Paper on Negro Suffrage and Virginia view
Maryland lawyer William Sheppard Bryan Jr asks Winchester VA Judge Thomas W Harrison for his opinion on restricting Negro suffrage. Harrison’s letter details registration tests used in Virginia, including two year registration, property tax, military service, and residency rules as a path to limit Black voters while preserving white voters.
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Maryland
Winchester Jourist
Baltimore American
William Shepherd Bryan, Jr
Thomas W. Harrison
Bryan
Virginia Jurist
Virginia
Harrison
Mississippi
Onsen
Blazing Wagonload Sparks Runaway Mules Near Front Royal
A wagon loaded with fodder attached to two mules caught fire on Hon. H. H. Downing’s farm near Front Royal. The blaze, fed by dry fodder, burned the wagon and its load while the frightened animals ran wild, injuring them but avoiding the shredder. The mules were eventually led to safety after collisions with another wagon.
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H. H. Downing
Front Royal
Sampson
Stole a Team From Churchyard in Reliance Virginia
Ira K. Grover, a Reliance merchant, found his horse and buggy missing after an evening with a young lady. The team was located next day at Joseph A. Miller’s after being left on the road near the United Brethren Church. A suspicious prank or theft led to an all night search.
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Evening Star
Reliance
Ira K. Grover
Gruver
Double Tollgate
United Brethren Church
Joseph Funkhouser
Grover
Joseph A. Miller
Telephone Poles Reach Winchester for New Bell Line
Two carloads of poles for the American Telephone Company have arrived in Winchester by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. They are destined for a proposed new line intended to connect the Valley with Bell long distance telephone service.
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American Telephone Company
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bell
Berryville couple host delightful Friday night dance
Mr and Mrs Fries of Berryville Clarke County Va honor nieces Misaes Effie and Katie Hauptman of Boyce with an enjoyable evening. Refreshments served about midnight and dancing continued to a late hour. Horsey Atwell advertise rubbery needs.
Deputy Sheriff Wiley Resigns Over Disciplinary Action
Berryville Deputy Sheriff RG Wiley, jailer, was suspended by Mayor Jones and asked to resign after conduct unbecoming an officer. Wiley had been fined for harassing people on the streets, warned to reform, and then resigned after Sheriff Smallwood requested it. Smallwood remains in charge of the Berryville jail.
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RG Wiley
Berryville
Jones
Wiley
Smallwood
Sherif Smallwood
Mountain Fire Lights Front Royal Sky in Night Spectacle
A distant Massa nutten mountain near Front Royal Virginia blazed fiercely for hours forming a bright lurid glow over the city. White smoke rose in massive columns as fire crept down the slopes and felled thousands of trees before a fresh snow ended the flames this morning.
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The
Star
Front Royal
Massanutten Mountain
Banquet of the Berriville Redmen
The annual banquet of the Redmen of Seminole Tribe No. 85 was held last night at the Virginia Hotel in Berryville. The braves attended in full force and enjoyed a hearty repast after gathering at their wigwam. The feast lingered to a late hour.
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Evening Star
Berryville
Virginia
Celebration Planned for Charles B. Rouss Birthday
The Celebration Committee of the Charley Rouss Fire Company met last night to launch plans for the birth day anniversary of the late Charles B. Rouss on February 11. Details are forthcoming and the event will follow traditions of past observances.
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Charley Rouss
Charles B. Rouss
Special Holiday Edition Announcement
Special enlarged holiday edition begins with tomorrow's issue. Advertisers urged to send copy and secure space now. Great rubber weather, so say we all, Horsey and Atwell rubber the feet.
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Horsey & Atwell
Rumored Baker Firm Change Not Yet Confirmed
In the absence of W H Baker senior partner and Col Harry H Baker in Mexico, sources could not confirm retirement rumors. A close associate claimed Col Baker would retire from active duties while William H Baker would continue Baker & Co. under the same name, with Col Baker maintaining financial ties. Baker & Co. traces its history to 1798, having remained in the same name for 114 years with successors from the Baker family.
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W. H. Baker
Baker & Co
Col
Harry H. Baker
Mexico
Col. Baker
Bakers
Colonel Baker
William H. Baker
Baker & Company
Henry W. Baker
Méiara
William B
Henry 8. Baker
Suit May Go To The Jury Tomorrow
The second day of the trial in the Circuit Court before Judge T. W. Harrison concerns the administratrix of Jacob Houck versus Winchester Gas and Electric Company. Plaintiffs seek $10,000 for damages after Houck was electrocuted by a live light wire on July 17, 1901.
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Jacob Houck
Winchester Gas and Electric Company
T. W. Harrison
Harry R. Kern
Herbert
Larrick
Houck
Mill Threatened By Angry Flames In Gort Virginia
A fire struck the large flour mill of C. W. Parish in Gort Virginia causing roof damage and water harm to machinery. O P Kerns the miller had loaded a wagon when smoke and flames filled the building. County Supervisor J W Parish bell sparked alarm and local teamsters helped extinguish the blaze.
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Evening Star
Gort
C. W. Parish
J. W. Parish
O. P. Kerns
Water famine menaces Middletown Valley and county
Across the valley a water famine alarms residents as cisterns and wells dry up. In Middletown livestock face scarce water while disease fears rise from impure cistern water amid five weeks without rain and a brief snow relief.
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Middletown
Middietown
Lexington
Virginia
Leap Year Proposals and the Woman’s Chance
The article notes the leap year cycle returning in 1904 and recalls the 1896 claim that women had a window to propose marriage every eight years. It explains why 1900 was not a leap year under the Gregorian rule that century years are leap years only if divisible by 400.
Miss Abell at Tuesday German in Baltimore
Miss Marie and Sallie Abell of Baltimore, popular in Winchester last summer, attended the Tuesday German in Baltimore. Marie wore white crepe with cream lace garniture and lilies of the valley, carrying American roses. Chaperone Mrs L Victor Baughman wore white gauze over white satin with diamonds.
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Marie
Sallie Abell
Baltimore
Winchester
L. Victor Baughman
Marie Abell
Miller's hardware ad prompts readers to act now
A fragment notes the Star's successful want ads and urges readers to act quickly by placing ads. It mentions Horsey rubbers, Atwell, and Seabury Davies of Baltimore staying at Hotel Evans.
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Tue Star
Atwell
Mr. Seabury Davies
Baltimore
Hotel
Evans
Cullen's Lawyers Rely on Demurrer in Postal Indictments
Captain Orlan Clyde Cullen held in Harrisonburg Virginia on six federal charges for using the mails to obtain goods without paying. His lawyers argued the indictments lack an explicit device or overt act, while the government contends mere nonpayment via mail constitutes the crime. judge to rule next day.
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Orlan Clyde Cullen
Warren White Sulphur Springs
United States Post Office
Secret Service
United States Court
Harrisonburg
United States
Messrs
M. J. Fulton
D. ©. O'Flaherty
Front Royal
Cullen
Quillen
Congress
Senate Blocks Bland Relief Bill in Busy Assembly Day
The Senate defeated the Bland relief measure as long sessions continued in both chambers. The Jordan bill to alter the Baylor geodetic survey and lease oyster bottoms was reported adversely by the Senate fish and game committee with no further action. The House approved numerous Senate code revisions amid debate on the Sipe amendment limiting rates to eight percent, without a final vote.
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General Assembly
Senate
House
Bland
Portamouth
Senate Committee On Fish and Game
Clarke County couple obtains marriage license in Berryville
Walter Tomblin aged 23 and Phoebe Poston aged 20 received a marriage license from Clarke County Court at Berryville yesterday and plan to marry this evening. The bride is the daughter of Thomas L. Poston and the groom the son of John Tomblin, respected Clarke residents.
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Walter Tomblin
Phoebe Poston
Clarke County Court
Berryville
Thomas L. Poston
John Tomblin
Clarke
Special Holiday Edition Announcement
Announcement notes the start of a holiday edition and urges readers to secure space for tomorrow's issue. It emphasizes timeliness and participation in the upcoming publication.
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R @ Wiley
Berriville Redmen
Rouss
of Baker & Co
Abell
Miller's Hardware
Pooma
Ain — & Retiroad
Soeamund
John
Miller's Hardware Store
Tun
Demurrer
Clarke County
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