Hail Dooms Interior and Damages in Several Virginia Towns
A severe hail storm struck Winchester and surrounding areas with large hail, breaking windows at the State Agricultural College building Wayside Inn and Grace Methodist church. Glass shortages prompted rapid repairs as rain boosted crops. Other reports describe damaging electrical storms in Cumberland Valley Henrico County Rockingham Harrisonburg Luray and Page counties with crops and structures harmed but farmers gaining later rainfall.
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State Agricultural College
Wayside Inn
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Winchester
The
Star Today
Refuge
Frederick County
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Gentle Liver Cleansing
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy to replace calomel for liver and bowel cleansing. It claims quick relief from bilious symptoms, improved energy, and no salivation, with a money back guarantee and broad usage for adults and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Sonal Money Back
Bes
Severe Thunderstorm Damages Cumberland Valley and Washington County
A severe hail and rain storm hit the Cumberland Valley near Waynesboro Pennsylvania on May 29 damaging fruit crops gardens and wheat. In Waynesboro a lightning struck telephone pole cut service and hail and rain caused transport and property disruption. Washington County Maryland reported a cloudburst with heavy lightning washing roads and flattening hundreds of acres of wheat.
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Cumberland Valley
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Washington County
Wedded on Pacific Coast
The wedding tale highlights the bride’s Virginia lineage with ties to Rev. Dr. Alexander Balmain and Christ Church Wincheste r. It traces kin to Dr. James R. Hubard Rev. W. D. Smith and Jefferson Randolph Taylor, plus relations to Archbishop William Thomson and editor Edward C. Bruce, noting artistic and literary prominence.
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Virginia
Alexander Balmain
Christ Church
W. D. Smith
Jefferson Randolph ‘Taylor
Thomas Jefferson
St. James’ Church
Accomac
William Thompson
York
England
Winchester Academy Promoter and First Railroad President
The bride’s charming personality refinement and culture win admiration from all who meet her as Winchester Academy and promoter and first president of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad, now part of the Baltimore and Ohio.
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Winchester— Academy
Winchester and Potomac Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Hatfield McCoy feudists face sedition charges in Roanoke
U S District Attorney Richard E Byrd moves to prosecute men linked to the Hatfield McCoy feud for seditious conspiracy. Arrested ringleaders William Velon McCoy and General J W Phipps allegedly led 300 mountaineers to resist the draft and seize property, with oath pledges resembling Confederate era guerilla bands. Federal authorities say plot targeted Second Virginia Regiment guards and local banks with claimed potential $15 000 per man in spoils.
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Roanoke
United States
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Winchester
St. Paul
William Velon McCoy
J. W. Phipps
Virginia
Second
Canning Club Initiative Moves Forward in Clarke County
Preliminary action at the Chamber of Commerce meeting engages Clarke County residents to organize canning clubs. District chairmen will mobilize efforts with demonstrations by Lora Stinson and coordinated buying through the Chamber to secure government-supported funding and equipment for 1917.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lucien Carr, Jr
Women’s Civic League
Lily Baker
Charles Lupton
M. Magdalene Zinn
J. A. Richard
A Pearl Haldeman
E. Virginia Smith
M. M. Lynch
Phil Gold
Walker McC. Bond
R. T. Barton
Megsrs
G. C. Shepard
Arthur M. Field
S. L. Lupton
Logan R. Fay
Ernest H. Rowe
Lora Stinson
Clarke County
Fay
Stonewall
M. Maedalene Zinn
Opequon
Julius Richard
Back Creek
Manassas
Eleven Arrests in Anti-Registration Plots Reported
Washington authorities announce eleven arrests and nine indictments by federal grand juries in anti-registration plots. Attorney General Gregory warns the public that the Department of Justice will act against anyone interfering with the new army registration. Officials note threats and possible attempts to block registration in central western cities.
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Lberty
Inountain
Department of Justice
Department
United States
Advertisement fragment in Want Ads section
A fragmented line from a classifieds page, advertising a product or service. It contains incomplete text and lacks clear names, dates, or locations. The readable bits suggest a generic commercial notice with no identifiable entities or outcomes.
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Kesmodel’s Kutlery
Baltimore
Corporation Court of Winchester
Ardent Spirits
North Main Street
Franck Baker & Sor Pharmacists
Co. P. Bailey & Co
Bailey Bros
H.& W. Seabright
Union Bank of
Joseph W. Bowles
Scott Grant
T. Russell Cather
Corporation Court For
South Main Street
Winchester, Va
Woodward’s
Tise
W. A. Baker
Biker and Co
Henrico County
Richmond
Rockingham
Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
Samuel Bowman
Massanetta Springs
Henry Ferrer
Page Valley
Luray
Page County
Luray District
Marksville
Pacific Coast
Pagant
Edward C. Bruce
Virginian
Lee
Jackson
Mosby
John Bruce
of Letters
Kansas
Missouri
the Canning Club
Maxwell
Mitchell
Chapmans
Perlod
Fire Association of Philadelphia
H.R. Bryarly & Bro
Footer
Footer’s Dye
Cumberland
A. Heller & CO
Takes-Thur-Sat
John M. Miller
People’s Bargain Store
Bell Phone
Brill & Ritifer
Daylight
Sunoora
Samoa
Berlain
National Avenue
Jos. H. Cooley
E. Piccadilly St
Nellie Brannon
Joel H. Brannon
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