German Ambassadors Warning To Americans
The German embassy advertisement in New York papers warned Americans travel in Europe at their own risk. Nearly 3,000 people sailed transatlantic today despite the warning. A Norwegian steamer Grena arrived at Norfolk with soda nitrate for ammunition and a German stowaway aboard.
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Count von Bernsterff
Europe
New York
Washington
von Hatzfeldt
Berngtorff
Norfolk
Dreiser
Nee
Henry S Baker Struck by Stone on Electric Line
Henry S Baker an insurance agent escaped serious injury when a stone shattered a car window and struck him on the right shoulder on an Old Dominion Electric Line interurban near West Falls Church Virginia. The rock broke on iron bars outside the window. Detectives searched the countryside for the assailant. Baker kept the rock fragment as evidence.
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Henry 8. Baker
Old Dominion Electric Line
Herndon
Washington
West Falls Church
Baker
Old Dominion Company
Seed Corn Varieties Offered by H H Baker
White and yellow seed corn for fodder and silage offered by H H Baker at 17 Court House Plaza. Includes notes on suitability for silo use and planting season.
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H. H. Baker
Court House Plaza
Earthquake Shocks Felt Nationwide With Uncertain Origin
Washington reports distinct tremors lasting from midnight. Naval Observatory notes destructive potential but cannot locate epicenter. Cleveland seismograph records two sharp shocks ten minutes apart, suggesting distant origin but no direction.
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Washington
United States Naval Observatory
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Ignatius College
Odenbach
Ladies Meet Monday Night at National Cemetery Lodge
The Ladies National Memorial Association holds a meeting at 8 o clock on Monday evening May 3 at the National Cemetery Lodge. Mrs EF A Horsey is secretary.
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Ladies’ National Memorial Association
National Cemetery Lodge
EF. A. Horsey
Germans Leave Italy Says Werther Crewman Seeks Home
A 20 year old German named Heinrich Myer claimed to be aboard the Ostrada A interned in a Chilean port and wished to return home to fight. The report notes Germans are leaving Italy as the war nears turning points, with Bernes confirmation that many are departing Italy.
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Dupont
City Point
Heinrich Myer
Ostrada
Italy
Berne
Switzerland
Millwood Ladies Plan Spring Beautification Effort
The Millwood Improvement Association held its spring meeting on April 28 at Mrs. George H. Burwell’s home. Prizes totaling five dollars and two fifty goes to white and colored residents for best kept premises with a special five dollar prize for greatest improvement. Volunteers receive lime orders and flower seeds to aid beautification while barrels along the highway curb trash. The group plans Norway maples along town streets and cites homes of Mrs. Henry Jenkins and Mrs. Lawrence Russell as examples of improvement. Officers include Mrs. Hugh M. Nelson as president and Mrs. George H. Burwell as secretary. executive committee members are Mrs. Edward G. Butler, Mrs. R. G. Mitchell and Miss Mary F. Page.
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Clarke County
Millwood
George H. Burwell
Henry Jenkins
Lawrence Russell
Boyce
Philip and
Mary Randolph
The
Millwood Improvement Association
Hugh M. Nelson
Henry Brooke
Grah Ho F. Brandy
Edward G. Butler
R. G. Mitchell
Mary F. Page
Automobile Bargain 6 Passenger Touring Car for Quick Sale
Six passenger Overland touring car offered for quick sale at 375 dollars. Seller identified as W B Huntsberry.
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W.B._ HUNTSBERRY
Shenandoah Valley Bank Grounds Plant Flower Garden
A large planting of flowers and flower seeds occurred today along the Main and Piccadilly street sides of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank. The loamy ground is prepared to foster a beautiful garden soon to appear.
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Piccadilly Street
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Eight negroes arrested in Berryville killing case
Sheriff George W. Levi of Clarke county has arrested eight local men from the Boyce neighborhood in connection with the poisoning of S. H. Eidson's horses in January. Israel Jackson Dora Jackson Worth Jackson John Jackson Archie Randolph Martin Mason Pootsie Coleman and Tobe Green are jailed. Frank Jackson was taken as a witness. A preliminary hearing is scheduled Monday before Magistrate Stimson.
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Berryville
George W. Levi
Clarke County
S. H. Eidson
Boyes
Israel Jackson
Dora Jackson
Worth Jackson
John Jackson
Kale
Archie Randolph
Matin Mason
Pootsie” Coleman
Levi
Ridson
Stimson
Ot Boyce
Bearded gunmen rob trolley near Mount Pocono
Two men wearing false beards held up a Shamokin trolley car near Mount Pocono eight miles from Shamokin and escaped with 4500 dollars intended for Fagle Silk payroll. They bound and gagged passengers. H B Smith freed himself and alerted posses is searching the countryside.
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Shamokin
Shamokin-Gilberson
Mount Poco
H. B. Smith
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pottsville
Fagle Silk Company
Baseball scores from Washington Philadelphia Chicago games
The Official Score reports results with Americans at Washington 9 Philadelphia 1 and Chicago 4 Detroit 1. Other games were postponed by rain with Nationals 2 Brooklyn 1 and Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 1 and St. Louis 6 Cincinnati 2. Federals Kansas City 2 Baltimore 0.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Nationals
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Federals
Kansas City
Baltimore
Fire Chief to Speak at South End Hose Company Meeting
Officers invite Chief Fire Warden J. W. Sibert to address members on Monday evening May 3. Sibert accepted the invitation and promised to give them an address at the South End Hose Company meeting.
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South End Hose Company
J. W. Sibert
Henrys win city auditorium lease in special council session
The Common Council approved a one year lease of the City Hall Auditorium to J. H. and EK. L. Henrys for 800 dollars, deleting a clause requiring three open nights weekly. Voting 7 to 2, with seven in favor including Steck and Kremer, and two against. Other measures included insurance funding, boiler repairs, water cutoffs for waste, tobacco tax readoption, and lighting requests for Court House Square.
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the Star
Messrs
Henry
Fred, H
Herman H. Hable
Steck
Messrs. Goss
Gray
Jones
Kremer
Ryan
Shyder
McGuire
City Hall
Bell
Organs Arrive in Stock at Wyndham’s Shop
Second hand organs received at D. L. Wyndham on W Water Street. Prices advertised as very low. Customers urged to visit the shop for deals on used organs.
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D. L. Wyndham
W. Water St
Iptf
Man Reveals Vintage Dress Suit From 1872 Purchase
J. C. Ritter of this city visited The Star office wearing a dress suit bought from H. H. Hable a Winchester clothier in 1872. Hable was newly in business and the suit was purchased when his shop stood at the Main and corner of the building.
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J. C. Ritter
Star Office
H. Hable
Winchester Clothier
Hable
Main
W H Raby Dies Without Warning At Mount Jackson
William Hottel and family travel to Mount Jackson Shenandoah county to attend the funeral of William H Ruby a Mount Jackson resident who died suddenly of heart disease at about 58. He survived by wife two sons a daughter and several relatives. Special sale of plenie hams pound Saturday and Monday. T M Barr.
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T M. Barr
William T. Hottel
James Smith
George Lind
Mount Jackson
Shenandoah County
William H. Ruby
Ruby
Winchester
Frederick County
Elizabeth Hottel Ruby
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Henry Ruby
New York
Ernest Ruby
James Maphis
Sarah Ruby
Robert Ruby
Hagerstown
Asiater
Jennie Allen
John Ruby
T. M. Barr
Miss Walker Engaged To I Curtis James In Virginia
Mrs. John G Walker announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Mary Lee Walker to Mr. I Curtis James of Gloucester County Virginia. The wedding is set for September.
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John G . Walker
Mary Lee Walker
I. Curtis James
Gloucester County
Virginia
Important Auto Notice for Bluemont Berryville Winchester trips
The Bluemont Berryville and Winchester Transportation Co. will run two daily round trips between Winchester and Berryville except Sunday. Departures from Hotel Evans are 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday with full Bluemont service. other weekend trips go to Berryville. Sunday departures and return times are unclear in the notice.
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Bluemont, Berryville and Winchester Transportation Co
Winchester
Berryville
Evans
Bluemont
Young People Celebration At United Brethren Church
Visitors are welcomed at all services tomorrow at the United Brethren Church on North Braddock Street. The highlight is the Young People Society anniversary celebration of the Christian Endeavor at 7 15 pm with a program of music recitations dialogues and short talks by society members following the 10 am Sunday school.
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United Brethren Church
North Braddock Street
Young People’s Society of the Christian Endeavor
Baraca Class Moves to Main Auditorium Tomorrow
Beginning tomorrow at 2 15 P M the Baraca Bible Class of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church will meet in the church main auditorium due to growing membership. Pastor Rev H G Spencer will continue to teach the class. Cow Peas Soy Beans and Mammoth Yellow seeds listed and available from H Baker 17 Court House.
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Baraca
Market
Street Methodist Episcopal Church
H. G. Spencer
Baker
Court House
Plava
Spring Rebirth Amid War’s Grim Toll
Readers confront a contrast between nature’s renewal and the brutal toll of war in Europe. The piece reflects on fallen soldiers, grieving families, and the enduring image of spring’s awakening as a sobering backdrop to conflict. It mourns the living and the dead, urging sympathy for mothers and widows.
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Europe
Wanted August furnished house with two rooms Scotland
Classified notice seeking a small furnished house or parlor with telephone two rooms and kitchen from August. Respondents should contact Mathews at 38 Carrington Street Glasgow Scotland. Weekly terms requested.
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Mathews
Carrington
Shenandoah Collegiate Inst Beats Woodstock 8 to 0
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute baseball from Dayton Va defeated Winchester High School 8 to 0 at Woodstock. Pitcher Heats Wole reportedly struck out 15 and allowed one hit, contributing to the shutout.
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Shenandoah Collegiate Institute
Dayton
Winchester High School
Justice Pierce In Town Visits Friends In Opequon
Justice Hugh Pierce of Opequon, recovering from illness, spent today in town and greeted many old-time friends. He was accompanied by his daughter Miss Blanche Pierce.
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Hugh
Pierce
Opequon
Justice Pierce
Mise Blanche Pierce
For Sale Large Iron Nate in City Hall Basement
For sale a large iron nate located in the basement of City Hall. Suitable for a large office or corporation. Details are unclear in the listing with scattered measurements and condition notes.
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City Hall
Sine Grxitvas
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Milwlood Ladies
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EK. L
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Germany
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