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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
4
The local markets show steady conditions with prices listed for corn at 2.00, old hens, young chickens, old roosters, and turkeys in the 5 to 12 cent range. Bee line items imply small fluctuations across poultry categories.
Christmas activities fill schools with festive programs and church events. Miss Carrie Littlepage and Miss Mary Powers influence teaching. Rev J H Strickler leads a Methodist Sunday School Christmas tree. Episcopal plans a tree tonight. Local figures Meade family members travel, Capt D Meade recovers, and weddings and visits unfold as residents note holiday and travel.
Miss Amy Spurrier daughter of J B Spurrier superintendent of the Valley Branch B&O Railroad and Miss Lillian Ramsburg daughter of Michael Ramsburg of Winchester are visiting Miss Nellie Richardson of Potomac Street in Hagerstown.
Arthur M. Lowell and Daisy Lee Myers were married at noon Tuesday in the rectory of St Marys Catholic Church in Hagerstown. The groom is the son of the late Major James P. Lowell of Waynesboro and the bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Myers of Shepherdstown West Virginia. Reverend Father Rabbia officiated.
Clarence C. West a brakeman with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the second division was struck by an overhead bridge near Martinsburg and hurled to the ground sustaining severe cuts and bruises.
Grafton Hall the mansion of Farm No 6 on the Dulany estate near Upperville is being rebuilt after a recent fire at a cost of 20000 dollars.
County records note Joseph E. Funkhouser sold his Middle Road farm four and a half miles from Winchester to George A. Clark for 4100 dollars. The property is part of the Charles McGill farm. Rev. J D Himaker of Strasburg will preach at Sandy Ridge house from Friday to Sun.
Personal items from the holidays include in town visits by Miss Lula Violet Mrs. Nancy A Capper and Mrs. Anna Meck visiting family in Deland Fla. Travelers include Mr Newton Bosler from Carlisle Pa and Mr Clay Brown returning to Baltimore. A missionary rally led by Rev H H Strickler and a Friendship Fire Company bazar meeting are announced.
The wedding drew Winchester society and many others with an elaborate buffet. The bridal party sat at the bride’s table as hundreds admired gifts of art, jewels, china and home articles. Dr. and Mrs. Jones plan a bridal trip north then settle in Anderson, Indiana.
An advertisement claims Mi-o-na strengthens the digestive system and cures stomach troubles. It urges readers to take one tablet before meals, promises improvement for discomfort after eating, and notes Franck Baker & Son offers a guarantee with no cost unless health is restored.
Rev Cray McAllister president of Hampden Sydney College will preach at the Presbyterian Church near Sunday morning. The clergyman and his wife are staying with her parents Mr and Mrs I W Russell on Amherst Street during the holidays.
Mr D R Eskey, manager of the Virginia Steel Range Stove and Lightning Conductor Co., has rented the room at 115 West Water Street in addition to his quarters at 111. Mrs Annie R Hack is seriously ill at Fairmont West Virginia while visiting relatives with her daughter Miss Mary Hack.
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