Ladies Thrown From Vehicle As Horse Bolts
Mrs. Elias Janney and her sister Miss Nellie Fahnestock of Nain are recovering from a serious accident after a buggy mishap. A bolt at a switch light caused the horse to whirl and throw both women, leaving them with cuts and bruises but no broken bones. Doctors treated them and they are improving at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Janney
Nellie Fahnestock
Nain
Jamney
Cumberland Valley
Pughtown Turnpike
W. A. Bell
Drs Bell
War Department Stirred Up Over Fear of Attack
Washington reports Gen Funston fears of a federal advance on Vera Cruz outposts amid rebel activity in Vera Cruz state. Officials worry over plans to destroy the Vera Cruz to Mexico City railway and the mediation at Niagara Falls limiting American moves. Sanitary dangers in the Vera Cruz desert add to officials’ concerns about health and positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Vance
Vera Cruz
Washington
Ver Cruz
Mexico City
Niagara Falls
Vera ‘Orhz
Reception Given By Mrs. Lewis Jm Allen
A large number of ladies from Winchester and Frederick and Clarke counties attended a handsomely appointed reception at West Water Street home of Mrs. Lewis J M Allen. She was assisted by her mother Mrs Henry Brooke Gilpin and sister in law Mrs Donald Newcomer Gilpin. A buffet supper was served in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Lewis JM. Allen
West Water Street
Why Berryville Lost That Game
Berryville baseball team traveled to Winchester to face a strong amateur and semi pro lineup, not one Winchester High School player in the game. After the first inning the locals could not contend, and the final score stood 23 to 3. A return game is planned at Recorden on June 13 at 3 o'clock with high expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Winchester
Clarke Cour
Winchester High School
Baker & Co Closing Notice Announces Saturday Early Shutdowns
Closing notice states during June July and August offices will close on Saturdays at 3 oclock. Official notice attributed to Baker and Company outlines seasonal hours with business暂停.
Picture Shows For The Farmers
Mr. P M Funkhouser arranged with the American Steel and Wire Company to present moving pictures of steel making on July 4 at 2 p m in the Empire Theater. The film titled Through the Furnace to the Farm shows the steel process from ore mining to fence weaving and marking steel posts. Free admission for local farmers. tickets from Funkhouser.
Mr Steck Ill at Home Near Town
Winchester and Frederick county report illness of Mr Thomas W Steck a well known fruit grower at his home near town He suffers neuralgia and has been unwell for a week He receives careful treatment and is expected to recover soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Thomas W. Steck
Fruit Crower
Steck
Winchester Postmaster Has New 5 Cylinder Chalmers Car
Mr. George H. Kinzel postmaster of Winchester bought a new automobile brought from Washington yesterday. The late model 5 cylinder Chalmers is noted for its handsome design and finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Kinzel
Winchester
Washington
Extortion Attempt Against Cunard Line Foiled in New Jersey
Henry Joseph Burton was arrested in Hackensack New Jersey after attempting to extort $10,000 from the Cunard Line under threat to blow up a ship. He demanded payment be dropped from a Buffalo express near Bogota while detectives used a decoy package to trap him. Burton will be turned over to federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackiensack
N. J
Henry Joseph Burton
Cunard Line
Burton
Buffalo Express
Lake Shore
Bogota
Thaw May Travel to Pittsburgh for Estate Testimony
In New York on June 12 counsel for Harry K Thaw and for the State of New York announced agreement allowing Thaw then in New Hampshire to go to Pittsburgh to testify in his father’s estate case. Jerome would join in a Supreme Court application for an order permitting Thaw to be taken to Pennsylvania under U S Marshal custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
William Travers Jerome
Thaw
New Hampshire
Pittsburgh
T Ds
Ball
Wanted Good Cook by Mrs W A Baker
Wanted is a personal help-wanted notice listing Mrs W A Baker of 311 Fairmont Avenue seeking a skilled cook. The item specifies a single position with location details and contact via the listed name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Baker
Fairmont Avenue
Elopement of a 16-Year-Old Harpers Ferry Bride
A 16 year old Harpers Ferry girl, Miss Lottie Bond, eloped with a U S soldier who camped there last summer. The marriage faced parental opposition due to youth. After a return home the mother initially refused consent, until an officer intervened. The husband has a three month leave and is enlisted in Washington. Special underwear sale noted in ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Bond
Harpers Ferry
Washington
Coleman in town discusses Frederick County road plans
Mr. G. P. Coleman state highway commissioner of Virginia arrived in the city last night and met today with the Frederick county Board of Supervisors to discuss road building. The appointment of a superintendent of roads was considered but no decision came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. P. Coleman
Virginia
Frederick County
Coleman
For Sale Five Acres Of Grassland Immediately For Sale
Five acres of growing grass including timothy and clover must be cut immediately. Apply to M. M. Lynch or James J. P. Reardon, Administrators of Mrs. Kate Hassett deceased, 6-12-1p-11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Lynch
James JP. Reardon
Kate Hassett
Sunday Services for June Fourteenth 1914
Pastor L A Rabby invites parishioners to sermons at Pleasant Valley at 10 30 a m Pairmont at 3 p m and Mt Olive at 8 p m Miss Alice Baugher returned to Baltimore after visiting Mrs Ashby Sprint on South Main street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Pairmont
Mt. Olive
L. A. Racby
Alice Baugher
Baltimore
Mrs. Ashby Sprint
South Main Street
John Kerr High School Debating Medal Winners
The annual John Kerr High School debates and declamations were held in the public school auditorium with limited seating due to warm weather. Medals were awarded to William Warren Sager and Ida Fisher for best boy and girl debaters, and Sallie Gertrude Famsler for the declaimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr High School
William Warren Sager
Ida Fisher
Sallie Gertrude Famsler
Literary Society
City Hall
Impeachment Charges Brought Against Federal Judge Dayton
Representative M. M. Neeley of West Virginia filed impeachment charges against Judge Alston G. Dayton of the Northern District of West Virginia. The charges allege high crimes and misdemeanors including favoritism to corporate litigants, a conspiracy to remove Judge Jackson, juror bias for corporate interests, improper injunctions against miners, hostility to labor, and improper collection of government funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. M. Neeley
West Virginia
House of Representatives
Alston G. Dayton
Mr. Neeley
Judiciary Committee
Dayton
John G. Jackson
President Wilson to Sign Panama Tolls Repeal Bill
President Wilson will sign the Panama tolls repeal bill with the Simmons amendment, learned at the White House. He says the amendment is unnecessary but does not object to it as it does not alter the bill’s character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson I
Panama
White House
Sary
Lineman Taken Ill While At Work
Edward McGarty a city lineman for the electric company became ill with lumbago while in the country today. He was brought home by Memorial Hospital ambulance and placed under a physician's care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McGarty
Electric Company
Wast Clifford Street
Memorial Hospital
Fire in Mackey Home on South Kent Street
Fire threatened the Mackey widow’s house when a chimney hole ignited paper and scorched woodwork. Neighbor George Cochran rushed in and battled the flames, but no alarm was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Mackey
South Kent Street
George Cochran
Four Chicago Banks Closed in State Audit Action
Chicago June 12 four LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank also known as the Lorimer bank and its three subsidiaries the Illinois State Bank of Chicago the Broadway Bank and the Ashland Street Bank were closed by order of State Auditor Bardy. A Bain Examiner Agins was placed in charge of administering the institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Lorimer Bank
Illinois State Bank of Chicago
Broadway Bank
Ashland Street Bank
Bardy
Ibhas
Bain Examiner
Agicins
Art
Sodinins
Switch and Signal Employees Walk Out Nationwide Demonstration
Fourteen hundred of the seventeen hundred workers at the Union Switch and Signal Company went on strike at noon. Three thousand East Pittsburgh plant strikers demonstrated before the shops in Swissville, Pa, with plans for similar actions at other Westinghouse connected plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swissville
Union Switch and Signal Company
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Company
Bromley and Oberlander Wed in Berkeley County
George L. Bromley son of Mr and Mrs W G Bromley of Ridgeway Berkeley county West Virginia married Mae Alberta Oberlander daughter of Mr and Mrs William Oberlander near Bunker Hill in Mar tinsburg at St John’s Lutheran Church. They will honeymoon on a Cumberland Valley train to Philadelphia then settle on a Berkeley county farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Bromley
W. G. Bromley
Ridgeway
Berkeley County
W. Va
Mae Alberta Oberlander
William Oberlander
Bunker Hill
That County
St. John's Lutheran Church
Martinsburg
Charles S. Trump
Bromley
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Philadelphia
Andra
Winchester
Frederick County
Edinburg and Sammie Point Visitors at Whisson Home
Miss Bessie Fry of Edinburg Virginia and Miss Mary Coleman of Sammie Point West Virginia visit Miss Virginia Whisson at her parents home on South Braddock Street. The Whissons are Mr and Mrs William L Whisson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Fry
Edinburg, Va
Mary Coleman
Sammie Point
W. Va
Virginia Whisson
William L. Whisson
South Braddock Street
Charlottesville Camp Site Prompts Surprise in 1900s
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot reports surprise at choosing near Charlottesville for a Virginia troops camp. The Progress of Charlottesville notes state camp sites exist at Virginia Beach and near Winchester, with facilities already ready at those locations. The Albemarle option seems unnecessary as suitable grounds are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Virginia Beach
Winchester
Albemarle County
Troops To Camp At Winchester For Summer Maneuvers
Representative James Hay, head of the military affairs committee, said regular U S army troops will camp at Winchester for summer maneuvers. He did not specify units or numbers. The War Department has not finalized details, but orders are expected soon and troops are anticipated to arrive mid July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hay
House of Representatives
United States Army
Hay
Dan
Byrd
War Department
Winchester
Centenary Reformed Church Plans Children's Day
The Sunday school will hold a children's day service at 11 AM on Sunday June 14. The program will include songs responsive scripture readings and recitations. In the past the celebration was in the evening but now it moves to the late morning. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Camp
Sharp
Centenary Reformed Church
Children’s Day Observed by Market Street Church
Sunday at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church the Sunday school officers teachers and pupils will attend the evening service in a body. The 8 o clock program features selections by the large Sunday school orchestra and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Marriage of Mary Elizabeth Reid and Baylor Showalter
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mary Elizabeth Reid, daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Reid, to Mr Baylor Showalter, son of Mrs Bertie F Showalter, in Winchester on June 5. Ceremony conducted by Rev George W Stover of the United Brethren Church. Mrs Roland Houck left for Shenandoah county to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Reid
Claude Reid
Baylor Showalter
Bertie F. Showalter
Rockingham County
Winchester
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Roland Houck
Shenandoah County
Miss Billy Maupin to wed Howard Deing at The Oaks
Announcement of the marriage planned between Miss Billy Ma daughter of Mrs Maupin of Prairie Ark and Mr Howard W Deing son of Mr and Mrs A G Deing of Bunker Hill WL. The ceremony will be at The Oaks with a reception at the bridegroom’s home in Bunker Hill. The couple will reside in wood after a wedding trip to Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Ma
Maupin
A. L. Maupin
Prairie Ark
Howard W
A. G. Deing
Bunker Hill
the Oaks
Tome
Arkansas
Clendening
Arive
Shenandoah
Nannie R. Glass
Glen Burnie
Dies At Her Home Middletown Woman James Edmondson Listed
Mary Edmondson, 28 years old, of Middletown, died at home after a lingering illness. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. tomorrow at Grace Episcopal Church conducted by H Haley. She was a Grace Church choir member with a noted voice. Surviving are her husband and sister Elsie Edmondson. pallbearers include local men such as C Wright and W Stickley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Dtnondson
Edmondson
H. Haley
Grace & Episcopal
Miss Edmondson
Grace Church
Middletown
Elsie Edmondson
C. Wright, W
Stickley
D. O Neti
Rhodes
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Eli Fahnestock
DW County Road
The_ap
Funston
der Says
Mr. Steck
Rat
Orndorff & McVicar’s
Irl
U.S
Russell & Green’s
MR. Coleman
Sallie Fansler
10A Fisher
W. W. Sager
N. ID. Cool
T. K. Cromer
James IP. Reardon
T. Russell Cather
H. Go
Joseph B. K
Esay
William ‘Wi Sager
vArmona Orchestra Nalédictory
Louise G. Harmer
W. D. M. Lynch
Smith
Mackey
Berkeley
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Showalter—Reid
West
Abi
Emily Maupin
Prairie Grove
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