Supply Base Sought as Allied Fleet Hunts German Raider
British and French warships scour the Atlantic for a feared raider sinking ships. the chase covers the South American coast to near the U S coast with warnings issued to merchant vessels. At least ten British ships assist. a second note discusses entente entry into a peace enforcement league and war vigor.
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South Atlantic
London
Atlantic
Admiralty
South American
United States
Aubmarine
Virginia
Pernambula
Venida
Wheat and corn prices posted at Baltimore wholesale market
At the close, spot wheat quoted 2.04 and corn 1.12. Winchester dealers posted 1.88 for wheat after Baltimore market closings.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Thaw Tragedy Sparks Mystery in Philadelphia
Private detective guarding Harry K. Thaw’s room reports eerie noises and a shattered chandelier after Thaw’s suicide attempt. Detective Kelly was knocked down by an unseen hand, and Thaw remains in very slow recovery as Dr. Kirby denies blood transfusion plans. Mrs. Thaw, recently at St Marys Hospital, may have returned to Pittsburgh.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Kelly
Thaw
Ellwood Kirby
Mary C. Thaw
St. Mary's Hospital
Pittsburgh
Rites Held for Robert T. Barton in Winchester
Funeral services for the late Robert T. Barton a prominent Winchester lawyer were held Sunday at 3 o clock at his South Washington Street residence with Rev Dr William D Smith officiating. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Barton brothers Major Randolph Barton and Dr Bolling W Barton attended. son Lieut Robert T Barton Jr visiting from the border will arrive Saturday noon. The Star notes Lee birthday observances were canceled.
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Robert T. Barton
Winchester
South Washington Street
William D. Smith
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Barton
Mount Hebron
Randolph Barton
Baltimore
Bolling W. Barton
Middleburg
Virginia
Lee
Turmer Ashby Camp
Winchester Cancel Birthday Exercises for General Lee
Due to the deaths of Mr. Robert T. Barton and Col. James Carr Baker, the birthday commemoration for General Robert E. Lee scheduled for January 19 in Winchester is called off. Congressman T. W. Harrison declined to speak because of Barton’s death.
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Winchester
Robert T. Barton
Col
James Carr Bakers
Robert E. Lee
T. W. Harrison
Barton
Denny Undergoes Delicate Operation in Baltimore
Advices from Baltimore report Robert A. Denny the Winchester jeweller has rallied after delicate surgery at the Maryland Protestant Infirmary. Dr J M T Finney removed a malignant bladder growth and Denny shows improvement with recovery expected.
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Baltimore
Robert A. Denny
Winchester
Maryland
J. M. T. Finney
Investigating Food Prices in Chicago
In Chicago on January 18 members of the Chicago Board of Trade were ordered to appear before the Strand jury amid a federal inquiry into food price manipulation. Three separate investigations are in progress by the FTC, the Census Bureau, and the attorney general's office, examining whether rotting food stumps price declines despite dealer agreements.
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The
Star
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Strand Jury
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of the Census
Attorney General’s Office
Three Deaths Reported in Winchester Family Within Week
The Seabright family records three deaths within seven days. Mrs Kate Wright died in Westernport Indiana, as sister in law to Mrs Martha Grim Miller who died in Strasburg Virginia, and Mrs Martha Grim Miller had earlier funeral in Hagerstown Maryland. The sequence ends with Mrs Kate Wright death announced today.
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Thomas Seabright
Kate Wright
Westernport
Indiana
Seabright
Martha Grim Miller
Hagerstown
Seasbright
Martha Pleet- Grim
Strasburg
Grim
Wright
William Seabright
Winchester
Robert Martin
Wiesaternport
S. Wright
Rose Haymaker
Man Suffers Arm Break In Farm Machinery Incident
William W Patton sustained a broken arm Tuesday while at work on the W Porter Hayslett farm near town. He was feeding fodder and repairing a gasoline engine when the balance wheel started and caught his right arm between elbow and wrist. Dr C R Anderson set the fracture. Remember the Remnants at H K Greens Saturday.
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William W. Patton
W. Porter Hayslett
C. R. Anderson
Washington Mourns For Admiral Dewey
Washington DC remembers Admiral George Dewey as the State, War and Navy departments display somber black drapery. Mrs. Dewey, widow of the hero, faces possible attendance limits due to her husband’s death and her own ailing health. Funeral preparations are nearly complete.
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Washington
State
War
Navy
George Dewey
Card of Thanks for Anna C. Boyce
Mr. Charles E. Boyce and his son Bayliss Boyee thank friends neighbors and Winchester Memorial Hospital for kindness and sympathy during the long illness of their wife and mother Mrs. Anna C. Boyce.
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Charles E. Boyce
Bayliss Boyee
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Anna C.boyce
Methodists to Install Citys Largest Pipe Organ
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Winchester will install a new $3,000 Möller pipe organ mid February to become the citys largest. The pulpit platform will be enlarged, ceilings paneled, walls painted, and an electric lighting system added as services move to the Sunday school building during renovations. Reverend W. O. Talbert notes strong parish gifts including an $18 traveling bag gift with cash for Mrs Talbert from the Golden Rule Bible Class. Membership surpasses 900 after recent purges.
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Gan
Braddock Street Methodist Church
W. O. Tfalbert
Golden Rule Bible
Tatbert
Survived Law Partner Just Seven Years
It recalls the death of law partner B. Holmes Boyd on January 19, 1910, while responding to a General Lee birthday event. Boyd, the evening’s principal speaker, died of heart disease as eulogies began. Attending were Mrs. William S. Love and Dr. John P. Hyde. both have since died. Remnant Sale at H. K. Green & Bro. Saturday. See ad.
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Robert T. Barton
Yestersday
B. Holmes Boyd
Lee
Boyd
Williams. Love
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
John P. Hyde
Love
Dr. Hyde
High Heel Prices Blamed on Women by Industry Leader
John S. Kent president of the Shoe Manufacturers Association blames women for high shoe prices at the annual meeting He argues costs rise with height of shoes and that women will have to wear low heels or face higher prices this spring regardless of preference he says.
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New York
Johns
Kent
Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
War &S
Health 18 Success Health 18 Wealth
A compact health feature highlights the link between wellness and financial wellbeing. It notes that good health supports wealth through productivity, longevity, and personal fulfillment, framing well being as a key life asset.
Winchester Confederate veteran Mr. Wyndham turns ninety
Thor ton Wyndham a longtime Confederate veteran of Clarke County and Winchester celebrated his ninetieth birthday at his North Braddock Street home. He survived a stroke and still enjoys good health aside from mild deafness while proudly wearing a Cross of Honor awarded by the Daughter of the Confederacy. A birthday dinner honored him with relatives and local ministers and residents attending.
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North Braddock Street
Mr. Wyndham
Clarke Country
Winchester
Siler
Vax
George W. Kurtze
Tanner Ashby
W. S. Fultz
Gertrude Lamp
Wyndham
War Department advised recall of militia to March
Washington reports say officials expect militia recall to home stations by March 1 as plans unfold. General Funston in Columbus says border duty reduced and regular troops sufficient though raids remain possible. Troops in Mexico reportedly near El Paso may shift to San Antonio headquarters as order proceeds.
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Washington
United States
Cers
War Department
Can
Mexico
Re Fort
Runza
Columbus
N. M
Frederick Funston
Pershing
el Paso
San Antonio
Funston
Coe
Funsten
Lansing Denies Meeting With Baruch In Public Refusal
Secretary of State Lansing issues a formal denial of knowing Bernard Baruch. He rejects rumors of breakfast meetings at the Biltmore and asserts he never spoke with Baruch or received any advance information related to belligerents. The notice appears amid other local notices and social updates.
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Washington
Lansing
Bernard Baruch
Thomas W. Lawson
Henry
the Biltmore
Baruth
Baruch
Col Baker's Funeral To Be Held Friday
The funeral of the late Col Baker, whose death occurred yesterday morning on North Main Street, will be held at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon at the Episcopal Church in City County. The Rev Dr Smith will conduct the service and interment will follow in the city cemetery.
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Cok Carr
Baker
North Main Street
Smith
Bron Cémetery
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