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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1915
Page
1
Captain Trickey describes the loss of the freighter Armenian after a German submarine shelled and torpedoed the ship. He notes that many crew members were killed, mostly Americans, before the vessel went down after torpedoes. Seeds and farm goods advertisement follows.
Holiday hours due to Independence Day shift observed on Monday July 5 with post office windows open 8 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 2 pm. City carriers start at 8 am while no night collections, no rural delivery, no money orders, and limited window service. Banks mills factories and offices closed for the holiday.
Charley Rouss Fire Company set to meet tonight at eight o clock. Address details mention Haines the Shoe Wizard at Jack W Piccadilly Street with opponent Hi.
The Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School will hold Fourth of July exercises at 2 15 Sunday afternoon with Mr Barton as speaker and a lesson study to follow.
Mrs. A W Mann of Warren Point New Jersey asserts she is a daughter of the late Judge John Handley and will claim part of his estate left to Winchester Virginia. The New York Times dispatch notes she seeks more than one million dollars from the Handley fortune. prior legal actions favoring Winchester were reported.
Rev. Dr. W. D. Smith, rector of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church in Winchester, marks his tenth anniversary with the parish on Sunday July 4. A simple service is planned at 11 a.m. with a solemn sermon expected to reflect his decade of discourses. Holy communion will follow the main service.
Warrants sworn out by John Kotsionios involve three youths Earl Clowser Maynard Clowser and Benton Snider after a Greek restaurant scuffle over an attempted entry The melee near Water street ended with Clowser bearing a bite mark and all three fined 2 50 2 00 and 2 60 respectively in police court with attorney Joseph B Newlin representing them
The funeral of Daniel T. Wood, aged almost ninety five, longtime resident of eastern Frederick County, was held at his Opequon Creek home then moved to Winchester for interment in Mount Hebron. Rev. Nelson P. Dame and Rev. Dr. W. D. Smith officiated with choir, prayers, and Episcopal burial rites. Pallbearers included H. D. Fuller J. Few Brown Shirley Carter Hugh S. Lupton Charles Clevenger Maurice M. Lynch George Bowly and E. C. Stuart.
Local bankers H D Fuller Harry M Sartelle and George Fangler of the Warmers and Merchants National Bank along with grain dealer Marvin Hook will depart tomorrow for the Hampshire county mountains in West Virginia. The group will camp at Hook's brigad recently renovated for the journey and plan to spend the Fourth of July holiday there enjoying a needed rest. They expect to return Monday.
Visitors must be escorted to the church entrance by parents or guardians and will be guided to seats at the doors. The policy emphasizes accompanying children to ensure orderly access to the service area.
Desperate fighting described along the western front from Arras to Ypres with heavy bombardment on British positions at Ypres. A French aviator sinks an Austrian submarine U-11 in the Adriatic. Reports note German submarine activity and attacks on British steamers, with Serbia crossing the Save River and Austrians evacuating a town after heavy losses.
A Ford touring car at center of a detinue case tried before Magistrate Krebs in police court. G. Hardy sought recovery of the car from Harry W. Brown, who used it seven weeks after Hardy lent it to him. Brown was found not entitled to a $49.97 repair bill but owed Hardy $11.30, and the car was returned to Hardy. Attorneys A J Taverner and Joseph B Newliff represented the parties.
160 acres limestone land near alley pike offered for sale. Ward and Larrick attorneys at law advertise a yard party to be held on the 15th 16th and 17th. Auction details and location are implied in the notice.
Miss Varda Christone, praised by 53 European nobles, travels from New York to Noenah Wisconsin to find an American husband. She rejects titles and insists on lasting love and equality, saying Italian suitors view American girls as mere status symbols while an American clerk would offer genuine happiness.
The Ladies Aid Society of Round Hill will hold a yard party on July 2 and 3 at Mr L L Lupton’s farm two miles from Winchester to raise funds for the new Round Hill schoolhouse. All neighbors invited to help.
A fragmented notice states merchants will close Monday July holiday hours and lists Cooper Bros as affected. The readable text is partial and uncertain on full details.
The eightieth birthday of Mr. John Energy Copp of Kernatown was celebrated at Willowbrook, the family home, as a surprise organized by his children. A noon dinner and family Thanksgiving followed, with remarks by Rev. George A. Copp, Rev. William H. Spiggle, and Rev. Zed H. Copp. Noted for health and vigor, Copp credits his longevity to moral living and abstinence from tobacco and alcohol while overseeing several farms.
A notice for a social gathering titled Yard Party at Greenway features a Saturday night event planned for July 10. The fragment notes a double teligate and informal street wording, suggesting a casual community get together with neighbors.
General Felipe Angeles disclosed in Washington that Villa and his followers aim to aid a former Madero official Vasquez Tagle rather than seize the presidency. He said the current Mexican conflict diverges from the original revolution and that Carranza's ambition fuels the fighting while Villa seeks compromise and denies personal rule.
Notice states the Star has retired from the Pony Contest and that votes will be returned intact except for 600 votes already delivered to the organizer on his return to Winchester.
Services will be held at the Epis 1 Church in Stephens City on the night of July 4th at 8 o clock.
The last will of wealthy retired farmer David Fries Hott, dated December 4 1918 with three codicils, names executors John Hott and John Rattall. It provides taxes and debts paid from his estate, then bequeaths remainder to wife Ann Hott for life, then to children. Executrix Laura V Dunlap, who has posted an $800 bond, is to manage property and livestock interests noted in the will.
The Shenandoah Valley National Bank reports total assets of 2,133,328.86 with capital 438,610.61 and deposits 1,473,718.50. The bank describes its management as conservative and notes steady growth despite general sector pressures.
Sunday evening July 4 will mark a children’s service at the Methodist Episcopal Church of Greenwood County. Rev. H Spencer, pastor, will lead the 8 o’clock program with exercises featuring local youths and parish participants. A related notice mentions a dependent transport detail and a reward reference tied to a bank incident.
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