Soldier camp notes reveal morale and routines
The missive describes soldiers in a camp adapting to life off duty with humor and gossip. It mentions private Cameron becoming a newsboy, corporal Andrews visiting ladies, corporal Fleet eyeing a motor truck, and a pay delay. Yard chores like washing, barbering, and shoe shines fill the day as Company T drills briskly and readers are urged to publish all they write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson
Coble
Cameron
Corporal Andrews
Fleet
Market prices and farm produce updates in Baltimore area
The notice lists prices for corn, timothy hay, mixed hay, barley, middling, bran, butter, creamery butter, spring chickens, potatoes, and other farm goods. It also shows live poultry, corn spot and June contracts, hay, sheep, calves, and pigs with per unit bids and ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OSPR
Asc
Virginia
Earthquake Shocks Attributed To Frost Cracks
Harvard seismotrophic station notes winter shocks as frost crack openings. Professor Woodworth explains that small tremors may occur in frozen ground with frost crack expansion cited in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Seismo- Trophic Station
Woodworth
Cambridge
New England
City girl meets country life in budding romance at Maybews
Carolyn, a city writer staying with the Maybew family, befriends farmhand Tom while covering rural life for a newspaper. After a series of misperceptions about country folks, she defends their dignity and contemplates a future collaboration with Tom on a personal magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Carolyn
Wilson
Maybews
Stubbs
Tom Maybew
Grimes News Notes highlights local church services and visits
Grimes Virginia notes announce Sunday July 9 preaching at Galilee by the regular pastor. Mrs. J Ellis Randall improves after illness. Week of social visits includes Mrs. Robert Hubbard with Finfrock Grove at Welltown and others with Hubbard family. Visitors include Mr. Charles Newcomb from Winchester and Miss Dora White from Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ellis Randall
Charles Newcomb
Winchester
Dora White
Alonzo Teets
Rich Hill Farm
Maggie Feltner
Burnt Factory
Ellis Randall
Rosmond Bristow
Baltimore
Character Building for a Noble Self
The passage urges cultivating positive qualities for the love of a noble self and service to others. It claims character is priceless and cannot be taken by prosperity or adversity, fostering self-respect and modesty, with success naturally following but set in its proper place.
Carpers Valley Items Highlights Social Visits
Miss Hisse Kelter of Bloomery spent time with her aunts Mrs C C Grim and Mrs McCarty at Carpers Valley. Hubert Kelchner of Latrobe and Ollie Kelchner of Steelton visited their parents G W Kelchner and family. Grover Carper plans a short stay in Atlantic City. Mrs Marion Curl visits with Luther Ford in Hagerstown. Ruth Kelchner returns from Berryville after visiting Mrs H S Rush. Isaac Carper Sr visits his daughter Mrs Frank Clark. Lloyd Carper spends Saturday night with his parents Edgar and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpers Valley
Hisse Kelter
Néat Bloomery
E. W. Carper
Atlantic City
Marion Curl
Luther Ford
Hagerstown
Ruth Kelchner
Rush
Berryville
Isaac Carper
Frank Clark
Lloyd Carper
Edgar Carper
Am Rich But Too Poor to Marry Clerk Affair
A wealthy merchant refuses his clerk’s marriage to his daughter saying the clerk is poor. Months later the clerk absconds with nearly the entire fortune. A telegram from the fugitive in South America says I am rich yet cannot marry a poor man’s daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
The Peeress Seeks Rough Washing Glove
A lady visits a remote village chemist and insists on a rough washing glove to improve her skin. The chemist searches a box of gloves until finally presenting one that he declares will “get the dirt off nicely.”
Chamberlains Tablets Ease Constipation and Indigestion
Eugene S Knight of Wilmington North Carolina praises Chamberlains Tablets for constipation and indigestion noting mild gentle action and a pleasant laxative effect for both him and his wife. The ad urges readers to try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Eugene S. Knight
Wilmington
N.C
Dates announced for fairs in Virginia circuit
The Virginia Fair Association reveals the circuit schedule with exhibitions from Galax on August 20 to Covington on October 27 spanning two months. Includes Staunton Harrisonburg Winchester Charlottesville Roanoke and more with each city listing its secretaries and dates the circuit runs from August 30 to October 27.
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Virginia
Vi Fair Association
Sotibaee
State Association
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Charlottesvi
Galax
Covington
J. H. Rhody
Manor
J. W. Stephenson
C. B. Ralston
D. W. Lupton
Bluefield
W. Va
George Bagwell
Radford
C. Snead
Roanoke
L. A. Scholz
Lynchburg
F. A. Lovelock
G. B. Reamer
Danville
A. D
Rest News Notes Sermon in Rest Va and Local Visits
The annual sermon of the 1.0 C F will be preached in the village church on Sunday July 16 at 3 p m. Mrs Kate Page was called to Lovettsville Loudoun county on Monday by the critical illness of her brother in law Mr Jacob Rinker. Families and individuals including Kenney Roberts L C Snapp and son Loring, Clarence Snapp and Miss Mary Snapp with Miss Rutherford and others visited relatives and friends across several towns.
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Rest
Kate Page
Lovettsville
Loudoun County
Jacob Rinker
Kenney Roberts
Raceburg
Joseph Feagan
L. C. Snapp
Loring Snapp
Charlestown
Sim Knight
Walter Flowers
Welltown
Harry Moulden
Clarence Snapp
Martinsburg
Mary Snapp
Rutherford
Lenore
Annie Feagan
Mrs. Roberts
Famous Red Headed Persons Credited In History
A fragment lists prominent figures reputed to have red hair, naming Julius Caesar Robert Bruce Queen Elizabeth Helen of Troy Dido Cleopatra Alexander the Great Thomas Jefferson Swinburne John Bunyan Schiller and noting Blazing red polls.
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Julius Caesar
Robert Bruce
Queen Elizabeth
Helen of Troy
Dido
Cleopatra
Alexander the Great
Thomas Jefferson
Albemarle County
Swinburne
John Bunyan
Pilgrim’s Progress
Schiller
Stomach Trouble Relief With Chamberlains Tablets
Miss Emma Verbrynke of Lima Ohio relates two years of bilious attacks and poor appetite. She could hardly keep food down and felt dizzy and sick until trying Chamberlains Tablets, after which she improved rapidly. Obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Verbrynke
Lima
Onis
Chamberlain
Prisoners From Valley Taken to the Penitentiary
Homer Miller a guard from the State penitentiary brought two prisoners to Richmond for confinement in the penitentiary. Mrs Margaret V Sipe and Stuart Hogar Sipe were sentenced in Rockingham Circuit Court to five years and two and a half years respectively for crimes including sending poisoned candy and obtaining money under false pretenses. Guard Miller accompanied them from Harrisonburg and the transport included Edward Miller who faces a two year term for burglary. The early release of Mrs Sipe is anticipated before full term.
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Harrisonburg
Homer Miller
State Penitentiary
Richmond
Rom
Winchester
Margaret V. Sipe
Stuart Hogar Sipe
Sipe
Haas
Rockingham
Stuart Ebipe
Lillie Kyger
Motioes
Kgger
Leemer Sipe
Croushorn
Stuart KE. Sipe
W. Ty Heard
Elkton
Foreign capital fuels Mexico's growth across mines and rails
New York reports estimate about 1.6 billion dollars of foreign investment flows into Mexico. American and other foreign interests own and operate mines in Sonora and Chihuahua, oil wells in Tampico, railways, water works, and refineries. Major players include Green Cananea, American Smelting and Refining, Phelps Dodge, and Mexico Petroleum Company with cross border holdings and British interests in some stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American’ Smelting and Refining Company
Rio Grande
Phelps, Dodge and Company
United States
Great Britain
Mexico's Turbulent Reforms Hit Foreign Interests
The text describes how British investor Lord Cowdray and associates built electric plants, steel railways, and water works in Mexico, acquiring land and mineral concessions. It notes Carranza canceling many, with Mexican government bonds held abroad. Huerta is said to hold Mexican bonds valued at fifteen cents on the dollar. repayment of interest and principal is expected from any stable Mexican government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S Tock
National Railways
Mexico
United States
Lord Cowdray
Carranza
Europe
Huerta
Suit in Equity against Elmer Keyser for Partition and Lien
In Frederick County Virginia this May 13 1916 Eudora Orissa Keyser sues Elmer Elsworth Keyser and unknown heirs of Elizabeth H Keyser seeking a lien on Elmer Keyser s one half interest in the Atwell farm near Bartonsville 165 acres to satisfy a judgment plus an accounting of assets and a court decree to sell the realty if needed. The suit asks the court to determine and protect interests and to require disclosure of assets with notices to heirs. Publication to run weekly for four weeks in The Winchester Evening Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Pee
Eudora Orissa Keyser
Elmer Elsworth Keyser
Elizabeth H. Keyser
Orissa Keyser
Dimerworth
Keyser
My Keyser
Elmer
Bleworth
Bartoneville
Frederick County
R.atwell
Carson Keyser
Elizabeth Keyser
Atwell
Ignsbeth H. Keyser
Nétessery
Winchester Evening Star
Front County
Oak
J. W.baker
Gray Williams
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Charles Hewitt
Ewosceer
Boiatoce
Peck
Wesecees Ld
Leila Esmond
The
Medtare Newspa
Pather
Chilldren
Kenry Drummond
Oak Hill
H. EB. Jones
Edward Miller
Larrick Store
New York
Sonora
Chihuahua
Vaahuila
Nuevo Leon
Tampico
Tampiche
Yucatan
Citizens’ Midsummer Clothes Brigade
Outing Worsteds
Ryan & Orndoff
Court House
Crismore
Wonderful Sabrin
H. R. Willis
N. Pa St
Little’ Mountain
Lw Committee
Ladies Aid Society of Stones Chapel
Circuit Court
Union Bank of Winchester
T. M. Conner
M. I
Cole Automobile
Derminer’s
Braddock Street
Robert Denny
Luther Pannett
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