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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
2
The speaker warns against any limits on voting rights that could deprive white men of votes. No poll tax or property qualification, nor educational tests. Delegate Moore notes the convention nears ridicule. Judge Harrison blocks recess as the public waits for the final fundamental law.
Miss Lula Baker of Sterling died last Tuesday at the Elmore residence near Leesburg from a shooting accident. While visiting, she went with Young Harry Elmore to shoot at a mark with a small rifle. Elmore aimed the gun as a joke, thought unloaded, and pulled the trigger, inflicting a mortal wound.
Prof Thomas Beardsworth of Staunton arrived home after visiting Shenandoah City where his brother Richard Beardsworth had typhoid fever. Richard has improved significantly.
Mrs. C. C. Rogers and daughter and Miss Mary Walker left for Norfolk this morning. Lieut. Com. Rogers has been assigned to duty by the Navy Department for three years.
A verse by Harry Blackston, Frederick City businessman, ends with a joke about life and a fatal thought. The piece notes a dream of fishing and waking to a bite. A line adds a moral about kerosene use.
Mrs. Wood of Moorefield WV visits Nineveh and returns home. Also guests include Mr. Frank Gordon and Mrs. Pitzer preparing for Ohio. Local socials include M E Church lawn party. committee elected for Pen-Mar Presbyterian reunion. Names: Rev. Dr. McCarroll, Rev. Roddy, Rev. Eckskine, Rev. King, Rev. Haggarty, Rev. Sherrard, Rev. Leyburn, Rev. Carlisle, Rev. T J Ferguson, Alexander Armstrong.
J Jesse Moore of Hagerstown obtained an injunction to stop Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company from erecting a pole line on a public road in Sanday Hook District claiming the road is his. The firm is building a Brunswick to Harpers Ferry line.
A Fankstown man released two young alligators from Florida into Antietam Creek with plans to raise them. William L. Yancy died yesterday morning at his Harrisonburg home. David McClure of San Francisco stayed at the Taylor House en route to Capon Springs.
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