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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1915
Page
6
Col John S Mosby famed Confederate raider and Mosbys Men member marks his eighty second birthday at his Washington DC home 1441 Rhode Island Avenue. He plans to spend the day with his children and grandchildren while enjoying good health and visits from friends and letters from those unable to meet him.
Washington reports the marriage of Elizabeth Brooke Hopkins Hinchman and Conrad Powell Carter, Virginia natives, solemnized in an apartment ceremony due to mourning. The couple will reside in Washington after a motor trip, with the bride's family noting the absence of guests.
Baltimore man Dwight F Mallory who vanished while duck hunting is believed drowned in a Chesapeake Bay tributary by Samuel P Worton Jr a Baltimore business man and friend. Worton helped search near the Magothy mouth where Mallorys boat and dogs were found and says there is no doubt he was swept overboard in a gale and heavy sea.
The report describes a swimmer unable to make headway against huge waves and a cruel hoax sending fake calls from Newark to New York and Baltimore claiming Mallory was alive. Morton expects Mallory’s body to surface eventually and praised him as a superb Maryland sportsman.
Mrs. Shade widow of Dr. Nevin B. Shade died at 11 45 p m after a 15 month illness of complications. She lived in Hagerstown with daughter Mrs Edward Oswald at 835 Oak Hill avenue. Survived by husband and six children including Mrs Edward Oswald Mrs Norman Bitzler Mrs Charles C Fechtig Mrs James Hammond Dr E Clyde Shade and Paul T Shade plus brothers and sisters.
Andrew Cook a well known local butler and Marcelin S Bell of Baltimore were wed Saturday night at 8 30 at the groom’s new East Bond street residence. Rev C E B Queen of John Mann M E Church colored officiated. The couple will reside here.
Thomas A. Edison has opened in Orange New Jersey an experimental school of electricity for officers and men of the United States Navy. The program trains naval personnel in practical electrical applications and innovation.
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