Sad Deaths of Charles L Miller and Charles F Pingley
The city mourns the deaths of Charles L Miller and Charles F Pingley in a noted coincidence. Miller died in Martinsburg after a two week typhoid illness. Pingley passed at his home on South Braddock street. Miller, 29, was a Woodstock native and former employee of Oscar Barr. Pingley’s age and details are noted in the obituary. Both men belonged to M Z Church. services and funeral arrangements followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labanon
Oscar Barr
North Market Street
Star
Charles Pingley
South Braddock Street
Charles Miller
Martansburg
Miller
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Martinsburg
Cumberland Valley
Frank Miles
W. R. Kline
Edward L. Hess
Washington
Longe K
Harry Doran
G. V. Rathman
Berkeley Lodge
Hospital
A. G. Ferguson
Winchester
M. Barr
North Braddock
Baltimore and Ohio
Woodstock
Henry Miller
Clarance Miller
Timberville
Fannie Coffman
Edinburg
Jennie Sheetz
Minnie
Bertha
Lizzie Miller
Frank A. Minor
Miss Bertha
United Confederate Veterans Set Meeting in Memphis
The United Confederate Veterans plans its next annual gathering in Memphis Tennessee on May 28 29 and 30 1901. The association now includes 1300 camps and hundreds more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unites Veterans
Memphis
United Confederate Veterans
Tennessee
Christmas Eve Explosion Causes Glass Breakage and Injuries
In Stephens City a cannon cracker exploded in front of Grove Bros. store shattering a plate glass window. A runaway horse and buggy occurred as frightened animals bolted. Edward Banks, colored, lost two fingers and suffered severe hand injuries from a dynamite cracker. Doctor P. B. Stickley treated him amid reported extreme pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Grove Bros
Harry Lemley
Edward Banks
Banks
P. B. Stickley
Insurance settlement and biographical notes from Romney visit
The letter thanks H R Bryranty and Bro for a $91.00 disability settlement and praises accident insurance. Jos W Sumpation signs as lawyer journalist and hunter. Wm B Cornwall of Romney WV visits for legal business, is noted as a sharp lawyer editor and huntsman. He recently lost a winter deer hunting season and fell into Capon river, suffering minor rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Bryranty
B. Cornwall
Romney
W. Va
Capon
Death of Ida ville resident Martin Cartmell at 78
Mr. T. K. Cartmell learns of the death in Ida ville Indiana last Saturday of his cousin Martin R. Cartmell aged 78. He was a son of the late Nathaniel Van Meter Cartmell and a very wealthy farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Cartmell
Martin R. Cartmell
Idaville
Ind
Mr. Cartmell
Nathaniel van Meter Cartmell
Funeral of Charles Pingley
Funeral services for the late Charles EF. Pingley were held from his South Braddock street residence at 8 o'clock this morning with Rev. W. H. H. Joyce presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles EF. Pingley
South Braddock Street
W. H. H. Joyce
Pepper plant leaves send greetings from California
County Clerk T. K. Cartmell received a gift box from his niece Mrs. Fansie Shanks of California. The box contained pepper plant leaves twigs and berries. Mrs. Shanks is wintering at Lustin and resides in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. .Cartmell
Fansie Shanks
California
Employees Signify Esteem At Local Knitting Mills
A large group of Lewis Jones Knitting Mills workers exchanged gifts including a handsome portrait for Chief Machinist H. G. Hillborn a fine pipe for Machinist John Rebil of Omaha a decorated waterjet and rock er for the shipping clerk Captain Vermillion the longtime watchman and Mr James Leafe among others received thoughtful presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Jones Knitting Mills
H. G. Hillborn
John Rebil
Vermillion
James Leafe
Death of Maggie Virginia Grim
The funeral of Maggie Virginia Grim infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Edw Grim was held at their east Germain street home at 10 am. Rev E O Eldridge officiated and the remains were interred in Mt Hebron cemetery. The babe was about seven weeks old when she died last Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grim
Maggie Virginia
Edw. Grim
East Germain Street
E. O. Eldridge
Mt. Hebron
Captain Receives Chair From Local Fire Company
Yesterday at 3 30 p m members of Rouss Hook and Ladder Company held a call meeting and presented Captain Henry Schneider with a handsome chair. Mr J Miller Long read the presentation speech and Captain Schneider responded feelingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Hook and Ladder Company
Henry Schneider
J. Miller
Schneider
Leyburn Called as Synodical Evangelist in Winchester
Rev Edward R Leyburn of Hedgesville W V receives an unanimous call from the Virginia Synod to serve as synodical evangelist with headquarters at Williamson Mercer County. Born in Rockbridge County he is about 40 and has led the congregations at Hedgesville and Falling Waters for six years. The field covers Maryland DC Virginia and West Virginia and his departure may meet opposition from his current parish. He is known across Winchester Presbyterian circles and may yet accept the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Synod of the
Southern Presbyterian Church
Edward R. Leyburn
Hedgesville
W. Va
Williamson
Mercer County
Leyburn
E. J. Leyburn
Rockbridge County
Falling Waters
Winchester
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
Death of Capt W H Sale proprietor of Capon Springs
Capt W H Sale, longtime proprietor of Capon Springs, died about 5 pm after five years of ill health. He had been living with his daughter Mrs Chas Nelson on East Water Street. A life sketch will appear tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Sale
Capon Springs
Chas. Nelson
East Water Street
Their Pastor Was Well Remembered at Christmas Entertainment
Rev. S. D. Skelton pastor of the United Brethren Church was remembered by his congregation at the Monday night Christmas entertainment. Gifts included a suit of clothes, parlor lamp, five dollar note, silk muffler, fur driving gloves, table linen, smaller items, and gifts to teachers and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.D. Skelton
United Brethren Church
Christmas Exercises At Centenary Reformed Church
The Centenary Reformed Church Sunday School held its annual Christmas exercises with strong music. Miss Barnes Mrs Maggie Bryant and others sang solos duets and a duet. Rev James B Stonesifer delivered a Christmas sermon and displayed a Philadelphia North American page with the nativity story. Gifts were distributed to teachers and pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centenary Reformed Church
Philadelphia
Joint Consistories Meet at Stonesifer Residence
The Cen tenary and St. Pauls Reformed Churches joint consistories met at Rev Jas B Stonesifers residence on South Market street this morning and arranged a final settlement with retiring minister Mr Stonesifer. Oliver Zinn elected delegate to the Classis special session in the city tomorrow. John Dill of Ridgeway elected delegate to the Virginia Classis annual session in Mt Jackson next May. Richard L. Gray of the city named alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centenary
St. Paul’s
Pardon Petition Circulated for Three Mountaiyville Robbery Convicts
A petition from Romney West Virginia seeks a pardon for Harry Anderson John and Thos Morrison who were sentenced to ten years for the Capon Bridge area robbery of Charles Cooper early last year. The petition has been presented to Governor Atkinson of West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney
W. Va
Harry Anderson
John
Thos. Morrison
Mountaiyville
Charles Cooper
Capon Bridge
Atkinson
West
Will Start Grist Mill At Bartonsville In Frederick County
B M Dawes, recent purchaser of the Bartonsville woolen mills property, plans a grist mill in the same site. Dawes, a Virginian who spent years in the West and Montana, has returned to the Old Dominion to reside and pursue the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
B. M. Dawes
Bartonsville Woolen Wills
Mr.Dawes
West
Old Dominion
Mr. Dawes
Montana
Kronk Lands Stone Trim Contract for Mount Jackson Bank
W M Kronk secured the contract for furnishing stone trimmings for the Peoples Bank building in Mount Jackson Virginia. Work on the new building has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M.kronk
J. B. Beverley Granite Company
New Peoples Bank
Mount Jackson
Entertainment at Catholic Church Promises Unusual Interest
Tonight at the Catholic Church an entertainment featuring several short plays and vocal and instrumental music is expected to draw a large crowd amid high interest.
A Quiet Christmas Across Town
A quiet Christmas yesterday aside from a few loud drunks and noisy boys. Cora Ailstock was arrested as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Ailstock
Mount Jackson Visitor G B R Silvias
G B R Silvias of Mount Jackson is visiting this city, staying for a period and likely meeting local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. BR. Silvias
Mount Jackson
Death of Frederick county’s citizen Sanders G. Jamison
Sanders G. Jamison of Marlboro, 71, died suddenly from heart disease early this morning after a recent bout with typhoid fever. A Confederate veteran, he helped run the Marlboro store and later farmed. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Presbyterian Church in Marlboro with Rev. A. G. Link officiating. interment will be at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Jamison
Frederick County
Winchester
Marlboro
Jamison
Presbyterian Church of
A. G. Link
Strasburg
Mount Hebron
Sanders G. Jamison
Orangeburg
South Carolina
Treasury Department
Richmond
Mr Charles R Sanford Heads Home From Christmas Visit
Mr Charles R Sanford, who has been spending Christmas at home, will return to Curtis Bay Baltimore tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Sanford
Curtis Bay
Baltimore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles L. Miller
Charles F. Pingley
M. Z. Church
Charles L. Muller
Wood
Martin B. Cartmell
Market Street
M. E. Church
M. E
Merton Kremer
John Barry
Pittsburg
Lee Hodgson
Bern
Grace Stouffer
George Meryman
Billy Boxwell
Sexton
Captain
E. R. Leyburn
Sale
Reformed Church
Confederate Treasury Department
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