Delightful summer card party honors Mrs Flood at Amherst Street
One of the season's most enjoyable entertainments was a card party and supper hosted by Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd on Amherst Street in honor of her sister-in-law Mrs Henry Flood wife of Representative Flood and Mrs A Carson wife of Judge Carson. Guests came from Winchester and nearby towns for bridge and prizes. Out of town attendees included Mrs Charles J Faulkner Mrs Stephen R Snodgrass Dr Sperow Dr Osborne and Mr Allen Hummert of Trinsburg Mrs W D Field of Rochester N Y and Miss Knot Baltimore. Representative Henry D Flood arrived from Washington and will spend the week with Mrs Flood at the Winchester Inn. The Floods and Miss Hildegarde Portner plan to drive Monday to Appomattox Virginia via Natural Bridge.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
Henry Flood
Representative 7
A. ©. Carson
Judge Carson
Philippine ‘Supre Court
Winchester
Charles J. Faulkner
Stephen R. Snodgrass
Sperow
Osborne
Allen Hmmert
7Rinsburg
W. D. Field
Rochester
Arthur M. Field
Knot
Baltimore
Antoinette Markell
Henry D. Flood
Washngton
Market Prices and Livestock Report From Virginia Area
The text lists daily offered prices for various commodities and livestock. It includes butter, eggs, live poultry, corn, hay, wool, cattle, calves, and pigs with ranges and unit measurements. Local region focuses on Virginia and nearby areas.
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Virginia
Weights In Germany Metric System and Comparisons
Germany uses the metric system with German terms. A kilogram equals 1,000 grams and converts to 2.2046 pounds. A humorous aside notes children question a mother's praise of their father.
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Germany
How To Stop a Door Creaking With Soap
A simple home fix stops a loud hinge creak instantly by rubbing soap on the hinge. Unlike oil, this method does not spoil or mar the paint or lockwork.
Spell of Samoa’s first sight of Apia reshapes its appeal
Stevenson recalls Samoa as less beautiful than the Marquesas or Tahiti at first sight yet the people’s courtesy and the island’s charm grow on him quickly. Within a month of arriving at Apia harbor he decides to make Samoa his home.
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Samoa
Stevenson
Marquesas
Tahiti
Apia
Serious quarrel with Britain looms over mail and boycott
A wire dispatch from Washington reports a planned serious dispute between the United States and Great Britain and allies. Key issues include Britain's mail boycott and interference with American mail. Acting Secretary of State cites impatience over Britain's failure to answer mail protests and notes British actions threaten American merchants and reveal trade secrets to rivals.
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Stat
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Ouk
Mall
Widow Bettie Stickley Dies in Strasburg After Long Illness
Mrs Bettie Stickley sixty seven widow of Supervisor Josiah Stickley longtime Fishers Hill Confederate veterans organizer died at her home in Strasburg after several months illness. Surviving children include Charles Harry Stickley Miss Mayme Stickley and several others. Funeral services at Presbyterian Church and interment at Riverview Cemetery beside her husband. Civil War memories recount a daring fire rescue and a dramatic battle moment involving Crist Crabill.
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Bettie Stickley
Josiah Stickley
Fishers Hill
The
Confederate Veterans
Strasburg
Charles
Harry Stickley
Boyd Hance
Texas
Walter Stickley
Ezra
Joseph Stickley
Arch Hoover
Oliver Everley
O. McWilson
May
Window Dresser Adds Humor to Liberty Street Shopfront
A New York Evening Fest report notes a cigar shop on Liberty Street used a large cigar box to make its display conspicuous. A humorist attached a humorous, oversized prop to attract attention, described in brisk, streetwise style.
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New York
Liberty Street
Rural Health Duty Urges Save on Typhoid and Malaria
Washington July 22 Senator J E Ransdell of Louisiana urged Rural Health America's First Duty in a Senate address. He cited annual losses from typhoid and malaria totaling about 271.9 million and 694.9 million dollars respectively, stressing defense of human health and imbalanced federal spending on animal and plant disease research.
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Washington
Joseph E.ranadell
Louisiana
Senate
America
Senatorjell
United States
Ransdell
Religious Services This Sunday in Local Churches
Centenary Reform, Christ Protestant Episcopal, Sacred Heart, First Baptist, Grace Lutheran, First Christian, and Methodist listed with times for morning and evening services. Also notes Sunday school times, organist, choir, and special Holy Communion dates.
Sunday church schedule and activities listed
The notice lists Sunday school times for multiple churches: Wi. B. Snider supervises at 9 45 a m with a Men's Golden Rule Bible Class at 9 30 a m and Epworth League at 7 p m led by W. G. with a prayer at 8 p m. Presbyterian services at 11 a m and 8 p m with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and Wednesday prayer at 8 p m. Highland Avenue Presbyterian holds 7 30 p m services, 8 p m Sunday school, and Thursday prayer at 7 30 p m. United Brethren on North Braddock Street has 11 a m and 8 p m preaching, 9 46 a m Sunday school, a Young People’s Society and Christian Endeavor at 7 p m, with midweek prayer at 8 p m Wednesday.
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Grace Lutheran
West Water Street
George
First Christian
Cortier
Braddock
Clifford Streets
W. T Walters
A. m. Christian Endeavor
W. T.T Walters
Methodist Episcopal
Corne
Market
Cork Streets
H. G Spencer
Hunter N. Kern
A. m
B. Snider
Epworth League
W. G
South Main St
J. H. Lacy
D. D
Highland Avhnuh Prsbybrian
United Brethren
North Braddock
G. W. Stover
Ple
Probing Death of Norfolk Woman in House Fire
Investigation into the death of Mrs. Z. E. Keister continues after her charred body was found in an attic. Her husband, a real estate dealer, is hospitalized in serious condition following a failed attempt to end his life.
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Ana
Om. Summers
Box H
Norfolk
Z. E. Keister
Keister
Archibald P. Osborne
Berryville
Cause of gastric ulcer linked to stomach spot tests
Researchers Dr. W. E. Burge and Dr. B. E. Burge of Urbana Illinois report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that ulcers arise from reduced resistance in a localized stomach area. They identify this spot as partially resisting digestion by pepsin.
Executor's Sale of National Bank Stock
Executor of the late Mr Hull will offer for public auction in Winchester at 9 o'clock on Saturday in 1916 stock shares of the Shenandoah National Bank. The sale includes twenty shares in blacks and three shares. Maurice M Executor. Duvall Dunn Austie Robert S. Smith Clerk.
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Elizabeth B. Glaize
Court House
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Farmers and Merchants’ National Bank
Winchester
Virginia
Tis
Maurice M. Lynch
Robert S. Smith
MR Ny
Hull I
Shenandoah’ Tional Bank
Maurice M
Panny
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