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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1903
Page
4
The Star reports church responses for Christmas programs. Presbyterian and Episcopal services include music and gift distributions for children. Grace Church and Reformed, Baptist, and other congregations plan evening or night entertainments with songs, recitations, and a visit by Santa Claus.
Beeryville Virginia reports an unusual transaction as the Berryville Fire Company lent the town 400 dollars. Captain John H. Enders presided at a large meeting attended by many. The company will attend the bazar by Shepherdstown firefighters during Christmas week. Future meetings will be held in the Mayor's courtroom.
The defense rests on mental capacity after a witness, Mrs. Cullen, says her son John Cullen may be visionary and has twice been at St Elizabeth Hospital for the insane by order of the Secretary of War. She notes no prior criminal charges and mentions remittances from an wealthy uncle in St. Paul. The judge allows no testimony from Mrs. Cullen’s wife, Mrs. M. L. Cullen.
Mrs. Thomas B. Kennedy Jr. died in Chambersburg Pennsylvania last night after a brief illness with peritonitis. She was 30 years old. Her husband, a son of the president of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, serves as supervisor of the railroad from Winchester to Chambersburg.
Mrs. Fanny Duer of Baltimore visits Mrs. Robert T. Barter on Washington street while Miss Clara Wood returns from Woodstock. Mrs. Richard E. Byrd sails to New York for a week with friends. Alexander Barrie of Philadelphia visits family here. Hansbrough and Carter offer farm insurance rates. surveys available. Mr. John Sollenberger returns from Harrisonburg where he attended the United States Court. Rev and Mrs. Luttrell depart Winchester for Rawlings Maryland after the death of Mrs. Luttrells father. John Snyder, plumber, leaves for Charles Town to oversee Claymont plumbing. E C Jordan goes to Richmond to attend Virginia House sessions.
Mrs. Jane Hodgson of Opequon is critically ill at home two weeks after her husband H. M. Hodgson died. Grief is said to be responsible for her condition. Ebenezer Church burial planned for the late Ebbrett Fowler, 72, on the Blue Ridge. County officials elected last election are in Berryville to take oaths and bonds. W. H. L. Pierce reports killing three hogs aged 12 months 15 days weighing 1,275 pounds net.
Advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion to restore strength after grip fever. It claims the body and nerves are exhausted during recovery and asserts the product provides new force to the whole system.
Mr Green Jenkins moved to his Shenandoah farm. Miss Alice Dove visits Miss Virginia Denny in White Post. Three sheep killed and several injured in a third attack on Mr C W Crawford’s flock. reward offered for the culprit. Bartonsville Literary Society meets weekly at the schoolhouse. topic on cavalry versus infantry in war. Simpson, a financially secure bachelor, was found hanged. funeral at 11 with Rev H M White officiating at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Miss Bessie Lineburg hosted a pound party in Clary Shenandoah county honoring Miss Nellie Fahnestock of Winchester. Attendees reported a pleasant evening with a large turnout of guests.
Miss Lizzie Grim and Mr. David F. Line both of Bowmans Virginia were married yesterday in Hagerstown by Rev J Spangler Kittt D D at Zion Reformed Church parsonage.
A night attack by dogs on Mr Armel’s flock at Armel Post Office killed twenty five sheep and injured others. Solicitor R Gray William of Scranton is retained in the case and is aiding in the effort to address the incident.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive treatment for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal use targets blood and mucous surfaces, builds up constitution and offers a reward for any failure to cure. Testimonial list available by mail from Chenny & Co Toledo Ohio.
Ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee. Signature of E. W. Groves appears on each bar. Classifieds offer six insertions for 30 cents and cash with copy.
The funeral for Major Norborne T. N. Robinson, a Washington attorney and Confederate veteran, was held at 3 p.m. today at Old Chapel near Boyce in Clarke County. He died in Washington and was a relative of the Nelson and Randolph families.
The Richmond Times Dispatch notes Senator Lupton of Frederick County is ill at Memorial Hospital and is improving. Authorities describe his condition as very satisfactory, with details of the illness not disclosed.
A brief humor item reports Borem complaining about bad timing while calling for a woman known as Pepprey. Miss Pepprey recalls the exchange saying she was away. The dialogue centers on misfortune and a running joke about luck.
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