Serb Bulgaria tension and war threats sweep Europe
London reports Serbia seeks explanation of Bulgarian troop massing on its border as Athens contemplates mobilization. Bulgaria mobilizes 160000, Greek army readiness, while Berlin and Washington seek an end to the German American submarine dispute by week’s end. Allied air raids target German railways. mutiny aboard a ship is quelled in New York.
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London
Serbia
Bulgaria
Athens
Serbian
Macedonia
Iferbia
Gerny
Greece
Sofia
Erbian
Petrograd
Vinsk
Ilina
Warsaw
Berlin
Genny
United States
Germany
Paris
Middlekirke
Barry Bulkley to Speak on Yellowstone Beauties at Handley Library
The Handley Trustees open a lecture series with Barry Bulkley of Washington, D C presenting The Beauties of the Yellowstone National Park at Handley Library on Wednesday September 29 at 8 30 PM. Future lectures include topics from German Emperor to university presidents with dates set between now and February 1.
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Yellowstone Park
Board of Handley Trustees
Yellowstone National Park
Barry Bulk
School Children In New Quarters In Holliday Building
The first and second grade pupils of Winchester Public Schools have moved into new quarters in the Holliday building on Reuss Avenue. The school was opened yesterday after a period of displacement due to a building project.
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Winchester Public Schools
Holliday
Reuss Avenue
T Hem
Negroes Attempt To Raid Theatre
In Philadelphia a mob of over five hundred colored men and women tried to disrupt the Birth of a Nation at Forrest Theater. Police lines of about 150 officers clashed with the crowd. seven injured, one with a broken arm, around twenty arrested, all others fled. No white injuries reported.
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Philadelphia
Forrest Theater
Wanted Pears Hand-picked Keiffer Pears
Wanted at once at F A Beck & Co s warehouse C V Station are hand picked Keiffer pears buyers should apply immediately for prompt purchase decisions.
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F. A. Beck & Co
C. V
Millinery Opening at Grove Bros Department Store
Advertisement notes Grove Bros Department Store opening with new millinery and suits. Mentions Miss Newcome and latest fall creations for men and women, with page references and ad copy style.
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Grove Bros. Dept
Ady
Miss Newcome’s. Ve RY
Shenandoah Valley Fair Reports Record Receipts
A Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society meeting in Winchester shows this year’s fair receipts at 9380.25 dollars, up from 7228.85 last year by 2152.20. The board plans to apply surplus toward debt, praises officers and staff, and anticipates net proceeds triple last year with an itemized financial report to follow.
Funeral of Brother W H Baker Draws Friendship Fire Co
Members of Friendship Fire Co are to meet at 2 30 at the engine house for the funeral of late Brother W H Baker. Winchester Virginia September 22 1915 with local leaders and civic figures cited.
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Friendship Fire Co
W. H. Baker
Carlisle Fair Excursion Rates to Carlisle Run Sept 21 25
The C V R R will sell tickets to Carlisle during the fair week from September 21 to 25. Two special excursion rates apply. For train times, consult the ticket agent.
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Carlisle Fair
Carlisle
Special sale gowns at Miss Newcome's Thursday
Regular $1.00 gowns reduced to 75c for Thursday only at Miss Newcome's. Established shopper alert with a brief sale event.
Winchester considers bidding for city lighting and White Way plan
City Council in special session endorses advertising for five year lighting bids beginning June 1 1916. The rights committee report compares costs in other towns and proposes a White Way linking railroad stations to business districts, while noting the Northern Virginia Power Company contract expires June 1 1916.
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Tric Light Plant
Northern Virginia Power Com
McGuire
Winchester
White Way
Subway car plunge kills six in New York field disaster
At Seventh Avenue in New York a surface car fell thirty feet into a gap from a cave-in in a new subway under construction between Twenty third and Twenty fourth streets. About two hundred were injured and six killed as many passengers, including women, were swept into the ditch. Firemen freed victims as a brewery truck also vanished. An additional cave-in later shocked the same block.
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Seventh Avenue Street
Twenty-third
Twenty Fourth Streets
Twenty-fourth
Willis Capper Laid To Rest
The funeral of Willis Capper who died from lockjaw at his parents home on West Water Street was held at 4 PM from the parental residence. Rev. Dr. J H Lacy of the Presbyterian Church conducted the service and the remains were interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Little Willis Capper
Bruce Capper
West Water Street
Lockjaw
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mr. Baker
Christ Church
W. D. Smith
Russell C. Baker
Winchester
Joseph Griffing
John C. Wheat
New York City
Lewis F. Cooper
R. T. Barton
William P. McGuire
William A. Bell
Stewart Bell
J. B. Beverley
H. B. McCormas
J. Few Brown
Arthur Leafe
Shirley Carter
Illicit Moonshine Plant Found on Senator Smith Farm
Revenue officers found a large moonshine still on United States Senator Hoke Smith's country place near Atlanta. Indications suggested whisky production within the last day. No one was present at the site. The plant lay within 300 yards of Smith's residence and 500 yards from the home of U.S. Attorney Hooper Alexander, a pro prohibitionist. Senator Smith had signed Georgia's statewide prohibition law as governor.
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Atlanta
United States
Hoke Smith
Senator Smith
Hooper Alexander
Smith
Georgia
Public Auction Notice for Hunter Davidson
Public auction in front of Airdoiine Saturday at 11 o clock. Auction entry 22 1p 31. Hunter Davidson referenced in the notice.
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Airdoiine
Hunter Davidson
C E Supingers Niece Bride in Washington Church
Miss Ethel Carson Ridmonds daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Edmonds of Front Royal Virginia and Mr Donald A Campbell of Washington DC were married at 2 PM yesterday at the Second Presbyterian Church manse in Washington by Rev Dr John Lee Allison. The couple left for a Canada tour after the ceremony. The bride is a niece of Mr Charles E Supinger of North Braddock street and has many local friends.
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Alphonso Smith
Louis Smith
Washington and Lee University
Edwin Anderson Alderman
University of Virginia
William Starr Myers
Princeton
Professor Barnes
Canada
Ethel Carson Ridmonds
Charles Edmonds
Front Royal
Donald A. Campbell
Washington, DD
Second Presbyterian Church
Washington
John Lee Allison
Charles E. Supinger
North Braddock Street
Schools Found Healthy After Scarlet Fever Check
City physicians examined all students at the public school to detect scarlet fever infection. The report confirms good health overall with only a few children furloughed briefly. The school buildings and halls are fumigated daily to maintain health.
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OMY
Frost Predicted In Virginia Mountains Tonight
The Weather Bureau issued a Virginia special bulletin predicting fair weather tonight and Thursday with probable light frost in the mountain districts tonight.
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Washington
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Boy Scouts Enter Another Contest with Ladies' Home Journal
The October issue of the Ladies' Home Journal begins a new Scouts contest. Each sold copy earns three points toward $1,000 in prizes. Winchester Troop No. 2 won a prize previously and has funded itself by selling Curtis publications without public contributions.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Boy Scouts
Troop No. 2
Winchester
Curtis
Miss Burkhart Weds Robin Sowers in Quiet Rockville Ceremony
Washington man Mr. Robert Franklin Sowers and Martinsburg Virginia Burkhart were quietly married at Rockville Maryland last Saturday by Rev. Samuel R. White. The bride, well known in the city, had often stayed with Miss Pinkie Sheetz on South Stewart Street. Sowers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sowers of South Braddock Street.
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Robert Franklin Sowers
Washington
Daisy
Virginia Burkhart
Martinsburg
Rockville
Samuel R. White
Pinkie Sheetz
South Stewart
Mr. Sowers
George Sowers
South Braddock Street
Flood Postcards Show Fifty One Views of Galveston Damage
Miss Mildred Miller, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Miller of South Kent street, received a complete set of postcard photos from a Galveston friend depicting fifty one distinct views of flood damage in that city. Mr O S Snapp, visiting his parents on Fairmont avenue, left this morning for Blacksburg Virginia to begin his senior year at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
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Mildred Miller
Charles Miller
South Kent Street
Galveston
Texas
O. S. Snapp
Snapp
Fairmont Avenue
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Winchester closes for Baker funeral and honors local builder
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce reports broad support for closing business houses during the 8 PM Thursday funeral at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church for William H. Baker. Active pallbearers include Baker employees and associates. honorary pallbearers list Winchester and distant señorts. The Baltimore Sun notes Baker's career and his status as a valued Valley builder.
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Chamber of Commerce
William H. Baker
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Chamber
Winchester
Lyst
W. H. Baker
Baltimore Sun
Hils
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H. ‘H Baker
Pell
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Barry Bulkley
City Hall
Handley Library
Young
Fair Association
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Mannett
H. F. Byrd
Presi
Daniel Lupton
Roy Duvall
W. L. Fultz
Pannett
Chas. E. Clevenger
Fred. Co. Anti-Saloon League
James A. Hancher
Stonewall Dist
John B. Rogers
Gainesboro
B. F. Line
Back Creek
C. G. Crawford
Shawnee
Leslie D. Kline
Opequon
J. B. Cooper
Winchester League
Winchester Star
General Assembly
House of Delegates
Martin Wiliams
J. S. Haldeman
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Committee On Rights
J. F. Ward
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John M. Steck
Messrs
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Hunter H. McGuire, Shirley Carter
A. T. Jones, J. Fred. Goss and
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Wire
Seventh Avenue
Hos
Pitals
Ling
Willis Capper
J. H. Lacy
Presbyterian Church
Scott Fuller
Albany
N. Y
Matt. DeRouville
Charles Hewitt
Remont
Mr. Hewitt
John Semples
The
Crystal Confectionery
Harrisburg
C. E. Supinger
F. A. Beck
Meta Grim
Theresa Owen
Frances Yost
Olga
Clara Beck
Virginia Kurtz
Cedar Creek
Mr. Fred. Calvert
Norfolk, Va
Selves
Miss Burkhart
Robin Sowers
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