Murder in Hardy County leads to jail for Wise
Wardensville reports a Hardy County murder as John H. Wise aged about sixty stabs George Walker about thirty to death. Coroner’s jury binds Wise for the grand jury while witnesses hint accident or murder. Walker had courted Wise’s daughter, Wise is jailed in Moorefield. Also noted are the death of Dr Hamp Porter aged 72 and Luther Keckley age 18 from measles and pneumonia.
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The
Star
Wardensville
Hardy County
W. Va
John H. Wise
George Walker
Wise
Walker
Moorefield
Has A Case In Blackstone's Court in Newport News
Mr R Gray Williams counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad returns from Newport News Virginia where he represented the railroad in a damage suit in the Circuit Court Judge Blackstone who faces impeachment charges on immorality and incompetency presides over the Newport News Circuit Court Williams declined to comment on the charges or the case.
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R. Gray Williams
Baltimore and ‘Ohio Railroad Company
Newport News
Judge Blackstone
Circuit Court of
Williams
Blackstone
Society meeting notice at Bryarly firm office
The regular monthly meeting of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be held Thursday evening at 7 30 o'clock in the office of H R Bryarly and Bro on Rouss avenue. Members are urged to attend as important business will be transacted.
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Society For Prevention of Cruelty To
H. R. Bryarly & Bro
Rouss Avenue
Preparing For Spring Trade At Berlin Tailor Parlors
Mr. Berlin and his shop have engaged a high class New York designer for the ladies tailoring department. He returns from Baltimore and will be ready to handle the spring trade in a few days.
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Berlin
Baltimore
New
Death claims Dr Newton Diehl Baker of Martinsburg
Shock swept Winchester and Frederick County as Martinsburg physician Dr Newton Diehl Baker 56 died suddenly at his Martinsburg home after a brief angina pectoris illness. A Confederate Civil War veteran, he served with distinction and later held the post of secretary of the West Virginia Board of Health for 15 years. Surviving: widow Mary D Dukehart of Baltimore and sons Franklin H Baker Newton D Baker Jr Harry D Baker and Julian C Baker.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Newton Diehl Baker
Martinsburg
W. Va
Baker
Bakersville
Jefferson County
West Virginia Board of Health
Mary D. Dukehart
Baltimore
Franklin H. Baker
New York
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry D. Baker
Julian C. Baker
Apoplexy Fatal To John Stepler
Freight Conductor John A Stepler of the Cumberland Valley Railroad, a well known Chambersburg figure, was found dead in his home bathroom in Winchester on a recent Monday. Aged about 39, he died of apoplexy after weeks of ill health. He was survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Levi Stepler a brother Harry a sister Grace his second wife and three children.
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John A. Stepler
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Winchester
Chambersburg
Stepler
Levi Stepler
Harry
Grace
Red Men Visit Firemen's Bazar in Sarah Zane Event
Shawtee Tribe No 2 of the Improved Order of Red Men attended the Sarah Zane Fire Company's bazar last night. The supper tables drew liberal patrons and money changed hands as young ladies誘 men to play at chances. The Friendship Fire Company will attend the bazar tomorrow night. Martinsburg fire department plans to visit Friday with Comrey's Band, greeted by the Sarah Zane Company at the station.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Friendship Fire Company
Martinsburg Fire Department
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Comrey
Sarah Zane Company
Yousing
Moving Pictures Tonight at Palace Theater Draws Crowd
Two hundred people attend a screening at the Palace Theater for a program titled The Robber Robbed and Spanish Views with emphasis on the showing being in demand at the venue tonight.
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Palace Theater
Busy February City Council Meeting Drags On
The Common Council met last night with W H Baker presiding and a list of members including J H Savage and Mayor H H Baker. The session ran from 8 to about 10 30 with debates on alley repairs and a dispute over paving and drainage. Financial reports showed January receipts of 8070 44 and a balance of 5834 22 with a small claims bill. The council heard a proposal from J W Bowles to buy or lease 60 acres near Rouss Spring at 55 per acre.
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Common ‘Council
W. H. Baker
Messrs
Shirley’ Carter
P. W. Boyd
James M. Haymaker
W. H. Smith
John H. Snyder
John W. Rosenberger
Janes B. Russell
L. F. Cooper
W. T. Barr
Henry Deahl
J. P. Haddox
H. H. Baker
Pathan
Kinzel
the Revenue
Correll
Hare
Carver
Wilson
Carter
Committee On Claims
F. S. Boyd
Bowles
Captain George D. Wise Dies at 73 in Richmond
Captain George D. Wise, 73, a lawyer and ex Confederate soldier who served 14 years as Richmond’s representative in Congress, died in Richmond yesterday. A renowned orator, his 1888 clash with Boutelle of Maine drew national attention and remains a Washington political topic. He served on many House committees and did not return to public life after 1902 constitutional work.
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George D. Wise
Richmond
Congress
Captain Wise
House of Representatives
Boutelle
Maine
Washington
House
Captain Wis
Rush Dies From Old Age In Frederick County
Mr Massie T Rush died after illness of advanced age at his son James Rush’s home on Buf Vck road near Winchester. He was eighty four and the last of his family, a native of Culpeper county who had lived long in Frederick county. Funeral will be at Macedonia Church at noon Thursday with Rev Luther Nepsmaith officiating. No torments in graveyard adjoining.
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Massie T. Rush
James Rush
Buf Vck Road
Winchester
Rush
Gulpeper County
Frederick County
Macedonia Church
Luther
Lyceum Stars Impress Shenandoah Valley Audience
The Broomell Reed Company Miss Jeanette Turner Broomell reader and impersonator and Miss Helen Beatrice Reed harpist and soprano entertained at the Auditorium draft night for Shenandoah Valley Academy Athletics Association star course. Attendance was mainly subscribing patrons and both performers received warm applause. Sunshine Hawks the humorist will follow on February 29.
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Broomell-Reed Company
Jeanette Turner Broomell
Helen Beatrice Reed
Shenandoah Valley Academy Athletics Association
Woman Falls On Ice Breaks Arm Near Bank
Mrs. W H Taylor of North Main Street slipped on hidden ice in front of the Shenandoah Wales National Bank and fractured her arm. She was assisted home and her daughter Mrs Frank Simpson of Clifton Forge Virginia was notified by telegraph.
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Shenandoah Wales National Bank Today
W- H. Taylor
North Main Street
Judge Rhea Still On Witness Stand In Virginia Hearings
Richmond Feb 4 Judge W F Rhea of Bristol continued on the stand in his defense before a joint legislative committee investigating charges tied to his appointment to the corporation commission. He defended the Jordan case saying Jordan deserved either completion or acquittal. The defense plans to finish tomorrow night. House courts of justice set next Tuesday for charges against Judge Blackstone. Senate debate focused on a bill to repeal a parallel railroad law with no vote. Anti Saloon League score first victory as general laws committee approved a liquor delivery ban for express firms. G Burnley Sinclair and Charlottesville nominee votes were unanimous.
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Richmond
W. F. Rhea
Bristol
Joint Legislative Committee On
Rhea
Noel of Lee
Corporation Commission
Jordan
House Committee On Courts of Justice
Blackstone
Eleventh Circuit
Senate
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Anti-Saloon League
House Committeee On
General Laws
G. Burnley Sinclair
Corporation Court
Charlottesville
Sida
Wreck and Delay Spark Southern Rail Cussing
Passengers arriving at Harrisonburg filled the depot and hotels with grumbles after a vexatious wreck near Riverton. A faulty switch caused a freight engine to jump the track, blocking the line for over 12 hours and delaying schedules. A wrecking car from Alexandria cleared the track and a trainsman said the South ern had gained a cuss word for every inch of the system.
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Southern Railway
Harrisonburg
Riverton
Alexandria
Old Southern
Dwelling Burns While Family Eats Near Catletts Station
Fire swept the Boyer farm house near Catletts Station Virginia as the Tharp family dined last Thursday. The blaze consumed the structure and contents, yielding an uninsured loss of about 500 dollars. The Tharp family has relocated and will start anew. Mr. Charles Tharp's brother EK G Tharp lives on James B. Russell's Clarke county farm.
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Winchester
Charles Tharp
Boyer Farm
Catletts Station
Weather Report for Virginia Warm Eastern Rain Thursday
Northern Virginia may see snow or rain with southern areas getting rain tonight. Thursday will bring rain in the east and a warmer trend, while the extreme southwest turns colder.
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Virginia
Noted Speakers at the Rouss Anniversary Banquet
A Winchester event honors Mr Charles Broadway Rouss founder of the Rouss fire company with a seventh anniversary birthday celebration at the engine house on Water and Braddock streets. Noted speakers include United States Senator John W Daniel, Judge William M Atkinson toastmaster, Col Robert L Gray Rev J H Lacy and Congressman William A Jones.
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Virginia
Music Company
William M. Atkinson
Corporation Court
Atkinson
United States
John W. Daniel
W. M. Thornton
University of Virginia
Commonwealth
Robert L. Gray
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Winchester
Is Press
Notice for Friendship Fire Company No 1 February Meeting
All members are requested to meet promptly at 8 o clock Thursday evening February 6 in full uniform for the regular monthly meeting. Those attending Sarah Zanes Co bazar should wear uniforms in neat dress. By order of Company. Carper Secretary.
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Friendship Fire
Sarah Zane Fb Co
Carper
Bruceton Man R T Jones in Town on Business
Mr. R. T. Jones of Bruceton visited town today on business, meeting local contacts and handling errands.
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R. T. Jones
Bruceton
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John. Wise
Geo. Walker
Miss Wise
Dr. Porter
Hamp Porter
Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Porter
Blanche Southworth
Luther Keckley
Blackstone’s Court
Death
Doctor
N. D. Baker
John Stepler
Firemen’s Bazar
J. H. Savage
Russell
T. M. Bantz
Sir
Lyceum
Londade
Southern
Weather Report
Mr. Rouss
Jon
Col. Gray
Mr. Lacy
Cong
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Charley Rouss
Charles Broadway Rouss
Rouss
T Water
Braddock Street
Harry St. George Tucker
Jamestown ©Oosition Company
J. H. Lacy
Presbyterian Church of
William A. Jones
Spea
Philippines
Jones
Thig-Sty
Thornton
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