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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
4
Clinton O Rowland of Stephens City married Miss Annie Mitchell of Maryland at Hotel Evans Winchester with Rev H A Brown officiating. Townspeople held a midnight reception with bells and tin pans as cigars were passed.
Mr H B Chapman, a native of Winchester and newly elected cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Woodstock, has resigned and returned to his former depot job. J L Feller is elected cashier and has taken over duties. Feller resigns as county surveyor to focus on the cashier role.
Martinsburg West Virginia Winchester Telephone Company workers remove dangling wires from poles and sidewalks to prevent pedestrian trips while manager Mr Hoover inspects damage to assess losses and necessary work. Baby Humors advertises Agnew ointment for teething skin eruptions and eczema with 35 cent price.
The King's Daughters request cake and candy donations to be sent to Mrs. George E. McCartney at 315 North Kent Street by 11 o'clock Monday December 22.
Haymaker and Grim of Winchester completed plastering the large Bloom county residence of Mr. I. D. Wright. The house is described as a very fine structure and among the finest in the area.
Three attractive free booklets describe a charming Florida region below the frost line. Copies available from Seaboard Air Line Railway agents or by writing C. B. Ryan, General Passenger Agent, Portsmouth, Virginia.
A list of visitors and locals passing through Winchester today includes Mr. Thos W Shumate of Clarke county and Mr. Joseph Miller of Nineveh. Judge L L Newman of Woodstock, Mr. Milton Stewart of New York, and Mr. Charles E Clevenger of Opequon were in town. Others include Mrs. Charles Hardesty and daughter, Mr. D C Randolph of Richmond at a funeral, and Misses Maud Brumback and Annie Funkhouser returning from Dayton to their homes in Virginia.
Crowds in Winchester today engaged in Christmas shopping with lively street scenes and merchants reporting gratifyingly large sales of holiday goods. Fewer weather complaints are heard and optimism for blue skies and gentle winds continues.
Numbers of the young ladies attending the Episcopal Female Seminary Fairfax College and Valley Female College departed this morning for homes across the country. Many remain to attend Christmas holidays in a day or two, and the charming school girls will be greatly missed during their absence.
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