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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
4
Bayard and Harrisonburg residents visited the city while several townsfolk, including Mr. Pifer and Mr. Warden, conducted business or sought services. A $200,000 fire loss, a marriage license in Baltimore, and a run of holiday ads are noted amid routine social notices and local commerce updates.
Berryville Woman's Christian Temperance Union adopts resolutions on the death of Frank Beall. The note expresses sympathy to his widow Mrs Latta Beall and children and sends copies to Clarke Courier and Winchester Star. Committee members include Mrs J Harey Smith Mrs D H Jones and Mrs M W Jones.
Local notes report residents altering addresses with Mr. Jos Pine moving to Benvenuer. Misses Ethel and Geneva Woolford depart for Ohio. Poultryman Reynolds Green loses fowl to foxes. Dr. E B Powers in favorable condition after surgery at St. Luke's Hospital Richmond. Miss Katie Carper visiting Baltimore relatives. N H Blakemore family plans Alberta Ma home. Miss Alice Simpson and Miss Nannie Rhodes visit Mrs. H M Strickler. Mr. C G Massey and wife at Mt View. Burwell McGuire and Minnie McGuire visit Shumate home. William Powers has a 600 pound porker the largest locally.
Minority Leader John Sharp Williams opposes selecting a Virginian to succeed Mr Stranzer on the Ways and Means Committee. He warned Representative Swanson he will not agree to appoint a Virginian as his successor. Virginia members react angrily, accusing him of bias in favor of Mr Fay.
Wheat prices held firm in today’s local markets with no sharp changes noted. Trading centers reported minimal movement as traders watched supply signals and nearby futures for direction.
Mr Claude Showalter of Rich ard has accepted a position as tacet B F W. The brief notice records a personnel appointment involving a named individual and a local place name.
An epidemic of fires strikes Warren County. A cattle shed and silo on Basil Gordon farm near Front Royal burned, with $300 insured for shed and $300 for contents. A stave factory of Chester Gap Orchard Co. on Blue Ridge mountains burned, destroying valuable machinery and partially insured. Thomas Ramey’s home near the Warren County farm burned, $250 loss with no insurance. David Williams’s home near Cedarville burned last Friday night with all contents. family escaped.
Fragmentary local item mentions visitors from Washington for Thanksgiving and updates on residents and schedules. Names and places are partially obscured, with several garbled phrases and dates missing.
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