Neff Outlaws Indicted After Woodstock Grand Jury
A special Woodstock grand jury indicted several Neff gang members from Helltown Shenandoah county for jail breaking and robbery at Hackley’s store Mount Jackson. Boots Fry, incensed, led deputies to a mountain cave where provisions chewing gum ammunition and an old hen were found. James Neff moved his family after threats from the gang. Continued on page six.
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Sheriff's Posse
Mountain Cave
Frank B. Whiting
Woodstock
Neff
Helltown
Shenandoah County
Dave
Paul Neff
Bootsky
Moses Grandstaff
Claud Baker
Hackley
Mount Jackson
Stoner
Liberty
James Neff
Mount Zion
Mavanna County
Boots Fry
Sheriff Stoner
French Millinery Sale at 116 S Main St Mar 19 20
An old notice advertises French Millinery at 116 South Main Street with a two day event on March 19 and 20. The ad notes a location previously used for a furniture and undertaking establishment for over fifty years by Moore Insurance and Realty Co in Charles Town AVA.
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S. Main St
Mar
The
Moore Insurance & Realty Co
Charles Town
AV. Va
Millinery Display Wednesday and Thursday
A millinery display is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at Miss Newcombe's on March 20. The event highlights new hats and spring styles for local shoppers.
Mules and draft horses offered for sale at Winchester fair grounds
At Winchester fair grounds a sale posted for 1 p.m. includes carload mules mated in pairs and single line leaders with some odd mules. Also seeking to buy carload draft horses on March 20 at the same time and place. C. L. Gross.
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Winchester Fair Grounds
C. L. Gross
Library fund drive note to soldiers and sailors
A reader urges sending books to the library for soldiers and sailors and asks to write name and a message on the fly leaf to strengthen the bond. The remark emphasizes personal touch and support for troops.
Committee to Fix War Prices Formed by National Defense
Washington March 19. The Council of National Defense announced a price fixing committee to set prices for all basic raw materials used in war. Robert S. Brookings will chair the War Industries Board linked panel. The panel will pass on prices and craft policy to submit to the President for approval.
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The
Star
Washington
Council of National Defense
Robert S. Brookings
War Industries Board
Federal Trade Commission
Fansler Son Enlists in Tank Corps in France
Mrs. L. L. Fansler reports a letter from her son E. W. Fansler serving in France. He states he has enlisted in the tank corps and likes the new branch of the service.
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L. L. Fansler
E. W. Fansler
France
Ten Billion Bond Bill Ready for Congress
Washington reports a ten billion dollar bond bill to fund war expenses and future Allied loans. The exact amount will depend on Allies needs and requests for this year as Congress readies action within days.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
America
Revenue Commissioner urges prompt assessments
Commissioner J. L. Maphis asks taxpayers to call at his office to be assessed while forms for 1918 assessments are distributed. He notes forms have been received and will be distributed as soon as practical.
Reports of clash exaggerated say Chinese source
A dispatch from a Chinese source says reports of Japanese casualties in a clash with Russian Bolshevik troops in Siberia last Thursday were greatly exaggerated. It states not more than one or two Japanese were killed and several wounded.
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London
Siberia
Labor troubles alarm HMS Amsterdam in Berlin front
March 19. Travelers report doubled police precautions in Berlin with soldiers and machine gun units around the royal castle amid labor unrest. Authorities plan for May Day strikes as food shortages bite, while public discontent grows and fighting weariness spreads.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
Royal Castle
Germans To Free Prisoners of War
Nearly 150000 Germans held as prisoners of war in Siberia are to be released by the Austro German army advancing along the Siberian railway. The anti Bolsheviks are outnumbered and the prisoners are being armed and organized into a force.
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Copenhaigmn
Siberia
Siberian
For Rent Nine Room House and Bath Ad
For Rent. Nine room house with bath and electric lights. Contact M. M. Lynch, attorney, 1ptf.
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Bath
M. M._ LYNCH
Electrician Killed by Sea Plane Fall
Francis E. Landon United States Navy electrician died after a fall from a seaplane in Miami Florida The Navy Department said Landon aged from Roxbury Massachusetts was his home.
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The
Star
Washington
Francis E. Landon
United States Navy Electrician
Miami
Fla
Navy Department
Landon
Roxbury
Mass
Books For Soldiers And Sailors On Technical Topics
A note that books on aeroplanes automobiles g28 engines and engineering topics are in demand for soldiers and sailors. It urges broad reading beyond fiction as the men are keen on technical subjects.
Hertling Defends German Terms in Reichstag Speech
Berlin dispatch reports German Chancellor von Hertling defended Germanys terms before the Reichstag on Monday He refused to discuss Russian opinions and said provinces leaving Russian rule would be their own decision He asserted the eastern line would be restored if the Russo German peace treaty is ratified and blamed the allies for prolonging the war.
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Amsterdam
Gerdo
Russia
von Hertling
Reichstag
Monady
Berlin
Master Spies 10 to Be Shipped Away
Presidential warrants deporting Bayon and Baroness De Veville Count Robert De Clairmont and Madame Elizabeth Sherlock Nix were received. The four so called master spies were arrested yesterday in a fashionable hotel and arrangements begun to place them on Europe bound steamers.
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NW York
Bayon
Baroness de Veville
Robert de Clairmont
Elizabeth Sherlock’ Nix
PR Rena Eer
Trapping Season Closed by Law in Frederick County
Frederick County game warden Mr H E Shull announced the trapping season closed March 1 for all fur bearing animals. He will prosecute violators and said those trapping are presumed familiar with the law making ignorance no excuse.
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H.E. Shull
Frederick County
President Needs Greater Powers
Senator Hamilton Lewis reports President Wilson seeks broad wartime powers to avoid handcuffs after Congress adjourns likely in July. Lewis says Wilson has faced criticism for acting without authority and would be constrained without new legislation.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
J Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Awaiting Word Takes Dutch Ships
Washington reports the American government maintains a go slow stance on seizing Dutch ships in American harbors. Officials await further advice from London and The Hague before any action, hoping The Hague will accede to allied demands without shifting resolve.
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Washington
Ameriga
Holland
War Trade Board
London
The
Hague
Bishop William Cabell Brown to Visit on Palm Sunday
The Rt. Rev. William Cabell Brown, bishop coadjutor of Virginia, will visit Christ Protestant Episcopal Church next Sunday Palm Sunday. He will lead the 11 o'clock service and, after the confirmation rite, preach at the conclusion. The choir is expected to perform special pieces and the public is invited.
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W. D. Smith
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Virginia
William Cabell Brown
Bishop Brown
Army Recruiting Sergeant Plans Winchester Visit
Recruiting Officer Charles Grove will canvass in Winchester tomorrow and Thursday seeking volunteers aged 18 to 21 and 31 to 41 for branches including infantry coast artillery field artillery cavalry medical department and stevedore regiments.
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Charles
Grove
Winchester
Army
Infantry
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Tar And Feathers for LW W Man
Yakima Washington March 19 members of the LW W are leaving the Yakima country after the tar and feathering of H B Myers secretary of the local group. Citizens escorted Myers a mile out of town then tarred and feathered him and warned that the same treatment would come to others found in the trait country.
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Yakima, Wash
Yakima
H. B. Myers
Myers
For Sale Notice Includes Truck, Button and Reward
For sale notice lists an International 2-4 ton truck in good condition from Hi. B. Keckley & Co. with a price line 16-16-31 and a VOLT Gold cuff button with E. L. M. initials. A reward is offered at the Star Office for information.
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Standard
International
Hi. B. Keckley & Co
Star Office
Grand Master Southall Visits Madison Lodge No 6
Grand Master of AQOF and Master Southall visited Madison Lodge No 6 last night. it was Southall’s first local lodge visit. The lodge, now 126 members, expects more joiners in spring and summer. Attendees included Winchester lodge members and those from Middletown Stephens City Boyce and Rest. Southall travels to Richmond today to assume assistant postmaster duties.
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Southall
Independent Order of It Fellows of
Virginia
Madison Lodge
Winchester Lodge
Middletown
Stephens City
Boyce and
Rest
Richmond
Record high price for Valley Farm land sale
Harrisonburg reports the Captain Wilson farm just north of town sold for 327500 dollars per acre, setting a county high in Rockingham real estate as the biggest price per acre yet recorded.
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Harrisonburg
Captain Wilson
Rockingham County
President Wilson signs daylight saving bill
Washington March 19 President Wilson signed the daylight saving bill. It is expected to save millions of dollars in wartime preparations. Clocks go forward one hour at 2 am March 31 and revert in late October.
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Washington
Wilson
Chicago rejects dry petition for April ballot
The Chicago election board rejected the drys petition to place the issue on the April ballot after the clerk found 7 516 names short of the 106 427 required. Dry forces plan to appeal to a higher court.
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Chicago
Manganese Mined Near Star Tannery
The Mineral Ridge Manganese Corporation, recently incorporated with 260000 authorized capital, elected W. B. Shaffer as president, M. W. Shaffer as vice president, and Charles F. Nelson as secretary. The firm will develop 700 acres near Star Tannery in Strasburg, aiming to raise output from about twenty tons daily to fifty or sixty.
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Strasburg
Mineral Ridge Manganese Corporation
W. B. Shaffer
Pennsylvania
M. W. Shaffer
This County
Charles, F.nelson
Sec
Red Cross and War Indictment Rally in City Hall
Esther Lovejoy of Oregon, just back from France with the American Red Cross, addresses a crowd at City Hall about Prussian autocracy and the fate of French and Belgian captives. She describes Germans forcing able men and women with children to work for Germany while others are repatriated or left behind, with many sent to Evian and facing severe hardship.
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Red Cross
France
Irm
Esther Lovejoy
Oregon
American Red Cross
Ter
Ot Ae Bee
Lovejoy
Wiltiasty
Bolgiui
Germany
Switzerland
Evian
Lake Geneva
Lausanne
Dr. Lovejoy
Farm Equipment for Sale by R. and Griffiths Winchester
For sale listing with multiple tractors including Wallis Cub Mogul Titan and LH C portable gas engine on wheels plus a air compressor. Items used one or two seasons with good running condition. Terms and prices reasonable.
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R. &. Griffith
Winchester
Val
Wanted Addition Machine Ad in Winchester P O Box
Classified ad fragment seeks an adding machine for sale in Winchester with mailing address P O Box 184. Also offers bed springs and single beds for sale via Jack at three dollars for all springs. A stray line urges giving books to soldiers and counselors, with unclear context.
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Winchester
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Wire
Allies
J. L. Maphis
Commissioner of Revenue
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Crex
HMS
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H. H. Baker
E. Piccadilly St
E .J. Athey
N. Kent St
Moling and Seal
Hertling
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Netherlands
Ayi
Lw.w. Man
Aqof
Bill
Star Tannery
Red Gross
Doin Strigken
War Zone
Roe Oe
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