Echo of the Maine Disaster Sparks Debate on Raising Wreck
Admiral Sigsbee opposes raising the Maine wreck arguing it would not improve Havana harbor and could hide undisclosed facts. He cites the board of inquiry as wrong in ruling the explosion caused by an external mine. Other admirals Luce and Chadwick favor rebirthing the wreck for historical and international reasons.
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Sigsbee
Maine
Havana
Img
Board of Inquiry
Luce
Admiral Chadwick
Curious Libel Suit Reaches U S Supreme Court
A Iowa temperance advocate sued a Chicago newspaper after a western whiskey ad used her portrait under an alias. Illinois courts ruled against her but the U S Supreme Court, per Justice Holmes, held she may recover damages since acquaintances could recognize her likeness and the ad could harm her standing with a respected local group.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Iowa
Chicago
Illino
Justice Holmes
Local Notes From Inwood May Highlight Visitors and Health
Miss Virginia Ridgeway of Martinsburg W V spent last Sunday with her mother who visits Dr Lefevre. Miss Ola Pine returns to Martinsburg after visiting Miss Lewise Staub. Mrs R F Whiting is much improved after illness. Mrs Stuart Strong is in Winchester hospital. Rev Mr Webster arrives at United Brethren parsonage and will preach Sunday at 10 30. Mr H L Snapp tends sick horses. Mr Stuart Strong travels to Winchester.
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Inwood News
Inwood
Virginia’. Ridgeway
Martinsburg
BE. B. ‘Lefevre
Ola Pine
Lewise Staub
Mary Bryarly
Teachers’ Institute
R. F. Whiting
Stuart Strong
Winchester
H. L. Snapp
Mr. Webster
United Brethren Parsonage
Reverend Walters Returns AfterSunday Sermons
Rev W T Walters of the Christian Church returned to Rockingham county Virginia after visiting this section He preached Sunday morning at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South and spoke at Valley Avenue Chapel Sunday afternoon.
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W. ‘T. Walters
The
Christian Church
Rockingham County
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Valley Avenue Chapel
Visitors From New York Stay With Winchester Hosts
Mr and Mrs Arthur Roswell Dodge of New York are guests of Mr and Mrs Stuart H Edmunds at their Northwestern Winchester home. Mrs Dodge formerly Ethel Moyer of Washington and has many friends in Winchester.
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New York
Arthur Roswell Dodge
Stuart H. Edmunds
Dr Howard's Specific Half-Price Offer by Baker & Son
Baker & Son druggists advertise Dr Howard's celebrated specific for constipation and dyspepsia at half price. They offer a full money back guarantee if the remedy does not cure, claiming remarkable results for headaches dyspepsia dizziness sour stomach and liver trouble.
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iFrancis
Baker & Son
Dr. Gioward
Frank Baker & Gon
Carpers Valley News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Illness
Mr Dora Keller and wife visited Mrs McCarty in Carpers Valley. Rev Kline preached at the White Post circuit. Mrs Kellian and daughter called on Mrs E W Carper. Joseph Knight is ill. Sewell Shearer visited parents near Greenwood. Leslie Carper of Winchester spent weekend with Herman Reid. Clinton Chrismore and Charlie and Albert Clark fished. Anthony Baecher remains ill. Sunday school preparing for children's day service.
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Carpers Malley
Dora Keller
McCarty
Mr. Kline
White Post
Kellian
William Shearer
E. W. Carper
Joseph Knight
Sewell Shearer
Greenwood
Leslie Carper
Winchester
Herman Reid
Clinton Chrismore
Charlie
Albert Clark
Anthony Baecher
Funeral for Mrs Cather Held at Grace Lutheran Church
Funeral services for the late Mrs Ly dia A Cather were conducted at 9 30 a m on Sunday from her Fairmount Avenue home by Rev George S Bowers of Grace Lutheran Church. Burial followed at Mt Olive beside her husband. She survived by one brother Samuel Shinholtz two sisters Alice and Jennie Ballard and five children Charles Arthur Rosa Silas and Carl Cather. She had been ill with a long lingering disease and lived a devout Christian life. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church Bethel for years. Background notes indicate Indiana birth and ties to Gainesboro Beth el and Winchester.
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Lydia A. Cather
Grace Lutheran Church
Bethel
Samuel Shinholtz
Alice
Jennie ‘Ballard
Indiana
Charles
Gainesboro
Arthur D
Rosa M. Yeakley
Silas
A. c
Carl T. Cather
Winchester
Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward and Testimonials
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for catarrh cures Karl's Catarrh Cure claims to cure internally by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. It cites Toledo wholesalers and endorses F.J. Cheney and Co with testimonials and a claim of broad distribution. Also notes pills for constipation.
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Karl
FL. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Walding, Ktan & Marvin
Hall
All Pak
Cornerstone of justice edifice laid by Odd Fellows militia
A cornerstone ceremony for a new edifice of universal justice was held by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows militia with military formality under Winchester Canton. The event featured prayers, deposits including an olive branch and dagger, and addresses by officials such as R M Ward, William M Hayes, G W Koiner, and M M Lynch, with C B Guyer responding.
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Order of
Odd Fellows
The
Eee
Indépendent Order of
Oda Fone
Eland Sire
Winchester Canton
Cree
R.M. Ward
Winchester
iMusic
William M. Hayes
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
G. W. Koiner
Virinia
Castoria Brand Slogan Card in Ad Style
An old advertisement copy presents Castoria with the familiar phrase The Kind You Have Always Bought and Bears the Signature of, signaling a vintage medicine or tonic trademark. It frames the product as trusted for generations and emphasizes the brand ownership.
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Castoria
Remark on 20 horsepower car outperforming 40+ horsepower rivals
A letter from a Philadelphia gentleman argues that a 20 horsepower automobile, when properly applied, can out-pull stronger 40 horsepower and higher priced machines on long hills, citing observed demonstrations on streets parks and suburban areas.
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Ome. M. & R. Enteeee
A. E. Clayden
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New York City
Wischester
Virginia
Bell
Carpers Valley News
Mrs. Cather
Broadhead
Henry Bactier
Graphopones
de Frain
Funk & Son
Clark and
Warren
House of Delegates
Marke
R. Gray Williams
Golors
Whie & Gray
Strickler & Wagner
Main St
College Grounds
J. P. Haddox
Minebank
Cordet
Middletown
Odd Fellows’ Fraternity
Tadies
Young Ladies’ Flag Corps
Middletown Public Schools
James Polk Stump
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wnchester
W P. Haddox
Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Virginia
C. M. Hodgson
Building Commission
Haddox
Grand Lodge
Canton
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
United States
RAYO
M. M.lynch
Superintendent of Public Schools
State Board of Education
C. B. Guyer
Post
Eee Lekere
Co. T. Ritter
Philadelphia
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