Intense World War I Battle Report From Paris Front
Paris dispatch describes French and British advances in Champagne and near Lens amid heavy shelling and mounting casualties. Notes conscription nears in Britain and Roumania mobilizes while Bulgaria wavers. Also reports American ship Vincent sunk by a mine and Greek siege measures in Macedonia.
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Paris
Champagne
Kazure
Navarimi
Souchez
Sou- Hill No. 140
Western
Alles
Lens
Vimy Heights
Mission gifts of past year exceed all previous totals
Boston reports receipts of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions at 1,101,565.47 for the year ending August 31, the largest in history, with expenditures of 1,101,202.99 and debt reduced to 8,405.22. The year funded 658 missionaries and 2,000 institutions including schools and hospitals. New York notes Protestant Episcopal Board missions receipts at 1,067,000 plus 371,000 for emergency needs, now debt free for first time in eight years, aided by Winchester Christ Church and Virginia parishes.
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Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Frank H. Wiggin
Pp. E. Church
Mislion
New York
Protestant Episcopal Board of Missions
Phillies Clinch 1915 National League Title With One Hit Win
The Phillies beat the Braves 5 to 0 at Braves Field to clinch the 1915 NL championship. Alexander pitched a one hit shutout as spectators included Red Sox figures and Governor Walsh honored Patsy Moran Day.
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Boston
Phillies
Alexander
Braves
Philadelphia
Bill Carrigan
Red Sox
Patsy Morgan
Fitchburg
Mass
David J. Walsh
Moran
Mountain View Nursery Offers Apple Peach Trees For Replant
Orchardists in Winchester and vicinity are urged to plant Apple and Peach trees from Mountain View Nursery. High quality stock, near location, ships via Cumberland Valley and Baltimore and Ohio railroads with quick order filling and low freight. Ornamentals in shade and shrubbery also available.
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Winchester
Cumberland Valley
Baltimore and Ohio
California
Mountain View
Prof William Starr Myers to Lecture on European War
Tomorrow evening at 8 30 in the City Hall Auditorium Prof William Starr Myers will present the second Handley Board of Trustees lecture on The European Situation. A Princeton professor and Johns Hopkins PhD, Myers is known for accessible current events talks and has drawn large crowds in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. He arrives tomorrow and will be hosted by Dr B M Roszel. attendees must be at least thirteen years old.
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London
France
Lord Kitchener
Flanders
Dardanelles
Roumania
Artois
Champagne
French War Office
City Hall
William Starr
Myers
Handley Board of Trustees
Johns Hopkins University
Princeton University
Brooklyn
America
Brooklyn Institute
American Society For the Extension
Dr. B. M. Roszel
Winchester
Pony Contest Closes Saturday with Vote Count Week
The contest ends Saturday October 2 with ballots due by 12 midnight. Votes are counted Tuesday morning and published Tuesday evening. Merchants in the contest will vote for all accounts paid before close.
Vote Card Contest Closes Saturday Night October Second
Citizens can buy a card costing $1 to $5 that trades for the same amount in votes. Each card grants the purchaser that number of votes immediately, with the contest closing Saturday night October second.
Limestone land near Winchester for sale at 2000
Ten acres of smooth limestone land in high cultivation with building site on the Valley pike near Winchester Virginia. Price two thousand dollars. W L Fultz Real Estate exclusive Nos 11 13 Court Square Winchester. September 30. Virginia location.
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Valley Pike
Winchester
W. L. Fultz
Court Square
Taxes Due Notice for 1915 Payment and Penalty
Notice to taxpayers: 1915 taxes are due now. A 3 percent penalty applies to taxes unpaid by September 30, 1915. City Treasurer WM. T. Barr announces the due date and registration deadline for the November election, urging timely payment and voter registration.
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WM. T, Barr
Final Rites Held for Miss Baker at Grace Church
The funeral of Miss Por tia Baldwin Baker of Winchester took place at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. Dr. George S. Bowers officiating. The service featured hymns from the church choir and concluded at Mount Hebron Cemetery where family and friends laid Miss Baker to rest alongside kin. She leaves a brother Christian Streit Baker of Staunton and several nephews and nieces. Pallbearers included Harry H. Baker J Few Brown W A Baker Edwin Y. Baker Dr W A Bell J E Cooper and W Nelson Page.
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Portia Baldwin Baker
Tery
Dr. Bowers
Miss Baker
Messrs
Harry H. Baker
J. Few Brown
W. A. Baker
Edwin Y. Baker
Dr. W. A. Bell
J. E. Cooper
W. Nelson Page
Leaders Millinery Opens This Thursday and Friday
The Leader announces the millinery shop will open with latest fall styles. Ladies are invited to visit on Thursday and Friday from 1 to 9 p.m. at the storefront location.
Engagement of Miss Elizabeth Hart to William A Jones Jr
Mr. Jones and Mrs. Andrew Dew Hart announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Goodwin Hart to William A Jones Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. William A Jones of Warsaw Richmond county. The wedding date has not been announced.
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Andrew Dew Hart
Albemarle County
Elizabeth Goodwin Hart
William Atkinson Jones, Jr
William A. Jones
Warsaw
Richmond County
Apples Sold Across Lynchburg Area Reach 400000 Barrels
Lynchburg dispatch reports winter apple picking in a 50 mile radius totals at least 400000 barrels with most crop sold at solid prices. Ben Davis at $2 to $2.60, Winesaps at $3 to $3.60, York Imperials at $2.70, fruit quality praised by growers.
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Lynchburg
Baltimore Sun
Lynchg
Ben Davis
York
Thrilling horseback incident near Winchester injures Rutherford sisters
While returning from Winchester to Stephenson Virginia Miss Florence Rutherford fell when stirrup broke as the horse bolted at a paper on the road. Her sister Cornelia Rutherford calmly controlled her horse. Both escaped serious harm with Florence notably shaken.
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Florence Rutherford
Sister
Florence
Cornelia Rutherford
Miss Florence Rutherford
Boy Breaks Glasses. Case Dismissed Upon Payment
A young colored boy named Ban ister was brought before Magistrate Krebs charged with destruction of property for breaking a pair of eye glasses valued at thirty cents. After evidence, the magistrate dismissed the case as relatives agreed to pay the thirty cents. Court costs amounting to $1.50 were remitted.
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Banister
Krebs
Another Street Being Improved
A team under Superintendent Porter Hayslett began work yesterday on a new asphalt surface from Clifford street south on Washington street to the Bancuity grounds. The project will take several weeks and aims to make the thoroughfare one of the city’s best.
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Porter Hayslett
Clifford Street
Washington Street
Bnquity
Hopewell Plant To Be Enlarged
Richmond Virginia dispatch reports Du Pont Powder Company plans to expand the Hopewell plant from ten to twenty units doubling size and capacity. The enlargement would bring total employment to about 36 000 men and the company is already preparing to staff the expanded works.
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Richmond
Pertersburg
du Pont Powder Company
Hopeswell
Kellogg Cannot Fix Resale Price
The Kellogg Toasted Corn Flakes Company of Battle Creek is permanently enjoined from fixing resale prices in a consent decree announced in Detroit court. The decree takes effect after October 15 and sets a precedent against price fixing of food products in the government antitrust suit.
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Detroit
Midh
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flakes Company
Battle Creek
United States District Court
Kellogg
Tme
Hurricane Zealots Passes Over New Orleans Coast
Fatal storm devastates Gulf Coast city causing widespread deaths and destruction. Emergency crews struggle to reach survivors as authorities declare a state of emergency and outline relief efforts. Monstrous winds and flooding cripple infrastructure and hamper rescue operations.
Storm Sundered Coast as Wind Reaches 100 MPH
News from Mobile and Beaumont report a tropical hurricane sweeping New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast with winds near 100 miles per hour. The storm damaged the Masonic Temple and numerous churches and schools, flooded Biloxi and Bay St. Louis areas, cut train service, and left at least ten dead with property losses in the millions as New Orleans suburbs faced extensive water and power outages. Wires down and infrastructure wrecked as Crescent City and surrounding towns suffered heavy impact.
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The
Star
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Masonic Temple
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
New
Beaumont
Tex
Spartacus Photo Spectacle Tonight at Empire Theater
An 8 part epic spectacle billed as one of the greatest pictures ever made opens tonight at the Empire. Admission is a half-dollar with the show advertised as a bargain price in the local theater ad for the event.
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Empire
Ad P.g
Cider Apples Wanted for National Fruit Products Plant
The National Fruit Products Company announces readiness to receive cider on October 4 at its new factory at the C and R intersection of F avenue. Fall market prices will be paid. Growers are invited to visit the site.
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National Fruit Products CO
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Athens
Greek Chamber of Deputies
Seige
Macedonia
Eucharist
Berlin
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War Office
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Vimy
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Argonne
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la Basse Canal
Jolliffe & Jolliffe’s
R. M. Swimley
Brill & Ritter
Bowen
W. Gerrard St
Needle Work Guild
S. L. Lupton
May H. Heist
Sec
N. Washington
Virgtas
Episcopal
Congregation of
Christ Church of Winchester
Virginia
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Timothy
HH. H. Baker
Bell Phone
Court House Plaza
W. 3. Myers
Princeton
Brooklyn( N. J.) Institute
Cinating
Authoritative
Grace Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
George S. Bowers
Mount Hebron
Ceme
Mr. Jones
Miss Wart
Phenson, Va
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Hopewell
Gulf Coast
Crescent City
Spartacus
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