Winchester to install new sewer system at 25000 cash
The Winchester Common Council moved quickly to adopt a complete new sewer disposal system after a report by Councilmen Cooper and Gray. They visited Chambersburg Pa to study a modern plant and recommended adopting its system. The council appropriated 25000 for immediate work and named Winchester as its own contractor.
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Pennsylvania
Winchester
Common Council of
Lewis F. Cooper
Robert L. Gray
Chambersburg
Yeesterday
Captain Cooper
Mr. Gray
J. Hayes Mowrey
Cooper
Gray
Captain J Y Conrad Returns to Winchester for Visit
Captain Robert Y. Conrad of the United States Army arrives in Winchester with Mrs. Conrad for about a week of visiting relatives and friends. He commands Company I, 116th Infantry, noting the unit now amalgamated with Culpeper men and expecting likely shifts to France in the near future.
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Robert Y. Conrad
United States Army
Winchester
Conrad
McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Ms Conrad
One Hundred and Sixteenth
United States Infantry
Frederick County
Alabama
Culpeper Company
France
Memorial meeting of Ladies' National Memorial Association
The Ladies' National Memorial Association will meet at Mrs. W. R. Willis's residence on South Market Street at 7 o'clock Thursday evening May 16 to arrange the program for Memorial Day ceremonies at the National Cemetery on May 30. All members are requested to attend.
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Ladies’ National Memorial Association
W. R. Willis
South Market Street
National Cemetery
Orchard Dusting Demonstration for Local Orchardists
The demonstration on orchard dusting will be at 2.30 p m Friday May 17 at Mr Lucien Laptons Pippin orchard on the Northwest Grade Turnpike In charge of Local Laborrntory B R Leach. Lost diamond ring set in plat i num street reward 315 S Washington
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Lucien Lapton
Northwest Grade
B. R. Leach
S. Washington
Austria To Be Hun Colony
From Zurich May 16 the report says Austria will become virtually a German colony under new Austro German alliance. Emperor Charles returns to Vienna after conference with the Kaiser. Copenhagen dispatches say monarchs were appointed for Lithuania Estonia Courland and Poland at the Kaiser Charles conference.
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Austria
Zurich
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Charles
Basel
Vienna
Kaiser
Copenhagen
Lithonia
Esthonia
Courland
Polama
Kaiser Ama
Naval aid on England feared murder raid discussed
May 16 London circles fear a German landing in England not as invasion but a murder raid. The London Express notes Zeebrugge and Ostend are bottled up, making such an operation harder.
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the Star
London
England
Lonkton Express
Express
Zeebruge Amd Ostend
Russian Nobles Held Prisoners in Crimea Invasion
Zurich reports May 16 that German troops invading Crimea have captured the dowager empress and Grand Dukes Peter Alexander and Nicholas. An official Berlin release calls the prisoners fomenters of the world war and notes Duke Michael Alexandrovitch is not among them.
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Zurich
Crimea
Russia
Peter
Alexander
Nicholas
Berlin
Duke Michael Alexandrovitch
Baylies Downed Ninth Enemy Ship in France
Paris reports aviator Frank Baylies of New Bedford Massachusetts shot down his ninth enemy warship while with American forces in France as announced officially today.
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Paris
Frank Baylies
New Bedford
Masa
France
Friction Over Aircraft Probe Splits Wilson and Chamberlain
Tensions rose as President Wilson and Senator Chamberlain clashed over the aircraft investigation. Wilson warned that adopting Chamberlain s resolution would be a vote of no confidence in the administration. The measure would authorize broad inquiry into army matters and the aircraft service, triggering a heated Senate divide and stalled reports.
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Martin
Chamberlain
Washington
Wilson
Oregon
Senate Military Suffains
Thombe S. Martin
Virginia
Senate
Congress
Chamberlains
Seed Sale Notice and Local Pickup Offer
Buy cow peas and soybeans and seed corn from the Chester Seed Co. Get them when you want them and pay after you see. The offer is available when the railroad brings them, with pickup by individual arrangement. Obvious contact by TL Baker for the Saturday and Wednesday schedule.
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R.R
Winchester Seed Co
Baker
Neff gang member on trial for burglary in Hell Town case
In Woodstock Virginia on May 15 Dave Neff the second Neff gang member faces circuit court with Judge F B Whiting presiding over burglary charges tied to entering E T Hackley store and loot from a mountain dugout. Claude Baker testified while Paul Neff faces an eight year sentence split across assault and mobbing counts.
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Woodstock
Dave Neff
Tral Ia
F. B. Whiting
Berryville
Neffie
E. T. Hackley
Mount Jackson
Helltown
Neffs
Claude Baker
Paul Netf
Wheat Drive Seeks Wheat for Fighters in War Effort
United States Food Administration urges patriotic farmers in Frederick County to bring wheat to mills to supply Allied troops and soldiers. Administrators in Winchester and Frederick County urge prompt delivery to support flour production for soldiers.
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United States Food Administration
Frederick
Germany
Omce
Banks To Pay Bond Interest On Liberty Bonds
Initial interest payments on the second issue of Liberty bonds were due today and will be paid by the Treasury Department. Coupons should be clipped from the bonds and can be redeemed at any bank or by the Treasury, with bankers urging prompt clipping to support the third issue and war savings stamps.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Kaiser Plans Palace on Mount of Olives
The German Kaiser is said to have a grand palace on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem ready for occupation after the war. A bandmaster describes a banquet hall with golden columns and electric lights, a raised throne for the Emperor and Empress, a church with marble pulpit, and walls adorned with gold-framed paintings. The palace reportedly has its own electricity plant post office and bank.
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Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Almighty God
Reds and Whites Clash Near Russo Finnish Border
May 15 dispatch notes the Russo Finnish border blocked with troops and imminent battle. Concentrations of white guard pro German and red guard bolsheviki gather on the frontier as tensions mount.
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the Star
London
White Guard
Red Guard
Bolshiviki
M McCormick Claimed by Death in Berryville Virginia
Hon Marshall McCormick a distinguished Virginia lawyer died at his home in Berryville Clarke county after ten days illness of angina pectoris His wife formerly Miss Nannie Taylor of Alexandria had died recently.
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McCormick
Nannie Taylor
Alexandria
Shenandoah Baptist Convention Set for Bentonville May 30 31
The seventeenth annual Sunday school convention of the Shenandoah Baptist Association will meet at the Bentonville Virginia Baptist Church on May 30 and 31. The First Baptist Church of Winchester expects representation by the pastor Reverend W R Alexander and others from the Sandhya school. W A Sale is superintendent of the local school and prominent ministers and laymen will give addresses. Mrs Alfred James of Roanoke is visiting her brother and sister in law Reverend Dr J H Lacy at the Presbyterianmanse on North Braddock Street.
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Shenandoah Baptist Association
Baptist Church
Bentonville
First Baptist Church of
Winchester
W. R. Alexander
Sandhay School
W. A. Sale
Alfred James
Roanoke, Va
J. H. Lacy
Presbyterian
Miamse
North Braddock Street
Aerial Postal Service Begun in Washington
Under President Wilson and a large official gathering the first serial air mail service began in Washington. Lieut. George Boyle took off at 11:47 a.m. aiming for New York on a three hour schedule to speed mail delivery across the route.
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the Star
Washington
Wilson
George ©. Boyle
New York
New York Postman
Torey Webb
Signal Corps
Belmont Flirt
Capital
Tomato grower guarantees top cannery price at Winchester 1918
L Jackson offers to guarantee the highest market price for cannery stock delivered to Winchester during 1918. The note appears as an advertising statement from L Jackson.
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Winchester
Apple Orchard Bargain on Apple Pie Ridge Land
Fifty four acres of apple land with 500 Black Twigs 600 Staynan Winesap 260 Duchess 250 Delicious 250 Mackintosh Red trees. Smooth acreage ideal for farming. Price 125 per acre. Contact W W L Fultz Winchester Virginia. 165 1p 31. Lost item note follows.
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L. Fultz
Court Square
Winchester
Notice Virginia Volunteers Sea at eight o'clock
Sea at eight o'clock explained and illustrated bayonet drill from the European wars. War Kan and Grim of the 118th Infantry U.S. LOGAN R. FAY, Capt.
What Russia Must Give Up
Details of German demands on Russia from Swedish sources show Russia asked to make financial concessions to give up Moscow and other large cities, to cease arming troops, and to dissolve recently formed military walls. At Brucetown on Saturday May 18 at 1 p.m., furniture and household items are listed in an unrelated sale notice for Mrs Evy Brown.
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the Star
Washington
Russia
State Department
Rusety
Moscow
Brucetown
Evy Brown
Germans Reported Drafting Troops From Roumanian Front
German forces reportedly begin drawing troops from the Roumanian front for service in the West as Haig reports continued heavy artillery fighting around the Somme and Ancre. French bite back near Halilles as Picardy battles resume. General Foch assumes supreme command in an expanding Allied effort.
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Roumanian Front
Haig
Walkleys
Somme
Ancre
Lens
Haules
Foch
Paris
Halilles
Picardy War Office
Mont
Didier
London
Foch Fs Astonighe
Price of Shoes May Decrease but Date Not Fixed
R G Dun and Company reports from across the country suggest possible lower shoe prices in the near future due to war time import restrictions and leather price regulation. The notes warn that gov ernment actions and ves sel transfers are limiting tan materials and may trigger a large price shift, though civilian demand remains unsettled.
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Maxia Revolutionary Moveme
Dun
Washington
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J. Y. Conrad
Old Co. I
Wire
Baylies Downs
Bowie
Udit
Hans
Dave
Paul
Paul Neff
Neff Gang
Neff
T. Hackley
Shirley Carter
Leslie D. Klane
Aaministratore
Mt. Olives
M. M’cormick
Marshall McCormick
Ville
Clarke County
Baptist Sunday School Meeting
Star Bow
Virginia Volunteers
High Command
The
Star
Staiin
R. G. Dun and Company
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