Captain Snodgrass Talks Of Illness And Healing
Captain William Snodgrass of the Cumberland Valley Railroad recounts his two year illness and recovery after Johns Hopkins doctors told him he had three weeks to live. He describes a gall duct operation removing three pea sized stones and credits the care at Hopkins with saving his life.
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William Snodgrass
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Winchester
Hagerstown Mail
Osler
Johns Hopkins
Snodgrass
C. V
Juniors Consider Philadelphia Trip For Firemen’s Meet
The Junior Fire Company of Hagerstown Maryland directs Secretary Buck to contact the Pennsylvan ia Firemen’s Association committee about the October Philadelphia meeting. They may cancel plans for Staunton Virginia if Staunton fails to provide the official program, and might join the Winchester Charley Rouss Fire Company in Philadelphia.
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Hagerstown
Buck
Penny'lvania Firemen’s Association
Philadelphia
Staunton, Vs
Allffrts
Virginia
Staunton
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Winchester
Circus Passes Through on B&O Route to Huntington
Moore's Great Virginia Shows traveled via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad last night en route to Huntingtonville West Virginia. The traveling troupe passed through town and halted briefly before continuing their schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Huttoneville
W. Va
Mrs. Ross's Nephew Attempts Death in New York
George Ross Bateman age 21, a Coffroth grandson and Tow ers relative, drank a quart of whisky and laudanum at his West Sixty-fifth Street apartment. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital and reported out of danger. Police seek renter Gussie Curtis. Bateman, reared by grandfather George R. Coffroth, had lived with him in Baltimore before moving to New York last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ross Bateman
George R. Coffroth
Winchester
John Towers
Gertrude Ross
West Sixty-fifth Street
New York City
Bellevue Hospital
Gussie Curtis
Bateman
Mr. Bateman
Wm. P. Cummings
Baltimore
Madison Avenue
Mr. Coffroth
New York
B. M. Haines
Slanesville
W. Va
George Jolliffe
Jolliffe
West Virginia
Tregalis, Hertell & Co
D. D. Davis
Alexandria
Slanksville
Haines
Romney Review
New College Principal Arrives in Winchester
Prof. A B Warwick named president and principal of Valley Female College arrived from Charlottesville and set temporary headquarters at Hotel Lyons. He met local leaders, reports early progress in the college and city. His daughter remains in Charlottesville and is due in Winchester next week as the college session begins September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Warwick
the Valley Female College
Charlottesville
Hotel Lyons
Warwick
Winchester
Picnic in Honor of Ada Rosenberger at Rosenberger Virginia
Miss Ada Rosenberger visits her brother in Germain Street Rosenberger Virginia. A group of about thirty young people enjoyed a pleasant evening at Rouss Springs with games cake and lemonade. Chaperones included Mrs Wm Benizill Mrs Oliver Woore Mr and Mrs John Woomer and Mr and Mrs Wm Flemister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Woore
Emma Bowman
Rouss Springs
Ada Rosenberger
Rosenberger
John Rosenberger
Germain Street
Wm Benizill
Oliver Woore
John Woomer
Wm. Flemister
Hoover Family Reunion Honors Longtime Matriarch
A large gathering of relatives and friends meets at Charles Hoover's residence about one and a half miles west of town to celebrate Mrs Suan Hoover's 78th birthday. She is the widow of Henry Hoover and mother of nine children with many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hoover
Hoover
Suan Hoover
Henry Hoover
Crab Supper at Hart Hotel Impresses Guests
Captain Abner Engle of Baltimore and J. W. Athey proprietor of Hart Hotel hosted a crab supper at the Hart Hotel last night. About twenty guests attended and the event lasted until nearly midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Engle
Baltimore
J. W. Athey
Hart Hotel
Horse Lost to Colic Belonging to Liveryman Wiggington
A valuable sorrel horse owned by H. W. Wiggington the liveryman rear of the Lutheran Church died this morning from colic. The horse was valued at $100.
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H. W. Wiggington
Lutheran Church
Unique messenger bicycle service between Winchester and Woodstock
By September 15 W. D. Parker of Stephens City plans a daily bicycle messenger route between Winchester and Woodstock covering fifty-two miles round trip. The service delivers small parcels prescriptions telegrams and orders with a guaranteed prompt delivery regardless of weather. Parker will depart Stephens City at seven arriving Winchester at eight then ride to Woodstock returning to Stephens City by three.
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W. D. Parker
Stephens City
Winchester
Woodstock
Parker
Valley Pike
Lieut Nulton Arrives in San Francisco
Mrs Louis M Nulton received a telegram from Lieut Nulton of the United States Navy stating his ship the Solace arrived in San Francisco after two years on active duty. He has not yet received leave but expects to be in Winchester by September 7.
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Louis M. Nulton
Lieut. Nulton
United States Navy
Solace
San Francisco
Lieut
Nurton
Winchester
Valuable Ore Deposit Found Near Gore County Farm
Mr. Ben Smoot brought a specimen of ore to Tur Sraz office this morning claimed by a mineralogist to contain 95 percent iron. It was found on Abner Ping- Jey’s Gore county farm by Smoot and a surveying corps unit earlier this week. The section is reported to be filled with ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Smoot
Tur Sraz
Abner Ping- Jey
Gore
Smoot
Williams Found at Hotel Evans After Winchester Return
Mie Sallie Williams has returned to Winchester and is now located again at Hotel Evans confirming her present whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mie Sallie Williams
Winchester
Hotel Evans
Prisoner in Waiting Room Overnight Narrows Escape
Mr. Albert Polhamus, returning from Elmira New York after months with his brother, spent a night locked in the Cumberland Valley waiting room. After missing the Winchester train at Hagerstown he dozed and the station agent locked the door, leaving him imprisoned until morning. His family suffered losses during his absence.
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Albert Polhamus
Elmira
New York
Polhamus
Hagerstown
Winchester
Cumberland Valley
Howitzer Gift Unveiled at Everett G A R Post
A howitzer and shells gifted by the United States Government and secured via ex Congressman Joseph E Thropp were unveiled at the Everett Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic post. A parade and fireworks followed with speeches by Gen B F Fisher of Valley Forge R T Barton mayor of Winchester Hon Joseph E Thropp and ex Governors Hastings and Beaver. The artillery came from the field near Everett after Gen Milroy's army retreated. Mayor Barton is described as a Confederate.
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Everett
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Joseph E. Thropp
B. F. Fisher
Valley Forge
R. T. Barton
Winchester
Hastings
Beaver
Milroy
Barton
Winchester Girl's Coming Marriage in West Virginia
Mr and Mrs Lemuel P Dandridge issue invitations for the marriage of their niece Miss Serena Pendleton Dandridge to Mr Hugh Nelson Pendleton of Pittsburg. The ceremony will be held Wednesday evening September 11 at The Bower near Leetown W Va at 735. Miss Dandridge is a Winchester girl and daughter of the late Edmund P Dandridge.
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Lemuel P. Dandridge
Serena Pendleton Dandridge
Hugh Nelson Pendleton
Pittsburg
Bower
Dandridge
Leetown
W. Va
Miss Dandridge
Winchester
Edmund P. Dandridge
Peach delivery brightens THE Star office afternoon
A visitor, Mr. A. G. Rutherford of Lenore, presented a basket of Alberta peaches to THE Star newsroom. The fruit was described as the largest and finest the reporters had seen, prompting a lighthearted note that the latch string is always outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dame Fortune
Star Office
A. G. Rutherford
Lenore
Alberta
Weekly Journal
Larrick Attends Knights Templar Conclave in Louisville
N K Larrick returned from Rockport Indiana and joined the Nations Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar in Louisville. He calls the event grand and expresses pleasure with Louisville.
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N. K Larrick
Rockport
Ind
Knights Templar
Louisville
Hoover patent for automatic grain door and car replacer
Winchester inventor Jacob D. Hoover and City Treasurer Geo H. Kinzel received a patent for an automatic grain door for railroad cars that rolls away when not in use and resets with a spring. A separate patent covers a car replacer track section that can reinstall derailed engines and cars within about fifteen minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob D. Hoover
South Main Street
Hoover
Winchester
Geo. H. Kinzel
Baltimore and Ohio
Kinzal
Temperance Union Holds Annual Meeting in Local Chapter
The local Women’s Christian Temperance Union held its annual meeting yesterday afternoon. President Mrs Arthur Leafe presided as reports were delivered by superintendents Mrs Bettie Haines Mrs M H Spotts Mrs Bruce Gibson Mrs John Bryarly Mrs E M Hottel and Misses Sarah and Ruhama Repshur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Arthur Leafe
Bettie Haines
M. H. Spotts
Bruce Gibson
John Bryarly
E. M. Hottel
Sarah and
Ruhama Repshur
Excursion Train Draws 884 Passengers to Luray
The Cumberland Valley Railroad ran a big excursion to Luray last Saturday carrying 884 passengers. The trip also picked up travelers from the N. and W. network, illustrating the potential for large passenger business if railroad officials show more initiative.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad
Luray
Shepherdstown
Baltimore clergymen visit brother then return home
Dr. Wm. and Rev. Gao with Rev. Dr. Wm. M. Dame and Rev. George Dame have been visiting their brother Rev. Nelson P. Dame, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, and returned to Baltimore this morning. Dr. Dame leads Memorial Episcopal Church in northwest Baltimore and Rev. George Dame pastors Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in the same city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gao
Dams
Ratarn
Wm. M. Dame
George Dame
Nelson P. Dame
Christ Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Dame
Memorial Episcopal Church
Holy Innocents Episcopal Church
Annual Picnic Planned at Ss Pauls Lutheran Sunday School
The annual picnic at Ss Pauls Lutheran Sunday School will be held near the church at Fawcetts Gap tomorrow. Rev Dr John Bushnell of Winchester will preside and deliver an address.
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Ss. Paul’s Lutheran Sunday School
Fawcetts Gap
John Bushnell
Winchester
Weather forecast for Virginia from the United States Weather Bureau
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday in Virginia with warmer temperatures expected in the western part of the state.
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United States Weather Bureau Today
Virginia
Return visit of E M McMurran and daughter to Orange
After forty years E M McMurran and his daughter Miss M F McMurran, both of Orange, spent yesterday at Hotel Evans. McMurran, a prominent Orange druggist, revisited boyhood scenes near Winchester, born and raised about eight miles from town on the Martinsburg pike, and left forty years ago.
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E. M. McMurran
M. F. McMurran
Orange
Evans
McMurran
Winchester
Martinsburg Pike
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Bill
Circus
Bushnell’s
New College
Miss Rosenberge
Hoover Family
Cotlc
Here
Mr. Polhamus
Kinzel
Inventor Hoover
Temperance Advocate Report
Government Weather Report
Geo. Jolliffe
MR. Jolliffe
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