Young Mother Dies in Stephens City After Illness
Maggie Ridgeway Reed, 30, wife of French Reed, died Tuesday night in Stephens City after months of illness. She leaves husband and four children, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ridgeway, two brothers Grover and Randall, two sisters Peart and Jeanie, all of Stephens City. The couple had moved from Fauquier County and were building a home on Mulberry Street. Funeral at 2:30 pm at the residence with Rev. C Sydenstricker officiating. burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Stephens
Maggie Ridgeway ‘Reed
French Reed
Stephens ‘City
M Mirs
Robert L. Ridgeway
Grover
Randall Ridgeway
Peart
Jeanie Ridgeway
Reed
Stephens City
Vau’ Cluse
Big County
Mulberry Street
Rev. C. Sydenstricker
Green Hill Cemetery
Lena Rivers Tonight by Stock Co Strikes Change in Bill
The Williams Stock Company presents Lena Rivers tonight with a new act Leftia Rivers substituted for the announced bill. Comedy abounds and vaudeville specialties are updated as one of the week’s best bills. Prices remain 11c, 22c, and 6c with a two tickets for one price sale at People's Drug Co. up to 7:30. Curtain at 8.30.
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People’s Drug Cos
Co. P. Bailey & Co
Bailey Bros
Winchester
Red Cross Membership Message Calls for Greater Service
The Red Cross War Council welcomes new members and honors veterans while urging deeper sacrifice from the twenty two million members. It frames the American Red Cross as the mobilized heart of the nation aiding soldiers civilians and allies and seeks to ease suffering while laying a foundation for lasting peace.
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Red Cross War Council
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Williams Stock Company at Empire Presents The Girl from Eagle Ranch
The Williams Stock Company plays all week at the Empire with vaudeville and a three act western comedy drama The Girl from Eagle Ranch. Saturday prices 10 20 30 cents including war tax. Matinee features Annie Laurie and vaudeville with big bargains for children and adults 22 cents. No special seat sale Saturday.
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Williams Stock Company
Empire
Eagle Ranch
Annie Laurie
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Safe Health Boost
The advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe reliable medicine used for over 40 years. It claims it purifies blood improves digestion and acts as a general tonic for men women children and invalids, providing rich red blood for health. It urges readers to begin taking it today.
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Hood
America
Moore sisters take first railroad ride to new post
Grace and Martha Moore of Mountain Falls Frederick county on January 10 1918 rode the Shenandoah Special from Frederick to Forest Glen Maryland marking their first train trip. Relatives and crew ensured safe boarding at Harpers Ferry and the girls clung to arm rests as the locomotive curved along the route.
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Mountain Falls
Frederick
County
Grace
Marth Moore
Mme
Harpers Ferry
Ancient Spartans Used Butter as Wound Ointment
The ancient Spartans reportedly used butter to treat battle wounds as a crude healing remedy. Historical notes describe fat applied to injuries, reflecting early utilitarian nursing practices.
Meatless and Wheatless Observance Call to Faithful
In a wartime appeal, Shirley Carter Food Administrator for Winchester urges ministers and teachers to promote meatless Tuesdays and wheatless Wednesdays. She asks congregations and pupils to avoid snore meat and white bread if corn bread is available, insisting America must win the war with shared sacrifice.
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America
Shirley
Carter
Winchester
Peace Conference Move Considered From Brest Litovsk to Neutral City
President's speech notes that the Russo German peace talks may shift from Brest Litovsk to a neutral capital. Dispatches from Brest Litovsk indicate central powers’ delegates agreed to a transfer, but no confirmation yet. In Germany, open talk of a cabinet crisis follows secret meetings critiquing Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann’s Brest Litovsk role.
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Petrograd
rest-Litovek
Brest-Litovsk
von Kuehlmann
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