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Publication notice appears from 8 H. Hansbrough publisher with office at 17 East Water Street and telephone listing 517% for daily edition excluding Sundays.
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1900
Page
2
Publication notice appears from 8 H. Hansbrough publisher with office at 17 East Water Street and telephone listing 517% for daily edition excluding Sundays.
Special correspondence from Washington D C describes a mix of cosmopolitan encounters and nostalgia for Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley It notes warm weather with abrupt cool spells and a city prone to sudden temperature shifts as summer continues in the capital.
The piece extols Washington’s air and shade from eighty thousand trees and many parks offering free recreation. It notes the Mt. Vernon Square site for a new City Library with completion aimed for March 1901 and compares it to the Congressional Library. It mentions a dog muzzling debate and political interest ahead of elections.
In a Friday night bout before the Twentieth Century Club at Madison Square Garden Fitzsimmons, the Australian, stopped Akron giant Gus Rublin in the sixth round with a hard punch to the chin. Rublin fought hard but Fitzsimmons showed he is not a has been. Reported receipts totaled $70,000 with Fitzsimmons to receive $26,250 and Rublin $8,750 from a $35,000 fighters share.
Norfork and Western Railway announces Sunday Excursion Tickets from June 10 to September 16 1900 to Luray Riverton Berryville Shenandoah Junction and Hagerstown at low rates from all stations Elkton to St James. No baggage checked on Sunday Excursion Tickets. Bicycles carried free. Local train times at intermediate stations. Guests today include Mrs F J Russell and daughter Miss Louise of Lancaster Pa and Miss Louise and Miss Gertrude Lentz of Washington visiting local residents.
Arrivals from the north and south with arrival and departure times for B and O CV and Be lines. STAR ROUTES Mountain Falls Rock Enon Springs Capon Springs show listed times including 121 departs 2 pm and 4 8 30 pm for different stops.
Maryland under new management promotes a choice school for young women with American and European teachers offering degree courses. Eight-acre campus features brick buildings and a pipe organ with superior facilities and home comforts at reasonable rates. Catalog and annual on application. L. Mater president. B. Shank vice president. July 24-6w.
The Circuit Court requires an order of publication for Purcell McKee a non resident of Virginia. Publication to run weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Star and posting at the Winchester Courthouse. Defendant must appear within 15 days after publication to protect interests of Lydia A. McKee administratrix and related parties. PHIL H. GOLD Clerk.
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