August City Council Session Debates Gutter Repair and Water Rules
The August session of the City Council reviewed gutter and curb repairs for John Kerr Public Schools at a cost of 216.70, passed an ordinance for funding, and approved water use restrictions requiring council approval after committee authorization. The balance after July receipts stood at 299.41, with bond proceeds contributing most of the month’s income.
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Boyd
John Ray
Ray
John Kerr
Blake
Kinzel
Honda
Correll
PW. Boyd
R. W. Haymaker
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Cameron Lane
Lewis
Opera House
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Rouss
Hensell
Barton
Common Council
Board of R Fund
City Council Raises Police Justice D H Bragonier Salary
Winchester officials partially pass an ordinance increasing Police Justice D H Bragonier’s salary from 150 to 300 dollars annually while preserving all fines and fees as city revenue and detailing monthly payments and docket entries for collected fines.
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D. H. Bragonier
Common Council
City of
Winchester
Committee On Police
Baltimore Return For Shot Boy Not Located By X Ray
Dr. P W Boyd Jr brought young Patrick Rehill from home after he was accidentally shot in the spine. The boy was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where X rays failed to locate the bullet. An additional exam was planned as the father Mr Jack Rehill stayed with his son.
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P. W. Boyd Jr
Baltimore
Patrick Rehill
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jack Rehill
Charley Rouss Fire Company Victory Picture Display
A photo in Treasurer Kinzel’s office memorializes two $50 checks won by the Charley Rouss Fire Company and the Union Band in Hagerstown on the Fourth of July. The image also features a railroad ticket, preserving an auspicious local occasion.
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Kinzel
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Union Band
Hagerstown
Mrs Hannah M Cook Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Hannah Maria Cook wife of Thomas Cook long known near Winchester died at Homevale Farm after a short illness. Born August 1 1824 in Devonshire England she was 75 turning 76. She moved to America forty years ago settling in Frederick County later living in Winchester leaving four sons and two daughters. Funeral from Homevale Farm Friday at 10 with private interment in Greenhill Cemetery Stephens City.
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Hannah Maria Cook
Thomas Cook
Winchester
Homevale Farm
Teir
Greenhill Cemetery
Stephens City
Defective Pole Falls Crashes Beside Street
Early this morning the north east corner pole at Market and Cork streets collapsed with no warning. A bicyclist nearby escaped injury as the electric lamp broke. Residents demand council inspection of city poles amid reports of widespread decay.
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Market
Cork
Distiller Madison Rosenberger Retires to Farm Life
Madison Rosenberger, famed apple brandy distiller in Frederick County, retires to farming. He transfers the Rosenberger distillery to his brother Jacob H. Rosenberger who will manufacture the brandies. Madison moves to the Jenkins place near Hayfield. Jacob Rosenberger obtained a license to continue the business.
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Madison Rosenberger
Frederick County
Rosenberger
Jacob H. Rosenberger
Madison
Jenkins Place
Hayfield
Jacob Rosenberger
Hindu Lecturer Arrives in Winchester for Meeting
Miss Grace Stephens and Mrs E B Sterns with Soo boonagam Ammal arrived by the 11 44 Baltimore and Ohio train and went to Rev E Olin Eldridge's home on South Market Street. She will lecture at Market Street M E Church at 8 30 this evening. Wheat 68 cents today.
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Grace Stephens
E. B. Sterns
Sooboonagam Ammal
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio
E. Olin Eldridge
South Market Street
Young Man Dies in Jefferson County Diabetes
Col W W Glass and family learned of the death of Harry Strider near Leetown Jefferson County at 2 30 this morning from acute diabetes. He was not yet thirty and leaves a Christian legacy with farewell tributes to friends named before burial in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Col Glass and family will attend the funeral tomorrow.
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W. W. Glass
Harry Strider
Leetown
Jefferson County
W. Va
Strider
Isaac Strider
Col. Glass
Hattie
Shepherdstown
Col
Glass
Russell sells Stewart Street lot to Jenkins in Baltimore
Mr James B Russell sells a fifty foot Stewart street lot adjoining Capt James B Beverley’s residence to Mr William M Jenkins of Baltimore. Cash consideration is 1100 dollars. Jenkins plans a brick house costing at least 5000 dollars and already owns property at Main and Cork streets.
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James B. Russell
Wm. M. Jenkins
Baltimore
Stewart Street
Jas. B. Beverley
Jenkins
Wm. Jenkins
Main
Cork Streets
Unknown Man Killed by Train in Brunswick Md
A Brunswick Md special reports an unknown man was killed this morning by a fast B and O train numbered 10. The incident occurred in Brunswick and involved the locomotive striking the man as he stood near the tracks. Authorities have yet to identify the victim.
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Brunswick
Painful Nail Incident At Carriage Repository
Edward Carper employed by John Chriman at 17 West Water Street stepped on a ten penny nail while performing duties yesterday. The nail inflicted a painful wound and was deeply embedded. Carper rests at home on South Main Street under the circumstances.
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Edward Carper
John Chriman
West Water Street
South Main Street
Family of O Connor Arrives in Winchester
Mr Elizabeth O Connor and daughter Mamie arrived from Philadelphia and settled on East Water Street. Mrs O Connor is wife of Capt Stephen O Connor recently retired from the 23d U S A. He helped enter Manila and now lives in Arizona with mining interests. Mrs O Connor is daughter of the late John Fegan.
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Elizabeth O’connor
Mamie
Philadelphia
East Water Street
O.connor
Stephen O’connor
Uncle Sam
Manila
Capt. Conner
Arizona
O’conner
John Fegan
Wills Admitted to Probate in County Court
In the county court this afternoon the wills of David S. Huck and John W. Ridings were admitted to probate. Both testators resided in the county and died within the past week. Fair and continued warm tonight and Thursday with light to fresh northwest winds.
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David S. Huck
John W. Ridings
Organizing Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp
A call for all sons and grandsons of Confederate veterans to meet next Monday at 8 p m at Turner Ashby Camp hall to form a new camp in Winchester Frederick County. Members will organize infantry and cavalry units with designated officers while honoring fathers heroic service in the Confederate Army or Navy.
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Sons of the
Army
Navy
Turner Ashby
Winchester
Frederick
Northern
Virginia
South
United Confederate Veterans
Jackson
Lee
Daughters of the Confederacy
Pleasant Evening Lawn Party at Conway’s Beautiful Lawn
A lawn party on the Conway estate promises a delightful evening with a Thursday night concert. Shen’s Orchestra will provide music as ladies assist with solos and recitations, offering some of the latest selections for attendees.
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Conways
Shen
Dance at Courtfield Honors Miss Hattie Carr
Mr and Mrs Lucien Carr Jr hosted a social dance at Courtfield a stylish western suburb residence in tribute to their daughter Miss Hattie The event drew many local young people and featured Courtfield noted for its colonial design and elegant fittings Also present Miss Alice Davis of Hagerstown visiting the city
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Lucien Carr, Jr
Courtfield
Hattie
Alice Davis
Hagerstown
Among the Alps of Switzerland
Special correspondence from Geneva July 26 describes travel through Basel Berne Zurich Lucerne Lausanne and Geneva praising Lausanne as attractive. The writer notes Mount Solere views of the Alps and Mont Blanc, compares Swiss farms to Virginia, and observes Swiss multilingual signs and patriotism, with a hint of continuation on the fourth page.
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TH Staan
Geneva
Switzerland
Strassburg
Basel
Berne
Zurich
Lucerne
Lau Sanne
Lausanne
Gibbon
Mount Solere
Alps
Mount Blanc
Virginia
Bern
Shenandoah Valley
Valley of Virginia
United States
Europe
Germany
France
Italy
Little
Mountain Republic
Schiller
William
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Municipal
Handley
Charley Reuss
E. Holmes Boyd
Messrs
Chas. W. Ramsburg
Geo. R. Blake
L. N. Barton
Jas. M. Haymaker
C. P. Kremer
Hl. D. Kuller
C. W. Hensell
J. P. Haddox
West Ya
Will
Wills
Confederate Camp Committee
Sons of Veterans
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