Virginia Prohibition Bills Move Through General Assembly
Richmond reports the Virginia General Assembly begins consideration of anti alcohol measures to enforce the prohibition amendment. bills set penalties up to 100 dollars and jail time, limit possession and transport to two quarts, grant searches, and fund enforcement with twenty five thousand dollars yearly while awaiting Webb Kenyon court decisions.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Strode
Addison
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Villa defies Carranza in Sierra stronghold
From his Sierra stronghold General Villa dares Carranza to capture him. He issues a bold challenge to the Carranza detachment assigned to exterminate his band. Hidden ammunition stores have been found by Carranza troops.
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EL Paso
Texas
Sierra Mountains
Villa
Carranza
Little Chance For Chicago Strikers Rioting prompts disarmament plan
West Chicago authorities announce disarmament of Edwards Valve Works strikers to prevent rioting. The plant is guarded due to its war munitions production and inspectors blame the "sluggers" for the disturbances.
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Chicago
Edwards Valve Works
Mrs. Leatherman Dies of Cancer in Romney
Mrs. Carrie Leatherman of Hampshire County died Monday at the home of A. B. Liller in South Keyser at about 60. A long cancer illness led to a sanatorium stay in Indianapolis last fall. She was a sister of Mrs. J. W. Lease of fear Alaska, and the funeral was held yesterday at Pine Church near her former home.
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Romney
W. Va
Carrie Leatherman
Hampshire County
A. B. Liller
South Keyser
Indianapolis
Ind
J. W. Lease
Alaska
Pine Church
Price of Drugs Rises Sharply Amid War Economy
The article notes steep drug price increases since July 1914 with spikes in acetanilid and quinine and explains factors such as German and Austrian cultivation, coal tar uses for explosives, and wartime demand. It warns continued rises as the war continues and pharmacists struggle with shrinking margins.
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Germany
Austria
Freight Cars Are Being Braced Up
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad strengthens many wooden freight cars with steel underframes and modern fittings to ensure safe operation under heavy conditions.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
William Barkman Dead At Staunton
William H. Barkman dies at his Staunton home after a lingering illness aged 64. He leaves a widow from Charlottesville and a son with two brothers including Joseph Barkman of Staunton. Barkman served fifty years as drum major of Staunton’s Stone Wall Brigade Band and toured widely with the group.
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Winchester
William H. Barkman
Staunton
Henry Kinzel
Barkman
Stonewall Brigade
United States
Murder plot details emerge at Mrs. Mohr trial
George Helles testified in Providence that Mrs. Mohr offered him five thousand dollars to kill her husband Dr. Mohr. He described stopping a car at a lonely spot, an ambush by Spellman and Brown, and that the plan would have used a shooting at the spot with Emily Berger pulled from the machine. He said the murder was planned for a Saturday but nerves failed him at the last moment.
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Providence
R. I
George Helles
Emily Berger
Spellman
Oyster Supper Postponed in Ridgeway West Virginia
The Odd Fellows' Oyster Supper planned for January 21 at Ridgeway West Virginia has been indefinitely postponed. Miss Lillian McDonald of New York is visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs S D McDonald on North Main Street.
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Odd Fellows
Ridgeway
W. Va
Lillian McDonald
New York
8. D. McDonald
North Main Street
Montenegro Fights Austria Refuses Peace Terms
Montenegrin forces resumed hostilities against Austria and rejected Austria’s peace terms, per official dispatches from Rome. Washington reports work on notes by the United States and Britain over the German blockade, with the Baltic Sea key to blocking plans and timing coordinated after the British note. The British steamer Pollentia requested aid off Cape Race as it leaks and struggles to pump water in distress.
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Ig Wire
Star
Rome
Austria
Montenegro
Washington
American State Department
British Foreign Office For Exchange
Baltic Sea
Sweden
Denmark
Halifax
Pollentia
Cape Race
Wyndham's 89th BirthdayObserved by Winchester Family
Thornton C. Wyndham of Winchester reached his ninety ninth year with a family dinner at 16 North Braddock Street. Despite age he remains in fair health and posed for a birthday photo wearing a Confederate cross of honor. He served in the Confederate army throughout the Civil War and many battles. Relatives and friends sent cards and gifts in his honor.
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Thornton C. Wyndham
Winchester
North Braddock Street
Wyndham
Compromise Likely On Plans of Army
Washington January 20 The continental army plans appear doomed and other preparedness features are so confused that any plan through House and Senate will be a product of many compromises. Chairman Chamberlin of the Senate military affairs committee is expected to oppose the continental army plan.
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Washington
Jan
House
Senate
Chamberlin
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Middletown Man James W Ridings Dies of Pneumonia
James W Ridings a longtime Middletown resident dies after bronchial pneumonia at his home aged sixty eight His wife Lucy Virginia Ridings died November 14 in Winchester Memorial Hospital He is survived by two brothers three sisters and no children Funeral services set for Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South with burial at Mount Carmel Cemetery
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Middletown
James W. Ridings
Stewek
Riding
Lucy Virginia Ridhings
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lucy Rhodes
Mr. Ridings
Thomas W. Ridings
Larrick
Baltimore and Ohio
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Ridings
Messrs
Arthur
Ernest Ridings
Topeka
Kan
C. A. Rhodes
Lee Ridings
Robert Rhodes
J. H. Haley
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Clarke County Considers Election to End Shenandoah Bridge Tolls
Delegate Gilpin introduces a Clarke county bill to hold a November 7 vote on continuing tolls on Shenandoah River bridges at Castlemane and Berry. If voters reject tolls, collection ends December 31. Local residents say confusion over the election influenced toll support and may reflect prior misinterpretation of the process.
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Gilpin
Bill
Clarke County
Bprryville
Shenandoah River
Castlemane
Berrys
Winchester dealer killed walking on Cameron track
Cameron, W. Va. Jan. 20. Lester Cox a well known real estate dealer of Winchester Kentucky was killed while walking on the tracks here this morning.
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the Star
Cameron
W. Va
Lester Cox
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
United Mine Leader Hints at Graft in Indianapolis
John Germer of Mount Carmel Illinois renewed attacks on United Mine Workers officials in the convention at Indianapolis. He claimed organizer appointments were payments for political debts and hinted at discrepancies in the Journal accounts while denying reports of organizers looting and drinking in Denver hotels.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
John Germer
Mount Carmel
Denver
Miners’ Organization
Mrs Gore Improved At Memorial Hospital
It was stated at Memorial Hospital this afternoon that the condition of Mrs. W. F. Gore of Bridgewater Virginia undergoing special treatment is much improved and there is every indication of continued progress. Mr Lewis Pidgeon of Wadesville Virginia spent this afternoon in town on business.
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Harry Gordon
New York
Washington
Memorial Hospital
W. F. .Gore
Bridgewater
Lewis Pidgeon
Wadesville
Town
Moon Ensemble Dazzles Winches ter Residents
Sharp eyed onlookers in Winches ter reported a brilliant lunar display on a clear January night. Venus and Jupiter shone in the western sky as a vast orange atmospheric circle surrounded the moon. The ring broke and reformed as spectators watched the remarkable sight.
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Winchester
Clergymen Move to End Minor Sales at State Fairs
The Frederick County Ministerial Association forms a committee to draft a statewide bill to repeal county fair permits for selling minors at agricultural fairs. Dr. Thomas Freeman Dion, Rev. A C Day, and Rev. R L Shipley named to present the measure to Maryland’s Legislature.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Thomas Freeman Dion
A.C. Day
R. L. Shipley
Maryland
Friday Shoe Sale at Jolliffe's Store
A historic ad announces a one day sale at Jolliffe's offering any pair of shoes for 98 cents. The notice emphasizes Friday as the shopping day and highlights the store’s location and price point.
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Jollifpe’s
Allen T Boyd and Anna L McDowell Wed in Baltimore
The marriage of Allen T Boyd formerly of this city now of Baltimore and Miss Anna L McDowell was held December 23 at the bride’s parents' residence. Rev Biggs officiated at North Avenue M E Church. The couple will reside in Baltimore.
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Allen T. Boyd
Baltimore
Anna L. McDowell
William H. McDowell
Alpheus Sharpe
Winchester
Dr William A Bell Brighter Today in Winchester
Improvement continued for Dr William A Bell a noted Winchester physician confined to his South Main Street home for three weeks. Family and friends report bright cheerful spirits and a visiting physician says he is holding his own.
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William
A. Bell
Winchester
South Main Street
Alness
Bell
Baltimore Grain Markets Close Prices
At 8 pm the Baltimore wholesale markets quoted No 3 red wheat on spot at 1 34 8 per bushel and corn at 1 cent.
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Ae Baltimore Grain Markets
Baltimore
Corm
Greatest General in History: Lee Honored in Winchester
The birthday of Gen Robert E Lee was celebrated in Winchester with an address by Robert Y Conrad under the Handley Library hall auspices of the Turner Ashby Camp Confederate Veterans. The lecture praised Lee and contrasted Confederate and Union actions, noting Lee’s tactics at Chancellorsville and the Valley campaigns.
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Robert EB. Lee
Winchester
Robert Y. Conrad
Handley Library
Mort Loudoun Seminary
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Conrad
Kurt
Confederacy
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Ponditions
William Jennings Bryan
John Ruskin
Valley
Jackson
Wilderness
Cold Harbor
Grant
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House of Delegates
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Pulaski
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Walter Mapp
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Wire
Chicago Strikers
Mrs. Leatherman
William Barkman
Secrre Helles
Mohr
America
Britain
T. C. Wyndham
Jas. W. Ridings
United Mine
Allen’ T. Boyd
Miss McDowell
Wm. A. Bell
Lee
R. Y. Conrad
MR. Bryan
Spain
Border States
Wu Lincolln
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Roosevelt
Thomas H. Benton
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