Virginia Senator Byrd Comments on Apple Packing Law
Virginia Senator Byrd outlines a proposed state apple packing and grading law, urging careful study and wide discussion. He notes West Virginia’s experience with a similar rule, cites potential impacts on Frederick Shenandoah growers, and details grading standards for fancy A and BY apples.
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Senator Byrd
H. F. Byrd
Frederick
Andoth
Winchester
Virginia Senate
General Assembly
Byrd
Virginia
West Virginia
Commissioner of Agriculture
General Assembly of
Commissioner of Agriculture of
Frederick County
State Senate
New Bill MPT Soldier Left His Wife
The Winchester and Frederick county board received a district order certifying Samuel Nathaniel Giles for service. Giles had claimed exemption as a married man but deserted his wife and found work in Washington, leading to his reactivation for military duty.
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Bill
Winchester
Frederick County
Samuel Nathaniel Giles
Washington
Giles
Fodder Twine and Corn Baskets Refer to R M Swememy
Fragments mention fodder twine and corn baskets with a brief attribution to R M Swememy. The text reads as a clipped note or notice likely tied to a local or farm context. No clear event or outcome is stated.
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R.M. Swememy
Coal dealers to deliver free under price control ruling
Washington reports that coal companies charging government price and requiring buyers to haul own coal will lose profits as the fuel administration cuts delivery cuts. Administrator Garfield issued the ruling after finding some dealers curtailed delivery previously included in market coal price.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Young Couple Obtain A License In Frederick County
A marriage license was issued this afternoon in the county clerk’s office to Linden Affleck Linghass and Miss Beulah Virginia Pritchard, both of Frederick county. The groom, a Shenandoah native now living near Winchester, is described as a young farmer and son of James B. Linghass. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Frank Pritchard, a local farmer.
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Linden Affleck Linghass
Gets Instruction In Local Office In Martinsburg
Miss Corea Potts will head the local offices of Northern Virginia Power Company and travel to Winchester for instruction before Martinsburg offices open. Meanwhile Mr J B Shaver and the Shaver and Whetzel families from Mount Sidney Va visited in Martinsburg for several days. Margaret Kremer M W Kremer and Mrs James H Moling returned from a several weeks visit to relatives in South Carolina and Georgia.
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Corea Potts
Northern Virginia Power Company
Winchester
Martinsburg
Martinsburg Journal
J. &. Shaver
Leslié Shaver
James Whetzel
Mount Sidney
Henry Shaver
Margaret Kremer
M. W. Kremer
James H. Moling
Tives
South Carolina
Geor
Walkout At Shipyards Is Now Planned
About 25,000 government contract workers in the New York shipbuilding district threaten a strike within days unless the Lackawanna Bridge Company is required to follow the existing union wage agreement. The United States Shipping Board expresses grave concern as 10,000 Newark area shipyard workers walkout.
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The
Star
Newark
N. J
New York Shipbuilding District
Navy Department
Lackawanna Bridge Company
Capital
Lackawanna Company
Shipping Board
Washington
United States Shipping Board
New Jersey
Guaranteed all wool horse blankets and robes by R. M. Swimley
An advertisement offers guaranteed all wool horse blankets automobile and buggy robes advertised by R. M. Swimley. The short notice emphasizes quality fabrics for equestrian and carriage use.
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Ip R. M. Swimley
Prohibition Defeated in Ohio With Narrow Margin
Ohio returns show 524 153 votes against and 522 430 for prohibition after 86 counties reported. Two counties awaiting results. final tally provisional by secretary of state. Also an advertisement seeks white and yellow corn by carload from H B Keckley Co or H H Baker.
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The
Star
Cincinnati
Ohio
Secretary of State
Prohibition
H. B. Keckley & Co
Many Foreigners Under Scrutiny Along New York Waterfront
New York authorities begin screening 25 000 German applicants for entry to the barred zone amid fears of enemy alien activity. At least 6 000 suspected of perjury face arrest and internment, while 600 Austrians working on fighters around New York are under federal investigation for labor trouble ties.
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the Star
New York
Wanted Good Fresh Cows and Close Springers
WANTED Good fresh cows and close springers. M. E. Conner. Call Melnee's Livery. Both phones.
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M.“E. Conner
Melnee’s
Laymen Plan a Campaign for UMG A Work
Citizens organize a lay campaign to support United Mutual Grant Association projects. They aim to mobilize volunteers, gather signatures, and promote community involvement in local development efforts.
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FORUM
G.A
Organizing Y M C A Effort At Winchester Library
A November 9 1917 meeting at Handley Library Winchester organized a war relief drive for the Y M C A to aid soldiers in camps and at the front. Mayor J F Ward appointed a 35 member committee to cooperate with the Ministerial Association.
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Winchester
Handley Library
T. R Cather
W. S. White
R. M Ward
Frederick County
S.ly Lupton
Frederick
Foster
Clifton Forge
J. C. McCarthy
Mexican
J. F. Ward
General Committee On Organization of War Relief
R. L. Gray
J. ©. Recher
John Sloat
Hunter Kern
W. A. Sale
B. H. Potts
White
J. Henry Moling
I. N. Good
William §. Hardy
J. L. Whitlock
Jas
Pp. Reardon
M. M. Suynech
R. A. Larrick
Boyd Richards
A. L. Green
J. A. Richard
L. F. Cooper
J. H. Hancher
P Bailey
R. M. Ward
H. D. Fuller
John J.brown
D. W.lupton
S. Feinberg
P. Klompus
N. D. Cool
Leslie K. Kline
L. Marshal Baker
J. Crosby McCarthy
L. Lupton
H. F. Byrd
R. Gray Williams
Herbert
Free Russia Again Saved By Kerensky
A Stockholm dispatch quotes National Tidens asserting victory for loyal Russian forces under Premier Kerensky in the Petrograd fighting, with Telegram sent from Petrograd during the heavy siege. London reports Kerensky claims the uprising in Russia has been quelled.
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The
Star
Copenhagen
Kerensky
Petrograd
Stockholm
National Tidens
London
Russia
One New Ford Touring Immediate Delivery
Chapman's Auto S$, Co. advertises immediate delivery for a new Ford Touring. Reliable dealer listing highlights quick availability and sale terms.
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Chapman's Auto S$, Co
Mrs Green dies in Baltimore pianist and organist
Jenny Lind Muller Green longtime organist and choir leader for Grace Methodist Episcopal Baltimore and Calvary Methodist New York died suddenly at her Baltimore residence 24 East Twenty fifth Street. She trained at Peabody Institute and studied under notable teachers and influenced Winchester recitals.
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Jenny Lind Muller Green
Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Calvary Methodist Church
New York
East Twenty-fifth Street
Jenny Lind
Green
Winchester
Federal aid for Virginia schools expands list of recipients
Washington November 13 fourteen states join the list qualified under the vocational education act to receive federal funds for teacher salaries and training. The states include Virginia Nevada West Virginia Georgia New Jersey Kentucky South Carolina Tennessee Oklahoma Delaware Wisconsin Massachusetts Louisiana and New Mexico.
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Washington
Virginia
Nevada
West Virginia
Georgia
New Jersey
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Delaware
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Louisiana
New Mex
Aged farmer killed by freight train near Inwood
George B Ramsburg 70, a retired farmer living near Inwood Berkeley county, was struck and killed by a Cumberland Valley freight train late yesterday afternoon about a mile north of Inwood station. He was on his way to the pasture to drive cows home for the night and lived with his daughter Mrs W R Lewis. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mrs Lewis and interment will be at Tuscarora Cemetery. Miss Florence M Rogers of Memorial Hospital had returned from Norfolk visit.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
George 8
Ramsburg
Inwood
Berkeley County
W. R. Lewis
Lewis
Tuscarora Cemetery
Florence M. Rogers
Memorial Hospital
Norfolk, Va
Parsifal Tonight At City Hall Auditorium
Italians and Huns clash in Parsifal presentation at City Hall Auditorium with Colonel Frederick Ray delivering a lecture on Wagner's tale of the Holy Grail. Miss Frances Ray provides organ and piano music as part of a Patrict Nurse's Association program.
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City Hall
Frederick Ray
Frances ‘Ray
Colonel Ray
Bunyant
Ray
Noted aviator flies to Norfolk with nine passengers
Lieut ant Resnati the famed Italian aviator left Mineola New York today in a large battle plane bound for Norfolk Virginia. The impressive craft carried nine passengers and drew a huge crowd of soldiers and student aviators to witness the takeoff.
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Mineola, L
Resnati
Norfolk
Suffragists Plan Another Show Off Demonstration
Thirty one militant suffragists who picketed the White House after being found guilty of obstructing traffic appeared in police court. Judge Mullowney postponed the case until Friday amid protests, with talk of another demonstration this afternoon. John Keating returned to Cumberland after attending M H Reardon’s funeral. Mrs Robert A Beverley and daughter Rebecca Beverley left for a multi day trip in eastern cities.
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the Star
Washington
White House
Mullowney
John Keating
Cumberland, Md
M. H. Reardon
Robert A. Beverley
Mixes Rebecca Beverley
Local Social Evening Hosts Highlight Mrs Fuller Guests
Miss Myrtle Fuller and Miss Mary Frances Yowell, along with Mrs. Thomas Royston and Mr. Frank Yowell of Boyce, were guests of Miss Madge Fuller on Sunday evening for a social gathering.
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Myrtle Fuller
Mary Frances Yowell
Thomas Royston
Frank Yowell
Boyce
Madge ‘Fuller
Mrs Alson M Stager to Return Home This Evening
Mrs Alson M Stager who spent the weekend with her brothers in Winchester will be home this evening. The note appears in the Chambersburg Pa Repository. Mrs T R Cather left this morning for Fairmont W Va to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Menear. FOR RENT S-room house Apply visit Star office.
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T.R. Cather
Fairmont
W. Va
Andjo
T&t. Menear
Preliminary mountain actions north of Piave signal grand clash
Berlin reports Teutonic forces renew attacks on the Italian front north of the Piave as snow falls and a severe cold spell grips the region. Italian lines around Beillune and the Sugana valley face pressure while Austro German forces push from Leduno toward the Venetian plains. Reports say Italians may have been cut off and could surrender as the battle zone widens. Kate Bush returns home after weeks in Mills Ohio with the McCourtney family.
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Oda
Zone End Beillune
Pigue River
Sugana
Padua
Teutons
Teutonic
Geneva
Berlin
Piave
Leduno
Asatgpo
Mrs Barton Attends National Suffrage Convention
Mrs R T Barton of this city attends the National Women's Party annual convention in Richmond where Dr Anna Howard Shaw, a leading suffragist, will be honored with an address.
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R. T. Barton
National Women’s Party
Richmond
Anna Howard Siaw
Grace S Nicklas Heads to Winchester for Winter
Miss Grace S Nicklas travels to Winchester to spend the winter months, leaving Chambersburg Pennsylvania where she has been staying with relatives.
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Grace S. Nicklas
Winchester
Chambersburg
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