagrave
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Walter Stine
Martinsburg Pike
Williams
Front Royal Road
Baker Seabright
Newton Grove
Cooper Bros
Record of losses and meetings for Coopr Brothers and Walter Stine
The article notes Coopr Brothers suffer a wholesale loss of 12000 dollars and Walter Stine a loss of 3000 dollars. It also lists organizational activity with ten regular meetings three special meetings and participation in Darades along with four executive meetings and three more sessions.
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Coopr Brothers
Walter Stine
Ashby Camp Member Dead in Trout Run Valley
John H. Heishman, last of a large family, died Tuesday in Trout Run Valley at 79. A Confederate veteran from Company I, Eighteenth Virginia Regiment, he belonged to Turner Ashby Camp in Winchester. Funeral was held Thursday at his home. He leaves a widow, four sons, and three daughters.
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John H. Heishman
Trout Run Valley
Mr. Heishman
Eighteenth
Virginia
Turner Ashby Camp
Winchester
P. Miller
Kernstown Brevities
Kernstown Virginia notes list residents visiting relatives and local events. Richard Metz returns to Blacksburg to resume study. Mrs. Coverstone and children visit Middletown relatives. Miss Genevious Massie visits Relief and Miss Sallie Grove. Walter Frye visits from Rosenberger with Bart Robertson family. Lovell Grove recovers at home after six weeks in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Beulah Pingley visits Middletown. Rev C Sydenstriker to preach at Methodist Church Sunday at 11 AM. Fred Jones of Gaylord Clarke County visits Kernstown. Mary Turner staying in Berryville with sister Nannie Littleton.
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Coverstone
Middletown
Nell’ Cooper
Genevious Massie
Relief
Sallie Grove
Walter Frye
Rosenberger
Irs
Bart Robertson
Lovell Grove
Mr. Grove
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Beulah Pingley
C. Sydenstriker
Methodist
Suunday
Fred. Jones
Gaylord
Clarke County
Mary Turner
Berryville
Nannie Littleton
Refuge News Roundup From Virginia Towns
Refuge Virginia items note New Year visits among Lupton Galliday families in Opequon and Steph en s City. Sufferers Alfred and Philip Orndorff improve from illness while Mrs Sydenstricker recovers from a severe burn. Local folks Lula Lauck May Lauck dine with E H A Ritenour Cloverdale. Mrs Miller Craig of Relief visits sister J E White. Homer Galliday joins Pine top Ladies Aid chicken supper. William White visits mother Sarah White. E J Albin visits relatives near Reliance.
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Refuge
William Lupton
Cecil
Opequon
Homer Galliday
Alfred Orndorff
Philip Orndorff
Treenie Pifer
H. L. Suddith
Stephens City
C. Sydenstricker
Harry Richards
Deerfield
Sallie Rudolph
Lula
May Lauck
Ritenour
Cloverdale
Miller Craig
J.E. White
Pinetop
Ladies’ al’ Society
William White
Sarah White
E. J. Albin
Reliance
Thoreday
Uncle Sam Busy on Cost of Living Probed by Committees
A satirical piece questions government committees investigating living costs. It imagines committees report on speculators and price boosts, warning of delayed relief and a transformed future when a formal report finally arrives. The tone mocks bureaucratic delay and hopes for normal prices by nineteen thirty.
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Friskets
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