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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
1
Hog cholera outbreak hits Henry herd after visit from Eagle men
A virulent hog cholera outbreak strikes Mr. Henry's suckling pigs after two visitors from Mr. George H. Eagle's infected herd traveled to Henry's farm. The disease spreads quickly, with losses of about 30 to 40 pigs. Officials urge strict sanitary measures and burial of dead stock to prevent further spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KR. M
Robert M. Henry
Mr. Henry
George H. Eagle
Henry
Mr. Eagle
Prominent Houston Banker James C. Anderson Dies in Baltimore
James Darroh Anderson, 50, vice president of Security Trust Company in Houston, died about 7 p.m. yesterday in his Latrobe apartment Baltimore after long illness treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a leading financier in Houston and the South. He is survived by his widow Bessie Beall Stephenson, daughter of Livya Stephenson of San Antonio, who spent many summers in Wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Baltimore
James Darroh Anderson
Security Trust Company
Houston
Texas
the Latrobe
Anderson
Johns Hopkins Hospital
German Baptist minister sues railway for injuries
The jury in Page County Circuit Court awarded Elder Walter Strickler of Luray $500 in a suit against the NY and Western Railway Co for 5000, filed over a July 16 collision near Luray involving a gasoline truck driven by railway civil engineers returning to Luray from White Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Post
Walter Strickler
Luray
NY and Western Railway Company
Strickler
Page County
Special Millinery Prices Saturday at Miss Shickles
Special prices on millinery Saturday feature barnyard straws Leghorns milans Hemps poke bonnets and new shapes at Miss Shickles. 29-1p-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Shickles
T R Springs A Bomb In Libel Suit
Syracuse reports a libel trial involving Barnes Roosevelt as a letter from Governor Whitman to Charles H. Duell is cited. The letter discusses a Republican Progressive alliance to end machine government and Roosevelt’s stance on steel trust absorption and the 1907 panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Syracuse
New York
Whitman
Charles H. Duell
Roosevelt
Steel ‘Trust
Tenre Coal “and Iron Company
Major Conrad Opens West Virginia Debt Case Before Supreme Court
Major Holmes Conrad of Winchester, former Solicitor General, and Judge Sanford Robinson argued for holders of Virginia debt certificates as West Virginia seeks a tardy claim to a share of Virginia assets. Virginia was represented by Randolph Harrison, John Gardner Pollard, and William A. Anderson. West Virginia by A. A. Lilly, John H. Holt, and Charles E. Hogg. The arguments began in the afternoon and continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Conrad
Winchester
Cleveland
West Virginia
Virginia
Old Dominion
Supreme Court of the United States
Commonwealths
Conrad
Sanford Robinson
Randolph Harrison
Supreme Court of Appeals
John Garland Pollard
William A. Anderson
A. A. Lilly
John H. Holt
Charles E. Hogg
Robinson
Funeral for Mrs. Harriett Grim at East Germain Street
Mrs. Harriett Elizabeth Grim wife of William Grim Winchester carpenter died at 56 after long illness and failing eyesight. Survived by husband two sisters and three brothers and children Ray Clarence Maurice Ethel. Funeral at 10 30 Saturday at home with Rev Cromer and Rev Carter. burial Mount Hebron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriett Elizabeth Grim
William §. Grim
Winchester
Ray Grim
East Germain Street
Washington and
Water Streets
T. K. Cromer
Centenary Reformed Church
W. H. Carter
First Baptist Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
British Turks battle as British land forces advance at Souvii
British landing party gains coastline by the Gulf of Souvii near Sedd Bahr on the Gallipolis peninsula. Turkish regulars suffer heavy losses and a full battalion is captured while warships shell forts. Moonlit operations extend into night as Allied fleets push along parallel lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Turkisj
Gulf of Souvii
Sedd Bahr
Gallipolis
Athens
Gulf of Smyrna
Dardanelles
Mitylene
Gallipoli
Outlook bright for wheat save in war zone
The World Wheat Farmers Bulletin from the Department of Agriculture says global wheat prospects are good except in the war zone. April 1 crop prices show a 7.6 percent rise from last year, 27 percent from two years ago, and 10.5 percent above the seven year April average, amid rising prices and large transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Drought Partly Broken in the Lower Valley
Winchester and vicinity received heavy showers easing the drought with rain reviving gardens and lawns. Gainesboro in Frederick county reported the heaviest rainfall causing joy among farmers, though a tornado-like wind toppled a barn near Gainesboro and damaged trees and fencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouth
Frederick County
S. E. Brown
Gainesboro
The
Star Today
Samuel BE. Brown
Back Creek
Frederick
Women's Civic League to Meet at Panthy Library
The Women's Civic League Incorporated will hold an in session meeting Friday at 4 o'clock in the Panthy Library. All members should be present. Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Civic League
Panthy
Brespeat
Chestnut bark disease prompts broad quarantine plan
Washington reports the United States Department of Agriculture views chestnut bark disease as serious and proposes quarantine across parts of New England New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia Ohio North Carolina Iowa and Nebraska. A public hearing is set for May 18 in Washington to discuss restricting movement of chestnut nursery stock and lumber with bark on. The disease, likely introduced from China, was found in 1908 in the Hudson River Valley and near New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
North Carolina
Iowa
Nebraska
China
Hudson River Valley
New York City
Taxpayers must pay capitation tax by May 1 1915 for voting
All taxpayers assessed with a capitation tax for 1914 must have done paid on or before May 1 1915. In order to qualify for voting in the primary election to be held August 1916, or the election of November 2 1915. WM. T. BARR, City Treasurer, Treasurer Frederick County. 1p-apr-9-16-23-24-29-6p-26-27-28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. T. Barr
Frederick “County
William I. Baker in Critical Condition in Kansas City
Winchester relatives report William I. Baker formerly of Winchester now in Kansas City is in critical condition at his home after a late week illness described as a complication of tia. He is son of the late John J. H. Baker and Mrs. Baker of Winchester with brothers B. Brook Baker and G. Frank Baker and sister Bettie Thatcher also in local records. His wife was formerly Miss Alice Haines, sister to George W. and John B. Haines of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Kansas City
William I. Baker
Baker
John J. H. Baker
South Main Street
B. Brook Baker
Bettie Thatcher
G. Frank Baker
Cumberland
Alice Haines
George W. and
John B. Haines
Bluemont Berryville Winchester Transport Schedule Change
The Bluemont Berryville and Winchester Transportation Co will run two daily round trips between Winchester and Berryville except Sunday. Departures from Hotel Evans at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tue Thu Sat extend to Bluemont. other weekend days only to Berryville. Sunday service leaves at 8 a.m. and returns late afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluemont, Berryville and Winchester Transportation Co
Winchester
Berryville
Evans
Bluemont
White yellow and forensilage
Hl H Baker located at 17 Court House Plaga is noted in a clipped item. The fragment mentions colors white and yellow and a term forensilage. No other clear context or dates are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hl. H. Baker
Court House Plaga
City says Town Run badly polluted trial under way
A $20,000 damage suit by John C. Coe against the city of Winchester regarding injury to his land from sewage discharge proceeds through expert testimony. Dr. M. G. Perrow testified Town Run held 49 000 col on bacilli per cc, Abram’s Creek 20 000, with filtration praised. witnesses described land value and livestock exposure. The trial continued as evidence and estimates were presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Coe
Winchester
Robert Y. Conrad
R. Gray Williams
Herbert
M. G. Perrow
Lynchburg
Perrow
Abram's Creek
Abram’s Creek
Abram
Chester
Porter Hayslett
Coe
P. M. Funkhouser
Charles Grim
W. Mellwee
Pair of Sixes Tonight at Empire Theater
The comedy A Pair of Sixes plays tonight at Empire Theater and is already drawing huge crowds in major cities. Manager Henry presents a widely praised road show expected to be a top feature of the season at the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire ‘ Theater
Henry
Empire the Sea
Turner Ashby Camp to elect delegates at Washington HQ
Turner Ashby Camp Confederate Veterans meets at Washington's Headquarters corner of staddoc and Cork streets at 7 20 PM next Monday night May gra to elect delegates to the sixth reunion in Richmond and make arrangements for GEO W KURTZ Commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Ashby
Washington
Staddoc and
Cork Streets
May Gra
Richmond
Geo. W. Kurtz
Ready for business in our new location on Main Street
An incomplete notice greets readers about a business opening at 17 North Main Street. The text mentions Jolliffe & Olliffe and invites the public to attend a Saturday morning event, signaling a formal relocation or launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolliffe
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