Fries Died in Martinsburg Miss A J Fries
Mrs Ruth Hardy of Martinsburg reports the death of Miss Amgie J Fries from pneumonia after influenza. Born Cedar Grove, she journeyed widely, recently returning from California. Survived by father Plijah Fries and siblings Lewis, Ruth, Nora, Mamie. funeral in Martinsburg Monday at 11, burial Mount Vernon Cemetery in Winchester to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoute
Ruth Hardy
Miss Fries
Winchester
Plijah Fries
Cedar Grove
California
Lewis W. Fries
Ruth Harry
Martinebute
Mirs
Nora Locke
Mamie Maxwheimer
Martinsburg
Mount Vetton Cemetery
Hyomei touted as defense against Spanish influenza
Local physicians report a rising Spanish influenza outbreak and promote Hyomei inhaler as a preventive treatment. The ad claims the Oil of Hyomei destroys influenza germs in the nose and throat and urges daily use to curb transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyomei
el Druganets
Winchester
Avery Nerenn
Our Men in France Need Your Bond Support
Wartime appeal urges readers to buy bonds to back troops overseas. The message stresses supplying the army and avoiding shortages while boosting morale and national effort. It frames bond purchases as a duty to soldiers and the home front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Costly Prize Draw Buys Fifty Gents Fire Outfit
In a public drawing in front of the courthouse Mr George W Jenkins won the 1900 prize of a full fire fighting outfit from the Friendship Fire Company valued at 1885 dollars, including two coal black horses and hose wagon. The win ends horses use by Winchester fire squad as motorized trucks replace steeds. Mr Jenkins, a local furniture store worker, may sell or use the prize as offers come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Bowman
Oan
Home Place
Mountain Place
George W. Jenkins
Friendship ‘Fire Company
Jenkins
Kins
George W. Kurtz
Winchester
William H. Baker
Friendship Company
Evange lists close in Trone Va due to influenza
Trone Virginia October 18 evangelistic services led by Rev G K Little assisted by Mr Heatjvale closed Sunday night because of the nationwide influenza epidemic. No local cases reported. Rev Little left Monday for Harrisonburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trone
G. K. Little
Heatjvale
Mr. Little
Harrison
Don't put off buying Liberty hand today for relief
A fragmented ad style note touts Liberty hand and Catarrh remedies. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures via blood action and offers a reward for failure, with additional references to a laxative family pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imrot
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Ea Agie
Solarenee Teonie
Southern Lads In Thick Of Battle At Valenciennes Front
The Thirteenth Division of North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee guardsmen has played a major role near Valenciennes. General Rawlinson commends their infantry gallantry and staff precision. Captain Thomas Bolling Byrd from Winchester commands a company in the division which trained at Camp Sevier and was brigaded with the British under Rawlinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valenciennes Front
France
Henry Rawlinson
Fourth Army
Tennessee
Carolines
Whiich
Dovelas “Haig
Kapbits
North
South Carolina
Valenciennes
St. Souplet
Premont
Associated Press
Britton
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
Thomas Bolling Byrd
Winchester
Fort Myer
Rawlinson
Camtbeai Front
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Treptow
Ourcq
America
Shenandoah Valley
Natl. Bank
R. R
Bruce Capper
Hohenzollern, Hapsburg Camaflange
Fries
Mount Hebron
North Braddock Street
Sage
Martinsburg, W. Va
Mies
S Amgie
Friendship
C. M. Hodgson
Hodgson
Jen
Burg, Va
T. E. Morrison
Festus Fletcher
Herbert
Mildred Fletcher
Mollie Triplette
Russell Triplette
J. F. Chapman
Fannie Chapman
Eula Hoover
BE. L. Hook
Gore
Mrs. L. J. Hook
Harriet Hodgson
White Post
J. F. Hodgson
New York City
Will Als
New Jersey
T. B. Byrd
British Army
E. C. Jackson
Good & CO
Bel
Rouss Avenue
Jones’ Creamery
W. Miller Fletcher
Woodward’s
Main Street
Chichester
Boyce
Grubbs
Liberty Bonet
A. Corner
Liberty Loan
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank
Virginia
Heaven
Hell
Germany
Gray
Sheetz
Fred L. Glaize
Liberty
Hodgson & Brown Jewelers and
Opticians
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