Winchester Fire Company Honors C E Rouss at Banquet
The Charley Rouse Fire Company held a banquet at the Roussen gin house to honor the memory of Charles Broadway Rouss. Speakers, toasts, and a formal dinner followed in Winchester with brief remarks by Rev Luke Markwood and Dr B M Roszel.
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CE Rouss
Narn
Charley Rouse Fire Company
Winchester
Charles Broadway Rouss
Braddock and
Water Streets
Roussen- Be House
Orstra
Miler Jenkins
Crusader
Pine Grace
Luke Markwood
Methodist Episcopal Church
B. M. Roszel
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Winchester Celebrates 14th Anniversary of Historic 1899 Blizzard Club
Anni a Mr Rosenthal traveling salesman recalls the 1899 blizzard that paralyzed Winchester for days. The Thirteen Snowbound Club formed February 18 1899 at Hotel Evans with Rosenthal as charter member and president and statistician.
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Rosenthal
Hotel Evans
Winchester
Flowers Cover Infant's Grave
The funeral of Anna Marie Hodgson, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Hodgson, was held at their Braddock Street residence with Rev. J. W. Duffey officiating. Friends sent many floral tributes before the burial at Mount Hebrew Cemetery.
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Anna Marie Hodgson
Clifton M. Hodgson
J. W. Duffey
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Jones & Jolliffe Sell Partial Stock at Winchester Store
Jones and Jolliffe transfer part of their stock at 177 North Main Street Winchester Virginia to R S and T S Jolliffe. The enterprise will be renamed Jolliffe and Jolliffe with the same business plan and a special sale of all goods beginning Thursday February 13 at 9 oclock.
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Jones & Jolliffe
N. “Main St
Winchester
R. S
T. S. Jolliffe
Jolliffé and Jolliffé
Frederick
Jones and Jolliffe
Important meeting of Anti-Saloon League at Grace Lutheran Church
An Anti-Saloon League meeting is scheduled tonight at 8:20, in the Grace Lutheran Church room, on Wednesday.
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Anti-Saloon League
Grace Lutheran
Found Bunch of Keys at Star Office
A pile of keys was found at the Star office and turned in for safekeeping. The keys include various shapes and sizes and may belong to different departments or vehicles. Owners advised to contact Star office to identify and reclaim.
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Star Office
Oyster dredgers report hardships on Chesapeake voyage
Joseph Ryan from Winchester and Squires from Amherst told Washington police about brutal trips on the Wicomico river and Chesapeake Bay. Ryan said he was shanghaied in Baltimore and walked ashore after a drink. Squires, sick after leaving a boat near the Potomac mouth, walked 100 miles to the city and was sent to Providence Hospital.
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Washington
Joseph
Ryan
Ottos
Squires
Anacostia
Weellington Star
Wicomico River
Chesapeake
Baltimore
Winchester
Vas
Wicomico
Wale
San
Amherst
Mass
Potomac
Providence Hospital
Noted B C Sleuth In Town
Mr Jack Powell a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad secret service man was in town on company business. Powell and Chief Ogline had spent weeks in Winchester years ago probing attempts to wreck passenger train No 1 near Kernstown and captured the culprit. Powell, a top member of the railroad secret service, is now first assistant to Chief Ogline. He visited with old colleagues and departed for Baltimore yesterday.
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Roves
New York
Charles E. Eichelberger
Winchester
Hébron
Rouss
Mr. Roves
Jacob Senseney
Senseney
Mount Hebron
Cabell
Roszel
Virginia
Col
George C. Cabell
Norfolk
Ss. Rosenthint
Baltimore
The
Star
Spottswood
Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
Bis
Powell
Chief Ogline
the Woods
Kernstown
Powel
Ogline
Jack
Auto Livery Service Between Winchester and Berryville
Information via Rouss Garage. Daily trips between Winchester and Berryville with pickups at Hotel Evans in Winchester at 8 a m and Battletown Inn Berryville at 10 a m return. Chauffeur driven, reliable service. Contact W M Price and both phones.
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Rouss
Winchester
Berryville
Evans
Battletown Inn
W. M. Price
Private Sale of Mahogany Furniture This Week
Public notice advertises a private sale of mahogany furniture this afternoon at 207 Stewart Street. The fragment mentions a location and a call to acquire money, but details are unclear.
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Stewart Sreet
Ipti
Virginia Apples Lead Market Rise with High York Imperial Prices
The Virginia apple market shows strong improvement as York Imperial apples top prices. A carload shipped by Mr. Steck from New York on the Baltic netted $8.66 per barrel at Winchester after transport and sewing costs. Lupton and a New York firm report similar favorable prices for York Imperial and Ben Davis apples sold for shipment to the West Indies.
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Virginia
T. W. Steck
Liverpool
Lneland
York Imperial
New York
Baltic
Steck
Winchester
Lupton
J. and
Ed Goodwin
Lk. BL Calvert
Hfp. Byrd
Ben Davis
West Indies
Fire hits Snyder House chimney on West Water Street
At about 10 30 this morning water street building owned by Mrs John H Snyder undergoing remodeling had a chimney fire caused by debris in the fireplace. Charley Rouss Fire Company's apparatus arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze with extinguishers. no alarm was sounded.
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Charley. Rouss
Amy Kijo Medicine Claim From Winchester 1912 Letter
A Winchester resident writes of severe blood poisoning in September 1912 and credits Amy Kijo with rapid improvement. He describes doctor visits, swelling, fever, and two carbuncles clearing within three days of starting the medicine, claiming the hand and arm fully recovered. The letter is signed by George W. Talor.
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Amy Kijo
Butter, Fat Prices Rise This Week
Ashby Sprent, station operator, notes butter fat at 36 cents per pound. Selling cream is more profitable than making butter, with delivery charges and eggs included in the discussion from this 1961 note.
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Ash
Ashby Sprent
Arrested For Selling Votes In West Virginia Race
Five West Virginia legislators were arrested in Charleston on a pending U S Senate contest. Justice of the Peace W Deering set bonds at 5000 dollars each. The arrests followed detective work by G Q Bentley who claimed to have delivered 20000 dollars for votes for Seymour Edwards. The men were taken in a hotel in Bonner Hill's presence of Prosecutor Townsend.
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Gharleston
W. Va
United States
West Virginia
Justice of the Peace
W. Deering
B. Bentley
Detective Agency
Seymour Edwards
Serif
Bonner Hill
Thomas ¢. Townsend
Buncutter Denies Bicycle Collision With Eaton
Mr. J M Buncutter says his automobile did not strike the bicycle ridden by Mr John Eaton on Sunday afternoon as The Star reported. Eaton told The Star it was the Buncutter machine but later wavered. Buncutter’s car passed about half an hour later and he did not see Mr Baton.
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J. M. Buncutter
John Eaton
The
Star
Eaton
Buncutter
Baton
Six Reel Show At Yellowstone Park Auditorium Tonight
A Yellowstone National Park Wyoming program is listed with six reels including The Hand Bag Voice of Warning Fugitive From Justice Question of Age Head for Head. The set is described as a full reel and worth many times the price of admission.
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Yellowstone Park Auditorium
Vitagraph
Selig
Lubin
Parhe
Cines
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Wilson Chosen in Joint Session for President and Vice President
The Senate and House met in joint session to canvass the electoral vote and declare Woodrow Wilson and Thomas S. Marshall elected President and Vice President. In New York suffragists began a 250 mile march to Washington for the inauguration parade.
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Star
Washington
Senate
House
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas S. Marshall
New York
George Sheetz to Quit Bachelordom in St Louis Scene
In St Louis Missouri an engagement is announced between Miss Althea Canter daughter of Mr and Mrs Canter of 4464 Laclede Ave and George Frederick Sheetz of Winchester Virginia. The announcement came at a casual gathering with a miniature bridal card and bouquet. The couple plans a late spring wedding.
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Althea Canter
In M. Canter
Lacledeavere
George Frederick Shieetz
Winchester
Weather forecast for Virginia update
Forecast calls for freezing tonight and Thursday with much colder conditions tonight. Strong winds and near freezing temperatures expected across the state with travel caution advised all day.
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Virginia
Fale
Coller
Rebellion Bombardment Hits Mexico City and Prison Breaks
Rebels shelled key business areas in Mexico City causing heavy property damage while about 2000 inmates escaped Halem prison after a mass break. Armaments were seized by rebels spreading chaos across the city. In Washington officials cite the seriousness of the situation as Knox and Stimson stay behind while Taft attends a Philadelphia event.
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Mexico City
Hewan
Kention
Federal
Halem
Washington
Knox
Secretor Stimson
Philadelphia
Taft
Union League
Military orders call First Brigade to ready status
General Wood issued orders placing the First Brigade and First Division in New York State and near the Mexican border on standby for instant movement. No intervention ordered, but troops must be ready for any emergency. All warships bound for Mexican waters have sailed.
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Washington
Wood
New York State
Rebels Silence Mexican Federal Battery With Shell Fire
In Mexico City a rebel machine gun burst silenced the federal battery and a shell struck a building housing the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Ambassador Wilson urged Americans to stay out of danger zones as fires spread. In El Paso Texas reports say Mexican rebels under Salazar and Gomez are burning American settlements in Chihuahua.
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Mexico City
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
Ambassador Wilson
EL Paso
Texas
Chinuwhua
Salazar
Gomez
Army transports ready to move South as Mexican crisis escalates
In Newport News the Meade Sumner McClellan and Kirkpatrick fleets wait to deploy at short notice. In Mexico City Madero ordered an attack on General Diago despite mediation offers, threatening a bombardment of the capital and prompting strong statements from Huerta.
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Washington
Meade
Sumner
McClellan
Kirkpatrick
Newport News
Mexico City
Madero
Huerta
Napoleon
Mexico
CIPY
Francisco de la Barra
Felix Diago
Me Sa
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Rev. C. D. Taylor
James N. Moling
W. i Baker’s Cocoa Cigars
Boutonniers
Peter Winchester Rouss
Charles Hichelberger
Igrite
Jake Baker
Farmers Bank
Charlie
Hebron
Anni
Joseph Ryan
Auto Livery Service
APPLE
Frederick County
England
Snyder
Amy
Kijo Chemical Co
Yours Truly, George Wi Taler
Ison
Wilson
George Sheetz
St. Louis (Mo
Im Oi
U.S
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