Tragic Sunday Night Crash in Clarke County
Jacob Cave aged about 28 was killed when a car veered into a telephone pole near Dr. Randolph’s residence between Berryville and Mindwood. Mrs Ida Webb and others were injured as the vehicle wrecked and Cave’s body was removed to Berryville then Winchester for burial. The party's composition and motive remain unclear as officials investigate the fatal accident.
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Clarke County
Berryside
Jacob Cave
Robert Randolph
Berryvile
Mindwood
Cave
Ida Webb
Cavels
Clare
Webb
Woodstock
Smilliwood
Fleet
Morris Lake
Men to be sent to army cantonment Sunday
Local exemption board of Winchester and Frederick county received orders for the next wave of transit to the army cantonment. Sixty four men from the county are to entrain on Sunday May 26 by Baltimore and Ohio train, unless orders change. The total quota and credits are discussed as Congress debates future enlistment credits.
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Exemption Board of
Winchester
Frederick Comity
Bailtimioe
Ohio
Star
Frederick
Maxis
Tere
Thiene
Congress
Wison
Stalbes
Army
Naval
Twelve Die In Nebraska Storm At Broomfield
Twelve killed and 26 injured in a tornado at Broomfield Nebraska on Saturday night. Wreckage disrupted telegraph and telephone lines causing a 36 hour news delay. Dozens of farm houses wrecked and more than 200 head of livestock perished. All victims were farmers.
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Omahia
Nebr
Broomfield
Ten year old girl injured after fall from trestle bridge
Little Pansy Derry, ten, fell about twelve feet from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad trestle over Abraham Creek near Shawnee Springs. She was carried home by two men and given medical aid. she regained consciousness and is expected to recover with injuries mainly to the scalp and eye.
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Pansy Derry
Roy W. Derry
Baltimore
Shawnee Springs
Pansy
Abraham Creek
Milter
B.C. Stuart
A. OC. Smailey
Allisy
Anks
British Carry Out Raid Successfully In Albert
Pittsburgh, Pa May 20. Rescue crews comb the ruins of the Albert Chemical Co plant after a fatal explosion. Officials report 75 known dead 31 missing and 94 injured with several rescue workers feared dead. Two men were arrested leaving the scene on a motorcycle. officials declined to identify them.
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Albert
Pittsburgh
Oaledale
Aetnal Chemical Company
T. I
T. Buildingy
Allies Bomb Cologne As Allies Close Western Front
War Office reports increasing hostile artillery at night. Cologne bombed by Allied air forces causing heavy damage. 25 killed and 47 injured. French Italian forces advance thirteen miles in Albania. American reinforcements arrive for frontline service. (Continued on Page Three)
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Albania
London
Desors
Cologne
Allied Aire
Central News Dispatch
Amster
Jones' Creamery to suspend Sunday ice cream delivery
Due to wartime labor shortages, the family ice cream delivery service will be discontinued on Sundays after May 26 during the war period until labor improves. Hotels, boarding houses, and guests excepted. Milk deliveries continue as usual.
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Besitas
Jones’ Creamery
Miller Fletcher
Canners and Preservers Urge Immediate Sugar Requests
Local Food Administrators Shirley Carter and Leslie D. Kline urge Winchester and Frederick County producers to submit their sugar requirements for the season now to ensure supplies.
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Shirley Carter
Winchester
Frederick County
Mistrial Declared In Crenshaw Arson Case At Virginia
In Charlottesville Virginia on May 20 the Commonwealth case against Dabney Crenshaw IV for arson ended in a mistrial after four days of trial and a juror was withdrawn. Crenshaw faced charges tied to the January 26 1917 robbery and burning of UVA’s old chemical laboratory.
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Charlottesville
Commonwealth
Dabney Crenshaw
Witch
University of Virginia
Winchester Cold Storage Delivers Pure Ice Wagon on Street
The Winchester Cold Storage wagon now serves the street with pure ice and regular deliveries. Call the listed phone to place daily orders for commissary quality goods.
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Winchester
Noted lecturer Dr Birckhead to speak on war
The Rev Dr Hugh Birckhead of Baltimore will lecture on the war at Empire Hall tomorrow night at 8:30. He recently returned from Europe and will share moving Red Cross stories of service and sacrifice. The Hamidley series concludes this season with no reserved seats. For sale items follow the public notice.
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Dhe
Hugh Birckhead
Balitimore
Empire
Red Cross
America
Europe
Birckhead
March and Bliss Promoted to General Grades
Washington May 20 article notes the nomination of Major General Peyton March acting chief of staff for full general and General Tasker H. Bliss for brevet general, forwarded to the Senate by President Wilson.
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Washington
Peyton
Tasker H. Bilies
Senate
Presi
American Cargo Carrier Is Sunk
The American cargo carrier at El McCullough has been sunk in foreign waters, possibly by a mine or a torpedo. All aboard were rescued except engineer Daugherty.
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Washington
EL McCullough
Navy Department
Daugherty
London Defenders Down Four Planes
London reports four German aircraft shot down during a large scale raid on the city and the southwestern coast last night. Details are not yet released by official sources.
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London
Registrations Set for June Sixth Across Winchester County
The adjutant general issues instructions for registering all men who have turned 21 since June 5. About 800000 new registrants are anticipated nationwide. Unmarried men in Class 1 likely to be placed at bottom and may be sent to France within a year. Local boards to publicize details and assign registrars with official approval for multiple registration sites. Forms 70 71 72 to be distributed to boards soon.
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France
exeiiPtion Board of
Winchester
Frederi¢k
Stern
Richmond
Frederick County
Marcial General
Washington
Gannelt
Willson
Mienito
Sensenesy Road Knitters Plan May Meeting
Members of the Sensenesy road knitting unit of the Red Cross chapter will meet at the home of Mrs. Mager Co Holle at Greenwood on Wednesday afternoon May 22.
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Sensenesy Road
Docu Red Cross
Forty Five on Honor Roll in War Department Notice
The War Department today announced casualties with seven killed in action. One died of wounds, one of accident, and seven of disease. Twenty seven were severely wounded and two slightly wounded. Captain Harrison Buckwather of Rogers Ford, Pa., is among the killed in action. For sale 20 shares of Union Bank stock. Herman H. Atte.
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War Department
Wotien
Harrison Buckwather
Rogers Ford
Union Bank
Herman H. Atte
Registration Bill Is Now Effective
The bill requiring young men to register will reach age 21 on June 5 1917 after being signed by the President this afternoon Provost Marshal General Crowder had already set June 5 for their enrollment Wanted a good reliable boy as collector at Star office references required.
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The
Star
Washington
Star Office
Ex Czarevitch Seriously Ill In Moscow Report
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Moscow reports the ex czarevitch of Russia is dangerously ill. The Bolsheviki are said to have renewed demands for a trial of the former czar amid the brief item.
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London
Rustiy Ie
Moscow
Patriotic Meeting Planned at Stephens City
The Committee on War announces a public meeting at Stephens City in midweek to discuss wartime plans. Mrs Walter McC Bond and Hon Blackburn Smith will speak and a musical program is planned.
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Stephens City
Walter McC. ‘Bond
Blackburn Smith
President Signs Overman Measure to No Limit in War Effort
President Wilson unveils the Overman plan extending executive power to reorganize departments, urging Red Cross support and large war funding. He declares no limit on troop or supply mobilization and insists on unwavering national effort to win the war despite criticisms.
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U.S
New York
Wilson
United States
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