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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
1
Two men robbed Mrs Mortimar Franks at her Capon Springs home demanding 50 dollars and threatening her life. Neighbor Conley Larrick aided her and repelled the attackers who chased him later. The two assailants vanished into woods and a clue to their identities remains absent.
Lilly Pratt a 17 year old colored girl dies at her North Kent Street home after a lingering consumption. Funeral set for tomorrow. Mary R Hack to return home tonight after visiting friends in Baltimore. Russell and Green advertise free marked names on Christmas umbrellas.
Baltimore American shows a portrait of Rev. Tay lor Yeakley of this city and notes his election as missionary superintendent of the Maryland Lutheran Synod. Born 1874 in Winchester Virginia he studied at Winchester High School Roxe College Theological Seminary Gettysburg Roanoke College and began Lutheran ministry in Davis West Virginia in 1901 He will start the new post January 1 1904 Also an ad offers all wool blankets new stock at Russell Green's.
Fire gutted a three story brick block at 124 North Main Street, damaging the Evans building, Willson's drug stock, and Baetjer & Co dry goods. Firemen flooded upper floors to save the Masonic Temple, with twelve hose streams and rapid action thwarting a larger loss. Two men escaped by window with smoke injuries. a suspected killer, Unger, remains at large.
Mr Charles Miler once of this city now lives in the west and owns a large ranch. He is visiting relatives here this Christmas season. The note suggests a TaparD Inn life membership for 1.50 at Miller's Drug Store as a gift. Sellmar McCullum of Baltimore is home in Winchester for Christmas.
News from Winchester reports Henry Unger attacked Mrs Albert Miller at her farm near Keckley s, plunging a knife into her back after she refused to sell meat. Neighbors heard the screams. Mr Rush Brill restrained Unger as the weapon nearly hit her lung.
Mayor William C Gratchen, president of the Winchester Board of Health, debunks rumors of smallpox in the city. He reports a November case from Summit Point, exposure managed, contacts isolated, and says no current eruptive disease exists locally.
A label states assets totaling 1 200 000 dollars for the Shenandoah Valley National Bank described as a safe place to deposit money and earn interest. Marriage license issued in Frederick county to Edward Robison and Maggie Splawn colored, in the county clerk's office today.
Miss Kath aryne Maude Keiter wed L Purcell McKee at Elm Shade on Apple Pie Ridge in a noon ceremony. Rev M F Keller officiated in Hunt ington Indiana, with Lula McKee and Nellis Wright as attendants. A reception followed for more than a hundred friends before the couple travels to Ridgeway West Virginia for a northern bridal tour.
Dr. T B Stickley a Stephens City physician recalls an amusing call in a county area near Stephens City. He arrived at a dark house but no one answered and found himself in a graveyard surrounded by tombstones.
A surprise wedding of Cephas Fahnestock and Edith Ebersole occurred today at the bride's home on the Senseney road in the eastern part of the county. Fahnestockville teacher, well known in Winchester, will reside in the county with his bride. the couple will live near their families. A separate notice reports a missing gold chain with two turquoise pears last seen near the City Hall and Cumberland Valley railroad crossing on Amherst street. a reward is offered for its return to The Star office.
Mr. John W. Rice cashier of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank has returned home after a recent operation in Baltimore. He is reported much improved but still confined to the house.
Mistletoe and holly wreaths were offered at Boyd’s Drug Store. Mr. J. A. Burgess Jr. departed this morning for Culpeper, likely for business or personal travel.
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