Missing Virginia soldiers among Moldavia loss
War Department reports fifty three American troops from Company B of the Fifty-eighth Infantry, Fourth Division, lost on the troopship Moldavia torpedoing. Priv ate Lee Reaser of Cedarville Va is listed among the men. Two Virginians were listed as missing. Witness accounts praise American coolness amid disaster.
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Waserington
Maly
Moldavia
War Department
Fifty-eighth Infantry
Privatte Lee Reaser
Cederville
Virginia
Lonsdon
Johnson
Parly Telegraph Today
Solliers
London
Moldavie
Peninsular and Criemnital Stream Navigation Company
Greenock
Amd
Seventh Annual Sunday School Convention at Round Hill
The seventh annual convention of the association will be held at Round Hill Presbyterian Church next Wednesday May 29 at 1030 a.m. P M Funkhouser is president. Attendees are urged to bring plain lunches and limit events. The program includes devotional services talks and reports.
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Presbyterian’ Church
Round Hill
P. M. Funkhouser
Dstrict Association
R. HH. Olivie
Mies Mabel Rinker
F. M. Richardson
Cuba Mexico relations strained over recall of minister
Havana reports Cuba and Mexico have not severed ties but strained relations persist as the Mexican minister to Cuba is recalled. Washington confirms the move with no public reason given while Cuba and Mexican interests face interference and near total commercial disruption.
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Havana
Cuba
Mexico
Washington
State Department
Carranza
United States
Tire sale offers used rubber in various sizes
Several slightly used tires for sale in multiple sizes. Prices range from five to twenty dollars. Contact 6H. W. EBERT for more details and availability.
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W. Ebert
Four Minute Speech Plan Expands in Seventh District
Mir. and Gray Williams will chair a new four minute speakers corps for the Seventh Congressional District. The aim is to organize speakers to appear in every moving picture house and on public occasions to boost war spirit and information. The effort mirrors programs in Martinsburg and Hagerstown and follows government support to reach audiences nationwide. A Winchester effort seeks regular speeches at the Empire theatre, and a local group in Winchester’s First Ward announces independent candidacy for City Council in the June 11 election.
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Mir
Gray Williams
S. Heth Tyler
Norfolk
Williams
Moving Picture House
Virginia
Martinsburg
Haigerstown
United States
Winchester
Empire Phrate
Nid
J. Fredgoss
War Reflections and Scenes From The Great War
The piece surveys wartime headlines and public mood, quotes poems and diary excerpts, and recalls Mary King Waddington’s 1917 War Diary about 1914 1916 France and Belgium. It notes Belgian resistance at Liege, French and American women aiding relief, and the sorrow of lists of dead and wounded.
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Mary King Waddington
Handley Library
France
Paris
Germany
Liege
Belgium
Marne
Farewell To Boys This Afternoon
Fifty four registrants set to depart Monday for camp with an afternoon ceremony at the county courthouse circuit. Short speeches were planned and city and county service flags to be unfurled. At 1 pm draftees were grouped into squads for their first drill lesson as a large crowd gathered despite threatening weather.
Rummage Sale In Bell Building To Benefit District Nurse Association
A rummage sale will be held June 6 in the Bell building to aid tubercular and health patients in the community. Donations of clothing and furniture may be left with Mrs. J. D. Fuller or at the Bell building. Proceeds support local health efforts.
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Bell
District Nurse Association
J. D. Fuller
Bel
Services at Baptist Church This Sunday at 11 AM
Preaching services at the Baptist Church Sunday morning at 11 oclock. Immediately after the service a matter of great importance will be presented. AH members urged to attend. Wanted Strowsboy 16 or 18 years to help in the repair shop. 64-to-21. H. E. Burton.
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The
Baptist Church
Strowsboy
H. E. Burton
Large Glass Will Receive Diplomas At Commencement
The largest class in the institution's history will receive diplomas. About 28 students will be awarded diplomas in two departments. The names listed include Clara Beck Helen, Raymond Dean Cool, Jerry Cromer, and many others. Commencement is at 8 p m Monday June 10 in City Hall Auditorium with faculty led by Principal N D Cool. John Kent Schools enrollment this year reached 985, up 56 from last year’s 929.
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Xio
Clara
Helen Beck
Reymond
Dean Cool
Jerry Keith Cromer
Leon
Wellington Crounse
Mary Cross
Josephine White Good
Plovenice
Bana Grimim
Lawrence Coe Hollis
Lawrence Vani Horne Jolliffe
Graham Gordon Lacy
Paul la van Mabsey
Riepann
Regina Recher
Wille Janhey Robinson
Julia Amanda Roe
Grace Marte Rosenberger
Eitna
Rebecca Rush
Libert Janney Smith
Obty Hall
N. D. Cool
Ube Chaoana
United States
John Kent
Dihie
Winchester Cold Storage Ice Wagon Delivers Purity
The Winchester Cold Storage wagon roams streets offering sanitarily pure goods. Call the two phones to place daily orders for delivery.
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Winchester
Two U S Airmens Deaths Reported After Accident
Washington May 25 General Pershing released a combat update noting two American aviators died after an accidental plane fall while serving as pilot and observer. First Lieut Walter B Barnaby of Summer Washington and Second Lieut P Colbert of Orange New Jersey were killed. both earned Croix de Guerre for earlier service.
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the Star
Washington
General Pershing
Walter. B. Barnaby
Iinal Corps
Summer, Wash
P. Colbert
United States Marines
Orange
N. J
Leichprey
War Chest for Winchester and Frederick County
At a War Service Committee meeting held in the library a report urged creating a War Chest for Winchester and Frederick County. Directors named include S Ly, W P McQuire, R M Ward, P Klompus and others, with a plan to meet May 27 to raise about 18 000 to 20 000 dollars to support Red Cross departments.
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War Service Committee
Winchester
Firederick County
S. Ly
Wer Obeat
W. P. McQuire
R. M. Ward
P. Klompus
L. Tapton
White
W. D. Smit
J. H
The
Red Cross
Senator McCumber Visits In Town
Senator McCumber, entering his fourth term from North Dakota, views the Shenandoah Valley around Winchester as the garden spot of the world and makes town visits whenever his duties in Washington permit.
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McCumber
North Dakota
Upper Shenee
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Washington
Wind Style Sanitary Plumbing Company Dissolved
Do whom it may concern dissolves the San Dai Phomibing Company by mutual consent. John Boxwell will continue the business as an individual under the Sanitary Plumbing style. Dated May 25 1918. MO F BOXWELL RAY EVERSTART.
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Wind
Sandai ‘Phomibing Company
John Boxwell
Sanitary Plumbing
MO. F. Boxwell
Y Ray Everstart
Gas bombardment widens around Bethune in Flanders front
London reports the German siege of Bethune area extending to the Nieppe forest as gas shells and heavy bombardments hit a 15 mile front along the western front. British raiders in Hamel and north of Albert yield 40 prisoners and two machine guns, while gas munitions shell east of Bethune amid rising activity north of Lens and in Strazeele.
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London
Bethunne
Flanders
Bethune
Nieppe Forest
Viipaelael
Teutong
Im Dihie
Picpray
Manders
Hamel
Albert
Britten War Office
Lens
Picardy Battlefront
Red Cross Second War Fund Near $100 Million Mark
Washington May 2 The second war fund of the American Red Cross neared the hundred million dollar goal this afternoon with Potomac Amiron reporting receipts of 21.1 million dollars toward the total.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Potomac
Commercial Canners and Pre Servers Advise Local Food Admins
Local Food Administrators Shirley Carter and Leslie D Kline for Winchester and Frederick County urge cannery operators to submit sugar requirements immediately. Rev W T Walters arrived from the Virginia Valley. Special candy window sale begins Saturday at 49 cents at Pep pies Drug Co Bushnell's OW Stand.
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Shirley Carter
Leslie D. Kline
Winchester
Frederick County
Peppies Drug Co
Bushnell
Food Rations In Germany Reduced
Reports from Washington on May 25 cite German famine hardships. German newspapers relayed by the committee on public information describe meat ration cuts in Saxony from 800 to 700 grammes monthly and in Bavaria from 1000 to 800 grammes.
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the Star
Washington
Germany
Committee On Public ‘Information
Saxony
Bavaria
House Ways and Means Seeks Revenue Bill Postponement
Washington May 25 The House Ways and Means Committee pursued a compromise to present to the President a postponement of new revenue legislation at this session of Congress.
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Washington
House, Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Seed goods offered by Chester Seed Co
J H Baker promotes cow peas and soy beans and seed corn for sale with a note to buy directly when desired rather than waiting for the railroad. The ad emphasizes choosing what you see and implies pickup days Saturday and Wednesday 1 p m.
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R. R
Chester Seed Coy
J. H. Baker
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