Pastor Preaches His Last Sermon Before Conference
C E Queen pastor of John Mann Methodist Church delivered his final sermon as Baltimore attends the fifty fourth annual Washington conference set for Ames Memorial Church starting next Wednesday. Bishop William F McDowell will preside with Rev S H Norwood secretary. Epworth League anniversary to follow with Rev Dr W W Lucas delivering the principal address. Mr M J Yost recovering at Memorial Hospital after surgery.
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For
W. W. Lucas
League
Centennial Methodist Episcopal Church
Notice of Reference in Hackney Estate Case in Frederick County
In the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia Maurice M Lynch executor of Mary S Hackney deceased sues Virginia B Aiken and Alfred W Wright In chancery The case is referred to Master Commissioner J H Lacy to ascertain real and personal estate settle accounts and determine unpaid taxes The master commissioner will advertise in a Winchester newspaper for four weeks and convene creditors on April 2 1917 at his Winchester office to execute the order of reference.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Viginia
Maurice M. Lynch
Mary S&s
Mary S. Hackney
B. Hackney
Maurice M. Lynd
Winchester
Virginia
Commissioner’s Office
J. H. Lacy
Jir
Circuit Court of
Fall of Bagdad and World War I British Campaign
The article traces Bagdad's decline from wealth and commerce after repeated conquests to incorporation into the Turkish Empire in 1688. It notes trade shifts via Trebizond and Armenia and details the 1915 British campaign aimed at securing oil wells near the Tigris mouth and undermining German Near East dominion.
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Bagdad
India
Persia
Trebizond
Armenia
Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend
Persian Gulf
Tigris
Near East
Novel performer's cross country trip with Hood College alumni
A quartet of young women from Hood College and surrounding areas launches a California bound tour from Chicago. Jennie Ensminger Steck and Naomi and Ruth Coblentz will sing, read, and accompany. Louise Dietz and Harling Sponseller will perform interpretative and character works. The group heads through multiple states, visiting California, with Sante Fe reading rooms support and professional contacts including Mary Pickford and Theda Bara in conversations Fauntleroy describes.
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Winchester
Louise Kellen,Dietz
Boston
Harling E. Sponseller
Frederick
Naomi
Ruth Coblentz
Middletown
Steck
Hood College
Dietz
School of Expression
Powers School
California
Sponseller
Naomi Coblentz
S. E. Busser
Reading Room
Sante Fe
Miss Fauntleroy
Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Arkansas
Texas
Arizona
Santa Fe
Seats Selling Fast for Scout Play at Empire Theatre
Seats are selling fast for the First Troop of Boy Scouts presentation A Country Scout at the Empire Theatre on Thursday evening. The comedy features witty lines, a well laid plot, and the Boy Scout thread runs through the production set in a Pennsylvania coal center supply store.
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Empire Theater
Boy Scout Movement
Pennsylvania
Miller Family Return After Visit Abroad
Mrs. G. O. Miller and her daughter Miss Mary Miller have returned after visiting relatives and friends abroad during the past two weeks.
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G. O. Miller
Mary Miller
Colored Schools To Hold A Fair In Winchester June
The Colored School Teachers Association of Frederick County met at Douglas School with Prof. P. W. Gibson presiding. A good turnout represented every colored school in the county and plans were set for the annual fair to be held at the close of the colored school in Winchester in June.
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Colored School Teachers’ Association
Frederick County
Douglas School
Winchester
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proven By Thousands
A dependable medicine described as a dependable herb remedy for women. It is claimed to have no harmful drugs and to work as prescribed by physicians. The ad asserts thousands of testimonials proving its effectiveness for its specific purpose.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Woodson Weds Sibert In Middletown Nuptials
In Middletown Virginia on March 13 at the Sibert home, Miss Bertha May Sibert became the wife of Benjamin F. Woodson of Roanoke. Rev J H Haley officiated with the ring ceremony. The bride, popular and cheerful, and the groom, a man of fine character, were praised by friends.
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Middletown
William Sibert
Bertha May Sibert
Benjamin F. Woodson
Roanoke
J.H. Haley
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Trustees Sale of Frederick County Real Estate
Trustees offer sale by public auction near the B and O Railroad station at Stephens City Virginia. The property is about one acre with buildings formerly owned by Edward Black and is located west of Stephens City bounded by the railroad to the west and a lane to the east. Sale is cash only and to be conducted by trustee Co Be Cougill with I Brumback as auctioneer dated 1941.
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Edward Black
Frederick County
Virginia
Stephens City
Thomas Steward
Co. BE. Cougill
Cc. I. Brumback
For Sale Three Lots and House in Roanoke Area
For sale three properties: a six room house with bath plumbing and electric lights. Lot 178 by 400 feet half a mile from city limits with foundation on 28 by 34. Lot 50 by 200 for a building site. Also notes a wedding trip and Roanoke residence of the groom, WM B Wagner.
Largest known bird's egg from Madagas car extinct nepyornis
The largest bird egg on record is from the extinct Madagas can nepyornis and is housed by the New York museum. It holds two gallons, measures 36 inches around the middle, and the shell is about one eighth of an inch thick. The living bird with the largest egg compared to the ostrich lays about thirty six eggs.
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Madagascar
Museum of New York
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