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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1913
Page
4
Braithwaite Family News From Cross Junction Note
Cross Junction notes report Master Gerald Braithwaite improving after illness. Braithwaite family members and relatives, including Estella Nannie and Goldie, travel or visit relatives in nearby Grimes Boyce and Lew. Several Braithwaite kin are mentioned with visits to Mrs. Edgar Collins and Mr. Turner Kerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Junction
Gerald Braithwaite
S. H. Braithwaite
C. D. Braithwaite
Baltimore
Estella
Nannie Braithe
Edgar Collins
Grimes
Goldie ‘Braithwaite
Collinsville Family Visits and Neighborhood News
In Collinsville Va on Sunday several residents visited relatives and hosts. Fred DeHaven and Lee Clark called on J C Shanholtz. Bud Dalley and family returned home from Pennsylvania. Joe DeHaven’s family hosted Luna Dailey and Levi Dailey’s relatives. Fred Mauzy visited R Collins. Conrad Heironimus and granddaughter visited Dailey home. Winton Kerns visited H C Reynolds. J L Shanholtzes and Lena Shanholtz visited Morgan County. D S Strother hosted Dunlap Lawrence Dunlap Mary Dunlap and others for a Sunday gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinsville
Fred. DeHaven
Lee Clark
J. C. Shanholtz
Bud Dalley
Pennsylvania
Emory
Dalley
Joe] DeHaven
Luna
Levi
Fred Mauzy
Xr. Collins
Conrad Heironimus
Dailey’s
Winton ‘Kerns
H. C. Reynolds
J. L. Shanieltz
Lena
Morgan County
Strother'’s
Dunlap
Chaun
Lawrence
Mies
Mary ‘Dunlap
Local Visit Notes From Area Residents
Mr and Mrs Fred Collins moved from Illinois and are visiting the former's parents Mr and Mrs C Collins and other relatives. James Gray visited at Mr Scott Strother's on Sunday. Mrs Lee Clark and her daughter Hilda of Light spent Sunday at Mr Fred DeHaven's near Siler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raliston Reynolds
Arch ‘Dunlap
Walter Dunlap
Fred. Collins
Illinois
C. Collins
James Gray
Morganthau Named Ambassador to Turkey by Wilson
President Wilson plans to nominate Henry Morganthau of New York as ambassador to Turkey. Morganthau, former chair of the Democratic National Committee finance committee, is a real estate owner and opera te. Born in Germany, he came to the United States as a youth and later graduated from Columbia Law School. He practiced law until 1899 when he organized the Central Realty Bond and Trust Company and became its president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Morganthau
Washington
Isumor
Wilson
New York
Turey
Morganthau
Democratic ‘National
Germany
Columbia Law School
Central Realty, Bond and Trust _ Company, ey
Judge McWhorter Dies Suddenly in Lewisburg At 85
Judge Joseph Marcellus McWhorter, 85, longtime West Virginia jurist and political figure, died suddenly at his Lewisburg home on Monday night. He chaired court and influenced regional legal affairs for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Marcellus McWhorter
West Virginia
Lewisburg
Ordered to Camp Near Winchester for Cavalry Observer Duty
The War Department orders Captain David H. and his 4% cavalry to Camp Constrution near Winchester for 16 days of duty as an observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
David H
Cavalry
Winchester
Will of Martha Washington Found in Morgan Collection
A dispatch from Fredericksburg Virginia reports the will of Martha Washington, long believed destroyed at Fairfax Courthouse by Federal troops in the Civil War, has been located in the late J Pierpont Morgan New York collection. The finding is announced by a Fredericksburg source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Washington
George Washington
Fairfax
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Fredericksburg
Has Made Fortune By Apple Growing
Mr. John M. Miller of Martinsburg West Virginia an extensive apple grower visits the city on business. He owns over 600 acres of orchards and regularly markets 25000 to 30000 barrels from his holdings. At 69 he remains active in the fields tending horses and directing farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley County
Miller
J Mr. Miller
Parrot Lays Eggs After 19 Years in Kansas City
Polly the 25 year old parrot owned by Mrs H M Wright of Cottonwood Falls Kansas has begun laying four white eggs for the first time in nineteen years. Wright credits outdoor free living and time in the country for the change and the eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood Falls
Kansas
Polly
Wright
Edmund Hunter Returns to Washington from Vacation
Mr. Edmund P Hunter who has been staying at Major Robert W Hunter's home in the city returned to Washington yesterday evening. Hunter is assistant cashier in H C Ansley's office, treasurer of the Southern Railroad, and holds an important position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund
Hunter
Robert .W. Hunter
Washington
H. C., Ansley
Southern Railroad
Record Parcel Post Peach Shipment Passes Through Albuquerque
A record 240 crates of peaches moved by parcel post passed through Albuquerque on the way from Farmington to Gallup. The fruit will travel about 1000 miles, marking a possible distance record for parcel post in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Farmington
Gallup
Resignation at King's Daughters Hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia
Martin isburg resigns as superintendent of nurses at the King's Daughters Hospital. Mrs. Marie Fields accepts a position at the West Virginia Institute for the Deaf Dumb and Blind in Romney West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King's Daughters’ ‘Hospital
Martin
Isburg
Marie ‘Fields
West Virginia Institute For the Deaf, Dumb,and Blind
Romney
W. Vas
Appointed Postal Clerk on Chesapeake and Ohio Line
Mr. Perry C. Ritter of this city has been appointed railway postal clerk by the United States Civil Service Commission and assigned to the run on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Washington D C to Higton W Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry C. Ritter
United States Civil Service Commission
Chesapeake ‘and Ohio Railway
Washington, D
Higton, We. Va
Warning on Diphtheria Spread and Prevention in Virginia
A Virginia health bulletin warns that diphtheria tends to appear in August and can cause heavy tolls before cool weather. Early cases drive fall and winter spread unless quarantined and treated, with emphasis on bacteriological clearance before release. The board details antitoxin distribution and urges counties to stock it so any community can access it within twelve hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Board of Health
Board
General Lee’s Old Lookout Burned by Lightning in Gettysburg
The cupola of the old seminary where General Lee directed Confederate movements during the battle of Gettysburg was struck by lightning in a violent Monday storm and burned, destroying a landmark. A Gettysburg circus suffered canvas damage, and several top horses died when poles and tents collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Gettysburg
Louisiana Tiger Dies in Augusta Civil War Veteran
James B. Roden aged 76, a Louisiana Tigers member, died at his Waynesboro home after injuries from a buggy accident. He starred for the Louisiana Tigers in the Civil War, enlisting in 1861 in New Orleans and serving in battles around Winchester. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and survived by two sons and several daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Roden
Louisiana Tigers
Waynesboro
Rode
Dublin
Ireland
United States
New Orleans
Winchester
Mrs Nannie Hale Visits Sister in Rest County
Mrs. Nannie Hale of Washington is visiting her sister Mrs. John Chapman at her Rest County home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Hale
Washington
John Chapman
County
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