President Wilson Dines At Harper's Ferry Pie Visit
President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Galt toured Harpers Ferry Va 165 miles from Washington on Saturday in drizzle and fog hoping for a slice of the famous apple pie but none was available. They dined on blue points tomato soup roast with mint sauce trish jamb a fried chick trish jamb a etc and poor man's pudding. Mrs Galt weighed 160 pounds at a luncheon scales visit. The party signed the Hilltop House register as Woodrow Wilson and party and returned to the White House by nightfall.
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White House
Harpers Ferry
Washington
Woodrow F Wilson
Tihe Shenandoah
Ady
Pony Delivered To Miss Sartelle
Little Miss Mary Elizabeth Sartelle received a handsome pony from local merchants after winning a pony contest held on October 2. The animal rests at the Sartelle home rear, content in its new surroundings.
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Mary Elizabeth Sar
Dlos
Sartelle
Retail Merchants To Hear Speeches
The Retail Merchants Association will hold its regular Tuesday meeting in the City Hall court room tomorrow night at unspecified hour. Members will discuss upcoming membership applications and hear speeches on Bargain Days and Dollar Days to be launched by local business houses.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Mitted
South
General Assembly
Boards of Supervisors
Court
Ginia
Young Ladies Wanted for Sewing at Lewis Jones Co
Advertisement seeks young women for sewing work at Lewis Jones Knitting Co. Clean steady labor offered with good wages.
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Lewis Jones Knitting Co
Iié
Éiew, Sapee
Virginia Synod 10 Set On Tuesday At Charlestown
Presbyteri ans of Virginia prepare for the Synod of the annual meeting in Charlestown with sessions and travel from Winchester Frederick and adjoining counties. The gathering opens Tuesday evening with retiring moderator Rev. T McFaden of the First Presbyterian Church of Richmond presiding, as the meeting continues through the week.
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Virginia Synod
Charlestown
Virginia
W. Va
Winchester
Coun
Frederick
Dharma
Inlestown
Frank
T. McFaden
First Presbyterian Church of
Richmond
Virginian Named Consul General at Munich
President Wilson appointed William Holt Hale of Virginia as consul general at Munich Germany to succeed T St John Gaffney whose resignation followed pro German remarks Hale previously served as United States consul general at Colon Panama and later Christiana He will assume duties immediately
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Washington
Wilson
William Holt Hale
Virginia
Munich
Germany
T. St. John Gaffney
Hale
United States
Colon
Panama
Christiana
Greater Love Hath No Man at Empire Tonight
Second Metro picture runs five parts at the Empire tonight with Ip as the feature. See page 6 for details.
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Empire
Metro
Father and Son Cromer Buried After Motorcycle Crash
The double funeral for J Earl Cromer and his young son Donald was held Sunday afternoon in Hagerstown. The Rev Conrad Clever officiated as both were buried beside each other. Cromer’s widow, hospitalized, was badly injured along with others in the crash near Hagerstown. A Baltimore brain specialist described the injured man’s recovery as possible following surgery to relieve brain pressure.
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J. Earl Cromer
Donald
Frostburg
Hagerstown
Mr. Cromer
Conrad Clever
Mr. Bagby
Lewis Neid
Baltimore
Consolidated Coal Company
Rostburg
Cromer 'S
Porter Smeltzer Wedding Planned in Taneytown
Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Miss Anna Porter daughter of Mrs. Mary ONeill Craps ter Taneytown Maryland to Mr. John Smeltzer of Capon Springs West Virginia. The ceremony is set for October 22 at the Presbyterian church in Taneytown.
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Anna Porter
Mary O'Neill Crapster
Taneytown
John Smeltzer
Capon Springs
W. Va
Presbyterian Church
Motoring Party Returns Home From City Weekend
A motoring party led by Louis Van Kirk Fred Jarvis Charles Backstrone Thomas Melton and George Markle returned to West Newton Pennsylvania after spending the weekend with friends in this city.
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Messrs
Louis van Kirk
Fred. Jarvis
Charles ‘Backstrone
Thomas Melton
George Markle
West Newton
Personal items and visitors frequent Harrisonburg and nearby towns
Mrs. Joseph Athey visits her son in Harrisonburg Va. Chicago party guests monitor Virginia and stay at Hotel Evans. Various residents and visitors from New York Baltimore Martinsburg and Washington travel to town or stay at Hotel Evans or Hotel Jack. Several registrations and social visits noted with local hotels and host families.
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Chicago
Virginia
Evans
Carranza Recognized as Mexico's Chief Executive in Washington
The United States officially recognizes Venustiano Carranza as Mexico’s president in Washington, ending official ties with Villa, Zapata, and other rebel pretenders. Huerta’s fate grows bleaker as extradition could be sought for trial in Mexico for Madero’s murder.
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Villa and Zapata
Mexican Republic
Carranza
Mathe To Dero
Republic
Allies Press Forward as Austro Germans Advance
Chronicle of World War I battles with reports of Allied advances in Serbia and Bulgaria. Bulgarian railroad cuts near Nish Salone riverfront, Strumitza and Brania changes hands. Swiss territory bombed by a German aviator. Belgian forces repel German attacks on the western front. overall progress described as mixed with no decisive fronts yet.
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Germains
Paris
Berlin
War Office
Huesian
Serbia
Span Launched For Confederate Monument Here
Public notice urges Frederick County and Winchester to raise funds for a courthouse square monument honoring Confederate soldiers and civil servants from 1861 to 1865. The letter, signed by A.S. Cartmell, appeals for subscriptions and emphasizes nonpolitical remembrance.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Bandits Steal War Tax Stamps in Evansville Heist
In Evansville Indiana robbers blew open the post office safe early this morning and took about 15000 dollars worth of war tax stamps. Authorities pursued the culprits as detectives arrive and townspeople form posses seeking clues.
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Evansville
Ind
Army Posts Not Abandoned Say War Secretary
Secretary of War Mr Garrison announced a new army plan does not propose abandoning army posts. He stated posts will be continued as training institutions and not closed as rumored.
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Washington
Robt. Grim's Boy Ill of Paralysis
Austin Grim aged six, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Grim, is ill of infantile paralysis at home on South Main street. Reports say the illness is serious but responsive to medical treatment and nurses. The boy first showed symptoms Saturday evening and Sunday morning, with partial loss of movement on the left side. rural mail carrier Mr Grim is the father.
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Austin Grim
Robert Grim
South Main Street
Bell
Youte R
Fredericksburg Delegate Attends Grand Camp Meeting
Newton J. Carpenter of Gen. Turner Ashby Camp travels from Fredericksburg Virginia to attend the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans of Virginia annual meeting as official delegate. The session runs through Thursday evening with ceremonies and deliberations planned.
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Newton J. Carpenter
Fredericksburg
Grand Camp of Con- Veterans of Virginia
Turner Ashby
Engineer joins Chanute team to layout railroad line
Mr. Eugene Campbell departed for Chanute Kansas to join a corps of engineers and assist in laying out a new line for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.
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Eugene Campbell
Chanute
Kansas
Corps of Engineers
Achison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Cedar Wanted for Winchester mill project
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce seeks cedar stock six inches or larger across the small end and eight to twelve feet long to justify locating a Cedar mill. Those with cedar for sale can contact George Sonneborn, Chamber of Commerce secretary, at 12 N Main St, Winchester.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
George Sonneborn
Chamber of
Winchester Commerce
Main St
Ancona Chickens Dominate Hlagers Town Fair Prizes
Ancona chickens exhibited at the Hlagers town fair by W. M Fletcher won six ribbons and four prizes amid more than 500 poultry entries. Miss A. Tunstall Smith departed for Baltimore after visiting Mr and Mrs Robert Y Conrad on South Washington Street.
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Hlagerstown
W. M
Fletcher
Ing
Misa A. Tunstall Smith
Baltimore
Robert Y. Conrad
South Washington
Dogs and Cats Guard Ruins in War-Torn France
An American Red Cross letter from Josh Campbell in France describes dogs and cats clinging to former homes amid bombardments from Ypres to Nieuport. The writer notes frightened animals returning to wrecked villages, and a dog staying by his fallen master’s dugout as troops shift from French to English.
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Berryville, Va
J. M. G. McGuire
Josh” Campbell
H Red Cross
Red Cross
Josh
Public sale of Fries estate for Jesse Fries property
Public sale announced for the Fries estate with multiple farms and houses listed elsewhere in the paper. Advertisements note 6 farms and 4 houses and lots as part of the sale and invite readers to view pages containing details.
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Fries Estate
Jesse Fries
Pullman Porter Disorderly in Baltimore and Ohio Case
Wyman Strange a Pullman car employee was fined 6.50 by Magistrate Krebs in police court for disorderly conduct at Mack White's home. White, who made the complaint, said Strange had shown interest in White's step-daughter Sadie Porter and confronted her escort with Ailatock.
Mrs Barton Hosts Honor Supper For Winchester Guest
Mrs Louis Powell hosted a Thursday evening supper in Leesburg to honor Mrs Robert Barton of Winchester, the house guest of the Misses Davis. Barton has returned to her Leesburg home after visiting friends in Washington. Carpets rugs and linoleum advertised locally.
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Louis Powell
Robert , Barton
Winchester
Davis
Leesburg
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