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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1906
Page
4
A society column lists Miss Lydd Chapman visiting in Harrisonburg and Miss Minché Chapman staying at Grimes. Other entries note Miss Virginia Whiesen visiting relatives in Baltimore and Mr. Edward L. Henry returning from West Virginia travels. A play notice for The Denver Express appears with show details.
Local notes record residents and visitors in Boyce and nearby towns. Names include Mr. Fred Gibson and guest Miss Steuffer, with travels to Winchester Harrisburg Warrenton and Bristol. Several family visits and trips to events are noted along with a rain related overnight stay in Winchester.
Mr Arthur B Keller and his sister Miss Maude Keller of Delray Hamp shire County West Virginia returned home after an extended visit to their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Joshua Davis of Rippon West Virginia They attended the Berryville Horse Show during their stay there.
The two new CG V Railroad passenger engines are numbered 45 and 46 and will have four drivers each six feet ten inches in diameter. These will be the fastest engines in this valley.
George Rossett of Rashid, a leper, is under a faith cure near Pickens, West Virginia after weeks with a New York cultist offering ab sent treatment. He reads the Bible and prays, confident in recovery as storms bring floods to Berryville and the Opequon rises, threatening bridges and forcing near noon action.
Market report shows steady quotations for oats butter and poultry items with figures around 2.75 for certain goods and eggs at various mid range prices. Listings include young chickens old hens and old roosters among others in today’s local market snapshot.
The board of Nations Bank Winchester Warner adopted resolutions mourning the death of Henry Single who died August 18 1906 after more than twenty five years with the bank including thirteen as president. He was praised as faithful conscientious and honorable and his loss noted by directors officers and patrons. A copy of the resolutions will be recorded published and sent to his relatives.
White Hall August 28. A number of residents attended the Inwood Fair last Thursday and reported a good time. A. L. Anderson's barn was struck by lightning during the storm but suffered no damage. The Pleasant Valley U B Church P C A picnic and lawn party is set for Saturday evening September 1. Mayme Hancher returned home after visiting relatives in Hagerstown, accompanied by Dora LeFevre of Baltimore. Lillian Line visits her parents in Highview. Bertella Summel returned from a ten day trip to Atlantic City. A. L. Anderson and family visiting Gainesboro. J. H. Hardy surprised friends by taking a wife last Thursday. Miller Hancher visits his parents.
Thomas Hall who shot and killed James Bundy a negro at the White House in Page County was discharged from custody yesterday by the coroner's jury. Hall claimed self defense.
Misses Helen and Dorothy Kinkaid, who have been spending the summer at Winchester Inn, left this morning for Annapolis Maryland and Atlanta Georgia.
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