Louis M. Nulton Given Command of Cruiser Montana
Captain Louis McCoy Nulton of the US Navy, long commanding the gunboat Nashville in Santo Domingo waters, is selected to command the armored cruiser Montana. The ship, nearly new with 1,009 crew, will join the Atlantic battleship fleet as a torpedo school and sails from Philadelphia for the East Indies in January. Nulton, an Annapolis graduate and naval academy author, is noted as expert in mathematics, navigation, ordnance, and marksmanship.
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Louis McCoy Nulton
United States Navy
Nashville
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Washington
Montana
Nulton
League Asiana Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Phila
East Indies
Nurton
Naval Academy
New Naval Dictionary
Annapolis Academy
Louis Wcoy Nulton
Winchester
Six Reel Show At Grand Tonight at Grand Theater
The Grand Theater offers six big reels for 5c tonight featuring Broncho Billy Reforms Ess ay The Blind Gypsy Edison Around Battle Fields Vitalgraph The Night Number Cigge of Names Selig Summertime Biograph.
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Pathe
Battle Fields
Edison
Wight Nuember
Vitalgraph
Cigge
Selig
Biograph
Grand Theater
Local Residents and Visitors Plan Winter Travels and Assignments
Mr W Famsier of National Biscuit Company transfers from Baltimore to Philadelphia for his new home. Frederick Bush returns to Philadelphia after visiting his parents near Saint Factory Virginia. Miss Burkle and her sister plan to spend winter at Lake Helen Florida. Edward F Lampman advance agent for the play A Modern Eye visits town for show business. Harry Jack and James Baker depart for York for several days. J W Ebert returns from Lutherville after Christmas with wife and child visiting her mother Mrs George S Richardson.
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Frederick Bush
Philadelphi
Mrs
J. B. Bush
Saint Factory
Misa Burkle
H. EB. Burkle
Priebursh
Lake Helen
Fla
Edward F. Lampman
Modern Eye
Whch
Harry Jack
James ‘Baker
York
J. W. Ebert
Lutherville, Md
Young man dies after tetanus attack in Strasburg
Floyd Ridings, 16, of Fishers Hill, is in critical condition with tetanus after an injury to his finger from a power saw ten days prior. He received ten doses of antitoxin by Saturday and another on Sunday. doctors report his jaws stiffening and he is in constant pain under opiate relief. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ridings, reside in Fishers Hill.
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Strasburg
Vas
Floyd Ridings
Ridings
A. J. Ridings
Fishers Hill
William P. McGuire
Winchester
Costella 2 Part Drama at Empire Tonight
The New Empire presents another fine lineup with Costella starring in a two reel Vitagraph drama The War Makers at Empire tonight. Readon’s Special Coffee is served at Orn dorff and McVicar’s.
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Empire Tonight
Parties Arranged For The Holidays
Mr and Mrs H D Fuller have sent invitations to a supper party and dance at their Washington street home next Tuesday January 6 in honor of Dr and Mrs Lewis M Allen and Mr and Mrs Harry Flood Byrd. The Fuller event was moved from Wednesday January 7 due to a New Expire theater play. Tomorrow night Mr and Mrs Alexander M Baker host a large reception and dance on Washington street for Mr and Mrs Peter Vredenburgh of New York, Br and Mrs Allen and Mr and Mrs Byrd.
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H. D. Fuller
Washington Street
Lewis M. Allen
Harry Flood Byrd
Peter Vredenburgh
New York
Allen
Byrd
Sinclair Butts In On Calumet Tragedy
Upton Sinclair comments on the Calumet Michigan tragedy, urging President Wilson to have army officers escort Charles H. Moy er back to Calumet as a rebuke and linking the event to New Freedom.
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Sinclair Butts
Calumet
York
Upton
Sinclair
Mich
Wired
Wilson
Charles H. Moyer
Moyer
Calume
Virginia Weather Outlook Cloudy With Rain Likely
A weather bulletin notes cloudy conditions across Virginia tonight with rain likely along the coast and a Wednesday turning fair elsewhere. Strong coastal showers possible near tidal zones, with improving conditions by midweek inland. Unsettled pattern may bring brief gusts near shore.
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Virginia
The Star Offers $2 Year Mail Subscription In January
A long running promo invites readers to subscribe to The Star by mail for $2 a year if payment is enclosed in January. Many old subscribers renew to save 60 cents. Letters arrive from former Winchester and Frederick County residents praising the paper.
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Star
Accompani
Winchester
Frederick County
Berryville
Co. M. Martin
King Street
Anniston
Ala
South
Dixieland
Supper Party and Dance Last Night at Piccadilly Home
Notable holiday entertainment featured a supper party and dance hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cover Sr. at their Piccadilly street home. Their five daughters entertained guests including both older and younger attendees with music by William Reardon and the Misses Sartelle. Supper and refreshments were served.
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Thomas Cover
Piccadilly Street
Thomas W. Harrison
John ™. Steck
Robert McC. Glass
Harry R. Kern
Harry K. Russell
William Reardon
Sartelle
Edna Henning Weds Walter M Carter at Carter Hall
Miss Edna Pearl Henning and Walter McCormick Carter were married at 2:30 p.m. last Saturday at the Henning home in Stephens City Virginia. Rev A Knox officiated and a large family and visiting guests attended. The couple will reside at Carter Hall near Stephens City.
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Edna Pearl Henning
Walter McCormick Carter
Frederick County
A. Knox
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mr. Carter
B. Im. Carter
Carter Hall
Death of Lloyd B. Stephenson Retired Virginian Lawyer
Messages report the death of Lloyd B. Stephenson at age about 78 at the home of his son-in-law in San Antonio Texas. Born in Middleburg Virginia he served in the Confederate Army with the Eighth Virginia Regiment and fought in the Valley. He later married Katharine Bentley Gray of Leesburg and spent summers in Winchester. He left UVa to join the war and remained with the army through its end. He was a longtime lawyer and businessman with many friends in Virginia.
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Afernoon
Lerw
G. Dugger
San Antonio
Texas
Lloyd ‘B. Stephenson
Winchester
Stephenson
Middleburg
James
Elizabeth Beall Stephenson
Henry
John Stephenson
Georgetown
District of Columbia
Valley
Eighth Virginia
Katharine Bentley Gray
Leesburg
Loudoun County
Baltimore
Shirley ‘Carter
Rebecca Gray
J. B. Bev
New Virginia marriage certificate forms to ship soon
Winchester and Frederick county clerks report Richmond will distribute a new marriage license form by early January. Current forms remain valid until replacements arrive, with ministers required to issue the attached certificate to couples after the ceremony. The change aims to document thousands of Virginia marriages more reliably.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Richmond
Auditor of Public Accounts
Frederick
Virginia
Hold Up on Broadway Ends in Capture by Taxi and Car Chase
John Warren and George Kenneth attempted a wild west style hold up in a prominent Broadway restaurant. The duo fled in a taxi that broke down, were pursued by a commandeered limousine, and were finally arrested. Samoset Chocolates and Orndorff & McVicar are noted in the report.
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the Star
New York
John Warren
George Kenneth
Engineers complete survey for new Hampshire Southern route
Surveys by the Baltimore and Ohio engineers west of West Virginia confirm plans to extend the Hampshire Southern Railroad from Romney to Petersburg and connect with the Virginia Railroad. Detailed maps and grade determinations are underway with operations expected to begin early next spring.
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Corps of Engineers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia
Hampshire Southern Railroad
Petersburg
W. Va
Virginia Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Tidewater
Romney
Hampshire County
Grant County
Frank Vanderlip
New York
Ailes
Washington
jRomney
Jana
Pauline Fielding presents The Rose of Virginia at Empire
Vodvil at Empire runs Thursday Friday and Saturday with a New Year Matinee Thursday at 2 30. Pauline Fielding's Players perform the comedy playlet The Rose of Virginia featuring Wuedle Tilton Am jerson's famed male impersonator. Lower floor 15 cents balcony 10 cents.
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Pauline Fielding
Wuedle Tilton
Amjerson
Dalcony
Christmas Party For Little Folks at Shedz Home
Mrs. John Snyder hosted a Christmas party for about 32 children at 306 South Washington Street from 5 to 7 PM. Guests included Dorothy Oden and Harold Shedz as honorees. Decorations featured a Santa, trees, gifts, and place cards with a large centerpiece. refreshments were served.
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John Snyder
Harold Shedz
Washington Street
Dorothy Oden
Dora Thorne well played at Auditorium opening bill
The Nonwood Stock Company presented Bertha M. Clay's Dora Thorne in capable style at the Auditorium last evening as the opening bill of a three night engagement. Vaudeville specialties between acts were new and enjoyed. Tonight the attraction The Power of Conscience with changes in acts follows. Stuart Hall trustees meet as Rev W D Smith attends Staunton VA board session.
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Nonwood Stock Company
Bertha M. Clay
Dora Thorne
Stuart Hall
W. Dpd. Smith
Christ Protestant Eipiscopal Church
Staunton
Smith
Rebels Reported Victorious In Several Fights
Wire dispatches from Presidio and Laredo report rebel successes across northern Mexico. Attacks near Ojinaga resume after a seven day 160 mile march with heavy casualties. Monterey battles noted as surprise assaults against federal troops. Government trains dynamited near Vanegas killing many soldiers.
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Presidio
Texas
Ojinaiga
la Mula Pass
Ojinaga
Actress Gareth Bernhardt to be enrolled in Legion of Honor
Gareth Bernhardt, noted actress, is slated for enrollment in the Legion of Honor. In Stockholm Dowager Queen Sophia, widow of King Oscar II, dies of lung inflammation at seventy. Rome reports Italy to soon begin construction of three new battleships for the navy.
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Gareth Bernhardt
Legion ‘of Honor
Stockholm
Sweden
Solphie
Oscar the Legend
Rome
Talian Government
Calumet Panic Inquest Follows Mining Tensions
Calumet Michigan reports five hundred armed citizens patrol the streets amid miner bitterness while an inquest into the panic that killed 75 children continues.
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Calumet, Mich
Fire sweeps waterless Montreal blocks in December blaze
A second fire in waterless Montreal on December 30 caused about a quarter of a million dollars in damage. Several blocks along the St. Lawrence were burned in the incident as authorities investigated the cause.
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Montreal
Canada
St. Lawrence “Houle
Vessel Tasman Held By Pumps Amid Storm at Brisbane
In Brisbane, reports say the Tasman vessel was kept afloat by pumps after damage in a storm. Japanese steamer lines and local authorities are assessing salvage options as crews work to stabilize the ship.
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Brisbane
Australia
Pumips
Wealth of Cardinal Ran la'B Nephew Seized by State
The wife of Cardinal Ran la'B nephew has challenged the prelate's will claiming it leaves his fortune to the state. Details appear continued on the sixth page.
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Tieri
Ran la
Parara
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Louis M. Nulton
Wirette the Star
Weather Forecast
Miss Henning
Walter M. Carter
Stheelens City
George A. Henning
Lloyd B. Stephenson
Texas City
University of Virginia
Broadway
Samoset Chocolates
Orndorff & McVicar
Tp Tf
Empire
The
Monterey
Lareido
Mexico
Vanegas
Italy
Tasman Safe
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