Memoir Excerpts Describe Prussian Court Affairs and 1865 Virginia Address
The piece recounts royal intrigues involving Emperor Wilhelm and Empress Augusta, noting vanity, jealousy, and the Empress’s endurance. It includes tales of a haunted palace stairway, royal excesses, and Bismarck’s influence on royal matchups. A subsequent section previews next week’s Memoirs and an 1865 voter address from Clarke County Virginia recalling Civil War experiences and a debated Senate candidacy.
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Augusta
Bismarck
Europe
Prussia
Berlin
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Winchester
Clarke County
Senate of
Virginia
Angus ‘McDonald
Romney
Wheer
Thedford’s Black Draught Featured As Stomach Remedy
An old advertisement extols Thedford’s Black Draught for stomach troubles and nervous symptoms. The piece shifts to a political reflection on promises, Parnell, and a widow’s book, then notes local civic license provisions and a 1914 city ordinance on burial tax collection.
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Thedford
Winchester Ordinance Regulates Licenses for 1914 15
The Winchester Common Council announces that for 1914 15 and each year after, certain occupations and trades within the city require licenses and taxes. It details licensing for trading stamps and transient merchants, including a $150 license for stamp businesses and a $400 monthly license for transient sales of bankrupts assets, with penalties for unlicensed operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eilee Undertakers
Common Council
Winchester
Commissioner of the Revenue
Revenue
Julian F. Ward
Udness
bin Feige
Children’s Day Exercises at First Baptist Church
Children’s Day programs will be held tomorrow evening at eight o’clock in the First Baptist Church. The organizing committee has prepared an interesting program and invites the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Woman questions cost of voting in civic moment
A Glasgow News recounts a scene after a sweeping appeal where a young woman asks Mrs. Smith to vote and exercise citizenship. The respondent, a cleaner, replies nervously that she does not know what it would cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chenlea
Summers
Box H
South Bend
Ind
the Powhatan
Washington
Hotel Powhatan
Growing Back-Draped Skirt Trend in 1910s Fashion
The article notes a rising tendency to gather fullness at the back of skirts, popular with slender figures and amplified by bustles. It highlights patterns 8404 and 8390 showing draped over skirts, white organdy accents, and contrasting girdles. Details include sizes, fabric, and 15 cent pattern prices with ordering instructions.
Mrs Webb of Waynesboro Returns After Visit
Mrs Webb of Waynesboro Pa and her interesting children spent the past two weeks at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Patrick Murphy at Wadesville Clarke county. They have returned home. Mr F A Murphy of Brunswick Md visited at Wadesville on his way to Harrisonburg on business.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
Parnell
Ireland
Albert ‘Webb
Waynesboro
F. A. Murphy
Brunswick, Md
Wadesville
Clarke County
Harrisonburg
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Banik & Crane’s
Rellerstia
Annie Grim
Miller’s Drug Store
H. F. Seal Bell
Franck Baker & Son
Harry Kellam, i
Staunton
Hogshead
Mitchell
Boyce
Wood’s Seeds
Vwwood
Preece
At. W. Wood G Sons. Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
Dean
Columbus
Ohio
Nemo
William
Ludwig
Bavaria
Ragland
Baltimore and Ohio
Shenandoah River
Flirt
Thonoralle
Mfe
Mark Antony
Lord Nelson
Charles Parnell
Delilah
All Ireland
New York ‘World
Parn
Lovelace
Mrs. Ransdel
Kercheval
Valley
Margaret Ransdell
John Bardell
South Main Street
Russell Homestead
Ransdell
Ransde!l
Tommy Grimshaw
Mr. Ransdell
Tommy
Johnny Ransdell
F. ‘Mh. Krebs
Powhatan
Washington,d.c
AwercAn
Clifford M. Lewis
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