Coal Famine Forces Midnight Arc Lights in Winchester
City council votes to switch off arc street lights at midnight due to coal shortages. Winchester Gas and Electric Light Co given temporary permission to run on half time until coal supplies improve, with liability questions for post blackout accidents and a $5,000 borrowing plan discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Gas Ms and Electric Light Company
Kizel
H. D. Fuller
Finance Committee
Mesers
J. M. Haymaker
L. N. Barton
H D. Fuller
C. W. Ramsburg
A. C Brown
R. W. Haymaker
John K. Lewis
W. T. Barr
L. F.cooper
Wm. R. Willis
Wm H. Baker
Committee On Lights
Tae Ciry Council
James B. Russell
Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company
City of
Winchester
J. B. Russell
City of Winchester
Salvation Sermon Urges Immediate Acceptance at Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Frank J. Brooke urged today that salvation must be accepted now not tomorrow noting there is no sinner's offer to delay salvation. He warned habits of rejection harden the heart and that postponement may mean dying in sin as services continue tonight at 7:30 with three more sermons remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Brooke
Brooke
Dr. Brooke
Christ
Argument Tonight In Price Suit
Today's session of the Circuit Court heard testimony in the Lewis Price administratrix versus Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company suit for damages of 10000 dollars. Plaintiff counsel finished their examination by 11 am and defendant witnesses were then put on the stand.
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Lewis Price
Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company
Price
Winchester Boy Revisiting Here
Mr James P Smallwood of Roanoke Va returned home last night after visiting friends in town. A Winchester boy he now works with Roanoke Machine Company and plays trombone in the Roanoke Machine Works Band, a leading state musical organization. Catalog offered for fall tree planting. J and Ramasone
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
James P. Smallwood
Roanoke
Smallwood
Roanoke Machine Company
Roanoke Machine Works
City Finance Chair Warns of Temporary Funds Shortfall
At a special City Council meeting, Finance Chairman H D Fuller outlined a cash squeeze due to prior excess appropriations. An ordinance to borrow 5000 dollars, 3000 at 120 days and 2000 at 60 days, was approved second reading. Treasurer Kinzel stressed the loan does not increase city debt and will cover winter expenses.
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H. D Fuller
George H. Kinzel
Messrs. Fuller
Kinzel
Cooper
Barton
Lewis
Fuller
Willis
J.M. Haymaker
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Water Committee
Byrd Declines Re Election Candidacy
Mr R E Byrd will refuse to be a candidate for re election as prosecuting attorney for Frederick County and Tar Star will publish a letter to that effect tomorrow. A northbound Baltimore and Ohio freight was delayed over five hours due to leaking pipes extinguishing the engine fire box.
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R. E. Byrd
Frederick County
Tar Star
Baltimore and Ohio Way
Brunswick
Fitiskley
From Stable Boy to Millionaire
Gen James C Clarke longtime railroad figure died in Chicago at eighty born in Frederick Maryland but raised in Winchester He rose from stable boy and mail carrier to engineer president of multiple lines including Mobile and Ohio He was known for hands on work and care for workers and once drove a train after an order was refused by an engineer.
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James
Winchester
Johnson Farr
Ted
Here
Harper’s Ferry
General Clarke
Harper's Ferry
James C. Clarke
Mobile
Ala
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Hagerstown
Mobile and
Ohio Railroad
Gen. Clarke
Illinois
Baltimore and Ohio
Masonic
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Richmond Temple of Shriners
Masons
Winchester Commandery
Richmond Order
Richmond
Washington, D. C
Staunton
Charlestown
W. Va
A. J. Montague
Governor Montague
Hotel Evans
Couple to Wed This Evening in City
City Clerk Richard L. Gray issued a marriage license to Isaac A. Carpenter and Bessie Trenary Grim both of this city. The groom works at the Virginia Woolen Mill and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Grim of South Kent Street. They will be married tonight.
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Richard L. Gray
Isaac A. Carpenter
Bessie Trenary Grim
Virginia Woolen Mill
Hugh Grim
South Kent Stree
Oyster supper bazaar planned by Sacred Heart ladies
The Sacred Heart Church ladies organize a bazar and oyster supper in the church basement starting December 29 and continuing about a week to ten days.
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Ladies of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Dying Man Carted to the Poorhouse After Found in Snow
A dying man found frozen beside the road Monday near Stephens City is loaded into a horse drawn van for a 13 mile trip to the county almshouse. Doctors fear the move may hasten death though rescue efforts by Stephens City residents saved his immediate distress. An identity check revealed Carl H. Frederick born in 1885 in Rochrig Germany with papers, two knives, a testament, and $2.59 in his pockets, and an address for Mrs. James A. Hanty in Sharpsburg Maryland.
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Winchester
Stephene City
Stephens City
8. M. Stickley
Justice J. M. Locke
D. B. Dinges
Frank Williams
Carl H. Frederick
Rochrig
Germany
Frederick
Romance Rumor Corrected: Marshall Family Details
A New York dispatch claimed Mr. Lewis Marshall married his sister in law Miss Virginia Alexander Waller in Chicago. The note was false. the late Fielding Lewis Marshall died at Orange Courthouse last year and his widow is living. The real groom is Col. Thomas Marshall of Fauquier County, a nephew of Fielding Lewis Marshall, not the Chicago groom.
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New York
Lewis Marshall
Virginia Alexander Waller
Chicago
Marshall
Thomas Marshall
Fielding Lewis Marshall
Orange
Thomas
R. H. Dulany
Cavalry
Oak Hill
Fauquier County
Col
Stonewall Cemetery
Winchester
Ashby Brothers
Philadelphia native visits sister in city
Mr. Ben. C. Anderson of Philadelphia visits his sister Mrs. J Clinton Smith on North Kent Street. Anderson is a Winchester native and former Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph operator now holding a responsible post with the United States Express Company.
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Ben. C. Anderson
Philadelphia
J Clinton Smith
Kent Street
Mr. Anderson
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
United States Expres Company
Election of Officers for United Charities Tomorrow in Winchester
Ministers, lodge and fire company representatives form the Associated Charities of Winchester. A constitution sets name, purpose, and officer duties with a compromise on membership. election of officers and committee assignments occur tomorrow at 8 PM.
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Associated Charities
Presbyterian Church
T. K. Cromer
T. M.W. J. E. Cooper
T. O. William
Nicklin
Est
Cifzens
Winchester
Ministers of the Gospel
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Electric Light Company
Ramasone
Finance
Gov
Montague
Winter
James A. Hanty
Sharpsburg, Washington Co
Yesterday’s Star
United Charithe
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