Innocent Man Dies From Murderous Blow in Stephens City
Report from Stephens City details a fatal assault on June 5 as Vincent Wilbur of about 34 lies dying from blood poisoning after a stone strike on Main Street. Newton Williams, 22, a Stephens City Home Works employee, is accused of throwing the stone. A mob threat kept the assailant from capture as authorities search for the culprit amid tensions over a reported mistaken identity.
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Wilbur Vincent
Hampston
Stephens City
Vincent
Newton Williams
Comfortable Car For Hire Comfort and fair rates from Chapman's Auto
A local car rental option advertises good drivers and reasonable rates. Call Chapman's Auto Sales Co at 13-1p-4t for service and inquiries.
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Phone Chapman
Auto Sales Co
Berryville High School finals held with patriotic program
Berryville Virginia reports the final events of Berryville High School, beginning June 10 with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J Herbert Bean on Royalty of Service. An afternoon program for grades one through six featured songs recitations and a flag theme, with Marion Parker at the piano and Lawrence Tharp giving a welcome.
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Berryville
Berryville High School
J. Herbert Bean
Marion Parker
America
A. Wood
Lawrence Tharp
Casey
Miss Nellie Fahnestock Weds Charles Hildebrandt at Archway
An extended courtship ends in a quiet 5 PM wedding at Archway the Fahnestock homestead two miles NW of Winchester. Miss Nellie Fahnestock aged 9? becomes Mrs Charles H Hildebrandt of Baltimore. Ceremony by Rev Dr J Horace Lacy. Immediate family present due to health.
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Archway
Fahnestocks
Winchester
Nellie
T. Fahnestock
Frederick County
Charles H. Hildebrandt
Baltimore
J. Horace Lacy
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Wonderful Mechanical Exhibit At Hicks Motor Company
The Hicks Motor Company displays a 1917 Maxwell touring car in the window, showing all working parts. Mr. Hicks promotes the exhibit as informative for prospective buyers and notes he has sold a car daily in the area recently.
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Hicks Motor Company
Maxwell
Hicks
Lost small diamond setting from ring
Small diamond setting from a ring missing. Liberal reward offered. Contact el Evans with details.
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Ring
el Evans
Registrants From Frederick County Draft List Report
The article lists Frederick county residents who registered under the selective draft with names including Arthur Jr, Benjamin F Allen Roy Gilbert Anderson Stewart Arthur William H Anderson Edgar Arthur Charles David Anderson Lemuel J Anderson Walter O Anderson Wesley Baker Julian Wright Boyd Ernest E Busey Harry M Butler Henry R Butler Robert Butler Harry W Butler Cornelius J Bageant Strother H Boyd Harley Clevenger Roy R Carper George W Cather Thomas N. Continued on page four.
Owners of dogs dog tax deadline notice
City dog tax due by June 25 1917 warns owners M A Doran Chief of Police demands payment and compliance for dog licenses and penalties for nonpayment.
Drowned Soldier's Funeral Set For Tomorrow in Winchester
Private Joseph Wright Wigginton of Company I Second Virginia Regiment will be buried tomorrow at 2 PM from United Brethren Church in Winchester after drowning in the Shenandoah River near Overhill Page County. A military escort will accompany the procession to the cemetery. Corporal Joseph Reid was with him when they swam near the river.
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Company I
Joseph Wigginton
Joseph Wright Wigginton
Second
Virginia Regiment
Shenandoah River
Overhall
Page County
United Brethren Church
George W. Stover
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio
Front Royal
Maddox and
Sampsell
Boyce
Wigsginton
Liberty Loan Over Subscribed as Subscriptions Close
The Liberty Loan closes at noon with over five hundred million dollars more than allotted, twelve Federal Reserve districts report over-subscription except two, and officials expect further funding rounds every three months. Secretary McAdoo says the full seven billion dollar issue can be floated quickly, avoiding past mistakes.
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First Liberty Loan
Mec- Adoo
Washington
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
Pacific Coast
Goak
San Francisco
Prices Paid Today in Baltimore Grain Markets
At the Baltimore wholesale markets this afternoon spot wheat was quoted at 2.70 and corn at 1.80. Local dealers offered 2.20 for wheat after the market close.
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Baltimore
Back Creek Fourth Annual Sunday School Convention Held
The fourth annual Sunday school convention of Back Creek district met at Fremont Lutheran Church in Hayfield Virginia on Saturday June 10 with president Isaac B. Frye presiding. Delegations from district schools attended and about 25 from Rock Enon school arrived by decorated bus. Local clergy from Winchester joined pastors and lay leaders, and the district choir performed before devotional service led by Rev H. E. H. Sloop.
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Fremont Church
Hayfield
Back Creek
Fremont Lutheran Church
Isaac B. Frye
Rock Enon
Bethel
Trone
P. M. Funkhouser
J. W. Larrick
Shawnee
Winchester
W. T. Walters
F. M. Richardson
Asa Richard
Birmingham 3 Shaken by Blast
A powerful explosion hit the Aetna Powder Company plant in Birmingham Alabama just before 11 o clock today. The extent of the damage and any casualties were not immediately known.
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Birmingham
Star
Ala
Aetna Powder Company
Haig Drives British Front Deep In Belgian Border Offensive
London reports General Haig struck on the Belgian border advancing 500 to 1000 yards along a seven mile front. British gains push into German front line trenches between the Lys and Warnow rivers. In Arras sector Haig reports capturing key positions on a one mile front despite earlier German resistance.
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London
Davison warns only 1 percent grasp war stakes
Henry P. Davison chairman of the Red Cross War Council told a Washington chapter that not more than one per cent of Americans realize the nation is at war. He warned a major disaster may be needed to awaken public sense of responsibilities and compared U S understanding to England near the trenches.
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Washington
United States
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
Davison
Friends Annual Meeting Sunday in Ridge and Gainesboro
The Friends hold their annual religious meetings on Sunday June 17 at 10 a.m. at Ridge Meeting House and 3 p.m. at Gainesboro Methodist Church. Minister Joel Barton of Philadelphia is expected to attend. all are warmly invited.
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of Friends
Ridge
Gainesboro
Joel Barton
Philadelphia
Shenandoah county man held for moonshine case
J Horace Lacy Jr United States commissioner ordered Joseph Lindamood of Coniesville Shenandoah county Va held for the grand jury on illicit liquor manufacture after a raid by Division Deputy Collector William Ritenour and others. Officers found apple mash on the Lindamood farm and small amounts of famarac in other vessels. Lindamood denies distilling liquor. Continued on Page Three.
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J. Horace Lacy, Jr
United States
Joseph Lindamood
Coniesville
Shenandoah County
United States Grand Jury
Lindamood
William Ritenour
Frank B. Neville
F E. H. Staley
State Prohibition Force
Offenders Arrest Emma Goldman Meeting Promoters
In New York on June 15 police raided a gathering led by Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. Twenty-two plotters failed to register for the draft, one was charged with advocating anarchy, and others promised to register and were released.
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New York
Sam
Emma Goldman
Federal Building
Register
Alexander Berkman
Morris Becker
Louis Kramer
Maer
Boy Scouts Sell War Bonds in Two Day Campout
The First Troop of Boy Scouts completed a two day campout for Liberty Loan subscriptions last night. They sold bonds totaling 3550 dollars. Scouts L Gray and Silver will receive government war emblems for securing subscriptions from ten or more homes. Over forty people joined the effort.
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Boy Scouts
Liberty Loan
L. Gray and Silver
Rev. D L Jones to preach at Kernstown Burnt Church Sunday
Rev. D L Jones will deliver the regular sermon during Sunday services at Kernstown Burnt Church. The event invites parishioners and neighbors to attend the morning worship at the familiar church setting.
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D. L. Jones
Kernstown
Burnt Church
President Signs Vast War Budget At White House
The $3.34 billion urgent deficiency war budget becomes law after President Wilson signs it at the White House. The measure funds army and navy readiness, includes a $750 million merchant marine program, and critics warned it faced congressional delays over the James town exposition site purchase.
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The
Star
Washington
Wilson
White House
Soldiers Calld for Colors Under New Draft Law
Officials indicate ten men will be called to colors on September 7 under a new draft law. Registration expected to form exemption boards with physicians assessing physical qualifications. In Winchester and Frederick County, men will be trained at Petersburg Virginia or Annapolis Junction Maryland as a divisional cantonment work proceeds. The War Department and Council of National Defense advance construction at cantonment sites and assign constructing quartermasters. Frederick county exemption board likely to include Sheriff Luther Pannett Clerk Phil Gola and Dr. C R Anderson.
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Virginia
Winchester
Frederick County
National Army
Petersburg
Annapolis Junction
War Department
Washington
Council of National Defense
Death of Simtel Benton Grove in Stephens City
Simtel Benton Grove died at his home in Stephens City on Friday morning June 8 after two weeks illness. Born in Franklin County Pennsylvania he moved to Frederick County as a youth and later became a successful salesman for the Durant Dort Carriage Company of Flint Michigan. His death comes as a shock to many friends.
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Stephens City
Simtel Benton Grove
Frede County
Middletown
M Grove
Durant-Dort Carriage Company
Flint
Michigan
W. CG. Durant
Durant
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Sara
Wilbur
Vincent’s
H. H. Baker
Piccadilly
Miss. Fahnestoge
Mr. Hildebrandt
Frederick Co
Neffstown
Arthur, Jr
Benjamin F. Allen
Roy Gilbert Anderson
Stewart
M.A. Doran
Police
Wire
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Bagk Creek
Gen. Haig
England
Friends’ Annual Meeting
Stafe
Alert
Goldman
Navy
Jamestown Exposition
Congress
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