Carlin to Address Winchester Liberty Loan Rally
Rep Charles Carlin of Virginia’s Eighth District will speak at the Empire Theater opening Liberty loan campaign in Winchester. The event features a large choir and Citizens’ Band with a 8:30 PM doors policy and plans to announce the county bond quota.
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Carlin
Empire
Empire Theater
Winchester
Ion
Charles
Alexandria
Congress
Virginia
Handley Library
H. B. McCormec
Liberty Loan Committee
Liberty Loan
McGormac
Empire Management
J. H. Henry
Empre
Henry
the Empire
Citizens’ Band
Home Guard
Liberty Joan Campaign
Lieutenant Cammer Injured in July Wounding
The War Department casualty list last night included Lieut. Claude R. Cammer of Mount Williams in this county as severely wounded in action. Mrs. Cammer says he was wounded in July and is under treatment, improving satisfactorily according to her latest information.
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Claude R. Cammer
Mount Williams
War Department
Cammer
Cattle Mule Sale Noted in Historic Brief Item
A fragment notes cattle and mules in a brief sale listing, mentioning Hulver and SAE with unclear details about quantity or timing. The readable portion preserves local agriculture context and names involved.
German Socialists Demand Hertling Resignation
Reports from Amsterdam and Copenhagen say socialist leaders denounce Count von Hertling, call for his resignation, and accuse the chancellor of discord between civil and military authorities. Scheidemann blames Brest Litovsk treaty and east politics while censors are attacked over peace talks.
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Amsterdam
Herr von Schellemann
Reichgttg
Scheidemann
Brest-Litovek
Hertling
Copenhagen
Count von Hertling
Berlin
Herr Broehr
Reichstag
Local Surgeon Receives Army Medical Corps Commission
Dr. Philip W. Boyd a prominent local surgeon receives a commission as captain in the U S Army Medical Corps and plans to depart for new duties. Luther Pannett of the exemption board sent a telegram recommending Dr E C Stuart to fill Boyd’s medical board seat.
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Philip W. Boyd
United States Army
Luther Pannett
Adjutant General
Stern
E. C. Stuart
Boyd
British airmen raid Bavarian towns hit Buhl and Kaserlautern
British airmen raided German territory during the night dropping bombs on Buhl and Kaserlautern in Bavaria. The air ministry announced two German planes were shot down and three British bombers were missing amid reports of extensive manufacturing plants at Kaserlautern.
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London
Buhl
Kaserlautern
Bavaria
Air Ministry
German Social Upheaval Reported Driving European Tensions
Central News dispatch from Berne reports travelers arriving in Switzerland say Germany faces a great social upheaval with signs of an uprising. Unrest also grips Bulgaria with a state of siege proclaimed at Sofia. Observers fear Germany may crumble like Russia as conditions deteriorate.
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London
Germany
Switzerland
Berne
Bulgari
Vanda
Sofia
Russia
Renewed American Offensive Near Metz Front
American and French forces renewed pressure on the Metz front with gains west of the Moselle in Beuxieres as aviators moved in favorable weather. British, Serbian, and Allied operations spread from St Quentin to Macedonia with strong prisoner and gun captures as fronts shift and lines advance.
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Metz
Lorraine
Moselle
Beuxieres
French War ‘Office
Mets
I War ‘Office
Champagne
Aisne
Aylette
Chemin Des Dames
Selgfroid Line
Deneby
Rawlinson
St. Quentin
Vardar
London
Glasgow
Serbian War Office
Ferdinand
Paris
Bulgaria
von Mackensen
Macedonia
Albania
Selency
Chemin-les-Dames
Lorraine Front
Mary Schlack Weds F Garlin Gray In Brilliant North Braddock Home
Miss Mary Katherine Schlack, daughter of Charles H Schlack, married F Garlin Gray of Newport News Virginia at 8 last night in a parlor ceremony at the Schlack home on North Braddock Street. The event featured formal decor, a reception and postnuptial trip to Atlantic City with gifts of cut glass silver and linen.
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Mary Katherine Schlack
Mr. Carlin, Gray
F. Garlin Gray
Newport News
Winchester
Ruth Guyer
Amos Schlack
Miss Guyer
J. J. Lagg
Press Church
Alice Orndorff
Harry C. Stouffer
Gray
Atlantic City
Charles H. Schlack
Berkeley County
West Virginia
War era ad offers cash for platinum at Hodgson and Brown
Government calls for platinum donations to aid the war effort. Advertises full cash price for platinum brought to Hodgson and Brown. Also lists a 1918 Ford for sale at 7 Main Street and notes slow freight shipments with orders for Pennsylvania seed sand for Roxen.
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Hodgson & Brown
Ford
N. Main Street
Pennsylvania
German workers must oust government before any peace talks
Samuel Gompers, speaking in Paris on September 26, stated that German workers must remove the present government before Americans believe Germans are ready to negotiate peace. He asserted the workers’ authority dictates the pace and terms of any settlement.
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Man
Workers of America
President of the American Federation of Labor named by Humanite
The French newspaper Humanite identifies the president of the American Federation of Labor. The report notes the leadership role and the international attention on American labor unions.
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American Federation of Labor
Humanite
Local Farmer K G Grubbs Dies by Suicide in Clarke VA
Kim G Grubbs 69, a Powers farm resident near Wickliffe Clarke Virginia, shot himself with a shotgun between 8 and 9 yesterday. His body found by his son in law Clayton Hall. The death was instantaneous. He had been despondent due to illness though family says no financial or family troubles. The gun was borrowed at John ston store with a stick used to pull the trigger. A coroner or justice will hold a inquest Friday at 10 at Wickliffe home. Funeral service set for Green Hill Cemetery Berryville with Rev J Herbert Bean officiating.
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Kim G. Grubbs
Powers
Wicktiff
Clarke County
Weil
Clayton Hall
Grubbs
W. A. Johnston
Wickliffe
Berryville
John Badere
Johnston
Gary
J. Herbert Bean
Methodist Episcopal Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Engineer Carver Resigns From Winchester Pumping Station
Engineer Carroll Carver leaves the Winchester pumping station where water use has risen from about half previous levels to over a million gallons daily. He has accepted an engineering post with C I Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation and will start immediately. Night shift leader N Stover Lewis may take day duties, with a new night engineer to be chosen.
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Winchester
Carroll Carver
Powitcessor
Carver
C. I. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation
N. Stover Lewis
Taxpayers notice on 1918 taxes due by Sept 30
City Treasurer William T. Barr warns that all 1918 taxes unpaid by September 30 will incur a 3 percent penalty. Public notice dated 9-29.
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WM. T. Barr
Local Ads Note Jobs and Lost Items in Hot Drink Feature
The page lists job notices for a clerk and a steam engineer at a pumping station, a store ad for Hable's, and a lost diamond and signet with initials HL. Mentions Asco Drug Store and Star Office. Includes beverage offerings like coffee and bouillon.
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Star Office
For Rent Steam Heated Apartments
Classified notice stating available steam heated apartments for rent at a location on entences with application to Star office.
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Star Office
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McCormac
Frederick County
Lieut
Hulver
von Hertling
Hun
Wire
Ficks"motor. Com
Champagne District
War Office
Gricourt
la Basse
Armentieres
HMS
Hich
Hurwitz
Monastir
Prilep
Lushavo
Mizove
Wales
Ushuk
Lake Doiran
tKastrain
Ishkib
Palestine
Jordan
Aden
Styana Oibetan
OD Tier
Ishtib
Miss. Charles
H. Schleck
Braddock Street
Dorothy
Dora Stouffer
W. B. Lehman
Hagerstown
John Fisher
Mildred Kline
Vaucluse
John J. Hauptman
Ridgeway
W. Va
Whitmore
Elizabeth Miller
George Pine
J. F. Humston
William Emmatt and Son
Allen Gray
Detroit
Mich
Sallie G. Davis
Washington, D. C
Heskit Hite
Washington
Mr. Gray
Robert L. Gray
Gray and Sheetz
Navy Department
Heubert L. Gray, Jr
United State
Lucerne
Seals Music Store
Samuel Gompers
Asministraticon
K. G. Grubbs
Clarke
Wickit
Asco Drug Store
Hable’s Store
Cit
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