United States Troops Enter Mexico in Pursuit of Villa
American expeditionary forces numbering about 3,500 cross into northern Mexico led by General Pershing to pursue Francisco Villa. Carranzista authorities cooperate as skirmishes occur near the border. reports say 4,000-plus troops pursue Villa with plans to wipe out his organization.
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United States
Mexico
Villa
Cavaranza
Pershing
State Department
U. S
San Diego
EL Paso
Columbus
Gan Diego
Cal
Stewart
Engenada
Guseman
New Mexico
Thirteenth
Hachita
Dood
Galena
Pearson Company
Pearson
Bridge
Kingsville
Texas
Barreda
Brownsville
Menxican
San Antonio
John J. Pershing
Francisco Villa
Wison
United States Army
Frederick Funston
General Funston
Catlett to Auction Farm Blocks and Percheron Stallion
O W Catlett will hold a horse sale on March 18 at Zirkle’s stable starting 1 PM featuring good farm brood mares draught horses and a Percheron stallion. Public attendance urged with potential bidding on quality stock.
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O. W. Catlett
Zirkle
Mrs Wrenzie Not Improving at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Max McKenzie remains in Memorial Hospital for treatment and is reported as not improving. She is under the care of a physician and nurses receiving attention.
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Max McKenzie
Memorial Hospital
Villa Said to Have Seized Texas and New Mexico
An Spanish weekly printed in Durango last week and brought to Nogales reports Villa has taken Texas and New Mexico and is moving north. It also claims President Wilson and his family are fleeing to Canada for safety as U S forces deter the advance.
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General Pershing
Fufrston
Mexico
General Funston
Genera Pershing
George A. Dodd
Columbus
Nogales
Ariz
Durango
Villa
Texas
New Mexico
Wilson
Canada
Charles C Millen Laid To Rest In Mount Hebron
Funeral held for Charles Chase Millen Columbus druggist shot during the Villa raid March 9. Service at 109 Fairmont avenue led by Rev. George S Bowars with simple rites. Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery in a steel vault. pallbearers named Clarence Miller G O Miller Fred Miller A L Green Robert W Schultz Robert B Bell Godfrey Willer William C Miller.
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Charles Chase Millen
Columbus
N. M
Francisco Villa
Ook Place
Katie Miler
Fairmont Avenue
George S. Bowars
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron Cemery
G Clarence Miller
G. O. Miller
Fred >. Miller
A. L. Green
Robert W Schultz
Robert 8. Bell
Godfrey WiHer
William C. Miller
Two Negroes Charged With Arson and Robbery
Two African American men were arrested in Hardy County West Virginia on charges of robbery and arson. They allegedly robbed and set fire to the Cunningham post office and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station near Moorefield, plus a general store in the same building. Loss estimated at about $5,000. One man reportedly confessed while the other denies arson. both are jailed in Moorefield.
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Hardy County
W. Va
Postoffice
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cuningham
Moorefield
Deposits Rise at Farmers and Merchants National Bank
A reading notice in The Star corrected a misread year range and clarified the bank’s resources. Total resources now stand at 1 420 740.35 and total deposits at 1 122 928.71. Deposits increased by 157 000 from March 7 1915 to March 14 1916.
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Star of Yesterday
Farmers and Merchants
Naonal Bank
Farmers and Merchants ’National Bank
Baltimore Grain Markets Close Prices
At Baltimore markets 8 o clock this afternoon No 2 red wheat quoted 1 16 1 2 dollars and corn 30 1 2 cents.
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Baltimore
Kimbell-Milliken Engagement Noted in Virginia Society
An engagement announced in Virginia links Miss Katherine Milliken of Dallas to Fordyce Kimbell son of Mr and Mrs Robert E B Kimbell of St Louis. The March 23 Dallas wedding date is set and society notes mention a Baptist parsonage musical event Friday March 17 with 10 cent admission.
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Virginia
Katherine Milliken
Dallas
Texas
Patrick Hepey
Robert E. Lee
Fitzhughs
Venswood Estate
Fordyce Kimbell
Kimbell
Robert EB. Kimbell
St. Louis
Record Prices At Livestock Sale In Warren Virginia
Winchester and Frederick County men attended the Windsor Lodge sale near Flint Hill in Warren County. Brumback and Dunn conducted the auction as prices topped with a pair of Percheron mares at 640 dollars, the season's record. Local figures present included Charles R. McCann, Scott Grant, R. L. Campbell, Daniel Mellwee, and P. B. Campbell.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Windsor Lodge
Douglas Gordon
Baltimore
Flint Hill
Warren County
Virginia
Brumback and Dunn
Messrs
Charles R. McCann
Scott Grant
R. L. Campbell
Daniel Mellwee
P. B. Campbell
France's War Costs Run High in Early 1916 Budget
Paris reports the 1916 second quarter credits total 7.8 billion francs (about 1.5 billion dollars) with military spending dominating. Since 1914 war costs mount. 1915 outlay reached 34.4 billion francs and six months of 1916 show 3.1 billion. Total national expenditure since August 1914 nears 9.4 trillion francs, with about 7.4 trillion francs for military needs.
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Paris
Raoul Peret
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Totel
Avenst
Millinery Display At The Leader: March 16 17 18
Ladies invited to call and inspect at The Leader millinery display held Thursday Friday and Saturday March 16 17 18. The event advertises shown hats and accessories with viewing times in the afternoon.
Public Health Questions and Shifts in Disease Claims
A clipped excerpt questions public health assumptions noting the US Public Health Service trapped 615,744 rodents in New Orleans over 18 months. It ponders transmission through sneezing and contrasts open air as a tonic with statements on typhoid measles and yellow fever mortality and history.
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United Sttes Public Health Service
New Orleans
Bank Stock For Sale In Shenandoah Valley And Stephen City
Three blocks of bank stock for sale in Shenandoah Valley Farmers and Merchants and 10 shares of the People's Bank of Stephen City. Contact W. L. Fultz at No 11 and 13 Court Square Winchester Va for details. Clover and all grass seeds offered by H. H. Baker at 46 EB Piccadilly St. Bell 856.
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Shenandoah
Valley
People’s Bank
Stephen City
W. L. Fultz
Court Square
Winchester
Smallpox Found Near Clearbrook Promptly Quarantined
Smallpox in a varioloid form was found in northern Frederick County near the Berkeley County line. Drs Anderson Compton and Miller confirmed the diagnosis. A rigid quarantine was issued and all local schools are closed indefinitely. The disease appeared in several families near Mearbrook.
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Clearbrook
Berkeley
Frederick County
Berkeley County
W. Va
Star
Charles R. Anderson
B. S. Compton
G. L. Miller
Anderson
Fredericks County
Mearbrook
Jompton
Miller
Tubantia Sinks After Mine Strike Off Hinder Lightship
The Dutch liner Tubantia struck a mine in the North Sea and sank off North Hinder Lightship. It sailed from Amsterdam for Buenos Aires with 87 passengers and 300 crew. all aboard were saved after the vessel went down around midnight. Short-range wireless calls aided rescue by Dutch vessels.
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Amsterdam
Tubantia
North Sea
Hinder
Buenos Aires
North Hinder
Martinsburg Boys Accused of Raping A Local Girl
A weak minded girl from near Frederick wandered into Martinsburg and was taken to a farm by local youths who allegedly forced her to perform a September Morn stunt. No arrests have been made. citizens criticize police and claim youths’ influence. The mayor responds as the case unfolds.
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Frederick
Martinsburg
Republicans of Seventh District Meet Next Week
Winchester delegates chosen to attend the Seventh District convention at Luray on March 22 prepare for travel leaving Tuesday evening for Berryville Virginia by Norfolk and Western Railway. Captain John Paul is expected to be elected delegate to the national convention in Chicago and to be the party candidate for Congress against James Hay. The Roanoke state convention will pick delegates at large and elect a state committee man and an elector.
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Winchester
Beer
Berryville
Norfolk and Western Railway
Luray
John Paul
Harrisonburg
Virginia Senate
Rockingham County
Chicago
Paul
Congress
James Hay
Madison
C. L. Copenhaver
Messrs
William B. Ryan
C. R. Grubbs
George W. Snider
R. E. Griffith
Roanoke
Virginia
Charles W. Ramsburg
A. J. Merrell
J. T. Brown
Army press censor Capt Cootes named for Mexican expedition
Gen Hugh L Scott designates Capt Harry N Cootes of the 12th Cavalry as press censor for the Mexico operation against Villa. Cootes prior news experience includes Staunton News reporter. He restricts press material reachable from the Mexican move to what he approves.
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Harry N. Cootes
Staunton
12Th Cavalry
Hugh L. Scott
Army
Scott
Mexico
Coates
Villa
Capt. Cootes
French storm Verdun trenches near Appremont wood
Paris reports French troops stormed German trenches south of Verdun in Appremont forest and captured prisoners while German forces repulsed further French attacks on Dead Man's Hill. Berlin says French assaults on Verdun’s west were repulsed as Turkey and Bulgaria plan to break off relations with Portugal following Germany and Austria.
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Paris
Appremont Forest
Verdun
War Office Today Amnesncs Ed
Berlin
Dead Man’s “Hill
Verdun Front
War Office
Turkey
Bulgaria
Portugal
Germany
Austria
Long and Useful Life Close in Wardensville
An obituary notes A J McTiwee died on March 8 after nine months of illness at Mountain Falls. He married Sallie Huff and left several children. A longtime merchant and deputy postmaster, he was active in local politics and church life. Funeral at Gravel Spring Lutheran Church with Rev G D Kiracofe leading. burial in the church cemetery. The family and community mourn his loss.
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A. J. McTiwee
Sallie Huff
Mary McKwee
Pifer
Bush ” Pifer
Sraideon
Nya
Bolean Sale
Eg Éran Church
Frederick County
Mountain Falls
Gravel Spring Lutheran Church
G. D. Kiracofe
M. E. Church
South
Wardensville
W. Va
Market Report: Grain and Barrel Prices From Various Sellers
Prices for grade A limits and firsts and seconds are listed for several barrels and shipments. Notable entries include Titan, Winpsap, and Davis with firsts around 2.40 to 6.00 and seconds from 2.25 to 3.50. Reynolds of Richmond Virginia noted among the strike at Hotel Jack last night.
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Ionatitan
QEN _DAVIS
Thomas P. Reynolds
Richemond, Va
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War Department
Washington
Sonora
Torreon
Chihuahua
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Torreons
Bertani
Carranza
Palomas
Wee Grove Bros
Chas, C. Miller
Mount Hebron
Maple
Baltimore Grain Markets
Kimbell—Milliken
Baptist Parsonage
G. M. ‘Besant
Frederick, Md
Warren
Grove Bros. Dept
France
H. H. Baker
Piccadilly St
Phonbe—Bell
Wire
Michael Lillis
Tay
W. H. Bowers
Bal‘imore
Hest
William Flennitts
South Kent Street
James
Keller
Jack
William M. Mayo
Richmond
Hotel Frans
Zach Lemaster
John Campbell
Prominen
Kentucky
Dead Man’s Hill
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