Education for the Farmer by Senator McCune Delights Frederick
Ex State Senator J. G. McCune delivered an essay on Education for the Farmer at the Frederick County Teachers Association meeting. He argued education is essential to successful farming, drawing from nature and society as a lifelong education, urging readers not to dismiss the idea. The article also notes the Frederick County Board of Health plans to lift quarantine on Strasburg and Shenandoah County pending new conditions, with officials cautioning arrests will keep confinement until danger passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. McCune
Frederick Coun- Teachers Association
McCune
Dana
Sprague
Virgil
Board of Health
Frederick County
Strasburg
Shenandoah County
W. H. Dinges
Health Board
Board of Health of
Wm. H. Dinges
T. K. Cartmell
Shenandoah
First Visit Here In Twelve Years
Mr. J. B. Hershberger of Newark Ohio visits Winchester after twelve years and praises local progress including vitrified brick pavements. He notes Newarks system where abutting property owners pay half the street cost and cites his own $315 share, contrasting with Winchester funding. Also mentions Market Street M E Sunday School Christmas program with full orchestra and 10 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J. B. Hershberger
Newark
Ohio
G. W. Hershberger
Pear Town
Hershberger
Christmas Eve Program At Union Sunday School
The Union Sunday School on Martinsburg pike presents a Christmas program at the Wally school house Friday at 7 pm featuring an opening chorus by the vested choir and multiple recitations, songs, and a collection. Christ Episcopal Church plans Christmas services at 11 am with Rev. Nelson P. Dame delivering a sermon, Rev. Harry B. Lee assisting, and a vested choir led by Miss Margaret Dame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Sunday School
Martinsburg Pike
Wally School
Little Lord Jesus
Santa Claus
Chace Butler
Laura Keffer
Emily Reynolds
James Keffer
Savior
Misses Spangler
Johnnie
Ron
Reynolds
Miss Little Langester
Miss Hester Yeakley
Mamie Butler
Limpy Tin
H. Yeakley
The
Star
Christ Episcopal Church
Nelson P. Dame
Harry B. Lee
Dame
Margaret Dame
Winchester
Jesus
Mendelssohn
Nevin
Gounod
Garrett
H. D. Fuller
A. D. Williams
Lucy Long
Agnes Nulton
Emma Clowser
Clemy Walters
Vernie Mills
George Andrews
A. Beverly
P. Callum
James Curl
Ernest Green
Dick Green
H. Hite
Harry Grim
John Nurton
Neville Stephenson
Philip Williams
Joseph Long
Erwood Company brings The Mortgage Slave to Auditorium for week
The Erwood Stock Company arrives for a week at the Auditorium tonight to stage The Mortgage Slave. Now in its sixteenth season, the company remains a local favorite with a strong cast and productions. Owner R J Elwood says a legal issue in Frederick Maryland was settled and that two actors could not meet his standards, prompting a bonded attachment that was later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwood Stock Company
Erwood Company
R. J. Elwood
Frederick
Death of Mr James Pitcock At Tulip Ste phens City
Mr James Pitcock aged 65 farmer living two miles south of Stephens City Tulip died yesterday morning. Official cause heart failure though long battle with facial cancer that spread to the brain. Survived by widow eleven children eight sons and three daughters. Funeral at ten o clock tomorrow morning with burial at Ridings Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pitcock
Stephens City
Tulip
Ridings Chapel
Winchester War Drama to Play at Hagerstown Opera House
The stirring film Winchester will be shown at the Hagerstown Opera House in Maryland on January 20. A number of local residents will attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Opera House
Hagerstown
Hotel Hamilton Changes Hands In Hagerstown
A. H. Gunnell, who recently leased the Hotel Hamilton for five years, assumes full control Saturday evening. No immediate staff changes are planned. Gunnell, former chief clerk, has run a Seaside New Jersey hotel and later engaged in railroad ticket brokerage, and is praised for business skill and courtesy. The hotel, noted as a top Western Maryland and Cumberland Valley establishment, will seek increased popularity under his management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Gunnell
Hamilton
Hagerstown
The
W. H. Grosscup
Seaside
N. J
Maryland
Cumberland Valley
Gunnell
Admiral Dewey Lookalike Fatally Falls on Rouss Avenue
T O Wyndham, a town resident renowned for his resemblance to Admiral Dewey, slipped from the sidewalk onto the street on Rouss avenue this afternoon. He fell hard, badly wrenching his leg and injuring his ankle in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. O. Wyndham
Admiral Dewey
Rouss Avenue
Lunatic in Custody After Strenuous Arrest Fight
Clinton Cleveland an 85 year old white man was committed to jail on sanity complaint by his wife and will be sent to Staunton Western State Hospital. City Sergeant Taylor and Officer Massie subdued him after a violent struggle in his home earlier today. Cleveland has a history of insanity and recent release from the asylum. The same Police Court session heard J Oscar Athey charged as accessory in the death of his wife Mrs Mary E Athey by a criminal operation performed by Susan Barber. The court set bail at $100 and jailed Athey for a month, with appeal to Corporation Court. Susan Barber had testified that Athey consented to the operation. Barber was previously sentenced to four years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Cleveland
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Taylor
John Massie
Cleveland
Massie
Amaman
Law
The
Commonwealth
J. Oscar Athey
Mary E. Athey
Susan Barber
D. H. Bragonier
Athey
Corporation Court
P. W. Boyd, Jr
William M. Atkinson
Holmes Boyd, Jr
John M. Steck
Harry R. Kern
Virginia
Miss Sidney Faulkner To Wed This Week
Announcement of the approaching marriage of Miss Sidney Seevers Faulkner daughter of I H Faulkner and Dr Frank Schaff of Baltimore notes the ceremony will occur in Baltimore in a few days. Faulkner is a Main Street merchant and Schuff a prominent Baltimore dentist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Seevers Faulkner
I. H. Faulkner
Frank Schaff
Baltimore
Mies Faulkner
Main Street
Dr. Schuff
County Couple Married Today in Frederick County
A marriage license was issued by County Clerk T. K. Cartmell to Mr B. H. Preffitt and Miss Elma White, both of Frederick county. The ceremony was performed by Rev Chas D. Bulla at the parsonage on Amherst Street. The groom, a stone mason, and bride, a popular young lady, are from Fauce tt's Gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Cartmell
Great horned owl mounted after county kill
Mr. Clifton Hodgson obtained a fine specimen of a great horned owl that was killed by a county gentleman and will be mounted by Hodgson. The owl span five feet six inches wing to wing. Pleasing recitations bright orchestra music solos and superb choruses highlighted the Market street M. E. Sunday School Christmas night with admission ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Hodgson
Market Street
M. E
Little Girl Burned At Home Incident
Douglas Fuller, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs H D Fuller of North Washington Street, fell against a hot stove while playing in the parlor. She sustained a bad burn to the head but is reported to be getting along nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fuller
H. D. Fuller
North Washington Street
Vagrant and Drunk In the Police Court
In a busy police court day Judge D H Brago nier dealt with offenses against the peace of the Commonwealth. Jas Keller faced drunken and disorderly charges and was discharged after posting a $2 fine. Richard Murray, arrested for vagrancy, was jailed for ten days. WZ Wall's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Bragonier
Commonwealth
Oscar Athey
Jas. Keller
Richard Murray
Murray
Pastor's Brother Killed in Bluefield Coal Mine
The Rev Hi A Brown of Stephens City reports his brother Allen Brown was instantly killed in Bluefield West Virginia last night. He was 32, married with several children and a miner by trade. No cause given beyond suspected mining accident. He was native to Bluefield and one of eleven siblings experiencing a family tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. A. Brown
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Stephens City
County
Narrows
Allen Brown
Bluefield
W. Va
Mr. Brown
Another Prisoner Held at Vaucluse
A Frederick county health official detained Isaac Conner in Vaucluse after he visited Shenandoah infected with smallpox despite quarantine. Conner, a Vaucluse laborer who went to Strasburg on business, will remain at home until danger passes, with Christmas spent as a prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Shenandoah County
Isaac Conner
Strasburg
Board of Health
Conner
Vaucluse
Tur Stan
Christmas Services At Reformed Church
Centenary Reformed Church held a Praise Service at 6 AM on Christmas morning and a Sunday School celebration at 7 PM. Rev. T. K. Cromer was out of town, so the church’s details were omitted from the Friday Star synopsis. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Cromer
Centenary Reformed Church
the Star
Miss Nan Nulton Returns for Holidays After Baltimore Trip
Miss Nan Nulton comes home from the Woman's College in Baltimore to spend holidays. She had planned to return last week but was summoned to Cumberland by the death of Mrs. David Miller, whose daughter Helene Miller is a college mate. Mrs. Miller died in a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan Nulton
Baltimore
Woman’s College
Miss Nulton
Cumberland
David Miller
Helene Miller
Nurton
Miller
Baltimore and Ohio
Change of Meeting for Associated Charities Executive Committee
Executive committee of the Associated Charities will meet tonight in the Council Chamber City Hall at 8 oclock by order of President Bell. A full meeting is desired as important matters are to be considered. S D Skeuron, Secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities
Bell
Council Chamber
City Hall
S. D. SkEuron
Secy
Fire Damages Jones Jewelry Store in Martinsburg
Fire at W. L. Jones Jewelry Store in Martinsburg West Virginia causes about 1000 dollars in damage. One person died in the show window and a fee is noted as involved in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Jewelry Store
W. L
Martinsburg
W. Va
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M’cune
County Board of Health
Market Street M. E. Sunday School
Vested Choir
Epis Valley School House
Copal Church
Hotel Hamilton
Dewey
T. T. Wall’s
Sidney Faulkner
Wall's
Gollar & Cuff Boxes
H. A. Brown
Reformed Church
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