Handley Library Contract Seen Going to Local Bid
Handley Fund Board meets at City Hall to decide on a $100,000 library contract. The board may switch terra cotta to cut limestone, raising cost but boosting durability. Local firm Glaize & Brother and Mankin Construction Co of Richmond are the two bids under consideration with Winchester hoping for a local award.
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Handley Library
Handley Board
Council
Glaize & Bro
The
Handley Fund
Star
Glaize & Brother
Mankin Construction Company
Richmond
Winchester
Glaize &Brother
Westward success fuels Oberlin subscriber's tale
Pr J B Larrick of Oberlin Kansas renews The Evening Star subscription saying Greely’s advice to go West paid off. Since moving in 1885 he has built a varied career and accumulated experiences that would outshine any novel.
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J. B. Larrick
Oberlin
Kansas
The
Evening Star
Horace Greely
West
Frederick County Considers Jamestown Expo Agricultural Exhibit
Frederick County Board of Supervisors met to plan a standout exhibit of local agriculture and fruit at the Jamestown Expo next summer. Each member appointed a district committee to coordinate with farmers and fruit growers, with aid from the Frederick County Fruit Growers' Association. The Rosenberger road matter was settled and opened to travel.
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Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Frederick County Fruit Growers’ Association
Rosenberger Road
Final search for Sandusky boys missing since 1899
Chief of Police 8. A. Seabright reports from Sandusky that the last search for Willie Messig and Joseph Wirth is underway. The boys, ten and eleven when last seen on July 13 1899, would now be sixteen and seventeen. The notice asks newspapers nationwide to aid the hunt and to contact the Sandusky Police Chief with any clues.
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A. Seabright
Sandusky, CO
Willie Messig
Joseph Wirth
Sandusky
Ohio
Joseph Maphis Dies At Age Eighty In Virginia
Joseph Maphis a longtime Basic City merchant and Shenandoah County resident died Sunday night at age 80. He moved from Shenandoah to Augusta County eight years ago and spent his final years in Basic City. He is survived by his widow and two daughters Emma Funkhouser in Mount Jackson and Bertie Ridenour in Richmond.
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Joseph Maphis
Basic City
Mount Jackson
Shenandoah Coun
Mount Jackson_ Anis
Maphis
Shenandoah
Augusta County
Emma Funkhouser
Bertie Ridenour
Richmond
Local Marriage License Issued for Chamberlin and Clevenger
A marriage license was issued in the county clerk's office to Jonas QO Chamberlin aged 23 and Miss Ida C Clevenger, both of the county. The groom is described as a young farmer and the bride as the daughter of Mr and Mrs J Newton Clevenger.
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Jonas QO. Chamberlin
J. Newton Clevenger
Glaize and Brother Partner Confined by Severe Cold
Mr. Glaize II and Mr. Fred L. Glaize of the firm Glaize and Brother are confined to their rooms with a severe cold. They are improving and hope to be out again in a day or two.
Dr Fuller Improves at Local Hospital
Friends report Dr William McP Fuller shows improvement after weeks of illness at the hospital. Earlier concerns about his condition had raised fears for his health.
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William McP. Fuller
Fuller
Colonel Edwin A Stevens Improves After Illness
The Evening Star reports Colonel Edwin A Stevens of Hoboken and Stevens Institute of Technology is improving at his sister's Berryville home after double pneumonia. Doctors say outcome uncertain but hold conditional hope. his wife and family are with him.
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Edwin A. Stevens
Hoboken, N. J
Stevens Institute of Technology
BE. A. Lewis
Berryville
Star
Stevens
Associated Press
New York
Virginia
Hoboken
N. J
Stevens’ Institute of Technology
Happenings Around Millwood Featured Local Visits
Millwood news notes visitors and residents from Blue mont and Berryville to Millwood and nearby towns. Families travel for holidays, recoveries improve, and local residents spend time in Winchester Berryville and Hagerstown.
Death of Miss May Dean Brings Relatives to National Avenue
Relatives and friends gathered at the bier of Miss May Dean this afternoon to pay tribute. Services were held at her National Avenue home with Rev. George Bowers officiating. Burial followed at Mount Hebron. Emblems came from United Telephone Company exchange office and Fairfax Club, with pallbearers named M. B. Murnan, John W. Murnan, J. Mack Noonan, James McFadden, Carl Walker, and H. H. Rust.
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May Dean
Affec
George
Bowers
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron
United Telephone Company
Miss Dean
Fairfax Club
Charlies FE. Dean
M. B
John W. Murnan
J. Mack Noonan
James McFadden
Carl Walker
H. H. Rust
Judge rules Covington local option election voided
Alleghany Circuit Court Judge George K. Anderson set aside Covington’s September 11 local option vote for missing second ward voters and ruled poll tax not needed to vote in local option elections. Temperance advocates plan another petition and election. Decision due December 15.
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George K. Anderson
Alleghany Circuit Court
Covington
Anderson
T. W. Harrison
Wm. M. Atkinson
Frank Christian
Romeo and Juliet Company Arrives for Local Revival
The Owens Stock Company arrives from Chambersburg Pa for a Shakespearian revival at the Auditorium tonight. They are staged at Hotel Evans. A local property listing offers an eight room house with barns and 200 acres of land near Winchester on Millwood turnpike priced at 5000 dollars with flexible payments. Horsey Atwett advertise ties at modest prices.
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The
Owens Stock Company
Chambersburg
Evans
Improvements at the Winchester Memorial Hospital Planned by Auxiliary
The Woman's Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital voted to spend donated funds on hospital improvements. They will paint six rooms and the male ward, with additional renovations using leftover money. A private $10 contribution was also received. Membership is open to interested women.
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Union
Grace Lutheran Church
Congregation of
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Christ Church
Fair Buds Bloom Into Society at Bachelors' Cotillion
The first Monday German of the Bachelors' Cotillion Club of Baltimore drew 35 debutantes to Lehmann's Hall. Notables included Miss Katherine Knight Barton and Miss Nellie Tabb, both in elegant gowns. Chaperoned by Mrs. Randolph Barton Jr, attendees included Mr. Loring A. Cover and Mr. Harry K. Russell of the city.
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Bachelors’ Cotillion Club
Baltimore
Lehmann's
Randolph Barton, Jr
Nellie Tabb
J. Prosser
Miss Barton
Robert. T. Barton
Tabb
Winchester
Willie McGuire
Loring A. Cover
Harry K. Russell
Bank Vias Suit For $500.00 Note
Judgment awarded Shenandoah Valley National Bank in circuit court for $500 plus interest and costs against Oscar Snapp and John M. Steck as committee of Mary J. Buncutter widow of J. H. Buncutter, a Frederick County farmer. Attorney R. Gray Williams represented the bank. Steck appeared for the committee. The suit concerned a note for $500.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Oscar Snapp
John M. Steck
Mary J. Buncutter
J. H. Buncutter
Granddaughter of Mrs Morgan to wed Mr Hicks at Bethel Baptist
Mrs Fannie M. Morgan of Clarke County announces the wedding of her granddaughter Miss Wilhelmina Gibson to Mr William T Hicks. The ceremony will be held at Bethel Baptist Church Clarke County on December 26. Christmas shopping angle from Hersey Atwell furnishes stock for Him and Her.
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Hersey & Atwell
J. E. Calvin
Sunrise Church
Abram Gardner Dead in Grimes County
Abram Gardner aged 43 of Grimes died yesterday after a months long illness with consumption. Funeral services will be at his home tomorrow at eleven and burial in Hetrick's graveyard Welltown. He leaves a widow seven children two sisters one brother and his aged mother Mary M. Gardner.
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Grimes
Abram Gardner
Mary M. Gardner
Alfred Gardner
Ida Gardner
Jennie Ashwood
Berkeley County
W. Va
Miss Crebs Married to Frank S. Harrison Jr.
Announcement of the December 1 wedding in Washington D C of Miss Katherine M Crebs daughter of J N Crebs Kernstown to Frank S Harrison Jr Newark New Jersey Rev G Calvert Carter officiated They will reside in Newark Mr Crebs a well known Kernstown resident and the late Judge Homer Crebs a longtime police magistrate in Winchester are noted with pride
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J. N. Crebs
Mr. Harrison
Newark, New Jersey
Katherine M. Crebs
Kernstown
Homer Crebs
Winchester
Frank Ss. Harrison, Jr
Newark
N. J
Washington, D.C
G. Calvert Carter
Black Patti Dead and Remembered in Winchester
Flora Easton known as Black Patti dies at 36 from uraemia after a mourning visit. She sang for European royalty and for England’s Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, receiving a silk Union Jack. Her fame included audiences at the Winchester and Columbus venues and a life linked to international figures. The piece also notes a local burial and a Philadelphia visit by Mrs. Alexander Barrie.
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Flora Easton
Black Patti
Uraemia
Europe
Windsor Castle
England
Western tour party eyes farming lands in Oklahoma and beyond
A large business and professional group from Martinsburg departs by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for an extended western tour through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and more to scout business prospects and farming lands. Led by Bruce Worthington, the party includes numerous Valley residents and plans trips to Goldfield Nevada and Denver for mining interests.
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Martinsburg
Baltimore , Ohio
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Miinois
Chicago
Pittsburg
Bruce Worthington
B. F. Bond
B. E
Spen
Winchester
Panhandle
Wis
A. R. Unger
Geo
Ziter
Joy Springs
W. Va
BE. M. Sibert
R. 8
Correct Market Report Daily Reads The Morning News Item
Market data from the daily report highlights price movements and trading activity. Analysts note shifts in equities and commodities, with attention on energy and financial sectors amid evolving market conditions.
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Ida C. Clevenger
Coun
Dr. Fuller
Col. Stevens
Phonia
A. P. Osborne
Dr. Manamara
Millwood
Julian Burch
Mrs
Judson Kerfoot
Blue
Anna Jolliffe
Alex. Jolliffe
Hagerstown
Ruth Copenhaver
Bessie Garvin
Joseph Bowles
James
Adelaide Nelson
George H. Burwell
Nellie Estep
Miss Famine Glascock
Ed. Heflebower
W. B. McKay
Wiliam Renner
B. W. Catlett
Harry Brockdorff
Boyce
Courtney Weems
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Fairmount Ave
Nue
Walter Cox
Gertrude McCormick
City
Miss May Dean
National
Clifton
Forge
Romeo and Juliet” Company
Romeo and Juliet
Millwood Turnpike
M. M. Lynch
Horsey & Atwett
Rial Hospital
Katherine Knight Barton
Attor
Fannie M. Morgan
Clarke
Gardner
Miss Crebs
Queen Vic
Toria
Sum
Sion
Pope Leo
King
Italy
Czar
Russia
President Cleveland
Patti
Alexander Barrie
Philadelphia
Big Crowd
Ilinois
Western States
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