Gasoline prices steady as market watchers eye future shift
Local garages still charge 24 cents a gallon with no immediate change in sight. Two months have passed since the last advance, despite expectations of a rise as inflation factors fluctuate. In Pennsylvania oil fields efforts to find large wells continue, while Mr and Mrs J L Reed of Columbus Ohio tour Virginia and nearby states and stay at Hotel Evans.
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Pennsylvania
J. L. Reed
Columbus
Ohio
Virginia
Hotel Hvans
Ireland revolt penalties announced in Parliament
The Secretary for War Tennant said in the House of Commons that fourteen people were executed for the revolt in Ireland, seventy three sentenced to penal servitude, and six condemned to hard labor. One thousand seven hundred six were deported. Premier Asquith gave the first penalties statement, reporting up to Tuesday 180 killed and 600 wounded.
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London
Udder
Tennant
House of Commons
Ireland
A.juith
Miss Glass Attends Bacon Anniversary Events
Katharine R. Glass, president of Fort Loudoun Seminary, returns from a visit to Washington, D. C. She witnessed May 5 ceremonies in the Virginia State Capitol at Richmond honoring Nathaniel Bacon. The Braddock trail memorial cannon dedication followed at Frampton, Virginia.
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Katharine R. Glass
Fort Loudoun Seminary
W. B. Davis
Washington, D. C
Miss Glass
Colonial Dames of Virginia
State Capitol
Richmond
Nathaniel Bacon
General Edward Braddock
Frampton
General Braddock
Alexandria
Winchester
Roof Collapse at Church Kills One Worker in Augusta County
Four men fell twenty feet while repairing a roof at Pleasant View Lutheran Church in Augusta County. Linecolin Houis, 45, was killed. Frank Berry, 35, suffered a broken arm and hip, Thomas McClune had an arm broken, and Newton McClune also injured. Houis leaves a widow and many children.
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Pleasant View Lutheran Church
Augusta County
Linecolin Houis
Ffrank Berry
Thomas McClune
Newton Mc UU Wath
Houf
Local Rail Conductor Visits Winchester for Funeral
Captain Jacob Roderick of Lexington Virginia attended the funeral of Conductor Lewis de Perney in Winchester. He stayed with Mr and Mrs Bruce Russell and met many old friends before returning home. Roderick long served as a passenger conductor on Baltimore and Ohio routes between Brunswick Lexington and Harrisonburg.
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Jacob Roderick
Lexington
Winchester
Lewis Pe Rerney
Bruce Russell
Rodrick
Brunswick
Harrisonburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Apple Porcupine No 2 Sirup Guide
Doltin provides a recipe for apple preparation and syrup making. It instructs eight apples peeled and cored, cooking in a sugar syrup with water, keeping apples covered, and later filling cavities with jelly or preserves and sticking halves with blanched almonds.
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Doltin
Unclear excerpt mocks rulers and holiday economy
The passage satirically questions a ruler's motive for empire and hints at lavish royal indulgences. It notes promises of diamond availability for Christmas and critiques postwar European preparedness funding, implying public scrutiny of spending.
Notable Figures in Arts and Letters Highlight Careers and Feats
Penangeriuss Josephine D Bacon proclaims 49 cents a day can feed a family of five. Palmist Ella Wheeler Wilcox delays practice for intimate friends. Hilaire Belloc, in twenty years, authored over forty books across fields. Thomas Moran, N A, lauded as dean of American painters at age seventy eight milestone.
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Josephine D. Bacon
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Hilaire Belloc
Thomas Moran
N. A
Palette
Brush
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Gentle Liver Cleansing
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel. It claims calomel is mercury and harmful, while Dodson's product cleanses the liver and bowels without salivation. It pledges a 50 cent bottle and a guarantee from the seller.
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Dodson
Sonal Money Bank
Todgon
Rates of Health Insurance Fixed for Farmers
A State Board of Health bulletin explains farm health insurance as a purchasable protection against typhoid fever hookworm disease and diarrhoeas. Rates vary by residence and protection level with premiums transferred between pockets. It advocates proper disposal of body wastes to prevent contamination and shows wells and outhouses protection with drawings. Copies are available free on request.
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Richmond
Vai
State Board of Health
Wheat and corn prices at Baltimore markets
At closing time 8 o clock this afternoon No 2 red wheat quoted 1.17 12 and corn 85 cents per bushel.
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Baltimore
Local Market Prices Mixed for Farm Goods and Livestock
Daily market prices show retail and wholesale offers for corn hay middlings butter potatoes and live poultry. Prices include cracked corn 0.80 per bushel Timothy hay 0.16 to 0.70 per bale middlings 1.55 to 1.70 per unit and creamery butter wholesale terms with fresh country butter. Old hens and seed potatoes listed with per bushel retail 1.60 for seed potatoes.
Market prices and local arrivals report
These markets are correct as of closing on the day preceding publication. Corn spot and May nominal, butter prices listed for Fancy and Choice creamery. Includes Virginia and nearby dairy product quotes, live poultry, hay, sheep and lambs, calves, and pigs. Local arrivals note Mr Williams B Vail of Baltimore at Notel Sail, Mrs Browne and sons returning to Aberdeen, Md., Mr Wiley M Baxter of Baltimore visiting, Mr Frank Massey returning to Washington, and Mrs Rutherford group visiting Martinsburg tied to Miss Snapp’s illness.
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Circuit Court For
Frederick County, Virginia
E. Edmondson
Minnie Edmondson
Sanford R. Edmondson
Winchester
Mrs Hable Returns From Richmond Visit
Mrs H S Hable arrives home after several weeks in Richmond Virginia visiting her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Melvin Flegenheimer.
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J. H. Skinker
New York City
David Meade
Harrisonburg
Walstein Ewell
Fendall Bruce
Woodstock
S H. Hable
Richmond
Doctor Sharp Visits Friends in Winchester Area
Dr Edward Affleck Sharp of Buffalo New York visits relatives and friends in Winchester and nearby. He stays with cousin Miss Frances Affleck on Peyton Street. Sharp runs a large private hospital and sanitarium in Buffalo and studies nervous disorders across the United States and several European countries.
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Edward Affleck Sharp
Buffalo, N. Y
Frances Affleck
Peyton Street
Sharp
Buffalo
United States
Low priced 16 HP Fairbanks gasoline engine for sale
The Star offers a 16 H. P. Fairbanks gasoline engine with magneto for $50 cash to clear space for other machinery. Quick sale promised. engine can be inspected at The Star office.
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Star
Snapp to Leave Rosenberger for Wilmington Job
Mr. A. J. Snapp visiting his father William Snapp at Rosenberger departs this week for Wilmington North Carolina where he will work for the Guibbonea Air Line Railway.
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A. J. Snapp
William Snapp
Rosenberger
Wilmington
N.C
Guibbonea Air Line Railway
Commissioner James P. Taylor Resigns Post
James P. Taylor, longtime county commissioner, announces resignation effective immediately amid ongoing court service investigations. A successor from the county board is expected to be named in the coming weeks.
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