Captain Hoyt Dead in Winchester After Brief Illness
News from Winchester reports the death of Captain Fred Hoyt US Navy retired last Saturday at his Baltimore home following a brief illness. He long resided in Winchester with many local friends and served as a captain of engineers in the Coast Guard. Hoyt's funeral was held in Baltimore with full honors and burial at Druid Ridge Cemetery. He was born in New York and served 40 years without sick leave, noted for his service on the Hartford under Admiral Farragut and the Mobile Bay battle. He leaves a widow, Emma M. Hoyt, and held numerous fraternal and church affiliations, including Masons, Royal Arch, Knights Templar, Loyal Legion, and Episco pal Church groups.
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Winchester
Fred Hoyt
United States Navy
Baltic
Engineers
United States Coast Guards
Baltimore
Druid Ridge
Hoyt
New York
Navy
Maryland
Loyal Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Mount Vernon
Young B and C Man Loses Leg In Railroad Accident
Earl Edwards aged 24 of Weverton married a month ago suffered a leg amputation after a brake shoe replacement incident on a fast Baltimore and Ohio train at Brunswick. He crawled beneath the car to reach the shoe room and the train started, the wheels crushing one leg above the knee, with no other injuries noted.
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Earl Edwards
Weverton
Brunswick
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Young Edwards
Hazing at Virginia Hospital forces nursing staff to threaten walkout
In Richmond on January 25, four nurses at Virginia Hospital including Miss Mary E Johnson are confined to their rooms for a week and placed on bread and water after forcing a first year pupil nurse to walk on a mantelpiece and perform stunts. The incident triggers belligerence among staff who threaten to resign unless the four are released. City Council may investigate as the hospital is a city institution.
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Richmond
Mary E. Johnson
Nigofolic
Virginia Hospital
Beatrice Johnson
Delia Hamilton
Nellie Hewitt
Theer
Miss Sarah Hamilton Towed Naval Officer
Miss Sarah Alexander Hamilton daughter of Mr and Mrs Alexander Hamilton of Petersburg is engaged to Lieutenant Stephen Booth McKinney USN formerly of Knoxville Tennessee now stationed in Washington The wedding is expected to be a major social event of the late spring Hamilton is noted as a beauty with many friends in the state
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Sarah Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Petersburg
Stephen Booth McKinney
U.S. N
Knoxville
Mrs L A Matthews and Mrs Mattie Baughman Visit
Mrs L A Matthews of Harrisonburg and Mrs Mattie Baughman of Sutton W Va spend several weeks at Mrs Baker's on South Market Street.
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L. A. Matthews
Harrisonsburg
Highland Men Injured in Valley Turnpike Crash
Two men from Doe Hill Highland County were seriously injured when a Ford overturned on the Valley Turnpike near Mount Crawford yesterday afternoon. A third man escaped unhurt. all three were en route to Harrisonburg and spent the night at a Mount Crawford boarding house. Local doctor Dr. Booker Lee treated facial wounds and a gash on the arm. Names were not released.
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Tthe Valley “Turnpike
Mount Crawford
Doe Hill
Highland County
Harrisonburg
Booker Lee
Garty
Ashby Conner Injured At Plant In Maryland
Ashby Conner of Hagerstown Maryland suffered a fractured arm and serious head injuries after a step ladder broke at the dyeing and cleaning plant where he works. He fell about sixteen feet onto a concrete floor. Also reported is Leon Murphy, night clerk at Hotel Conner in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, who fractured a leg and sustained body bruises after slipping on ice. He is hospitalized in Charlestown.
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Ashby Conner
Addie Conner
Hagerstown
Winchester
Conner
Leon Murphy
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
T. M. Conner
Charlestown
Kennedy Palmer Civil War Veteran Dies in Richmond
Kennedy Palmer, an old Confederate soldier who lost use of a leg from a Kernstown wound after the Civil War, died in Richmond Va. He worked at the Free Press in Charlestown as a boy and later in Winchester before enlisting. He lived in Richmond the rest of his days, married Miss Kessler of Roanoke, and left five children. He belonged to the Kennedy family of a Maryland farm once occupied by John Brown. He was the son of John J. Palmer and Ellen Kennedy. George C Powers of Richmond is registered at Hotel Evans this week.
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Kennedy Palmer
Richmond
Kernstown
Free Press
Charlestown
Winchester Times
Winchester
Kessler
Roanoke
Methodist Church
Kennedy
Washington County
John Brown
Hanpers Ferry
Palmer
John J. Palmer
Ellen Kennedy
James E. Amick Recovers From Illness
Mr James E Amick well known livestock dealer of this city who had been confined to his Peyton street home for three weeks by grip and heart trouble is gradually regaining health and strength. He was able to be out of doors for a while today.
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James E. Amick
Peyton Street
Surprise party held at Long residence in Virginia
A large surprise party occurred last Friday evening at Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Long home in Penns Laird Rockingham County Virginia with guests including Miss Deana Martin of Winchester.
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A. S. Long
Penns Laird
Rockingham County
Virginia
Deana Martin
Winchester
Mrs M B Howell Dead in Charlestown
Charlestown West Virginia reports the death of Mrs M Berkeley Howell 70 widow of David Howell. She was formerly Miss Botts and is survived by two daughters Hannah and Mary and a brother Albert Botts of Fredericksburg Virginia.
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Charlestown
W. Va
M. Berkeley Howell
David Howell
Miss Botts
Hannah
Mary Howe
Albert Botts
Fredericksburg
Sarah Zane Fire Company members marching to bazar
Notice to all members to meet at the hall at 7 30 tonight to escort the Citizens Band to the bazar. By order of captain Roy E Potts secretary.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Bazar
Roy E. Potts
Sec’y
Mr Fuller Heads to Baltimore for Bank Duties
Mr H D Fuller, cashier of Farmers and Merchants National Bank, left this morning for Baltimore to spend a day or two on bank business.
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H. D. Fuller
Farmers and Merchants’ National Bank
Baltimore
Want Protection For Little Workers
Local representatives of the National Child Labor Committee in Richmond Virginia plan to push for stronger child labor laws during the General Assembly session. The committee includes D M Blankenship Richard Evelyn Byrd Rev Russell Bowie Rev J T Mastin Mrs Lucy C Plannagan Robert E Lee Heckman and Jas J Creamer.
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Richmond
National Child Labor Committee
General Assembly
D. M. Blankenship
Farmer’s Union
Richard Evelyn Byrd
United States
Russell Bowie
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
J. T. Mastin
Montgomery with crushed hand admitted to Memorial Hospital
Mr. H. P. Montgomery of Bruce town in this county suffered a crushed hand in mill machinery and was brought to Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon for treatment. Dr. B. S. Compton of Clearbrook accompanied him to the hospital.
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H. P. Montgomery
Brucetown
Memorial Hospital
B. S. Compton
Clearbrook
Mr. Montgomery
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