Chinese crisis broadens as legation burned and forces react
dispatches report the Pekin legation burned and Li Hung Chang fearing suffering amid anti foreign forces. Adee delivers a demand to stop firing on the American legation and to coordinate with imperial troops. Goodnow notes British guards in Shanghai. Yang Tsun falls as Chaffee reports allied gains and casualties mount from heat. Lacey announces Methodist missionaries reach Kobe. Waldersee sought as generalissimo. Cossacks seize Chinese officers on the Algun. Mrs Myers visits Cumberland.
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Austrain Foreign Office
A. von Rosthorn
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Adee
Goodnow
Shanghai
Waldersee
China
Chaffee
Yang Tsun
Fourteenth Infantry
W. H. Lacey
Kobe
Japan
Foo Chow
Count von Waldersee
Lyons
Pe Chi
Disappointing Paris Exposition Impression from J B Loverr
J B Loverr notes the Exposition appears divided into many small sections with Lyons and Paris displays dominant in silk and dress goods. He cites crowds around 150000 daily with many "dead heads," points out ticket pricing quirks from official sellers and hawkers, and doubts global representation versus Chicago.
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Paris
France
Chicago
Lyons
J. B. Loverr
How They Look at It from Berryville
A Clarke Courier note tells of a young Berryville woman new to telephone conversation asking if her hand is visible and exclaiming over a supposed ring. A second anecdote recalls Mr Atwell’s servant the Parson misidentifying a horse bridle over the phone, asking which bridle Sam wants.
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Berryville
Clarke Courier
George
Trice
Samuel R. Atwell
Lydia A. McKee
Adm
G. G. McKee
Purcell McKee
Annie A. Pine
Albert Pine
Laura V. O’rear
Jannie McKee
Lula McKee
Virginia
Winchester Star
Winchester
Court House
City of
Corporation Court
City of Winchester
Lydia A.mckee
C. T.a
Charles G. Boyles
A. McKee
Phil. H. Gold
R. E. Byrp
T. Hancock
C. B. Hancock
E.T. Hancock
A. B. Hancock
R. Gray_Williams
Henry Haines
D. L. Pence
John M. Steck
Me poEinen
Charlestown council raises taxes to fight smallpox toll
The Charlestown city council increases property tax from 50 to 80 cents per $100 and sets capitation tax at $2 per person to cover extraordinary epidemic expenses.
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Charlestown
Woman Serves Warrant Over Missing Wheat
Mrs. Leopold Frenkel traveled to Rockland yesterday to serve a warrant on her tenant W. C. Bromley for moving undivided wheat from her farm without consent.
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Leopold Frenkel
Rockland
W. C. Bromley
Arrivals and Departures on the Star Routes Network
Arrivals from the north and south listed for B and O CV lines with times from 6 00 am to 9 01 pm. Departures to the south shown, with closing mail times 30 minutes before departures except early morning trains. Star routes Romney Bloomery Shockeysville Marlboro Mountain Falle Rock Enon Springs Capon Springs with respective arrival and departure times.
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Rock Enon Springs
Capon
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Evening Star
Evening Star Publishing Co
H. Hansbrough
East Water Street
Daily Star
Times and Star
State of Virginia
Frank R. Harris
Winchester Eventue Star
Rupert Worsley
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Congress
James Hay
Madison
Algun
Mrs. J. W Myers
Cumberland
Tak Svar
Justine
Henry Bretjer & CO
Rus
B and O
B&o
George Loy
John Loy
Frederick County
Nain
Romney
Bloomery
Shockeysville
Marlboro
Jacob Loy
Circuit Court
Corge Loy
Phil
H.eid
John Steck
H. Gold
John J. Kiger
T. J. Orndorff
Granite & Marble Monuments
E. Water St
Kee Mar College
Music and Art Conservatory
Hagerstown
Maryland
Cavice School
M. L. Mater
Tuero
B. Shank
Order OF Publica‘lion
Henry Schneider
South Main Street
Dorsey Walter
Kola
Barton & Ora
John M. Stec
Walton & Walton
West
Cecil Street
Washington Hall
WM. M. Atkinson
Mary Laughlin
Pacific Ave
Ohio Ave
Atlantic City
N. J
Laughlin
D. B. Long & Sons
Soca
Winchester, VA
Franck Baker
Shenandoah Val. Nat. Bank
MO. W. Rich
Chas, L
Crum
Randolph
McGuire
Heller Building
Robert
Robt, T. McVicar
Fair Grounds Carriage Works
Cooper's
Columbia
N. A. Cooper
East Water
Eugene Aulick
South Braddock St
North Kent St
Hayfield
WM. F. Marker
E. Bruce Capper
Water St. Winchester
S. H. Hable
Wright's
Jos. Wincut, Jr
Eagle’s Meat Market
Aid Society of
Stephens City
Robert Lemley
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