German war machine praised and debated in local politics
In Harrisonhurs t and Rockingham county editors praise Mr. Conrad as a capable state senate candidate. The piece also quotes Scribner's Magazine on the German war machine, noting its mass organization and the mind control it exercised, while acknowledging eventual limits and the brutal realities of war.
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George State Senate
Conrad
Virginia
Rockhich
Scribner's Magazine
Belgium
France
Carlsbad
Paris
Warsaw
London
Shabby Genteel
Poem by Walt Mason laments pretentious poverty and neighbors’ suspicion of hidden destitution. It contrasts crumbling finances with boastful airs, targeting those who pretend wealth while facing hunger and hardship.
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Walt Mason
Handley Trustees Report Full Restoration Of Shortage
The Board of Handley Trustees reports the Fidelity & Deposit Company paid the entire $382 612 79 shortage after a treasurer's defalcation. Since 1897 the board has handled funds without loss, with a new treasurer to be elected and accounts regularly settled before the Commissioner of Accounts. Mr W Davis Conrad arrived from New York to visit his mother in Winchester.
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Board of
Handley Trustees
Fidelity & Deposit Company
Has Board of Handley ‘Trustees
John Handley
Winchester
Corporation Court
City of
Win
Chester
R. Gray Williams
John W. Rice
T. J. Cooper
Board of Handley Trus
World’s Best Corn Cure Sold via Keller Drug Co in Winchester
Sold in Winchester and recommended as the world's best corn cure by Keller Drug Co. The notice highlights the product's reputed efficacy and distribution through the Keller Drug Company storefront in Winchester.
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Winchester
Keller Drug Co
Visitors Return Home From Millwood Area Trips
Mrs. Dudley W. Burckhart returns to Philadelphia after weeks in Millwood visiting friends and relatives. Miss Fannie Burwell and Miss Dora Bell Burwell go back to Baltimore after staying at the Vineyard, home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Meade. Mr. Harry Bowles returns to Philadelphia after visiting his father W. W. Bowles. Mrs. J. W. Burt and Mrs. Bes McKay return home after several days in Charles. Mrs. J. G. Burch and a daughter return after visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Wilt of Rippon, accompanied by her sister Miss Lola Jenkins.
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Millwood
Val
Dudley W. Burckhart
Philadelphia
Fannie Burwell
Dora Bell Burwell
Baltimore
Vineyard
Louis Meade
Harry Bowles Thas
W. W. Bowles
J. W. Burt
Mrs. Bes
McKay
Charles
J. G. Burch
William Wilt
Rippon
Lola Jenkins
Raceburg
Edward Keller
Cleveland
Ohio
L. O. Fries
Martinsburg
Keller
Winchester
Virginia
Frank Butler
Bunker Hill
L. Oo. Fries
Pearl Fries
Loudoun
Jefferson
A. M. DeHaven
Martin DeHaven
Gainesboro
Hila Butler
Ruth Speilman
Butler
One Way Valley Turnpike Begins September Rates
Valley Turnpike will switch to one way traffic on September 1 with new tolls. Touring cars 16 cents per gate, runabouts 10 cents, motorcycles 5 cents per gate each way. Local residents can buy discounted tickets from Mr. Shirley Carter, director, Winchester Virginia.
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Valley Turnpike
Shirley Carter
Valley Turnpike Company
Winchester
Nineveh notes report local visits and injuries
Nineveh Virginia community notes include Anna Jett from Front Royal returning home, Harry McKay and family visiting relatives, Ed Madigan family at James Elkins, Edith Stieff hosting Sunday school, G Fuller from White Post visiting relatives, Howard Stotler visiting Luther Grim, Virginia Page leaving for Clarke County, Clinton Welsh recovering from a fall at Nineveh church, F K Weaver visiting daughter Julian Steele at Stephens City, and D M McKay from Pittsburgh visiting cousin J F McKay.
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Nineveh
Anna Jett
Front Royal
A. S. Jett
Harry McKay
Ohio
Ed. Madigan
James Elkins
Edith Stieff
G. Fuller
White Post
Howard Stotler
Luther Grim
Clinton Welsh
Julian Steele
Stephens City
D. M. McKay
Pittsburgh
J. F. McKay
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Evening Star
Evening Star Publishing Company
Harry Flood Byrd
Bell
Unite
Morning
Weekly News
Weekly Times
Weekly Mirror
MR. Conrad
State Senate
Democrats of
Rockingham
Harrisonhurs
Tees
Mr. W. Davis Conrad
New York
D. B. Conrad
Comn
Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Webster
LePage
Carter
Stafford
Army
Miller's
Someborn’s
Big Five
Atiff
New Crown
Old Glory
George Sonneborn, Jr
Red Lion
Pembroke
Nineveh News
Virginia Page
May Weaver
Clarke Coun
Oruagists Elf
Charles. Brubaker
Marksville
North Main’ Street
Dunsd Pane Coe
Grove Bros. Department Store
Cor
Brill & Bitter
Brill & Ritter
Thomas
Jenkins & Dunlap
Jubilee
Ibe
J. Goode
Selah SI
Bertha
Kathry
Hearer
Fries
G. F. Lind
Crisman
It Point
W. Va
Parkins
Lewis Hayma
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Duffy Matt Whiskey Co
Towhester
N. Y
W. L. Kuhn
Graham Conner
C. V
Star Office
Leslie Magaz
Ti Loca
Iebert S. Larrick
Market St
South Market St
N. Braddock
Ee Star
Cols. Oart
South Main St
William Kent Street
Hawkins
Shenandoah Val
Nat'l Bank
MO. W. Rice
Union Bank of Winchester
Lee R. Grim
Farmers & Mer
A. D. Fuller
Ashby
Warren County
Cupidon
Belgian Horse Co
Bayard, Va
Pond
Pond’s
Ponds Extract Company
Franck Baker
SON
C. E. Foley
Berry Ville
Vas
Charles Town
Berryville
Itms
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David J. Randall
Chester Lawrence
Plainfield, N
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