Public Market Water and Gas Rates and Police Moves
Public Market water from Rouss spring rated good while old town spring was bad. City manager reports operating expenses for the month. Henry proposes 11 to 12 percent gas rate increase to be sought from the State Corporation Commission. Funk resigns as policeman. police committee to advertise for a replacement. Smallpox epidemic cost city 1112.32. contigent fund overdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss
Old Town
Henry
Star of the Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company
State Corporation Commission
J. Fred. Goss
Hable
Edward Funk
Jaize
Genterman
Funk
City to insure workers under act. ordinance passes
The council advanced the measure to second reading and passed a resolution by Mr. Hardy to reimburse the contingent fund and notify state authorities that the city will carry workers compensation risks with a state-approved insurer. Mr. Cooper then introduced an ordinance for paying insurance premiums, which passed first and second readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy
Cooper
Social News Notes From Stephens City
Stephens City Virginia June 4 Miss May Townsend visits stepmother Mrs Maggie Townsend. School finals end with picnic at Houss Spring Saturday. Mr and Mrs H M Carbaugh visit Loudoun county friends. Minnie Hall visits Mrs H C Schenck. Dorothy Ball returns from teaching in Stephens City. Randolph Yeakle returns from overseas duty. Madeline Muse to vacation with parents Mr and Mrs W J Muse at Trone. Harry Shryock telegrams death of sister in law Mrs Joshephine McNette. Herman Heironimus visits Winchester with Earl Clark. Jessie Lemley ill at Main street home.
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Stephens City
May Townsend
Maggie Townsend
Houss Spring
Ahd
H. M. Carbaugh
Loudoun County
Minnie Hall
H. C. Schenck
Dorothy Ball
Weems
Randolph Yeakle
Madeline Muse
W. J. Muse
Trone
Harry Shryock
Automobile Fire Involves Winchester and Western Car
A Winchester and Western Railroad Company automobile caught fire on North Braddock street near Bromley’s garage as a boy struck a match near the gasoline tank during refueling. Part of the car burned before firefighters stopped the blaze. the vehicle, used to haul meats and supplies to railroad construction crews, carried a load only of meats, which were undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester and Western Railroad Company
North Braddock Street
Bromley
Favor Return of All Wire Systems Moves in Senate Committee
The Senate committee on interstate commerce ordered a favorable report on the Kellogg bill for the immediate return of telegraph and telephone wires to private ownership. The measure was amended to maintain existing telephone rates for sixty days after final congressional action. The committee vote was unanimous.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Paris centenarian Marquise d Havrincourt dies at nearly 105
Paris reports the death of the aged Marquise d Havrincourt born December 31 1814. She lived through Napoleonic era and saw her chateau sacked by Germans in 1870 and again in 1914 marking a century of upheaval in her family history.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marquise d’Havrincourt
Napoleon
Isle of
Elba
Strike Declared in American Zone by German Workers
In Coblenz on June 3 a general strike was proclaimed by Germans in American occupied areas in protest of the reported launch of the Rhenish republic at Wiesbaden. The strike lasted four hours. workers returned to their labs after warnings from American military authorities.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Rhenish Republic
Wiesbaden
Enemies of Womanhood Health Ad Effect
An article touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women’s health issues. It links ill health to complexion headaches nervousness and fatigue, claiming the product restores health for generations of women and improves social and domestic life.
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Lydia E. Jam
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H. F. Byrd
Euheen
Tational A Institute
Milwaukee, Wis
Aoctiees Sereica
Frederick
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Edward Conner
Harry Brown
Piccadilly St
Carver & McVicar
S. Market St
Peene
Clarke County
S. Brady Street
Winchester
DR. Fahrney
Hagerstown, Md
Columbia and
Rambler Bicycles
H. R. Willis
N. Market St
J. T. Fisher
North Market Street
Inchester
Ridge’s
Ridgeway
W. Va
Fisher Building
Ryville Exchange
Bell
C.Y
Berryville, Va
Clarke Counties
Fairmont Ave
Stabie
Milton
B. Orndoff
Annie Ridgeway
South Main,st. 2
Wiss
Wm. H. Morley
Opequon, Va
Peyton Street
O. A. Ashton, Eikers
John Harmer
Fair Grounds
Rest
M. E. Church of White Hall
Robert Clevenger
C. M. Adams
Frederick County
Vey Cider Co
Wallace Vi Co
Valley Vinegar Co
Luther
Luther Barr
S. Main St
Orange
Hereford Breeders Assn
A. H. Oschner
Blacksburg
Piedmont
Virginia
F. M. Smith, JR
Manassas
Thomas A. Robinson
Ore Va
Luther Pannett
Thos.a. Robinson
Natco Hollow
Prentice
Valley Hotel
School House
White Hall
Greenspring Corner
Crozet
Copenhagen
Victory
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