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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
1
The Berryville Virginia horse show on August 22 drew a record attendance, with about seven thousand spectators filling the grandstands. The event ran smoothly despite heat and crowding, featuring numerous harness, lightweight, and draft classes and honors awarded to riders and farm teams.
News arrives of the sudden death in Unger’s Store, W Va, of D. J. Boehm at about nine this morning. He was found dead in his room after a fishing trip and is believed to have died of heart failure brought on by rheumatism. He was about 43, son of the late Philip Boehm, with two daughters Bertha and Mamie, three sisters Alice Carrie Effie, and brother Mont Boehm, all of Winchester. The funeral is planned for tomorrow from his daughters’ home at 214 North Braddock street, with remains to be brought to Winchester. He was a former Baker flour mills employee and a Methodist.
Winchester’s star pitcher Cantwell will not sign with Cumberland despite efforts to lure him with a $200 monthly offer. Cumberland also pursued Cy McDonald and released Slats Reeder, now seeking Dolly Gray from Johnstown after Reeder’s injured hand and lost effectiveness.
Judge M. Boyd Faulkner of Martinsburg West Virginia urged the grand jury to probe factory employment of children under 14 and any under 12 working, cigarette sales to boys under 16, and druggists selling liquor or opium without a prescription at the circuit court opening.
John Wissler, formerly of Winchester and now a large fruit grower near Mt. Jackson, expects to ship at least seventy five carloads of peaches this year. The crop is described as very fine in quality.
After four years absence Mr. Edward Biershing of Nall Williams tobacco makers Louisville is in Winchester a few days. His home is in Hagerstown Maryland and he has traveled the West and Northwest. He has been transferred to this territory and is welcomed by many friends.
Last night vandals damaged marble yard property of Haines and Dorsey on North Market Street. Unused marble blocks left on the sidewalk were hurled into the gutter, chipping bases and frightening bystanders. Police suspect drunkenness as the motive.
Ready For Big Contract project crews, led by Strother Shull, lay concrete curbing on both sides of West Water Street from Braddock to Cumberland Valley, with a large extra workforce. The $7,000 contract precedes vitrifying the street and aims for a sturdier, more ornamental curb.
Early today North Main Street residents were alarmed by a revolver shot. Rumors spoke of a burglary attempt, but the true cause was a cat fight. The gunfire aimed to silence the disturbance.
Mrs. A. R. Castleman dispels rumors of retirement at the Virginia House Hotel Berryville. She invites friends and patrons to attend the Horse Show season with her usual attentive service and guest care.
A group led by a Philadelphia millionaire named Fisher was fined 37 dollars and 60 cents plus costs in New Market last Friday for reckless driving through the streets. Their wagon carried a four horse team and peaches from Wissler orchards, and the party had recently been in Winchester.
Lebanon Church Virginia August reports a farm discovery of a large underground cavern reached by widening a ground cavity. The first room sits thirty feet below the surface, thirty by 230 feet, with side openings to five explored chambers. Curious formations resemble hammer and chisel work and the site draws growing visitors and excitement.
Inwood West Virginia August 22 theft of plates from a Misses Hoffmans basket at church after supper. The thief took dishes from under a cake leaving the cake behind. Other notes mention bridge contract for Mill Creek pike and Mosquito plague with scouts to Hagerstown and new teachers Miss Ida Hoffman and Miss Lou Silver.
The Staunton baseball team passed through Winchester en route home from Martinsburg where they won one game and lost another. They will travel over two hundred miles by rail to Lewisburg West Virginia for a game tomorrow after a 1 to 0 win and a 3 to 1 loss.
White Post Va Aug 22 After a preliminary hearing in magistrate court George Morris is sent to Berryville jail to await grand jury action on the murder charge in the Porter killing. The July 28 Stone Chapel dance led to pistol fire when Porter and Morris fought over a woman. Porter died from gunshot wounds. Morris has recovered enough to stand trial.
Mrs Edward McCormick Greene of Virginia has been named one of Virginia's vice regents of the Pocahontas Memorial Association linked to the Jamestown exposition. She and Miss Ficking of Washington appear at Asbury Park New Jersey and plan a large house party at Bon Venue upon her return.
The Inwood Fair Association opened its sixteenth annual exhibition in Inwood West Virginia Park fourteen miles from Winchester on the Cumberland Valley Railroad. The fair runs through Friday ending with a grand tournament. Attractions are larger and more ambitious, with the Co V A R offering special rates and large attendance. The event grows in prominence for the Virginia West Virginia region.
A contract will be let within weeks for the Handley Library at Braddock and Piccadilly streets. The building, designed by Barney and Chapman of New York, is expected to cost $100 000 and is a result of Judge John Handley of Scranton Pennsylvania bequest to the city.
Col. Joseph Button, newly appointed insurance commissioner, directs chiefs of city and town fire departments and county sheriffs to report all fires within five days. He may compel attendance of witnesses, investigate suspicious fires, and present findings to the grand jury if needed. Fees of one dollar are authorized for reporting officials.
Luther Whitlock of Berkeley remains critically ill after being shot by his wife. A preliminary hearing for Mrs. Whitlock was held. bail was postponed as doctors deem recovery unlikely. The patient is conscious and talked with attendants, with no medical action taken on the bullet.
Evan B. Johnson and his wife, both well known in Hook's Mill, West Virginia, remain ill at home. Johnson recently suffered injuries after being thrown by a horse, while his wife is also quite sick. they are respected figures with many friends in the city.
Mrs William Mathaney and Miss Besete Seymour of Campbell Nebraska are guests of their sister Mrs Marvin Larrick at 218 North Braddock Street for several days. Mrs Georges Carter of Lincoln is also visiting Mrs Larrick, as advertised in The Star.
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