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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1906
Page
1
Mr. Davis Johnson of Fairmont Avenue narrowly survived a severe hand wound sustained while operating a molding machine on North Market Street. After blood loss and delayed medical help, Dr. W. A. Bell soon treated the severed artery, leaving Johnson weak from the ordeal and family shaken by the incident.
The eighteen month old son of Mrs. Minnie Dehaven on East Lane drank water laced with a loaded fly paper saucer. He became deathly sick before his mother noticed. Prompt milk treatment saved him. he is now reported in fine shape.
Scott Fry, youngest son of Mr and Mrs John Fry living near Cumberland Valley Depot, along with Jett Spates and Benton Snyder, captured a large snapping turtle Friday after floodwaters washed it from a big pond. The shell measured at least a foothand a half.
A cloudburst last Friday around eight o'clock caused considerable damage in the Shepherdstown area, leaving property impacts and several locations affected by the sudden weather event.
Mr. Joseph H Savage former leader of Winchester Aerie No 24 F O E attends the Grand Aerie in Milwaukee. Mrs John Fry and her children visit her father Mr Scott Tack in Chambersburg.
Forecasts predict disturbances across the country from mid August into September with warm and cool waves, increasing storms from the Atlantic Coast, and frosts anticipated in the first days of September. Weather pattern described includes heavy rains, drought in parts of the corn belt, and hotter dry periods later in the month.
The Loudoun County camp meeting began Saturday in Benton's Woods near Middleburg and will continue for several weeks. Clergy from Vanderbilt, Baltimore, and locally will lead services. A special sermon for old soldiers is planned for Monday August 20 by Senator John W. Daniel.
Reports by district clerks and County Treasurer G. M. Jhiles at the Frederick county school board annual meeting show public schools in the best financial condition in years, with teachers to receive higher salaries. Plans are underway for a large county high school at Midletown.
Notice to teachers to file applications with trustees or the clerk by September 15, 1906 for election to the upcoming term. An advance of two dollars per month will be added to last year’s salary. OR. M. Cooper, Clerk of Bosra, August 13, 1906.
A small wedding was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Rollin De Frees in Indianapolis. Elizabeth Margaret De Frees and Ira Kiefer Gruver exchanged vows in a ceremony by Rev H Little with family present. Attendants included Frances De Frees and Elizabeth King as maids of honor, with Floyd Grover as best man. The couple plans a wedding journey and home in Reliance Virginia.
News from Winchester reports the death of Mrs. Hattie Cunningham wife of George Cunningham in Berryville from heart trouble around five this morning. She was forty nine, daughter of the late William Eddy, survived by husband two sons George of Pocahontas and Edward of Berryville, and a widowed mother in this city. Funeral arrangements had not been made. Also noted: Mrs. Elizabeth Ufdike died in Warren County. infant Chas Leonard Grove died after brief illness. The county courthouse is being repapered. Miss Jessie Knott of Washington visits Mrs. Howard Shockey.
A bold attempted hold-up occurred near Berryville late Saturday night when two men confronted Claude Barr as he was returning from Berryville with his mother Nellie Barr. The horse bolted after Barr answered the assailants and the men fled into the darkness. Authorities and locals noted the incident as a probable attempt at robbery amid the dark countryside.
A recent storm damaged the peach crop at Mr. Ellis Maloy's orchard on Sensenay Lane. Many tree limbs were broken and fruit littered the ground, causing heavy losses. Other areas report damaged apples.
Berryville faced an ice famine on Saturday night as shortages spread from local plants. Mr. J W Carpenter traveled to Winchester and obtained two tons from the Ice Plant while Charles Town also reported shortages. The Berryville facility has operated at full capacity since February due to rising rural demand.
On a Washington bound train near Harpers Ferry Messrs John Massie and Thomas Conner witnessed a display of charity as a widow traveling with her two coffins received a purse from fellow passengers. The story recalled a Cincinnati incident where a man died saving his child, after which the widow faced dire finances. The train generosity totaled about fifty dollars.
Grace the two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs L A Cover of North Washington street nearly suffocates after a colored nurse leaves a gas jet half open. Mrs Cover detects the odor and discovers the danger. The child recovers after windows are left open and the danger passes.
It has been suggested city authorities arrange with three steam fire companies to use their engines to pump water from downtown cellars to protect health. Lower Main and Water Street residents should not bear the pumping burden as water from other cellars would refill theirs. Action is urged as mosquitoes thrive and stagnation could bring illness.
The Star changes to a new body type smaller than before to give readers more reading space on paper. It aims to provide subscribers the benefit of every improvement at the earliest opportunity. Also an upright piano for sale by G. L. Brawner at City Hotel for $18. Take a day and visit Island.
Mr. L Lupton, treasurer of the State Horticultural Society, states the 1906 apple crop will be slightly under the ten year average in quantity and slightly above in quality. Baldwin supply is light in Michigan New York and New England, likely raising market prices. The Mississippi River region shows light returns, while Missouri and Arkansas hold a fair good quality crop. Virginia red fruit expected at 2.90 per barrel f o b at shipping time.
Peastmaster Alex Clohan of Berkeley County with the West Virginia State and Berkeley County Horticultural Societies warns the peach industry in Berkeley County is nearly wiped out by yellows and brown rot. Experts from the West Virginia Experiment Station will attend a meeting this week to lead eradication efforts as three-fourths of trees may be lost within a month and no new plantings for two years. Losses could reach thousands annually.
Governor J Taylor Ellyson leads a push to collect county histories across Virginia. Boards of supervisors are urged to commission county historians to prepare detailed county histories to be bound in volumes, offering a complete record of local people and products unavailable today.
The Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary will be observed on Wednesday by all Catholic churches. The festival marks Mary’s translation into glory and is observed by western and eastern rites with roots in early church tradition.
Gill a Black circus worker was fatally stabbed by an unknown fellow employee of the Robinson Circus at twenty Park on Wednesday. The assailant remains at large as police investigate the fatal incident.
Ex Senator Henry G Davis, Democratic candidate for Vice President in 1904, will be nominated as the party’s congressional candidate for the Second West Virginia District at the Keyser convention on September 6. Local nephew T M Bants displays relics from Davis’s railroad days including a lantern a pass and three timetables from 1853 1860 and 1877 at J A Bantz’s North Main street shop window.
The second annual Jefferson County Camp of United Confederate Veterans reunion was held Saturday at Flowing Springs near Charles Town. About 8,000 to 9,000 people attended as Rev. Dr. A. Hopkins opened with prayer. Col. R. P. Chew introduced Col. Robert Edward Lee Jr. of Fairfax County VA who spoke eloquently. Also presented were Capt. W. Colseelee ston Martinsburg Major Carrington Buena Vista Rev. James B. Aviett Jefferson County Maj. EB. H. McDonald Capt. R. S. Parks Luray and Major Robert W. Hunter Richmond VA. A 50-member choir and an excellent band provided music.
Staunton’s baseball squad fell 1 to 0 to Martinsburg last Saturday as Johnie Johnson pitched for Staunton and Martinsburg managed only two hits. The game was fast and hard fought from start to finish. Richmond Brownies expected in Staunton for three games this week.
Friday in Moberly Missouri a valuable gold watch was lost on Valley Avenue by Mrs Bertie Gay while visiting Mrs T H Sprint. Mr J H Renner found the watch and returned it to the owner. An advertisement notes weekly sales at Hahn's Mill offering gas at 1 1/4 cents per gallon on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
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