The Spending of Your Hundred Million Dollars
The Red Cross received a hundred million subscription, with over eighty five million appropriated by last report. It explains allocation to relief in Italy and France, milk for children, tractors for farming, sanatoria, hospitals, rest stations, and aid to refugees. The piece emphasizes the scale and urgency of relief work and pride in the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Raf
Italy
Murphy
Europe
American Red Cross
Red Cross Commission
Petrograd
Commission
France
The
United States
Paris
Allevia
Thed
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Nebraska Woman
Mrs. John Koop pelmann of No 1 McLean Nebraska praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming it restored her health and strength after functional disturbances and invites other women to try the remedy praised for easing backaches headaches nervousness and the blues. The ad urges trust in the medicine made by Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co and Massachusetts with a long history of use.
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Pinkham
John Koopppelmann
No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
Lydia E. Pinkham
Merica
Enkham
Edicine Co
Mass
Children’s Day Program at Cen tenary Reformed Church
A large congregation attended Children’s Day events at Cen tenary Reformed Church last night. Music director Fred R. Striker led the program with Clayton Hartman as superintendent, featuring recitations, songs, a Red Cross theme, patriotic readings, and an Army and Navy march to close.
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Centenary Reformed Church
Fred R. Striker
Clayton Hartman
Red Cross in France Praised by Pershing
The speaker credits the American Red Cross in France for exceptional constructive work and efficiency under adverse circumstances, highlighting commendation from General Pershing.
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Red Cross
France
Wednesday Last Day To Register For Female Aliens
Chief registrar M A Doran announced that registration closes Wednesday evening for all female aliens in Winchester. He warned that those failing to register face penalties under U S espionage laws and that ignorance or uncertainty of status is not an excuse. Married women take their husband's status and must register if the husband is an enemy alien without final naturalization. Mr W Roy Stephenson departed for Washington.
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United States
M. A. Doran
Winchester
Italians Hold Piave Front Amid Weakened Austrian Offensive
Italian Army reports ongoing action along the Piave with Austrians unable to advance after seven days of heavy fighting. Vienna acknowledges serious Austro-Hungarian losses near 200,000 while Italian observers note Austrian gains are limited and gas attacks largely failed.
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Montello
War Office
Piave
San Dona di Piave
Ono
Stefani Bureau
National War Savings Day Call Signed Up June 28
A wartime pamphlet urges citizens to line up and sign up for National War Savings Day on June 28 amid calls that government needs money. It notes amendments may fix wrongs but warns mischief can arise in other forms as efforts to fund the war continue.
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National War Savings
Austrian Food Outlook Describes Desperate Hunger In Austria Hungary
Dispatches leaked to the State Department report a dire Austrian hunger crisis. In Vienna a weekly bread allowance for manual labor is 1120 grammes, with portions of bran flour fats meat sugar and one egg. southern regions are described as worse.
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Washington
Austria-Hungary
State Department
Vienna
Emperor Charles Returns to Vienna as Cabinet Resigns
Emperor Charles of Austria arrives back in Vienna from the front and reserves decision on the von Seydler cabinet resignation. He asks Premier von Seydler to continue, likely to form a new cabinet. Austrian papers barred from reporting an alleged assassination attempt on the emperor.
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London
Charles
Austria
Vienna
von Seydler
Reuter
Amsterdam
Thrift stamp offer mocks autocracy for 25 cents
A brief ad invites readers to buy a Thrift stamp, framing the purchase as a small sum to poke at autocracy. The item is presented as an affordable, simple act with potential symbolic value.
Wheatless Days Practical Civic Reminder
A civic note urges residents to observe wheatless days by reducing consumption. The call emphasizes personal responsibility in maintaining food conservation and community effort during shortages.
Seed and grain price notices at Winchester Seed Co
A small classified item lists seed buckwheat millet sorghum soy beans and cow peas with reduced prices at Winchester Seed Co located at Int. 46 East Piccadilly Street. The notice also mentions War Savings Stamps monthly purchases.
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Winchester Seed Co
Piccadily Street
Trustees Sale of Desirable Property in Winchester area
Trustee Harry H. Lynch offers for sale at public auction two deeds dated March 12, 1915, recorded in Frederick county. The 13 acre property includes a residence near Bethel Church, Fries, with water and improvements. Installment payments secure the sale by deed of trust and insurance policy.
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Fierick
J. D. Oates
Dal
Cour House
Winchester
En Bethel Church
Fries
Stottier
Harry H. Lynch
Public Sale of Unimproved Land in Frederick County Virginia
The case, filed in the Clerk's Office of Perth, Virginia the plan shows a sale on July 20 at 11 o'clock AM of a 56 acre tract of unimproved land in Frederick County adjoining Ashby Gore Muse Pugh and others. Terms require one third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust bearing 6 percent interest. Auctioneers Swanson and Larrick listed.
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Oman
Perth
Winchester
Virginie
Frederick County
Mee Wa
Gore
Ashby
Frank
William
J. Muse
Jon J. Pugh
William Anderson
Upton J
Herbert S, Larrick
Ae. A. G
Swanson
Age of Herring Estimated by Naturalists
Naturalists calculate that marketable herring age ranges between three and seven years, inferred from annual rings on their scales.
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No Man’s Land
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Children’s Day Reformed Church
Hardy Haines
Allison Hart
M. Fuller
Bliz Crause
Joe Haines
Ethel Hartman
Wow
Marie Recher
R. L. Gray
May Striker
Army and Navy
General Pershing
W. Roy Stephenson
Bam—ony
Cima di Roose
Grappa
San Dona
Price
Monte Grappa
Wilson Square
Ryan & Orndoff
Neel Motor Co
Wire
Ws.s. Ee
States Government
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