Stege Seeks curb on tax examiners in state House action
Lawmakers discuss a bill by Delegate Steck to bar revenue and tax officials from listing omitted taxes beyond five years. The session also covered free school books, party discipline in the Jordan case, and nominations for judges as Speaker Houston deferred committee announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
John M. Steck
Winchester
General Assembly
Jordan
Echols
Augusta- Highland
Lijuer Iestie
Glasgow
Joseph A. Glasgow
Augusta
Virginia
BE. R. Fulwhler
Richmond
Houston
Sessior
John> Stephenson
Highland
Stuart
R. R. Prentiss
State Corporation
Benjamin L. Purcell
Supreme Court
James Keith
F. W. Sims
Louisa
William Minor Lile
University of Virginia
Pee
Nation wide Pay Up Week endorsed by local merchants
Local merchants wholeheartedly back the national pay-up week February 21 to 26. The Merchants Trade Journal of Des Moines, Iowa promotes posters booklets and literature to expand the pay-up week across the United States.
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Merchants Trade Journal
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Capitol Tour 10 Adverts Attract Members In Washington
A report from the New Willard Hotel in Washington notes a Capitol Tour 10 event attended by many association members led by Mr. W. R. Lucas of Hotel Evans Winchester as secretary and treasurer. Officers and directors were elected for the coming year and a luncheon hosted by F. S. Hight, Willard Hotel manager, followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Willard Hotel
Washington
W. R. Lucas
Hotel Evans
Winchester
F. S. Hight
Willard Hotel
Artificial Motherhood Urged by Woman Doctor
Dr Eleanora Folkmar head of a Washington women s clinic says Europe can repopulate after the war using scientific methods. She favors artificial fertilization to create a better race of men and women and opposes polygamy or pairing unfit men with fit women.
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Europe
Washington, Jan. i
Eleanora Folkmar
Washington Women's Clinic
Folkmar
Shenandoah Valley National Bank Elects Officers
At the annual meeting Shenandoah Valley National Bank elected John W. Rice as president and R Gray Williams as vice president and chairman. Directors present included Stewart Bell Lewis F Cooper W A Baker W S Hiett M Lohr Capper A B Richards John W Rice and R G Williams. E V Weems is in Vera Cruz Mexico. Directors were elected by stockholders last Tuesday and organized this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
John W. Rice
R. Gray Williams
Stewart Bell
Lewis F. Cooper
W. A. Baker
W. S. Hiett
M. Lohr Capper
A. B. Richards
R. G. Williams
E. V. Weems
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Children Will Be Placed In Homes
Rev William J Maybee superintendent of the Children's Home Society of Virginia returned to Richmond from Winchester with three abandoned white children aged six three and one. He then took Georgie Wilson a colored girl convicted of stealing dresses from Mrs St King Stone at Clay Hill farm near Millwood to the colored reform school in Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Maybee
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
Winchester
Richmond
Maybee
Berryville
Georgie Wilson
Conveyances of County Property Recorded in Frederick County
Deeds admitted to record include J H Lockhart to Priest McDonald for 22 Middletown lots. D W McIlwee to W F Bragg on 200 acres near Winchester. D B Dinges to A B Sherman of Lot 9 Middletown. Newton H Carpenter to J Wilmer Carpenter on 75 acres east of Winchester. Katharine E Miller to A D Hensel on 4 acres near Winchester. Laura V Dunlap to John W Herrellet rights of way near Gore. heirs of Julian W Baker Sr filed. F L Harris and wife to Hilda K Jackson on 150 acres north west of Winchester. Harris to G A Higgs two lots in Harris addition.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
J. H. Lockhart
Priest McDonald
Middletown
D. W. Mcilwée
W. F. Bragg
Winchester
D. B. Dinges
Als
A. B. Sherman
Julian W.W. Baker
Julian W. Baker, Sr
Hilda K. Jackson
Ml Harris
G A. Higas
Harris
Boyce State Bank Holds Its Election
Boyce Virginia January 14 The annual stockholders meeting re elected the old board of directors including R B Page R G Mitchell W A Bradford K N Gilpin R P Whiting George C Meade J L Carper N B Page M L P Reed and George H Burwell Jr R P Page was re elected president
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R. P. Page
Public Sale of Markel Property at Court House
A desirable brick residence at 213 North Main Street near Shenandoah Valley Bath will be sold at public auction in front of the Court House at 12 o clock on Saturday of this week. See sale bill.
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North Main Street
Shenandoah Valley
Bath
Court House
Clearing Out Sale Millinery and Embroidery at Low Cost
Millinery and embroidery items offered at deep discounts with prices from 50 cents to 1.50. Includes stamped pillow cases center pieces table runners towels gowns and more. Miss M. B. Pingley 141 N Main St advertises the sale. Lost boy’s brown gauntlet glove with reward at Star office.
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Soc
M. B. Pingley
Star Office
Om Boy
Reward
Huerta Former Mexican Dictator Dies in El Paso
Victoriano Huerta, ex dictator of Mexico, died at his El Paso home after a long illness linked to cancer. He had been held under arrest on charges of fomenting a new Mexican revolution and was recently indicted for conspiracy.
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el Paso
Texas
Texa
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Fort Bliss
Huerta
Madero
Republic
Tampi
Federal Grand
Labor Defies England over Conscription Bill
The National Railway Men's Union vows to resist conscription as a drastic labor directive. A threatened immediate strike of railway workers looms if the bill passes, with potential wealth confiscation as a wartime measure cited. The scene shifts to naval action in the North Sea with the Maashazen sunk by a submarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
London
National Railway Men's Union
Great Britain
Rotterdam
Maashazen
North Sea
Nicholas Slens
Rome
Cettinje
Fruit Growers of State Plan Roanoke Meeting Next Year
The twelfth annual convention of the Virginia State Horticultural Society adjourned in Charlottesville after a three day session to meet next year in Roanoke. Practically all Winchester and Frederick county fruit growers attended and left for home. T. N. Thompson of Harrisonburg, previously president for two years, was ineligible for re election. The association appropriated the continued report to page 6.
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Virginia State Horticultural Society
Charlottesville
Roanoke
Winchester
Frederick County
T. N. Thompson
Harrisonburg
Tom Dowd Weeps as Prison Doors Close Behind Him
United States Commissioner A I Tavenner returned from Greens boro North Carolina to writch place and took Thomas Price alias Old Tom Dowd with Deputy W M Utz to Greensboro jail where he will be kept until the United States District Court in Statesville New York meets in April for trial on multiple post office robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
A. I. Tavenner
Greensboro
N.C
Thomas Price
Tom Dowd
W. M. Utz
Charlottesvile
Price
United States District Court
Statesville
N. Y
Riots in El Paso Prompt Foreign Policy Talk
Washington reports no U S troops will cross the border after a Wilson Stone conference as El Paso remains tense following rioting. A State Department denial combats rumors of massacre in Madera Mexico and Senator Works pushes a resolution calling Congress responsible for U S action in Mexico. El Paso returns to quiet after disturbances.
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EL Paso
U. S
The
Star
Washington
U.S
Wilson
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Madera
Mexico
Works
Mrs Mohr Murder Trial Opens Anew In Providence
Providence Jan 14 The prosecution in the Mrs Elizabeth Mohr murder case began anew today. Four days of trial yielded only that Dr Mohr was slain and that Mrs Mohr wrote a threatening letter to rival Erblly Baer. Confessions of two co defendants are ruled inadmissible for fault.
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The
Star
Providence
R. 1
Elizabeth Mohr
Dr. Moh
Erbfly Bareer
Last Quarterly Meeting of Gainesboro Charge Seeks Attendance
Gainesboro Tennessee January 14 The last quarterly conference for Gainesboro charge Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet January 20 and 21 with Rev H A Brown preaching Thursday 730 PM and Friday 11 AM followed by holy communion and business. Sunday services January 13 at Gainesboro 1030 AM Redland 2 PM and Wesley Chapel 720 PM Pastor Vanderlinden urges official members to attend and reports from Sunday school superintendents to be submitted. Dr William A Bell remains serious after a night of improved condition.
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Gainesboro
Methodist” Episcopal Church
South
H. A. Brown
Holy Communion
Redland
Wesley Chapel
Vanderlinden
William A. Bell
South Main Street
Forces enter Persian city of Karamansha, reports say
Official reports state that troops have entered the important Persian city of Karamansha marking a notable advance. Further details on the operation and the involved forces remain unclear.
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Karamansha
Escaped German Sailors Arrested in Wilmington
Four escaped German sailors from the interned cruisers Crown Prince Wilhelm and Eitel Friedrich were arrested in Wilmington Delaware. Karl Altman Emil Kleppstein worked on a government dredge while Karl Graham and Fred Kruger were employed in mills near the Du Pont Powder Company plant.
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Star
Wilmington
Del
Crown Prince Wilhelm
Eitel Friedrich
Labor Department
Karl Altman
Emil Kleppstein
Wille
Karl Graham
Fred. Kruger
du Pont Powder Company
Golden Rule Bible Class Urged to Attend Services
Members of the Golden Rule Bible Class are asked to attend a class service at 9 30 a m on Sunday morning January 16. They will also attend Capt Richmond P Hobson’s lecture at City Hall Auditorium in the afternoon, meeting at 2 30 o clock to march to City Hall.
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Richmond P. Hobson
City Hall
Market quotes from Baltimore wholesale wheat and corn
At the close of the Baltimore wholesale markets at 8 o'clock this afternoon No 2 red wheat on spot was quoted at 1.30 12 Corn was quoted at 51 cents.
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Baltimore
Baptist Church Announces Sunday Services and Notices
Sunday school at 970. Rev W B Duling of Bath Bay Virginia will preach at 11 and 7 30 Sunday January 16. Hats sale at Sacrifice Prices. Mrs Bruce Bentley returned from a visit to Hampton and Old Point Comfort. Mr and Mrs Charlies J Sawyer and child of Windsor NC registered at Hotel Evans. Mr Lewis Pidgeon of Wadesville VA spent the afternoon in town on business.
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W. B. Duling
Bath Bay
Virginia
Bruce Bentley
Hampton
Old Point Comfort
Charlies J. Sawyer and
Lewis Pidgeon
Wadesville, Va
White Way lighting plan urged by Winchester business leaders
Di McGuire and the light committee backed removing all old arc and incandescent lamps for tungsten nitride units. The Chamber of Commerce endorsed a night lighting program to improve street safety and appearance with 75 single unit standards planned along Main Street area. Cost estimated near 4000 dollars with merchants asked to share installation costs.
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Chamber of Coninterestas
Winchester
Light
Hunter H. McGuire
Chamber of Commerce
McGuire
Johnston
Richmond
Northern Virginia Power Cam
Essow
Mai Hagerstown
Chambersburg
Main Street
Cork
Piccadilly
White Way
Water Street
Main and
Warthen Purchases Clark County Farm at 43 Per Acre
Commissioner Weaver sells the Hout farm occupied by C. E. McAboy to Hot. A. L. Warthen of Warren county. The 177 acre tract lies in Kong marsh district Clark county.
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E. McAboy
Weaver
Hot. A. L. Warthen
Warren County
Fara
Cofitaine
Les
Kongmarsh
Clark County
Right of Way Granted for Electric Lines in Riverton
The Warren County Board of Supervisors granted Northern Virginia Power Company of Winchester the right to string wires and plant poles to convey electric current from the country line to Riverton.
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Warren County Board of Supervisors
Northern Virginia Power “Company of
Winchester
Riverton
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Stege
Bill
Logal Merchants
Association
Ss. V. N. Bank
Gore
Boyce State Bank
Markels
N. Main
General Huerta
Edpaso
Miderta
Permissio
Jalisco
Mex
East
New York
England
Fruit Growers OF State
William P. Massey
Senate
Congress
Tion
Tex
Mile City
Baltimore Grain Markets
Grové -Brog
di McGuire
MR. Warthen
Otdortt End
McVicar’s
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