No More Americans To Be Given Overseas Duty
The War Department outlines a nine stage demobilization of 1.7 million troops in camps across the United States led by Gen Peyton C. March. Discharges begin with development battalions and proceed to production, training, guard, railroad, and combat units. No more troops will be sent overseas and returning divisions will debark near their home states after medical checks and war risk insurance status is updated.
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Washington
War ‘Department
Peyiton C. Gilliet
General Staff
Central
United States Guard
Dagiat Trigedes
General ‘Staff
General Match
General March
United States
General Pershing
New England
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Miarch
Allso
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Department
War Department
Congress
March
President Wilson Expected in France for Peace Conference
Diplomatic circles report President Wilson may travel to France to open the peace conference. He has been urged by allied officials and invited by the French government to lay the cornerstone of a monument honoring American aid to France during the war.
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Pares
Delief
Wilson
France
Altein
Europe
America
British Forces Near Bucharest Enter Romanian Port
British troops have entered Constantinea on the Black Sea and are expected to reach Bucharest on Sunday, according to an Exchange Telegraph report from Paris.
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London
Constantinea
Black Sea
Bucharest
Paris
Shoe schedule abandoned under War Industries Board plan
In Washington on November 16 the shoe schedule set by the War Industries Board and manufacturers was announced to be abandoned. The plan had divided footwear into four quality classes with maximum prices, and the conservation program will continue for a time.
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Wiaselington
War Industries Board
Home Rule for Ireland Revived
London reports Prime Minister Lloyd George wrote to Chancellor Bonar Law asserting unionists claim the right to establish home rule excluding the six northern counties. He adds the action should be postponed until conditions in Ireland permit.
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London
Premiser Sloyd George
A. Bonar Law
Ireland
Golden Rule Bible Class Invites Members to Sunday Service
Members and friends of the Golden Rule Bible Class are asked to attend Sunday services at 9 30 in the morning. Music and talks are promised. Master Russel Holland son of A P Holland of Gainesboro who has been ill with the flu is recovering.
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Miembbers
Golden Rule Bible Class
Russel Holland
A. P. Holland
Gainesboro
Armistice Signaled Front Lines Then Held by U.S. Armies
At the armistice, the American first and second armies held 52 miles of the front as March reported. The fragment notes the longer wartime preparation and deployment context implied by the subsequent ceasefire.
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March
Power Company Seeks Rate Increase Across States
The Northern Virginia Power Company of Winchester requests higher rates in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, with hearings possible if protests arise. A 25 percent rise is proposed for general lighting and heating, plus a 25 cent per kilowatt hour addition for power, excluding the minimum charges. Protests are noted from Charlestown and Martinsburg, while WVPSC and local councils review the plan.
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Maryland
Electriciity Io
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
Corporation Commission
Lize
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Jeffierson
Berkeley
Morgan Counties
Martinsburg
Charlestown
Christmas Parcel Labels Extended for Red Cross Boys
Vernon Eddy, secretary of the Winchester and Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross, announced a time extension for sending Christmas parcels to the boys overseas. Labels will be provided to those missing theirs after November 21, with parcels to be mailed by November 29, and further details available at Red Cross headquarters or from local chapter officers.
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Vernon Eddy
Winchester and
Frederick County
The
American Red Grass
Red Cross
ForD CArS Slightly Used Chapman Auto Supply Co
Slightly used cars listed by Chapman Auto Supply Co at 11 to 1 p m. One day sale draft featuring limited inventory and reduced prices. Dealers offer earlybird options and financing.
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Chapman's Auto Supply CO
Court Upholds the Gonrad Will
Virginia Supreme Court rules in favor of Mire Georgia B. Conrad as executrix in the will dispute over Major Conrad. Holmes Conrad Jr and other heirs contested the compromise settlement set by Mire. The ruling fixes Major Conrad’s fees at about 9 160 000 and an annuity of 2500 dollars per year to Mire Conrad for life.
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Supreme Court of Virginia
Mire
Georgia
B. Conrad
Conrad
St. Dévensed
Cies
Tate
Holmes Conrad, Jr
Major Conrad
Benele
West Virginia
Deltit m
For Sale Northern Virginia Power Company Bonds
Northern Virginia Power Company offers for sale $500 and $1000 bonds bearing 6 percent interest payable semi annually. The bond does not represent one third the value of the plant. Call Wheat Street Center, Secretary and Treasurer, for further information.
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Northern Virginia Power Company
Pwr
Wpén Sturéy Canter
Bec’y
Treasorthern Virginia Power Company
Tax Notice and Thrift Stamp Announcement
Taxpayers must pay state taxes by December 1 to avoid a 6 percent penalty. The notice includes a reminder about poll tax and is signed by City Treasurer WM T Barr. A new series of Thrift Stamps will be issued soon. For rent a 10 room house on Brad dock Street is listed by Elmer V Hodges.
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WM. T. Barr
Funeral of Charles H. Randall Rural mail carrier
The funeral for Charles H. Randall a rural mail route No 3 carrier who died of influenza at his home 311 South Kent street was held at 3 30 this afternoon with Rev H G Spencer of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church leading the service The Winchester post office staff served as pallbearers: Clarence E Hardy Robert A Grim James O Ritter Hunter N Kern Herry H Wilkis Edward P Spillmart.
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Charles H. Randall
South Kent Street
H. G. Spencer
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Hebron
Winchester
Clarence E. Hardy
Robert A. Grim
James O. Ritter
Hunter N. Kern
Herry H. Wilkis
Edward P. Spillmart
Five Men Wanted for 10 Hour Shifts at National Fruit
Job ad shows five men required at 45 cents per hour for ten hour shifts at National Fruit. Also promotes high grade fodder twine at low prices from R. M. Swimley, 16 1p2t.
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R. M. Swimley
Lieut Lamborne Flies With Curtiss Biplane Visit
Lieut Paul Gaylord of Winchester and Lieut Charles Lamborne flew a Curtiss biplane at one o clock, landing at Bakerfield where they were given supplies. Lieut Philip Willenia of Winchester joined Lamborne for a trip to Harrisonburg Virginia. Lamborne has been promoted since his last Winchester visit and is an experienced flyer. The pair used a larger, more powerful machine than before and could reach speeds over sixty.
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Paul Gaylord
Winchester
Charles Lamborne
Bakerfield
Philip Wiilenia
Lamborne
Harrisonburg
Myer
Thas
Williams
Evacuation by Hans Speeded Ahead Across Front
Paris dispatch reports rapid Allied advance beyond the old front line. German officers reveal land mine locations and discuss turning over materials. German envoys say submarines will be turned over in 12 days.
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Paris Mewspn
Presbyterian services announced for Morrison Brown preaching
The Rev. Morrison Brown will preach at the Presbyterian church tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Pastor Dr. Lacy has gone to Charles Town to preach and preside over a congregational meeting.
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Morrison Brown
Presbyterian Church
Tomor
Lacy
Charles Town
Wanted Railroad Work 100 Men For Construction
100 men sought for the Winchester and Western Railroad project with good wages and board. Permanent employment offered. Apply at General Office, Winchester, Virginia. Mirs. Katie Forney returned home to nurse her daughters and Mrs. William MacMillan, ill with influenza. Kinzel MacMillan also affected but improving.
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Winchester & Western Railroad
Winchester
Virginia
Mirs
Katie Forney
Mick Keasport
Julia Forney
William MacMillan
South Market Street
Kinzel MacMillan
Protection for war materials at Spa station
The armistice commission at Spa has admitted that all material and civil and military personnel handling them at the railway station must remain hidden. A French wireless dispatch urged immediate sullet enforcement of this provision and warned the Entente will take far reaching measures to protect personnel.
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the Star
London
Armistice Commission
Spa
Allied Troops Advance After German Retreat to Pola
Paris reports American and French troops have reached the outer ring of the Mets fortress as allies press the retreating German lines. Rome notes Italian forces occupy Pola and its fortress on the Adriatic, consolidating the Austro‑Hungarian naval base.
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Paris
Mets
Temps
Rome
Pola
Alfiatic
US Extends 266 Million Credit To Allied Nations
The United States announces a credit of 266 million dollars to Belgium the Czecho Slovak National Council Great Britain and Italy and to the Czecho Slovek Council in the first step following recognition by America.
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Washington
United States
Belgium
GaéchoSlovak National Council
Great Britain
Tily
Usecho-Slovek Council
Mirst
Tthe Council
America
Sunk battleship Schlesien by revolutionaries
London reports the battleship Schlesien was pursued and sunk by torpedo fire from revolutionary warships while en route to Norway. The entire crew perished in the action, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
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Star
London
Schlesien
Norway
Copenhagen
Funeral of John Stephenson at St Pauls A M E Church
The funeral of John Stephenson, a member of a well known colored family, will be held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon from St Pauls A M E Church. The services will be conducted by the pastor Rev G Oliver Wing with assistants Rev J A Bell and Rev W P Fisher. Burial will be in Orrick Cemetery.
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John Stephenson
Thateday
Susan Stephenson
St. Pauls A. M. E. Church
G. Oliver Wing
J. A. Bell
W. P. Fisher
Orrick Cemetery
Fragmentary history notes on Lincoln era figures and Civil War events
The text references Winter of 1963 resentment and Milroy's army in Winchester. It mentions Walt Mason’s critique, Lincoln biographers, Mrs Lincoln's influence, a rebel brother in Richmond, and McClellan's departure with Burnside replacing him, plus postwar depictions of Warren Ton and the Army of the Potomac after the Seven Days.
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New York
Milroy
Winchester
Walt Mason
Todd
Lamcoln
General Badéeau
John Hay
Richmond
Jef Davis
Warrenton
Warren Green
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Ir. Law
POWER
Northern
J. H. Henry
Common Council
Ford
Supreme Tribunal
Braddock St
Mnexit
Elmer V. Hodges
Chas. Hr. Randall
Lieut. Lamborne
Philip Williams
Harrisonburg, Va
Hans
Presbyterian Services
Cumberland, WD
Bollermakers Blacksmiths
J. R. Phswett
Branswitk, Md
Y. M
Abe
Nemo
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