Battle Cruiser Invincible Arrives With Sturdee Staff at Montivedio
Reports from Breslau say German forces captured Skierniewice a key Polish rail hub 60 miles from Warsaw signaling renewed Russian difficulty. Allied dispatches note German efforts near Warsaw and possible Russian withdrawals north of the Vistula.
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Invincible
Petrograd
Warsaw
Bhrilen
Skierniewice
Poland
Breslau
Odz
Lowiccz
Looz
Piotrokaw
Ivangorod
Upper
Vistula
Sturdee
Montivedio
Falkland Islands
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Sir Frederick Bturdee
FOUND Child's fur neck piece reported to office
A fur neck piece found by a child was turned in and owner should contact Star office to claim, with a reference code 18 1p 21 ener.
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Star Office
School Fair Set for Friday May 15 1916
A school fair committee led by Supt M Lynch will hold the event in the city on Friday May 15 1916. Prizes and conditions will be shared with county teachers soon to give pupils ample prep time. The fair aims to be the greatest educational event in Virginia with top work exhibited and Koontz in charge of the agricultural display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Lynch
Minnie Melfwee
Pearl Haldeman
N. D. Cool
R. Tolbert
Daniel F. Kern
Charles H. Harper
C. EB. Koontz
Superintendent of Schools
Virginia
Koontz
Empty Barrels for Sale at Becks Steam Bakery
Lard and cotton seed oil barrels suitable for salting meats offered. Also a quantity of empty sugar barrels for shipping dressed poultry available at Becks Steam Bakery.
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Iptt
Beck
Stham Bakery
Financier Dies While Joking at Cincinnati Club
Eugene Zimmerman a noted financier and alleged father of the Duchess of Manchester died suddenly at a Cincinnati club from hemorrhage of the lungs. He had just laughed about a $100000 breach of promise suit filed by Miss Icy Wareham of Elmhurst, Illinois. A lost silver bar pin set with sapphires offered as a reward at 103 S Washington Street.
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Icy Wareham
Elmhurst
Cincinnati
Miss Wareham
S, Washington Street
Belgian Relief Fund Contributions Listed With Totals
A community record lists donations to the Belgian Relief Fund including Edward Emmart 2.00 Mrs Edward Emmart 1.00 J J Woodward 0.50 Albert G Robinson 0.50 N W Harmon 0.25 D A Robinson 1.60 and other contributors. The total shown is 1162.93 with additional notes on supplies such as a box of clothing from A R Rinker.
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Edward Emmart
J. J. Woodward
Haycock and Daughters
Tao BrAs
Albert G. Robinson
N.W. Harmon
D. A. Robinson
Mr. Snapp Taken Home After Amputation Recovery
Mr. Charles Snapp, a noted farmer and fruit grower, who recently had part of a leg amputated at Memorial Hospital after being struck by a wagon loaded with barreled apples near the old paper mills, was brought to his home near Fawcett Gap today. His condition is reported improved.
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Charles Snapp
Memorial Hospital
Fawcett Gap
Xmas Specials at M Barr Million Bid Back Tomorrow
Xmas sale items listed include Oyster crackers 6c per pound Ginger snaps 6c per pound Mixed nuts 14c per pound Fancy Florida oranges 20c per dozen 3 lbs Xmas candy for 25c. Ad ends with 18-1p-11-7P and notes a million bid back tomorrow at requests of hundreds of patrons.
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M. Barr
Postoffice ready for holiday mail rush in Winchester
Winchester postoffice officials prepare to handle a flood of Christmas mail this week. Edgar Hotiel will make deliveries town wide, with special evening service from 7 to 9 at the business district until Christmas. Public cooperation urged to avoid blockades. gifts should be mailed early and addressed “Please do not open until Christmas.”
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Winchester Postoffice
Edgar ©. Hotiel
Focal Postal
Carter
Officials Housed By Illness Impacts Local Railyard
Baltimore and Ohio agent T. B. Patton of Winchester cannot report to the freight office due to tonsillitis and is confined at Mrs. Nancy Lee Coble's home on West Water Street. Local yard master Gibson Baker also ill with tonsillitis stays home on South Market Street.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Winchester
Nancy Lee Coble
West Water Street
Gibson Baker
Sovth Market Street
Rail meeting mulls restored Shenandoah schedule
Winchester Charlestown business leaders meet with Baltimore and Ohio officials led by W Galloway to secure no further passenger schedule changes and to reinstate pre depression Shenandoah services when conditions improve. They urge keeping Harpers Ferry connections tight and discuss freight car attachment and early Strasburg freight, with hope for headquarters to return to Winchester.
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Wr. (. W. Galloway
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wr. C. W. Squigeins
Winchester
Charlestown
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Shenandoah
Harpers Ferry
Toto
Death shocks Winchester community Mia O Leary 71
Miss Mia O Leary of Winchester died suddenly at her South Kent Street home from heart disease just after 6 PM Sunday. She was in her seventy first year, a devout Church of the Sacred Heart member, born and raised in Winchester with deep local ties. Funeral arrangements were not set by late afternoon.
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Elizabeth O'Leary
Winchester
South Kent Street
Miss O'Leary
Daniel O'Leary
Manchester
Eng
Harriett Hooper
Frederick County
Thomas O'Leary
Church of the Sacred Heart
Oliver's Musical Comedy Company Opens at Auditorium
The troupe presents a one act musical comedy A Midnight Cabaret at the Winchester Auditorium tonight. Six reels of pictures shown. Admission 20 cents lower floor 10 cents balcony. The producer promises one of the cleanest and best shows yet.
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Oliver
Winchester
Funeral Services For David Lowery
The funeral for David Lowery who died of pneumonia will be held 11 o’clock Tuesday at the Greenawalt home in Albin. Rev. George W. Stover will officiate and burial follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Family members have arrived from Philadelphia and New Jersey.
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David Lowery
Albin
Mr. Lowery
Harvey Lowery
William ‘Lowery
Philadelphia
Jacob
George Lowery
Carrie McComas
New Jersey
Nannie Harrison
New York
Lucy Greenley
Chambersburg
Lowery
Stayman Buried in Mount Hebron Sunday
Funeral services for Milton C. Stayman were held at the Cover home with Rev J Horace Lacy officiating. Burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery beside his wife. Pallbearers included Moser, Harry K Russell, John M Steck, Harry R Kern, W S White, Stewart Bell and C Grattan Crawford. Stayman, a Carlisle native long resident of Frederick County and Winchester, died Friday.
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Milton C. Stayman
Loring A. Cover
the Star
Stayman
Frank Stayman
Middletown
John Stayman
Richmond
Ellen Brandt
Robert Irons
Harrisburg
Alfred Read
Clearfield
Carlisle
Frederick County
Winchester
Selects Sublett For Postmaster
Representative James Hay recommended Frank L. Sublett for appointment as postmaster at Harrisonburg to succeed W L Dechert whose term expires in January Subletts name was sent to the Post Office Department in Washington and will be passed on by Postmaster General Burleson before reaching President Wilson Walter C Switzer was also named while James M Kavanaugh and other businessmen sought the post which pays about 2700 a year
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Santa Claus
Post Office Department
James Hay
Frank
Harrisonburg
W. L. Dechert
Sublett
Post Office ‘Department
Washington
General Burleson
Presi
Two Solar Eclipses Mark 1916 Visibility Across Regions
In 1916 there will be two annular solar eclipses. The first on February 14 will be visible in Australia Madagascar East Indies Philippine Islands Micronesia Polynesia and adjacent oceans with a path from the Indian Ocean south of Madagascar across northwestern Australia and New Guinea to the North Pacific. The second on August 10 11 will be visible in eastern China and Siberia Philippines Japan Micronesia Polynesia Sandwich Islands and the Pacific Ocean.
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Australia
Madagascar
East Indies
Philippine Islands
Micronesia
Polynesia
Indian Ocean
New Guinea
China
Siberia
Japan
Sandwich Islands
Pacific Oceans
W Hayslett Returns to Work After Broken Ankle
Sanctioned by Memorial Hospital X rays showed the ankle bone set properly. Supt. W P Haystett of the city street department, who fractured his ankle in a fall on ice, can attend duties with crutches and horse and carriage. For Rent Store in Hable Building.
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W. P. Haystett
City Street Department
Memorial Hospital
Senator Echols Buried Today in Staunton
The funeral of Senator Edward Echols was held at Trinity Parish Church in Staunton, with burial at Thornton Cemetery. Virginia political leaders attended, including Lt Governor Ellyson and Speaker Cox, who named delegations from Senate and House. Echols, born September 20, 1849 in Union, Virginia, served as commonwealths attorney, state representative, and senator, and was known as a deliberate debater in the General Assembly.
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Staunton
Val
Edward Echols
Clogke
Trinitypal Church
Thorntone Cemetery
General Assembly
Hehols
J. Taylor Ellyson
Virginia Senate
Edwin P. Cox
House of Delegates
Ellyson
Echols
Rhinehart
Alleghany
Enner
Shenandoah
John Paul
Rockingham
George Lathamer
Fauquier
John A. Lesner
Norfolk
Bland Massie
Nelson
John R. Saunders
Middlesex
Harding Walker
Westmoreland
A. C. Harman
Richmond
Cox
Hill Montague
N. KE. Spensard
Crate
I H. C. Grasty
Herbert J. Taylor
Reton
Stuart
Virginia
Ufe
Commonwealth
Union
Monroe County
West Virginia
John Echols
Ekdward Echols
Lexington
Washington College
Washington and Lee University
House
J. Hoge Tyler Aty
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