Virginia Fuel Administrator Byrd Announces Local Hubs for Coal Pricing
State Senator Harry Flood Byrd, newly named Federal fuel administrator for Virginia, opens an office in Richmond and outlines a plan for local coal distribution and price setting. Local committees will report weekly on supply and needs, with prices fixed by the federal authority and subject to Washington appeals.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Mutual
Byrd
Richmond
Washington
Federal Fuel Administrator
Federal Fuel Administration
Holiday goods in full stock at Winchester store
Full Christmas stock claimed as the greatest yet shown in Winchester. Encourages early buying with small payment to engrave and hold items. Engraving offered free on all goods. Also notes a Reardon sale at White Post on November 27 and requests for white and yellow corn by carload through H. B. Keckley & Co. or HA. A. Baker.
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Winchester
Denny-Clow
Go., Inc
H. B. Keckley & Co
HA. A. Baker
Demonstrations for Orchard Men to Tackle Mouse Pests
Virginia Experiment Station officials announce free demonstrations by Sil ver and Woolsey on mouse eradication and bridge grafting for fruit growers. Meetings set at Gold Orchard Apple Ridge Road November 23, DeGrange Ward farm November 24 and Stewart Bell Cedar Creek Grade November 26, with afternoons open for home visits. Marshall and Massey urge Frederick County fruiters to attend.
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Old Ward
Stewart Bell
Cedar Creek
Marshall
Hotel Jack
Frederick County
Messrs. Silver and
Woolsey
Virginia
Fire at Ann Fitzgeralds home damages roof and belongings
An overheated stove started a fire at 10 30 this morning in the home of Ann Fitzgerald an elderly colored woman. The blaze damaged the roof and the personal effects of Fitzgerald and Celia Gilbert who lived on the upper floor. The fire department saved the main house and surroundings. Estimated loss about 200 dollars insured.
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Ann Fitzgerald
Celia Gilbert
Labor To Endorse War Policy By Gompers Reelection
The American Federation of Labor nears its closing stages for the annual convention with certainty that Samuel Gompers will be reelected as president and that the AFL will endorse the war policy he and the executive council have laid down. The report comes via wire from BUFPARO. Nov. 19.
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Bufparo
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Winchester raises 2979 dollars for Y M C A war work
A mass meeting in Winchester supports the Frederick County campaign for the Y M C A and War Camp Community Commission. Corporal T C Pomphrey of the 14th Canadian Battalion spoke of front line work and the Red Triangle projects while local leaders outlined fund goals and distribution. More canvassing planned to complete the county quota.
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Red Triangle
Winchester
Kaiser Bill
Frederick County
War Camp Community Commission
Community War Service Committee
Flanders
T. C. Pomphrey
14Th Battalion
Pomphrey
Pumphrey
The
J. Crosby McCarthy
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
R.gray Williams
Carrington
Richmond
W. D. Smith
Central Committee of the War Service Committee
S. L. Lupton
W. T. Watters
Christian Church
Ted
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
S. H. D. Fuller
Corporal Pomphrey
Pemphrey
Braddock Street Methodist Church
General Frederick S Maud Dies in Mesopotamia
General Frederick S Maud commander of British forces in Mesopotamia has died at his headquarters after a period of illness. He led the relief efforts and commanded after Townshend’s surrender, directing campaigns against the Turks from Bagdad.
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London
Frederick S. Maud
Mesopotamia
War Office
Maud
Townshend
Bagdad
Money Lost For YMCA Fund Found By Winchester Reader
A Winchester young woman misplaced three one dollar bills at Handley Library. The funds were for a YMCA donation and she planned to hand them in at a meeting at the Empire Theater yesterday afternoon. The finder should return the money to The Star office for immediate delivery to the YMCA.
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Winchester Chamber of Comm
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Handley Library
Y. M. C. A. Fund
Empire Theater
Star Office
Villista Forces Surround Juarez In Mexican Conflict
News from El Paso Texas dated November 19 reports villista troops surrounding Juarez with refugees arriving in El Paso expressing fear. Lopez leads about 500 men northward while another force descends from the northwest to join near Juarez. Villa is said to head toward Chihuahua City to aid an upcoming operation and may move to Juarez afterward.
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Tex
Villista
Juarez
Lopez
Villa
Chihuahua City
Wanted Good Fresh Cows and Close Springers
Wanted good fresh cows and close springers. M. Bh Connber. Call McIlwee's Livery. Both phones. 1p tt.
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M. BH
Connber
MclIlwee
Suffrage Efforts Highlighted by Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon Visit
Miss Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon, active with Auburn suffrage organizers, is visiting Wadesville Virginia for two weeks. A new concrete bridge over the Opequon is finished and awaits approaches. Attending the Réardon live stock and farm implements sale at White Post on November 27, Mr and Mrs Charlie Tonee returned to Alexandria after visiting town relatives.
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Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon
Woman's Suffrage Party
Auburn
Opequon
Réardon
Hve
White Post
Mrs. Charlies & Tonee
Alexandria, Va
Mrs Ada Moore Dies in Memorial Hospital
Mrs Ada Moore wife of Walter C Moore died at Memorial Hospital from pneumonia developed four days earlier. A Chambersville Va resident and daughter of Mason Tevalt and wife of Moore, she was 39 with seven children. Funeral Tuesday at 2 at her brother s home 23 FE Monmouth Street. Rev Brubaker to officiate Mount Hebron Cemetery burial.
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Walter C. Moore
Memorial Hospital
Moore
Chambersville
Mason Tevalt
Mount Williams
Ottie
Eula- Mia
Bertha
Ruby
Iva
Vivian
Mildred
Minnie Tevait
Baltiore
Gussie Dyke
Etta Curl
Harvey
Rock
Enon Springs
Marion
Winchester
Oliver Tevalt
Monmouth Street
B. Ww. Brubaker
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Sale of Furniture at Winchester Tun Establishment
All furniture in the Winchester Tun offered for sale privately on Thursday Friday and Saturday this week. November 22 23 and 24 from 10 to 4 30. Includes iron beds double and single good mattresses dressers washstands tables linen dishes etc. Much in excellent condition and bargains await. 222-86
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Winchester Tun
Gale
Chaos in Russia as new political party rises
World wires report Russian civil unrest with no stable government. Dispatches describe Kalderines seizing coal fields, Moscow fights, and Kerensky described as a fugitive while Lenine’s government frays amid street violence and disintegration. Foreigners safe but unrest grows.
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Petrograd
Russia
Serriles
Finland
Americans Hold No Man's Land With the American Army in France
In France on November 10 patrol activity has turned No Man's Land into American territory. American guns dominate key positions in the sector. Germans stay near their trenches and avoid venturing into American barbed wire entanglements. rifle fire exchanges have ceased.
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France
No Man’s Land
Elks Club Special Meeting Called After Regular Session
Members of the Elks Club are urged to attend a special meeting immediately after the regular meeting on Wednesday night. Vice President A. Richard and Secretary J. Robert Doran sign the notice.
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The
Elks’ Club
Elks
A. Richard
J. Robert Doran
Weather and battle updates on Italian front near Asiago and Piave
Weather hindered Austro German advances on the Asiago plateau and Piave front. Italians repelled attacks along the western bank of the Piave and captured over 2,000 prisoners and 27 machine guns while fighting on the Zenson loop and northern front. British and French reinforcements were not yet in substantial numbers, with the front expected to shift in the coming days.
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Rome
Piave
Zenson
Tde
Aftion
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Foltre
Ror War Office
Itis
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Teutonte
Christmas Club Opens at Commercial and Savings Bank
The popular Christmas Club at Commercial and Savings Bank for 1918 is now open for membership. Sew 6m attractive classes from 1c to $2.50 per week. Join now and make your next Xmas a merry one at Commercial and Savings Bank 29-Ap-21.
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Commercial and Savings’ Bank
Commercial and Savings Bank
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