Firemen sought for Cumberland Valley group plans
Joseph E. Kiger secretary of the Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association toured Chambersburg and Harrisburg visiting fire departments and the Public Opinion office. He aims to recruit more companies from Harrisburg to Winchester and praised the Mergenthaler linotype at the Chambersburg paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Kiger
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Asociation
Cumberland Valley
Chambersburg
Harrisburg
Shippensburg
Kiger
Good Will Fire Company
Cumberland Valley Fireman’s Association
Winchester Star
Virginia
William Richter
Friendship Company
Samuel Bowers
Third Ward
Richter
Lutz
Winchester
Mergenthaler
Rev Father Ahern Recuperating After Surgery
Rev. Father Ahern assistant rector of St. Marys Church in Alexandria Virginia is recovering rapidly from an appendicitis operation performed at Providence Hospital Washington about ten days ago He can sit up and expects discharge within two or three weeks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Ahern
St. Mary’s Church
Alexandria
M. M. Lynch
Winchester
Providence Hospital
Washington
Martinsburg musician resigns for higher post in Ohio
Prof. Fred Luscomb former instructor of the Friendship Military Band Winchester and Martinsburg City Band resigns his Martinsburg public school music posts and orchestral instruction at Wilson College Chambersburg to take a better paying position in Hainesville Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Luscomb
Friendship Military Band
Winchester
Martinsburg
Miss Margaret Neal Leaves Winchester for Columbia
Miss Margaret Neal, recently with the Winchester Telephone Company, departed this morning for Columbia South Carolina to reside with her uncle James Denny. She leaves many friends in Winchester who regret her departure. Wrappers 39 data.We have received another lot of ladies wrappers seed mt 4 on a desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Neal
Winchester Telephone Company
Columbia, S. C
James Denny
Miss Neal
Winchester
Dta
Desert
Friendship Band Opens Yards Party With Busy Night
The Friendship Band held a yard party on the knitting factory lawn at North Kent Street. Festivities featured bunting lanterns and seven tables with a fortune wheel drawing donations totaling 20.06 dollars on opening night. Fire companies plan to attend during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Band
Knitting Factory
North Kent Street
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Rouss Hook and Ladder Company
Sarah Zane Fire Company
What's the Matter With Samuel Small
A Brattleboro Vermont rally for Governor candidate Percival W. Clement collapsed when Rev Samuel Small, the main speaker, fainted on stage. Small was led from the platform after incoherent remarks. He is known in Winchester for lectures there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Vermont
Percival W. Clement
Samuel Small
Mr. Small
Winchester
Infant McDonald Dies in Kern Street Home
Virginia McDonald aged one year and three weeks died Monday night at her parents No 225 Kern Street. Funeral services were held this morning at 9 30 from the house. The infant was the daughter of Daniel and Margaret McDonald colored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Daniel
Margaret McDonald
Kern Street
Annual Meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
The annual meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held Thursday morning August 28 at 9 30. Reports for the year will be received. A full attendance of members is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Fine fruit for the Star staff yields generous gifts
The Star’s editorial and business staff received fruit baskets from local friends. Mrs G Casper Fries donated grapes and peaches, Mrs John J Sullivan sent large peaches and apples, and Mr J S Hicks provided some of the season’s finest peaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taz
G. Casper Fries
John J. Sullivan
Winchester
Martinsburg Pike
Sullivan
J. 8. Hicks
Tor Star
Called on Friends The Horse Got Tired
Two Winchester youths visited county girls by buggy last Sunday. After a pleasant evening the horse vanished and the pair faced an awkward moment. A bicycle ride to town yielded another buggy, and a search found the missing team five miles away. The episode drew much lighthearted chaff in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
County Temperance Union In Convention
The Frederick County Woman's Christian Temperance Union holds its annual convention in Frederick. The Market Street Church lecture room hosts sessions from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. with lunch, then from 2 p.m. The four unions Stephens City Mountain Falls Brucetown and Winchester attend. Mrs M D Welles addresses Braddock Street Church in the evening. All sessions open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Stephens City
Mountain Falls
Brucetown
Winchester
Braddock Street Methodist Church
M. D. Welles
Whitacre elected president of Norton grocery firm
Mr Stanley G Whitacre president of Virginia Seal Wild Cherry Wine Co now chosen president of Hoff Andrews Grocery Co Norton Virginia largest wholesale grocer in the state with capitalization of 500000. Sale of building lots continues with offerings on Fairmont avenue Braddock Heights and North avenue and Miller Supply Co advertises fruit jars and tin cans for preserving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley G.whitacre
Virginia Seal Wild Cherry Wine Company
Hoff-Andrews Grocery Company
Norton
Fairmont Avenue
Braddock Heights
North Avenue
Miller Supply Co
Son seeks Confederate soldier James B. Russell grave in Winchester
John W. Russell requests help locating his father James B. Russell of the 48th Virginia Regiment who died of fever about six months after the Civil War began and was buried in Winchester. A letter from Mr. C W Collins to M D Albin asks locals or cemetery authorities to identify the grave, noting temporary burials near Routzahn’s residence and possible later moves to Stonewall Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
James B. Russell
John W. Russell
Nashville, Tenn
Frick Company
C. W. Collins
M. D. Albin
Albin
Virginia
Stonewall Cemetery
Routzahn
South Washington Street
Collins
48Th
Women Faint At Baptist Camp Meeting In Berryville Area
In a large gathering of more than three thousand colored attendees from Harrisburg to Winchester, chaos erupted at a Baptist camp meeting north of Berryville. Women fainted amid loud exhortations, several were placed in fence corners, a colored preacher broke a leg when a team ran off, and the meeting ended amid intense excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Winchester
Berryville
Robertson Buys Winchester Property After Culpeper Sale
The Fredericksburg correspondent reports W. R. Robertson, who recently sold his Culpeper county estate, has purchased property in Winchester and will reside there. He married Miss Bessie Hall of Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Richmond Times
W. R. Robertson
Culpeper County
Wincheser
Reverend Scanlon Returns from Hudson River Vacation
Rev. D H Scanlon pastor of Berryville Presbyterian Church returns from a month long vacation along the Hudson River He will preach at Stephenson next Sunday evening at 3 30 oclock and at Stones Chapel at 8 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Scanlon
Berryville Presbyterian Church
Hudson River
Stephenson
Stone’s Chapel
Charley Rouss Fire Company and Band Yard Party
The Charley Rouss Fire Company and band will assemble at their hall at 8 o clock Friday night for a Friendship Band yard party. The company will wear citizens dress and the band in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Epworth League meeting and local notices at Lake View
Happenings from Lake View Virginia report a well attended Epworth League mass meeting at Burnt Factory Church and a lecture by Mrs. Welles of the WCTU. Local residents and visitors are listed with social calls, visits, and brief events including a yard party raising about thirty dollars, store painting by Cooper and O'Rear, and ill health notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Correavondente
The
Evening Star
Lake View
Epworth League
Burnt Factory Church
Welles
C. W. Tanquary
Cooper & O’rear
Winchester
Josiah Swingle
Washington
R. F. Duvall
West Chester
Anna Benner
Jefferson County
W. Va
Charles Cunningham
Big Pool
A. D. Cunningham
Katie Snapp
Opequon
Minnie Wood Chapel
Tena Peer
Fawcett’s Gap
Charles Tanquary
R. M. Swimley
Carey Bromley
Mr. Duvall
Silent Mill
John Bush
James S. Jones Dies In Berryville
James S. Jones a prominent Berryville Va produce merchant died at his home after several months illness from heart trouble. He was a Berryville native and elder of the Presbyterian Church. Survived by his widow and six children. Funeral services were held at four this afternoon from the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Jones
Berryville
Jones
Presbyterian Church
Card Party at Judge Harrison's Hosts Honorees
Judge Thomas W. Harrison hosted a progressive euchre party at his West Clifford street home in honor of Miss Grayson and Miss Rebecca Harrison. The evening was enjoyable with supper and prizes awarded to Miss Savage and Mr. Sandy Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Harrison
West Clifford Street
Grayson
Rebecca Harrison
Savage
Sandy Baker
Lomax Confesses Horrible Crime in Jail Confusion
John Lomax alias Homer, a 16 year old negro, confined in Alexandria Virginia city jail under a death sentence on the charge. He admits guilt in a sensational confession amid the prison case and ongoing inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lomax
Homer
Alexandria
Rev Yeakley Disturbance Leads to Eight Arrests in Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Maryland Deputy Sheriff Barber arrested eight individuals for disturbing religious services led by Rev M L Yeakley of Winchester at a Franklin Street evangelistic tent. Warrants were issued before Justice Hoffman by special police Boward Ricketts and Coffman. Bail posted for Friday trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Barber
M. L. Yeakley
Winchester
West Franklin Street
High
Winter Streets
Justice Hoffman
Messrs. Boward
Ricketts and
Coffman
Tilden Donohugh
George Warner
John Daymude
Reformed Picnic At Clevengers
The Sunday School of the Reformed Church holds its annual picnic at Clevengers on the Opequon. Members and young friends gathered at the church at 8 oclock to drive to the picnic ground for a pleasant day outing without a long railroad trip. City Clerk Richard L. Gray Uncle David Hausltn and Mr. Jack Grim oversee the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Reformed Church
Clevengers
Opequon
Reformed
Richard L. Gray
David Hausltn
Jack Grim
Valuable horse breaks neck in Clarke County accident
John F. Sowers of Stone Bridge Clarke county was traveling to this city when his valuable young horse bolted from the buggy. The horse ran into a blacksmith shop and, in striking the building, its neck was broken and it died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Sowers
Stone Bridge
Clarke County
New Bank Building Under Rapid Brick Work
The brickwork on the corner of Main and Rouss avenue progresses rapidly with interior walls rising. The outer walls have a stone base and the completed building is expected to be a magnificent structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main and
Rouss Avenue
Rainsberger Property Sold at Monmouth Street Auction
Auctioneer E. L. Hodgson sold the J. W. Rainsberger property on Monmouth street this afternoon. Ex-Postmaster C. H. Hardy bought the lot for 430 dollars.
Friendship Fire Company Special Meeting Tonight
A special meeting of the Friendship Fire Company is scheduled for eight o'clock this evening. Members are urged to attend and discuss upcoming matters.
Sarah Zane Fire Company to Meet in Special Session
The Sarah Zane Fire Company will convene in a special session tonight at eight o clock to discuss an urgent matter requiring immediate attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Miss Nannie Nulton Returns From Capon Springs Visit
Miss Nannie Nulton, after several weeks at Capon Springs, returned home this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Nulton
Capon Springs
Noted discoverer to visit Winchester with air cure method
Renowned T C Northcott of Limair Sanitarium Luray Va to appear in Winchester with his process that channels purified cavern air into rooms for respiratory diseases. Rev Joyce hails it as a crowning discovery. hotel Evans hosts Northcott for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
T C. Northcott
Luray
Northcott
T. C. Northcott
Limair Sanitarium
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Star Staff
Star
County Temperance Union
Sire
Mr. Russell
Father
Mr. Scanlon
Charley Roussers
Judge
Lomax
Rev. Yeakley
Friendship Fire Company
Capon
Prof. Northcott
Limair Fame
MR. Joyce
Luray Cave
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