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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1916
Page
5
Trains arrive in Winchester from listed stations at 9:20 am daily except Sunday and 1:45 am and 7:22 pm daily. Some garbled text remains but indicates a publish date and schedule entries for Cumberland Valley trains.
Train No. 13-9 connects Bristol and intermediate stations with Pullman sleepers and dining car to Roanoke and a parlor car to Roanoke. No. 1-2 and No. 27-6 include schedules to Roanoke Bristol Welch Norton and intermediates. No. 28-9:32 a.m. serves Shenandoah and intermediates. connection at Shenandoah Junction to Washington via Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York.
A Seattle judge convicted a person masquerading as a man of failing to support Mrs. Gaffney and sentenced the defendant to stockade time. The individual, aged 44, admitted to police and prosecutors that she is a woman. The marriage to Mrs. Gaffney occurred in Spokane on December 16, 1910, with support neglect continuing since July. The case is on appeal and the defendant was released on 4500 dollar bond. The true name remains undisclosed.
A convict under the lazy husband act pleads for a non stockade punishment and admits being a woman. She explains she married Margaret in Spokane to shield her from embarrassment while she helped support her. Robert, claiming a good heart, says the marriage aimed to give Margaret a name.
William Mitchell of Carterville Missouri had half his fifteen year old mustache clipped off in Sherman Smith’s saloon. After threatening arrest, he was convinced to settle for ten dollars for the loss of the half he kept. Mitchell still wears the remaining portion.
Statement detailing assets and liabilities including due from banks and trust companies, currency items, capital stock paid in, undivided profits, and deposits. Signed by directors Jas. P. Reardon Herman H. Hable Geo. W. Kurtz and cashier Lee R. Grim in Winchester Virginia on July 7 1916.
The Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester Frederick County Virginia presents its 1916 June 30 financial condition to the State Corporation Commission. Resources list loans overdrafts furniture and fixtures exchanges due from banks and currency holdings totaling 135 802 05. Liabilities show capital surplus and total deposits along with certified checks and other items. Signatures include directors Herbert S. Larrick Jr Henry Moling and Dr C R Anderson.
In Wasco Oregon rancher H M Spencer awoke to dogs fighting a coyote by his cabin. He shot and missed then used a shotgun butt to stun the animal and afterward beat it to death with a club while protecting his wife and child on the bed five miles northwest of town.
Under a trust deed dated October 18 1902 Lucy A Hicks and others authorize a public sale of a 200 acre Frederick County Virginia farm. The auction in front of the County Court House Winchester on Saturday August 26 1916 at noon offers cash and two year notes with six percent interest for the balance. The property includes four dwellings and improvements on a road to E gracmp.
The readable fragments show a brief item about a THO event at a venue called Quertiog. Names, dates, and places are missing or unclear, but the note indicates an upcoming activity or meeting with limited details available.
Miss Kate Fultz aged sixty seven died from a skull fracture after a buggy runaway near Strasburg while en route to the Confederate reunion. Her ten year old companion Eleanor O Baugh escaped with minor injuries. Fultz, foster daughter of the Bakers, died within six hours at Fountain Wymer’s home.
Captain Fountaine Beattie of Alexandria launches a movement to honor Confederate leader Colonel John S. Mosby. He seeks to locate the remaining Mosby Rangers and enlist Confederate societies in a public subscription for a monument at Warrenton Fauquier County.
Representative James Hay has resigned, triggering a committee crisis over a September primary. The original call lacks clarity on whether the primary targets Hay’s unexpired term, the next term, or both, risking illegality and legal challenges. Protests arise over the expected $1200 to $1500 cost plus candidate expenses and travel.
The Charlottesville meeting heard that other announced candidates favor a convention. Senator H. H. Downing of Front Royal is urged to run. C Grattan Price of Harrisonburg will go to Washington to attend the meeting. Price would not commit to a primary. Carson of Front Royal backs Downing if he enters. Chairman Duke and Weaver opposed a primary.
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