Wedding of Laura M Miller Gray and Stewart Bell
The ceremony at St John’s Lutheran Church united Laura Miller Gray daughter of Rev Dr Lewis G M Miller and Stewart Bell of Winchester. Attendants included Mary Foster Miller sister of the bride and Harmon Brown Bell best man. After vows the couple began a Florida honeymoon via Palm Beach and southern states. Relatives and friends attended from Charleston and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C
Laura Miller Gray
Lewis G. M. Miller
Winchester
Stewart Bell
Charleston
London
Mary ‘Foster Miler
Pr. Miller
Armand Miller
St. John’ ‘S Church
Harmon Brown Bell
Baltimore
Alexander Brown & ‘Sons
Bell
Palm Beach
Florida
Winchester Couple Marry in Charleston and Plan Home Visit
Mr and Mrs Bell wed this afternoon in Charleston South Carolina and will return to Winchester this month to live at the Bell residence on Market Street after December 20. Mrs Bell is described as handsome and will join local society after spending the summer with her parents and son. Mr Bell is a rising Winchester fruit grower owning a leading apple farm once owned by Gen Stewart Brown of Baltimore and is active in state horticultural affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Charleston
S. C
Winchester
Martoet Street
Gen
Stewart Brown
Baltimore
The
State Horticultural Society
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
This is the week for early holiday shopping
The notice urges shoppers to start buying next week to beat crowds and avoid shortages. It claims prices will not drop before Christmas and many items will be exhausted if delayed. Shoppers are advised to act now.
Paradise in Hardy County Buckwheat Cakes and Larees
The Moorefield Examiner notes Hardy County's season of abundance as cattle export looms on the horizon and rural life shines in humor and pride. The piece playfully elevates local produce and livestock amid harvest mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise
Hardy County
Hardy
Moorefield Examiner
Promotion for WR Reese Arnold at Baltimore Customs
WR Reese Arnold promoted from clerkship in class No 4 to superintendent of bonded warehouses at Baltimore Customs. He was appointed June 16 1885 by President Cleveland and praised for a solid service record. No dismissals occurred amid a broad shake up. investigations found minor beer keg tampering but shortages were contained. Arnold, 59, son of the late Rev David Arnold, is a Winchester, Virginia native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ores
M House
Franklin MacVeagh
United States ‘Treasury
New York
Baltimore
T. Reese
Edgar
Ann
J. Reilly Grimm
Winchester
Arnold
Collector Stone
David Arnold
Te Methodist Episcopal Ch Reft
Staunton
Baltimore Custom House
Public Sale At Jackson Farm On Martingburg Pike
A public sale of 3 fine mares, 5 colts all Percheron, 18 cattle, 31 sheep, fodder, horn and farming implements will be held at the Jackson farm on Martingburg Pike on Tuesday December 7 1909. Jonah L Co H Purcell Adm’r.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Farm
Martingburg Pike
Best Association for Borrowers and Investors in Front Royal
Mercantile at Front Royal Virginia promotes itself as the best association for borrowers and investors with an unsurpassed record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercantile
Front Royal
Mrs Cox Returns From Baltimore With Family
Mrs Cox returns to her Harrisonburg home with the remains of her husband the late Rev Dr Cox. She is accompanied by her brother W G Moffett and sister Mrs L A Zirkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel. K. ‘Cox
Harrisonburg
Baltimore
Dr. Cox
W. G. Moffett
L. A. Zirkle
Miss Friskey and Stanley Moller wed in Hagerstown ceremony
Mar tinsburg West Virginia residents Miss Mary Louise Friskey and Stanley R. Moller married Monday in Hagerstown Indiana. Rev. Dr. A B Statton officiated. The couple, well known locally, will reside in Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley R. Moller
Mary Louise Friskey
Martinsburg
WW. Va
Hagerstown
Ind
A. B. Statton
Mer cantile Pays Up Stock Plan for Valley
Mercantile announces a near eighteen year old program offering paid up stock and monthly payments as the best plan in the valley. The notice highlights solid terms and stability for investors.
Ladies Aid Chicken Supper Friday at U B Parsonage
Friday night December 3 a Ladies Aid chicken supper will be held at the U B Parsonage on N Braddock Street. Supper price 25 cents. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
U. B. Parsonage
N. Braddock St
Stork Visits Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins
A baby boy was welcomed at Davis Memorial Hospital Elkins West Virginia to Mr and Mrs Harry E Campbell The infant is named Harry Winslow Loraine The Campbell family previously includes Mazzie Belle Ambrose of Frederick County in the local announcements
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Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
W. Va
Harry
E. Campbell
Harry Winslow
Loraine
Campbell
Mazzie Belle ‘Ambrose
Frederick County
Virginia Apples Sent to Mr Taft
Swanton officials sent three boxes of Albemarle pirpins and winesaps to President Taft and Governor Swanson. The apples drew praise for their color and quality with prompt acknowledgments from both recipients. The Virginia State Horticultural Society plans its next annual meeting in January in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanton
Gover
Swanson
Wedding announced for Herbert Larrick and Nancy Nulton
Invitations issued for the marriage of Herbert S. Larrick and Nancy Clarke Nulton of Winchester. The ceremony will be at Anait Protestant Episcopal Church at 4 o'clock. Larrick, a lawyer and junior partner in Ward & Larrick, is a State Senator candidate. Nulton, daughter of Col Joseph A. Nulton, is a Woman's College graduate who once served as vice principal at Cumberland High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Larrick
Nancy Clarke Nulton
Winchester
Anaiet Protestant ‘Episcopal Church
Peas
William and Mary College
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Ward & ‘Larrick
Robert M. Ward
Larrick
Frederick County
Miss Nulton
Joseph A. Nulton
Virginia Nulton
Second Virginia Regiment
Cumberland, Sra
Notable Career of Lt Cmdr Louis Nution Nitton in Navy
Lieutenant Commander Louis Nitton Nitton was born August 5 1869 in Winchester Virginia. He entered the Naval Academy September 1885 at age 16 and a month and served in the USS Chicago the flagship of the first White Squadron. He chose the engineering branch and was commissioned as assistant engineer in 1891 and promoted to passed assistant engineer in 1896. He served with the American squadron to Brazil and later on the cruiser Charleston during the campaign against Gama. Continued on page 2.
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Louis, McCoy’ Nution i
Winchester
Virginia
Naval Academy
Reddit
Chicago
o'White
United States
Engineer Corps
Nitton
Brazil
Pation
Don ‘Pedro
Charleston
Re de Seterio
Ute
Willis Hodges Killed by Train Near Shepherdstown
News from Winchester reports the death of 31 year old Willis Hodges a Berkeley County stock dealer and farmer killed when his buggy was struck by a Norfork and Western freight train as he crossed the tracks near Hodges elevator at Shepherdstown. He died within a half hour and his body was taken home for funeral services. He left a widow Eva Miller and four young children. Funeral plans set for Martinsburg cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
K. Willis Hodges
Berkeley County
Shepherdstown
Safferson County
Norfore and Western Railway
Hodges
G. T. Hodges
Martinsburg
Eva Miller
Samuel Miller
Horace Re.mckineter
Christmas Buying Encouraged Early by Merchants
Christmas buying is now on and many purchasers show desire to finish early. It would be a great help to merchants and clerks if buyers did not wait until the last minute.
John Wyn Dodd to Build Big Power Plant in Martinsburg
Martinsburg resident John Wyn Dodd leads an engineering survey team to locate the Janda and Tak ing the Jewels on the South Branch of the Trough for a forthcoming winter power plant project. W VanMetre oversees the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wyn Dodd
Martinsburg
W. Va
W. VanMetre
Pay Day For Teachers In County
Supt. M J M Lynch announced that all county public school teachers will receive their monthly checks starting at eleven o'clock Saturday morning. It is expected that nearly every teacher in the county will be in town that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. JM. Lynch
Public
Berryville project offers definite contract for borrowers
A Berryville plan outlines up to date terms for investors to take shares under a definite contract. The notice emphasizes secure borrowing conditions and orderly share participation in the local development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Stewart Street Rink Opens on Thursday and Saturday Nights
Rink at Stewart Street, opening schedule announced for Thursday and Saturday evenings. Confectioners’ shop text notes Sage for Caking. event appears in local notices with company names Orn doref and McVicar.
Large Crowds Expected Tonight at Local Auditorium
Management announces an extra fine program of late pictures tonight. Large crowds are expected to attend shows featuring volumes such as Gsott Leeson in Charity Sams Artistic Bend Volcano of Java and Awakened Memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gsott Leeson
Sams
Java
Harris 10 Gets a Second Trial in Fauquier Case
Warrenton High School product Prof. J D Harris was granted a new trial after the Virginia Supreme Court reversed a Fauquier County verdict. The court found error in not allowing a grand jury witness to testify about statements, a ruling the attorney general argued should have been allowed. Harris, who had been sentenced to four years, remains free on bail as the case returns for retrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton High School
J. D. Harris
Penitentia
W. A. Thompson
Warrenton
Cass
W. &. Thompson
Virginian
Jim Renton
Theaipson
Harris
Thom
Orren
Also Mentioned on This Page
Laura Miller ‘Gray
Met
Dry
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Reese Arnold
Jonah L. Co
H. Purcell, Adm’r
Miss Friskey
Tenge
Stork
MR. Taft
Christ Church
U.S. Navy
Louis McOy
Nulton
Willis Hodges
Confectioners
Orndoref & McVicar
Supreme Court
Thompson
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