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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
1
A historical note on naval customs describing piping the side for visiting officers, the signaling pipe, and the tradition of sailor lads forming a receiving line. It explains how the old boarding practices for line of battle ships evolved into modern naval courtesy and the origin of the black silk necktie worn by sailors.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad advertises a special excursion to New York on December 9, with Nickels sold at the station at a rate of 9.80 dollars. Train No. 8 leaves at 9:07 and tickets will be valid for five days.
Hamilton Barner, 86, celebrated by wife, ten children, twenty eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He remains hale and active, shucking forty barrels of corn last week, with no deaths in his family and no prior sickness or legal troubles. He attributes longevity to calm living, temperance, and accepting life as it comes.
Adison Fletcher aged about 80 died at his Front Royal home from paralysis last Friday. Services were held Saturday at his home with Rev. W. F. Locke. burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery conducted by William Richardson Camp OCV. He is survived by a wife and four sons including Byrd and Charles of Front Royal and Thomas Fletcher of Cumberland Maryland.
Invitations issued for the wedding of Miss Lillian Rogers of Middletown to Mr Wade H Muse of North Carolina. The ceremony at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South Middletown on Wednesday December 18 at five o clock. Rogers daughter of Pendleton Rogers. Muse a prominent young business man.
Last night and this morning Winchester recorded the season's coldest temperatures with heavy frost. The thermometer read 15 degrees above zero at 4 am and dropped to 12 degrees below zero by 6 am, indicating a sharp fall since last winter.
An unconscious man was found in a northwest Washington alley at noon and taken to Emergency Hospital. John R. McIntosh of Winchester Virginia, a 28 year old painter, claimed the overdose was for neuralgia relief and said he had been living in Washington while visiting his mother in law on Kent Street.
Frank Morro, an Italian, was found guilty in Hagerstown of murdering Levi Lovell in Frostburg Maryland last summer. The jury deliberated under two hours and Morro claimed the shooting was accidental on the witness stand. Levi Lovell was a member of the Lovell gypsy family camped near town.
The Rev Mr McC White son of Rev Dr Henry M White of Keyns Town in this county arrived in Petersburg today and will preach at Washington Street Presbyterian Church Sunday. He is expected to accept the call extended by the church.
Mr. Charles E. Buckner formerly tied to the noted carriage firm of J William Miller accepts a lucrative post with prominent nurseryman Robert A Wickersham. Buckner hails from Fauquier County where he enjoys broad popularity and strong local support.
Friendship Fire Company officers announced at last night’s meeting that the oyster supper committee will meet once this week to plan a bazar and oyster supper during the winter. The event is expected around early February.
The Charley Rouss Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight at 7 30 o clock. Members are urged to be punctual as a brief session is planned and important business must be transacted.
Judge George W. Wilson of Upper Marlboro Maryland held three orders issued to Stonewall Jackson. The documents are noted as historic due to the fear surrounding Winchester during the era. The records highlight Civil War era command communications and regional tensions.
Shenandoah Division train crew report amusing run ins with the Jim Crow Car Law as colored passengers are directed to the Jim Crow compartment near the West Virginia line. Brakeman Stanley Harmer refuses bribe from a Philadelphia couple. the man vows to telegraph to Mark Hanna in Winchester.
The Gay Mr Goldstein company arrives in the city to perform at Winchester tonight in a farce hailed as superior. Star trio Mary Hampton Thomas J Keogh and George C Boniface Jr headline a strong cast with their own scenery painted by Moeses and Hamilton. Curtain at 8 15 with ticket prices 50c 75c and 1 00.
The Friendship Fire Company passed resolutions thanking the Friendship Fire Company of Chambersburg Pa the mayor of that city and all contributors for their hospitality during a Thanksgiving visit.
The Gay Mr. Gold stein Company carried extensive scenery and baggage delaying the 9:07 eastbound Baltimore and Ohio passenger train from Charlottesville as set baggage was transferred multiple times this morning.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union hosts a bazaar and social at Mrs. T. M. West’s residence on South Market Street Friday evening, December 6 at 8 o'clock. All are invited to attend.
Mr. F. M. Winter of Scranton Correspondence Schools has presented an elaborate display of war items and scenes as seen in the school’s wartime exhibit.
Mr. O. P. Evans of Roanoke plans to return to Winchest er and Clearbrook to promote a cannery project. Local farmers expect to supply vegetables. Evans recalled his Millwood romance with his wife who nursed him after a Civil War injury near Bowles Hill in Clarke county. Mrs Evans is aunt of Mr. Thomas Lewis at the Taylor House.
Joseph Wright Jr. purchases the two story double brick residence at Braddock and Amherst from Mrs Saloma Totty and her children Mary Evelyn and Louise Harman Totty. He pays $4,000 for the property after court decrees in the November term and vacation authorize the sale.
Brucetown VA December notes report Mr. and Mrs. Yates visiting their son Paul with Dr. W J Best, Miss Ashby Frasher returning from Baltimore, and Susie Huyett visiting sister Mrs Swimley. A social at John Bromley residence and ongoing church protracted meetings are noted ahead of a forthcoming marriage between Thomas S Timberlake and Mrs Ammond of Washington.
Rev Dr Charles McLean who claims to be the original Divine Healer Schlatter is in Harrisburg for two weeks and may tour Cumberland Valley visiting Winchester. He plans several lectures with bold headings including Cause of the Death of McKinley and Is Marriage a Failure. He asserts he predicted McKinley’s assassination and the deaths of Hobart and Queen Victoria and forecasts a long life for President Roosevelt.
Preaching is planned at Lamp's 11 a m Paxton's 3 p m Relief 7 30 p m Sunday December 8. Rrsteatek meio will begin at Pax ton's on Sunday December 8.
Captain Joseph Perry Sanford aged within his late seventies died yesterday at his daughter's home in Stamford Connecticut from infirmities of old age. Born in 1816 in Winchester Virginia he joined the navy as a midshipman in 1832 and served aboard the Experiment and the sloop of war Ontario. He saw action in the Mexican War and later held major commands including fleet captain of the North Atlantic Squadron and commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He married Lydia Ransom in 1845 and survived by his wife and other heirs.
Middletown prepares for four weddings in the week before Christmas with additional unannounced ceremonies rumored to follow. The festive swell reflects optimistic social life in the area, contrasted with Winchester’s slower turnout. R. H. May, recently arrested near Harrisonburg for green goods schemes, has a blood-stiffened record.
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