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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
1
A wire dispatch from Paris reports the German naval loss after the sinking of Admiral von Spee’s fleet. Berlin notes the sailors died gloriously for the Fatherland, while ships’ crew members aboard Scharnhorst reportedly perished with their admiral.
$400 upright piano in excellent condition offered cheap to quick buyer. Guaranteed. Winchester Furniture Co. 17 West Piccadilly Street.
Rev. H. G. Spencer will preach Sunday at 11 a.m. on Being Kept From Sin and at 7:30 p.m. on Whose Is Tomorrow. Mrs T Williams has left for Shepherdstown W Va to be a hotel guest for a month.
Coroner Biedler testified the widow Mrs Crowder and driver Dark were not responsible for the June 17 wreck on the Valley Turnpike near Tenth Legion. George H Harrison, a pike director, argued for the defense as five plaintiff witnesses testified. The $10,000 damage suit over the death of James B Crowder continues with plans to hear more evidence before Tuesday
Winchester Memorial Hospital's school of nursing will award diplomas to four graduates Ethel Ambrose Cleora Raper Evelyn Totty and Alice Drury at 8 PM Tuesday December 15 in the Handley Library auditorium The event features Dr William P McGuire presenting diplomas Mr R T Barton Sr delivering an address and Dr B J Roxzel presenting class pins Also Rev Dr William D Smith and Rev Dr J Horace Lacy will participate In other items Rev William O Yates has accepted a call to the Oliver Presbyterian Church Harrisburg and Pauline Horton Bond jailed in Bristol Va after waiving a preliminary hearing is noted amid reports of goat meat sold as mutton in Philadelphia butcher shops.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Dodd widow of Robert D Dodd dies at 11 30 this morning at her brother Capt George W Kurtz No 21 South Main St in Winchester aged 79 She leaves no children and was a longtime member of Braddock Street Methodist Church The funeral is set for 3 PM Monday at the Kurtz home with Rev W O Talbert and Rev J H Lacy assisting and interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
The State Board of Education will not act on proposed textbook changes for public schools until January 21 1915 after a long discussion. A petition for a school for Ataponi Indians was referred to the attorney general for legality. The board will reconvene December 20 with ongoing concerns about Indian education financing.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials plan moving Shenandoah division HQ from Winchester to Brunswick Maryland on December 15 and transfer superintendent duties to J A Jordan with J L Maph likely to succeed as train dispatcher. The change will abolish the Winchester division dispatcher office and may trigger wider relocations as offices relocate and personnel reassigned.
Samuel Miller, 73, a well known former farmer of Opequon Frederick County, died at his home after a long illness of dropsy and heart trouble. He was born November 19, 1841 near Lebanon Church Shenandoah County and served in Company K 33rd Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. He married February 14 1871 and is survived by his widow four sons and one daughter. The funeral will be at his house Sunday at 1 pm conducted by Rev C W Cassell of St Pauls Lutheran.
A historic list shows money and in kind gifts totaling 919.63 plus a prior 880,038 acknowledged, from residents including Mrs. Annie Anderson Mrs. T. K. Cromer Miss Portia Baker Mrs. Ethel Watson John J. Williams and others in Middletown and surrounding areas. Items include clothing shoes milk and flour donations along with bundled packages from many local families and groups.
For sale 100 pullets at $1 each 30 cockerels at $1 each 4 roosters at $5 each all pure bred White Leghorns government strain pullets beginning to lay movable poultry houses and appliances Mrs George H Kinsel 12-8-1p-ead-3t Ladies and children's hats at half price Miss Newcomb 11-1p-2t.
Fair tonight with freezing temperatures. Sunday brings increasing clouds and unsettled weather with moderate northwest winds. Local ads include Dainty Gift Goods at Russell and Green's and fresh mackerel at Orndorit and Mc Vicar's. Harris W. Coleman of Stanford Kentucky played left guard for the University.
The piece recalls the Jackson family connection to Lewis County West Virginia and the Weston Clarksburg area. It notes the Jackson mill farm near Weston and plans to turn it into a park honoring the famed Confederate general. It mentions rail and trolley growth, local poverty scenes, and a returning emphasis on Jackson’s birthplace while observing daily life in the region.
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