Colored voters listed in Yeakley precinct roll
A long roster of individuals, many marked colored, appears in the Yeakley precinct listing. The fragment shows numerous names followed by the word colored and ends with es Kean.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
4
A long roster of individuals, many marked colored, appears in the Yeakley precinct listing. The fragment shows numerous names followed by the word colored and ends with es Kean.
The announcement lists candidates for the House of Delegates representing Frederick County and Winchester, with Boyd R. Richards and R. L. Omps among signatories. The text includes war era doggerel by Walt Mason and a broad slate of named individuals.
White Post Notes reports visits and travel. Evelyn Gordon of Richmond guests with G. B. Palmer. Mrs. C. G. Massey attends funeral in Remington. G. B. Green makes a Wytheville trip. NY and W operator visits Hagerstown. Mrs. Emilie Gibbs and Virginia Gibbs of Baltimore leave after visiting Mrs. Sowers. Mrs. Frame returns to Pontiac Michigan. W W Green visiting daughter in Boyce. E F Meade attends Princess Chrysanthemum operetta in Berryville. William Dearmont returns from Front Royal remount station. Linda Carter of Norfolk leaves for Marionburg to summer at the Normal School. Dorothy Skinker returns from New York.
Armel Virginia brief notices report visits and returns of residents. Mr S N Cave and son returned to Luray after a week with Cave relatives. Walter Haymaker came home from Baltimore. Edward White and family moved from Washington to Armel. Irv ing Thrift and sons visited relatives. William Gardner returned from Baltimore. Arthur Armel and George Price families visited kin. M A Arme l returned from Hagerstown. A son was born to J R Affleck and wife last week.
Extract from a 1917 decree in the Hannah F Evans vs Hattie E Bell case directs a Chancery Commissioner in Winchester Virginia to inquire report on William A Evans estate including real and personal property, liens, and beneficiaries. Notice to creditors and attendance required July 14 1917.
A historical poem praising U S resolve in war urging perseverance until enemies are defeated. It uses vivid imagery of coats, sabres, and banners to convey relentless American military effort on land and sea against foes like the Hohenzollerns and Kaiser.
Albin Virginia report notes Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Mattison spent Sunday with Arch and Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. L. J. Hartman of Clearbrook visited area friends. Thomas Parlett and family visited from Winchester. D. H. Hartman and family spent Sunday with locals. Edward Peer and family from Winchester called on the Orndorffs. William Jennings of Wardensville spent the weekend with the Lineburgs and is linked to a new Winchester Wardensville railroad project.
A reader from Bentonville Ark. reports relief from a long cough using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It helped a condition once thought consumption and was cured. Sold everywhere. See See Te Te Pets Advertise your spring sales.
The presiding elder salary in the Winchester District rises to 2000 dollars while other Valley salaries also advance. Mr. Lewis Fitch has been visiting his sisters Mrs. T. R. Miller and Miss Gertrude Fitch at their Best Piccadilly Street home in Abs Shawitt Alabarhd.
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