What I Know of Winchester of Long Ago
The final instalment of William G. Russell’s What I Know About Winchester chronicles its historic churches. It notes 18th century bells cast in Bremen and an organ moved in 1855 to a German Lutheran Church in Baltimore, with the church built of gray limestone on rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
William G. Russell
Winchester News
Evening Star
Bremen
Baltimore
Virginia
Great Britain
America
Church and cemetery beauty mark old village memory
The article reflects on a modest village church with arched ceiling shaping sound, its hillside setting, and its role as a community beacon. It recalls Rev. Streit and Rev. Reck, notes ongoing improvements to the Lutheran Church on Bas cowen street, and praises Mt. Hebron Cemetery and its adopter Michael Hassett. It ends with a nostalgic meditation on God's Acre and an 18th century independence moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Streit
Abram Reck
Lutheran Church
Bascowen Street
Seichelberger
P. Krauth
Baum
Dash
Gilbert
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Michael Hassett
Boscowen Street
Treaty ratification rushes through amid solemn ceremony
The article notes a solemn ratification of a present treaty expedited in good faith. Officials described the action as timely and essential to uphold commitments. Delegates emphasized unity, Undersecretary Smith cited safeguards, while observers watched from the chamber.
Peace News Sparks Townwide Jubilation at End of War
Letters recounting the 1783 Treaty signing in Paris and public joy as news of peace arrived. The town illuminated from Maine to Georgia with bonfires and celebratory light spreading across mountains, and citizens imagined returning to loved ones and freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Town
Iberty
Sollier Laddy
Maine
Georgia
Harrison and Perry
Lake Erie
Rockingham Shenandoah Farmers Refuse Higher Fertilizer Price
Members of the Federation of Farmers Clubs of Rockingham and Shenandoah counties in Harrisonburg Va vote to not buy fertilizer this spring unless priced at $20 per ton for 16 percent acid phosphate. They note dealers quote $21 with mixed fertilizer, while corn prices press affordability. Officials cite stock and high-cost ingredients as barriers to larger cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Farmers Clubs
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Harrisonburg
Charles W. Wampler
Rockingham Federation
Wamples
Survey Work Progress on Lee Highway Corridor
Surveyors are at work on the Lee Highway from Boyce to the Opequon establishing camp near Boyce and laying out the road to the creek for connection with Winchester to the Opequon. A second gang pushes along the mountain top toward the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Lee Highway
Boyce
Opequon
Winchester
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By, William
Russell
The
Star
David Holmes
Conrad
Uss B . Conrad
David Holmes Conrad
Breator
A. Goodwin
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Handy Lbrary
New Jersey
Broadway
New York
God's Acre
God's Fee
God
Benison
Ohj Boy
LeComte
Flesher
Yours
Henry Print Shop
Paris
Hartley
Franklin
John Jay
Stearns
Earaa
Mary Pickford
Empire Theatre
Cutter Stock-Co
Iin
SBS
Empire
Fritz Leiber
ILI
Cascara
Hill
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