Third Liberty Loan Subscriptions Surpass Quotas
Washington reports tentative national totals for the third Liberty loan exceed expectations with local rounds in Winchester and Frederick County over the top. Banks cannot finalize figures until next week as 17 million subscribers are indicated and per the Treasury, total may reach 4 billion. Secretary McAdoo urges subscribers to hold bonds rather than sell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
McAdoo
Washington
Treasury Department
Atlanta
Federal Reserve
Ayota
W. D. Smith
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
Miss Marguerite Hoover Dies in Washington
Miss Marguerite Hoover a prominent Winchester nurse died at Sibley Hospital in Washington DC after a grip complications. She had nursed her aunt Mrs N Asbury Sampsell and later visited relatives here before falling ill and dying. Her body to be brought to Winchester for burial. She was daughter of Dr John H Hoover, survived by father and several half siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Hoover
Sibley Hosiital
Washington
D. C
Miss Hoover
N. Asbury Sampson
West Clifford Street
Sampesell
Louise Rallston
Hoover
Sibley Hospital
Kansas
Winchester
Sampsell
Garfield Hospital
Sidewalk Ownership Question To Be Discussed By Council
Winchester council to decide whether sidewalks belong to the city or abutting property owners, following a dispute over a tree felled by a renter with city permission. The discussion references Alexandria court rulings on city jurisdiction versus property owner rights and will seek a legal opinion from City Solicitor R. Gray Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Winchester
Alexandria
Court of Appeals of
R. Gray Wilams
Board of Supervisors in Session at Frederick County
Frederick county Board of Supervisors convenes today with several notable matters under review. The session highlights may affect local governance and public policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
People urged to buy Liberty loan bonds in wartime drive
The speaker praised the third Liberty loan as the soundest form of national finance and urged bond subscribers to retain them to support the army and navy, noting the need for effort to sustain credit and economic savings aiding wartime material and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
United States
America
Edward McCartney Granted Firearms Permit at Glaize and Bro
An order in the Corporation Court of Winchester grants Edward McCartney permission to carry firearms while on duty as night watchman at Glaize and Bro lumber plant. He is also empowered as a special officer to arrest on company premises. The permit lasts one year unless revoked.
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Corporation Court of Winchester
Edward McCartney
Glaize and Bro. Lumber
Red Cross Melting Pots and Local Returns
Red Cross melting pots placed at Boyd's Drug Store Asco Drug Store and Hotel Jack invite public contributions of trinkets jewelry old silver and tin foil. Sergeant Lee Coble returns to Camp McClellan after a week with relatives while Mrs Coble visits her father Mrs Wickham Byrd in Baltimore.
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Red Cross
Boyd’s
Asco Drug Store
Jack
Lee Coble
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Mrs. Coble
Wickham Byrd
Baltimore
Germany Sends Eight Point Peace Feelers in May Offer
London reports Germany has issued eight peace terms proposing renunciation of western claims and restoration of Belgium with autonomy for Alsace Lorraine. Terms include Belgian autonomy, Austro Hungarian concessions to Italy, a Balkan conference, Africa Asia questions, and China concessions. A Dutch source suggests a former Dutch war minister as the peace agent. A lost blue serge jacket is noted with reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Hague
Alsace-Lorraine
Federa
Africa
Asia
Wighth
Kian-Chau
China
Bertin
Rye crop dispensed with advice from food administrators
Farmers with small rye stocks and no market are advised to consult the city food administrator and Frederick County officials for disposition guidance. Leslie D. Kline and Shirley Carter, food administrators for Winchester and Frederick County, Va., issue the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie D. Kline
Shirley Carter
City of
Winchester
Frederick Co
Ridgeway Auction and Clearance Sale advertised
April 30 1918 notice for C E Ridgeway announcing a daily 7 30 p m auction and clearance sale of his entire stock. Goods across many lines including general merchandise in a single location until stock is exhausted.
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C. E. Ridgeway
General Mosse
BE. Ridgeway
Young Virginian Soldier Killed in Action
The War Department lists eighty eight casualties with six killed in action and eighteen missing or dead from other causes. Elkton Virginia mail hunter Harry G. Bruce listed among KIA, James W. Smith Berkeley Springs Virginia died of disease. others wounded or missing. Entertainment note and dress fabrics ad fragment follow.
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Washington
War Department
Harry G. Bruce
Elkton
James W. Smith
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
George W. Smith
Bride of Two Weeks Found Dead in McKeesport Home
Mrs Lula W Marple 28 from Greenspring Frederick County was found dead in a McKeesport boarding house. Officials cite natural causes likely heart failure from indigestion. Husband and relatives accompanied the body to Greenspring for funeral at Stone Church with Rev Kiracore officiating.
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Lula W. Marple
Frederick County
Deal Kern
McKeesport
Mrs. Marple
Dinnner
Mr. Marple
Mr. Kern
Marple
Charles P. Bailey
Winchester
Rock required for Winchester Opequon road project
Ten thousand tons of rock are needed for the road from Winchester to Opequon via Boyce Road with 65 000 tons at Winchester terminal and 6 000 tons at Opequon terminal. Parties able to supply rock should contact State Highway Commissioner Coleman Richmond or H F Byrd.
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Winchester
Opequon
Boyce Road
Coleman
Richmond
H. F. Byrd
Winchester and Western excursion thrills first ride crowd
An official recalls the railroad’s first excursion train with passengers new to rail travel. Mrs. Conrad DeHaven of Gainesboro praised the ride but warned the engineer not to hurry. A missing bank check payable to E or W R Alexander offers a reward if returned to Rev. W R Alexander at 122.0% Market St. 4-1p-2t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester and Western Railroad
Conrad DeHaven
Gainesboro
Philadelphia Bank
W. R. Alexander
Market St
British Lines Extended in Flanders and Picardy
In Berkeley County West Virginia Judge John M. Wood ruled that transporting liquor through the state from Maryland does not violate the Reed federal act. A. H. Triplett of Rock Enon Springs Virginia was acquitted on the transportation charge as evidence showed he was merely passing through West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Martinsburg
W. Va
John M. Wood
Circuit Court
Berkeley County
West Virginia
A. H. Triplett
Rock Enon Springs
Maryland
Triplett
Wood
Virginia
British and German frontline actions strain Somme region
British forces report gains and continued pressure in Picardy and Flanders with prisoners, guns, and motor taken. In the Locon sector British advantage grows as fighting rages north of the Lawe river near Bethune. Russian Black Sea Fleet claimed intact by German allies. Italian front sees heavy artillery duels. a mysterious explosion destroys Frenkfort on the Main railway station.
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United States
Limportant
Amiens
Lilian
Black Sea
Star
London
Picardy
Flanders
War Office
Somme
Ancre
Morelandcourt
Flandera
Locon
Lawe' River
Bethune
Supreme Court Upholds Congress War Powers Limit
The Supreme Court in a sweeping decision upholds Congress powers to prosecute a war without Hill and overrules an appeal arguing a draft law should compel service abroad. The case also dismisses contempt of court against General Leonard Wood for sending Robert Cox abroad during the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Hill
Supreme Court of the United States
Leonard Wood
Robert Cox
President orders air investigation into aircraft board
President Wilson directs Attorney General Gregory to probe the aircraft situation. The inquiry targets charges by Gutzon Borglum that a ring controls the Aircraft Board’s output and hinders progress, made at the President’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Gregory
Gutzon Borgulum
Borgulum
Congress
Death of Oscar W. Deck at Martinsburg
Oscar W. Deck age 62 died at his Martinsburg West Virginia home after months of illness. He ran a local blacksmith shop and death was due to a complication of diseases. Funeral is set for Tuesday afternoon in Martinsburg. Survived by widow Minnie Newlin of Winchester, a son and daughter in Ohio, brother John Deck of Summit Point, and sister Eliza Carper of Illinois.
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Oscar W. Deck
Frederick County
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mrt
Deck
Mike- Minnie Newlin
Winchester
Ohio
John Deck
Summit Point
Eliza Carper
Ilinois
Eplenixer
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Wire To the Star
Coun
Gil
RED Cross Melting Pot
Wire
Tion
West
Italy
Trentino
Serge Jacket
Co. W. Fritz ‘Place
Buffick Run
Star Office
Greenwood
Moling and Searl
Rock Wanted
Angre
Immannsentor
Spree Battlefront
Gtevesnes
Mont Didier
Grievesnes
Rie Han
Amsterdam
Austrian War Office
Vienna
Constantinople
Goban
Sebastopol
Paris
Frenkfort-on-Main
J. Pred Goss
HH. M. Moormag
MO. W. Rosenberger
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