Lusitania Case Settled With Minor Word Gap
Washington reports the Lusitania dispute nearly resolved after talks with Secretary Lansing. Germany’s disavowal of the sinking is urged, while labor delegates in Bristol oppose conscription and the Ford Peace Tribunal begins its first session closing with a limited but clear path to peace.
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Bristol
England
Ford Peace Tribunal
United States
the Star
Washington
Lansing
von Bernstorff
Germany
Amsterdam
Athens
M. Gounaris
M. Scouliakis
Stockholm
Ford Permanent Peace Tribunal
Woodmen Hold Elaborate Hickory Camp Banquet
The annual Hickory Camp Woodmen of the World banquet was held in the lodgeroom of the local camp in the Hiks building at Water and Market streets. Members attended in large numbers as officers and prominent members spoke after a tempting menu featuring seasonable delicacies. Music was supplied by the Citizens Bankers.
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Hickory Camp
Hiks
Citizens’ Bank
Funeral for Mrs. Lewis Harman in Staunton Va
Mrs. Lewis Harman formerly Miss Ellen Price died in Philadelphia and funeral services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church Staunton with Rev W Q Hullihen officiating. She was married to Capt Lewis Harman for fifty years and is survived by four children and eight grandchildren.
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Philadelphia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Captain Harman
C V R R Notifies About Liquor Shipments
Hagerstown Maryland January 26 The Cumberland Valley Railroad Company sends notices to saloonkeepers that it cannot haul any valise suspected of containing liquor bound for West Virginia The new law allows searches and removal of such valises at the next station
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Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company
West Virginia
Hearing On Byrd Bill Under Way
The Senate Roads Committee began hearings on the Byrd bill in Richmond Virginia. Board of supervisors members and other citizens spoke for and against the measure. A subcommittee will consider all road bills due to committee member involvement by Drewry Byrd Barlam Robertson and Trinkle.
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Byrd
Richmond
Senate Roads Committee
Boards of Supervisors
Coleman
Roads Committee
Drewry
Barlaam
Robertson
Trinkle
Committee On
Stuart
Washington
Browning
Orange
Virginia
Jordan
Pulaski
Myers
Sale of Markell Property Saturday
The Markell Property at 213 N. Main street will be sold in front of the Court House at 12 o'clock M on Saturday this week. Advertisement references 26-1p-31. March. Barton and Son, front of Court House Winchester. Also mentions Van Bakers flouring mill and elevator. Miss Bessie McFarland has returned home after a visit to relatives in Winchester. Feb. 18. C. S. Ward one mile north of Stephens City lists horses hogs implements seed etc.
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Markell
N. Main Street
Court House
T. Barton and Son
Winchester
van Baker's
Bessie McFarland
C. S. Ward
Stephens City
Virginia Road Work and State Local Cooperation Debate
Virginia Senate lawmakers press for a full report from State Highway Commissioner Coleman detailing department operations, personnel, funding, auditing, and road maintenance funds. The discussion seeks stronger county input for road standards and urges greater state local cooperation.
Dividend 15 Declared By Steel Trust
New York Jan. 26 The directors of United States Steel Corp declare the full 6 per cent annual dividend on the common stock and 5 per cent on the preferred as earnings for the quarter 1915 reach a record of 61,232,738 dollars. About 651,000 stockholders will share 6,353,781 dollars. The 11 4 quarterly on common stock solidifies national confidence in a new era of prosperity.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Board of Directors
Finance Committee
Youngster Operated On For Appendicitis
Alvin Kremer, the young son of Mr and Mrs P Kremer, was operated on at Memorial Hospital this morning for appendicitis. Kremer, a carrier boy for The Star, fell ill yesterday evening after delivering his route. The operation was a success.
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Alvin Kremer
P. Kremer
Memorial Hospital
Young Kremer
The
Star
Morton Harloe to Speak at Paxtons Chapel
Winchester resident Mr. Morton Harloe will address Paxtons Chapel on Thursday evening at 7 30 o'clock.
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Morton Harloe
Winchester
Paxtons Chapel
Virginia Moves to Make State Dry Under New Bill
Richmond in January reports preparations for a sweeping prohibition bill by the State Anti-Saloon League. The measure aims to ban all liquor sales under any circumstances, with support from the State Druggists' Association and calls for officer removals who fail to enforce it. The bill, crafted with input from multiple states, is expected to move quickly through committees and to the floor without public hearings.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Antialoon League
Friends of Prohibition
General Assembly
Anti-Saloon League
State Druggists’ Association
General Wood Declines Handley Lecture Appearance
General Leonard Wood, eastern army commander, cannot lecture on military preparedness due to War Department ruling. Frederick Palmer replaces him on the Handley tour, with a date to be fixed for Winchester. Palmer’s My Year of the Great War remains in demand at libraries. Roosevelt praised his war experience.
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Frederick Palmer Wii
Winchester
Leonard Wood
United States
R. Gray Williams
Board of
Handley Trustees
Handley
War Department
Frederick Palmer
Handley Board
Palmer
Theodore Roosevelt
Porter Charlton To Land Today In New York
Porter Charlton, the American bank clerk who killed his bride on their Lake Como honeymoon, is due to arrive today from Europe after being released from an Italian prison in November.
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New York
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Italy
Europe
Charlton
Getting Well of Injury In County Man Mr S T Fahnestock
Mr S T Fahnestock recovering from a serious fall accident early in the fall. He can talk on the phone with a Star representative and hopes to visit old friends in town. Mrs Eva Cadwallader has returned to Stephens City after months with her son in Salem Virginia.
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S. T. Fahnestock
Star
Eva Cadwallader
Salem
Stephens City
Edmondson longtime Middletown resident dies
Sanford R. Edmondson, a leading Middletown figure aged about 87, died at his son Charles Edmondson’s home after two months of declining health. A Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South member for 65 years he is survived by six children, 40 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral set for 2:30 PM Thursday at his home with Rev. J. H. Haley, burial in Mount Camel Cemetery.
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Middletown
Sanford R. Edmondson
Charles F. Edmondson
Mr. Edmondson
Miktdietown
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Charles E. Edmondson
George D
Reese Edmondson
Danville
J. R. Edmondson
Wilmington
Del
Samuel Gordon
Hagerstown
Mid
C. M. Venable
Front Royal
E. Edmondson
J. H. Haley
Mount Camel Cemetery
J. B. Coyle’s Barn Burned Near Charlestown
The barn on J. B. Coyle’s Charlestown area farm burned yesterday with seven horses and foals, twenty sheep, and farming implements inside. Loss estimated around $2,000 with $900 covered by insurance.
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J. B. Coyle
Charlestown
Winchester Democratic primary election notice for mayor and council
The Democratic Executive Committee of Winchester Virginia calls a primary for the nomination of mayor and six council members to be held on the second Tuesday in April 1916. Candidates must file declarations with Dr H H McGuire by February 3 1915 and obtain fifty voter Petitions with witnessed signatures. each candidate pays a $1 fee to the city treasurer and receives forms from Dr H H McGuire.
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Common Council
Winchester
Jane
Secretary of the Commonwealth
H. H. McGuire
Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic Party
Win- Gwester
W. T. Barr
Virginia
H. H. McGure
W. Nelson Page
Cumberland Valley and Martineburg RR Elect Officers
Stockholders of the Cumberland Valley and Martineburg Railroad met in Martinsburg W Va to elect officers and directors for the coming year. Officers named include President M C Kennedy Secretary A C Nadembousch Treasurer and Assistant Secretary W W L Ritchey and Directors M C Kennedy H A Riddle C M Davison J H Tonge W A Gard Thomas B Kennedy and R R Blydenburgh. A luncheon at Judge Faulkner's home followed the meeting with notable attendees including Judge John M Woods District Attorney Stuart W Walker and former officials.
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Hwlders
Cumberland Valley and
Martineburg Railroad Company
Cumberland Valley
Winchester
Potomac River
E. Boyd Faulkner
Martinsburg
W. Va
Cumberland Valley Railroad
M. CC. Kennnedy
J. B. Hoyer
W. L. Ritchey
H. A. Riddle
Faulkner
John M. Woods
Stuart W. Walker
Nadenbousch
P. R. Harrison
Alex Parks Ton
George M. Bowers
Wiliam R. Snodgrass
Firemen's Bazar Draws Large Crowd for Motor Truck Fund
The Sarah Zane Fire Company bazar opened in the Faulkner building with a big crowd of firemen and friends. Ladies served excellent suppers while the Citizens Band performed. Proceeds go toward paying off about $1,000 owed on the new fire apparatus, hoped to reduce indebtedness.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Faulkner
South Matin Street
Dissat isfaction over Carranza's slowness in Mexico
In Paso, Texas, on January 26, dissatisfaction grows with Carranza's progress against Villa. Hundreds of Americans remain in Mexico and are unsafe until Villa and his bandits are exterminated. Villa is believed to be in the western Chihuahua mountains, defying Diaz-era troops for years.
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Paso
Texas
Carranza
Villa
Mexico
Chihuahua
Diaz
Baltimore Grain Markets Close Prices
The Baltimore wholesale markets closed with No. 2 red wheat on spot at 140 dollars per unit and corn quoted at 53.2 cents.
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Baltimore
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Great Britain
Holland
Czar
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Franz Josef of
Austria
America
State Department
Denmark
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Sweden
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Nas. Harman
Trin- Church
Staunton
Tor
Senate
Strode
Hopewell
du Pont Company
Reed
House
Torrens
Steel Trust
Wire
MR. Harloe
National Anti-Saloon League
Law
Wood
Joan G. Hubbard
Grimes, Va
Grove Bros.’ . White
B. Edmondson
C. V. and
M. RR
Kennedy
Firemen’s Bazar
Baltimore Grain Markets
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