Governor Stuart Talks With Pacific Coast via Transcontinental Phone
Governor Henry Carter Stuart of Virginia is awakened in a Los Angeles hotel to take a cross country call from President George W. Stevens of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The two exchange greetings after lines are extended to the Pacific Coast, ending with a light remark about lunch.
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Los Angeles
Henry Carter Stuart
Virginia
George W. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York City
Page W
Uttle Jap
President Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Pacific Coast
Stevens
Stuart
Large Crowd At Co I Yard Party
A yard party for Company I Second Virginia regiment drew a large crowd at Washington's Headquarters corner of Braddock and Cork streets. A brief shower did not dampen interest as Citizens Band in uniform led by Captain Robert Y. Conrad performed. Attendance continued through Saturday night with Sarah Zane Fire Company and Friendship Fire Company scheduled to attend on upcoming evenings.
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Washington
Braddock
Cork Streets
Second
Virginia Regiment
Robert Y. Conrad
Citizens’ Band
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Friendship Fire Company
Miller Jenkins
For Sale 6 per cent first mortgage bonds limestone farm
Household furniture and chifoniers offered with sales details for a limestone farm mortgage listing. Includes folding bed and related items from the Dae Hotel sale noted for Saturday.
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Dae
Free Tickets Offered in July Shoe Sale Announcement
Fragmentary OCR notes advertise five tickets free in a shoe sale with prices listed around $2 and $108. Mentions Baltimore and July 26 with unclear names and details.
German submarine U-61 sunk in the Black Sea
London reports that German submarine U-61, famed for the voyage from Wilhelmshaven to the Dardanelles and for sinking British battleships Triumph and Majesty, has been sunk by Russian warships in the Black Sea.
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The
Star
Wilhelmshaven
Dardanelles
Triumph
Majestic
Black Sea
Athens
Germany
United States
London Financial News
Reid Riley Honeymoon Trip After Clarke County Nuptials
Mr and Mrs Charles Reid Riley wed at Montana Hall near White Post Clarke County in a seven thirty ceremony. The bride formerly Minnie Conrad was given in marriage by Hugh M Nelson and best man was Hugh M Nelson Jr. The couple left for Virginia Hot Springs for their honeymoon after a banquet with music by the Ghoreham Hotel orchestra.
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Charles Reid Riley
Montana Hall
White Post
Clarke County
Virginia
Hot Springs
Minnie Conrad
William G. Conrad
Hugh M. Nelson
Long Branch
Riley
William R. Riley
Washington
Ghoreham Hotel
Dr. Moss
North Carolina
Winchester
Gasoline Is Magic Driving Farm Car Purchases
Gasoline is called the magic fluid expanding farm life as farmers increasingly buy automobiles. In some areas ninety percent of sales go to farmers who ditch horse drawn travel for faster, cheaper car trips to town. With hay and grain prices high, a good car, not a horse and buggy, meets transport and work needs.
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Great Central
Keating Family from Cumberland Visiting Winchester Inn
Colonel John Keating and his wife with son and daughter arrived in town last night and are staying several days with friends at the Winchester Inn. The vice president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank attended the bank directors meeting this morning. They plan to return to Cumberland on Sunday.
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John Keating
Cumberland
Winchester Inn
Girl Injured After Fall From Window in Harrisonburg
Miss Virgie Dickinson about eighteen fell from a second story window at the Rev C T Hewitt residence on Newman avenue while looking at a fire. She landed in the grass yard fifteen to twenty feet below, narrowly missing the cement walk. Dr Firebaugh could not yet determine the full extent of injuries. She had regained consciousness by 2 o clock and is a domestic worker for the Hewitts of the Baptist parsonage.
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Harrisonburg
Virgie Dickinson
C. T. Hewitt
Newman Avenue
Miss Dickinson
Briery Branch
Firemen Meet for Yard Party at Washington's Headquarters
Notice to Sarah Zane firemen to assemble at their hall tonight at 8 p m for Co I yard party at Washington's Headquarters. By order of the Captain. Ip Secretary.
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Sarah Zane
Co. I
Washington
Death benefit paid on son’s policy by mutual insurance
The People’s Mutual Benefit Insurance Co paid Prof. Johnny Quiett sixty five dollars for his son’s death benefit policy. W. E. Taylor is named as local agent.
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People’s Mutual Benefit Insurance Co
Johnny Quiett
W. E. Taylor
Hotel Jack Roof Garden Opens on Selected Evenings
Open hereafter only on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday evenings with music on all days except Sunday. Excellent food noted. Mrs Henry H Kittle and sons Conrad and Hal Little arrived from Norfolk VA and will stay at PD B Conrad's home on West Water or eel.
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Henry H. Kittle and Sons
Conrad and
Hal Little
Norfolk, Va
Will d
PD. B. Conrad
West ‘Water
Mrs Wright Testifies In Heterick Will Case In Frederick
The second day of the Heterick will case in Frederick County Circuit Court featured Mrs. Wright the adopted daughter taking the stand. She testified that family relations were pleasant and that Mrs Heterick planned to provide for her grandchildren. Experts including S C Malone were called as the defense pressed handwriting questions while spectators crowded the courtroom.
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Heterick Will
Sheppie Strother
Winchester
M. S. Heterick
Frederick County
Heterick
Circuit Court
T. W. Harrison
Pannett
A. W. Wright
Malone
S.C. Malone
Baltimore
Saperte
Pembroke Springs Man Bitten by Copperhead Snake
Clarence Orndorff of Pembroke Springs Frederick County was bitten on the finger by a copperhead while loading lumber at his saw mill. He sucked the wound, then grew ill with swelling. Dr. Snarr of Lebanon Church treated him with antidotes and he is expected to recover.
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Clarence Orndorff
Pembroke Springs
Frederick County
Orndorff
Dr. Snarr
Lebanon Church
Mr. Orndorff
Amherst nurse dies of cerebral hemorrhage at station
Mrs Anne Troy Hopkins 34 daughter of Col L O Troy of Amherst dies suddenly at a railway station while returning from a vacation to Atlantic City. She was in the 16th month of the Memorial Hospital Winchester Nurses Training School and would have earned her diploma next year. She sang in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church choir and is survived by her father a 12 year old son and several Amherst sisters. Funeral planned in Amherst with burial there.
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Amherst
Anne Troy Hopkins
Col. L. O. Troy
Training School For Nurses
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Yale Keys Lost Near Star Office Reward Offered
Five Yale keys lost Wednesday afternoon or night include a steel house key an old-time watch key and possibly another key. A reward is offered at the Star office.
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Yale
Star Office
For Sale Roadster After Owner's Death
For sale a fully equipped Studebaker Roadster following the owner's death. Apply at the listed address to inquire and arrange details.
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Studebaker
Court frees Harry Thaw after sanity verdict
New York July 16 Justice Hendrick rules Harry K Thaw sane and entitled to freedom after a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder of Stanford White. The decision revokes Matteawan commitment, with a $35 000 bail posted. state plans to appeal.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Hendrick
Thaw
Hendrick
Pittsburgh
Matteawan
Stanford White
Diamond From the Sky Airdome Tonight
The fifth chapter titled For the Sake of a False Friend from the $800000 Diamond From the Sky will be shown at the Auditorium tonight. Also advertised is a $10000 spectacle.
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Sky Airdome
Gome
Flood Submerges 2000 Homes in Lima Ohio
The Ottawa river flood surpassed 1918 stage around 10 AM. Over 2000 homes submerged and one unidentified rescuer drowned, marking the first fatality in the rising disaster.
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Lima
Ohio
Ottawa
Police raid counterfeit den nets arrests and cash
Chicago police day raid on West side counterfeit den leads to multiple arrests and the seizure of nearly 50000 dollars in fraudulent currency.
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Chicago
West Side
Real Estate Loans Firm Ad Listed in Brief Notice
A small classified item lists Han s brown gothic firm Hansbrough and Carter offering real estate loans and insurance services. The note references mortgage land bonds and a 66 percent rate with a line about Winchester Steam Laundry and two phone numbers.
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Limestone Farm Hansbrough ® & Carter
Hansbrough & Carter Real Estate Loans
Yard Party Benefits Winchester Church Near Shenandoah Bank
Friday and Saturday nights July 16 and 17 at S L Lupton farm host a yard party to benefit Winchester Christian Church. An Auto bus will run from Shenandoah Bank corner. Mr Alfred Henkel of Shenandoah Valley Bank returned last night from a trip to Philadelphia Atlantic City and Washington.
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S. L. Lupton
Winchester Christian Church
Shenandoah Bank Corner
Wedéfritz
Alfred 9. Henkel
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Philadelphia
Atlantis City
Washington
Red
Fire destroys stablebuilding and adjacent garage in Harrisonburg
A fire at the J. C. Staples building on West Water street in Harrisonburg, Virginia, caused total losses estimated at 4000 to 5000 dollars. The blaze destroyed a Ke M Flory garage, Harrisonburg D S Thomas assets, nineteen buggies, and Weldon Berry’s car with only partial insurance coverage.
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Harrisonburg
J. C. Staples
West Water Street
KE. M. Flory
D. S. Thomas
Bridgewater
Woodson & Albert
P. Staples
Berryville Turnpike stockholders meet August 7 1916
The Berryville Turnpike stockholders meeting will be held in the Directors Room of the First National Bank of Berryville on Saturday August 7 1916 at 11 am. A directors meeting precedes it in the same location. Signed I. O. Russell secretary.
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Berryville
First National Bank of
Russell
St Swithin Prophesies Rain After July Thunder
A local note recounts the old Saint Swithin legend predicting forty days of rain after July 16, linking it to Saint Swithin, confessor and Winchester patron. The tale says his burial in a church caused rain until his body was moved outdoors, after which the skies cleared.
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Saint Swithin
St. Swithin
Winchester
England
Thele
Wheat Insurance for Fire and Lightning Coverage
Insurance ad notes fire and lightning coverage for wheat and straw on any place including farms. Mentions short term loans and insured investments with contact via two phone numbers.
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Hansbrough & Carter
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Mr. Stuart
Ae Spee
Etiaind
Jo Poe
Rotterdam
Calais
Aix-La-Chapelle
Yser
Hague
London
Miners’ Federation
Board of Trade
Nieuport
Callais
Paris
Mrs
Ginia Hot Springs
Jack
Oreal
Mrs. Heterick
C. Malone
R. T. Barton
Palm Beach
Barton
R. Gray Williams
Harrison
Wright
Amherst, VA
Anne Hopkins
Nurses School
Harry Thaw
Wire
Woodbury
Albany
Winchester Steam Laundry
Houck Tannery
Helsley
Stockholders Meeting
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