Zone of War Sinking and warfare updates headline
British and French vessels report losses as German submarines sink ships in the North Sea. The Gulflight is said torpedoed off the Scilly Islands with the captain and two crew missing. Dunkirk shelling linked to Krupp gun in Belgium. Metz fort bombardment noted. German forces reach near Riga in Northwestern Russia region after advancing from Milian.
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North Sea
Dunkirk
Germany
French War Office
Dixiaude
Belgium
Paris
Metz
Lorraine
Berlin
Russia
Milan
Puestan
Riga
Baptisms and obituaries mark Sunday events
The Colored Baptist Church conducted seven baptisms led by the minister Im merstom. The funeral of A A Boyer occurred Sunday at 1 p m from his home with Rev Hansel of the SFeet ibsen torsen Church officiating. Several local residents spent Sunday with relatives and a watch and chain theft at the W H S ball game was noted with a promise of no prose if returned.
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The
Colored Baptist Church
Immerstom
A. A. Boyer
Hansel
Sfeet Ibsen Torsen
Middleway
J. Tabb Janney
Martins, Dub, Burg
Albert Clendening
Carrie
Mary Swimsey
Brucetown
W.C. Clendening
C. F. Laise and Son
Berkeley
Clifford Tabb
Pablers
Edwin Henshaw
Near Inwood
A. C. Clendening
Howard Nicely
Martinsburg
Samuel Wilson
South American Travel Pictures at Empire Theater
Paramount announces the South American Travel Series reel will screen at Empire tomorrow and on Tuesday May 18 with a full educational reel. The program promotes cultural and industrial life with vivid images aimed at churches, merchants, educators, and the general public. Tickets or costs are not specified beyond existing ad rates, and the reel will be shown on or as part of the regular program.
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Charley Chaplin
Paramount
Evening Post
Paramount Picture Corporation
Empire
Eidh
Saturday Evening Post
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Hable’s Ticket Office
Shenandoah Valley
Nat'l Bank
Winchester
Glaize & Bro
FORD
J. Howard Cather
Market St
West Water Street
Star Office
Monkey
Parrot
W. Water St
N. Market St
United Phone
Gulflight
Porter
Texas
Rouen
France
Scilly Islands
London
Lis
Gulfight
Fulgent
Surope
Jones’ Creamery
W. M. Fletcher
Tron
Good & Co
Rouss Ave
Nort
West Water Stam
Gale
R. C. Green
Virginia
Frederick County
Southern Building
Washington, D.C
Keystone
Droppingtons Family
Boy Scouts
Tennesssee Hills
Wiley Chaperone
America
Vivian Rich
Harry Albin
Summit Point
Krem
People’s Bargain Store
Main Street
Pompeii
Glaucis
Nydia
Geo. Klein
the Empire
South America
Paramount Film Corp
Empire Tomorrow
Burpee
Fred. S. Boyd
Corner Main and Water
Amelia
S. H. Hable
Townsend Grace Co
Baltimore
Gray & Sheetz
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank
Moresco
Jessie Hillyard & CO
Gardner B. Hillyard
Funk & Son
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