Rouss Celebration A Brilliant Winchester Banquet
A Saturday night banquet at the Charley Rouss Fire Company hall honored late merchant prince Charles Broad Rouss. Senators Martin and Byrd and others praised his generosity as 154 guests enjoyed a formal program with an elaborate menu and music by Prof. Homer’s orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Broadway Rouss
Mount Hebron
Winchester
Charley Rouss Fire Company
United States
Congress
Virginia Military Records
Cumberland Valaneen’s Association
Winecheater Bar
Rouss
A. G. Dayton
West Virginia
R Gray Williams
John J. Williams
Grand Camp of
Virginia
Confederate Veterans
William M. Atkinson
Navy
C. D. Bulla
Taylor & Sibert
York Rivers
W. H. Baker’s
Harry R Homer
Herbert March
R. Gray Williams
Martin
Senator Martin
H. D. Flood
Brees
R. T. Barton
R. B. Byrd
Tne
M. T. Reed
Hunter N. Kern
E. Kiger
J. Madison Spurr
Harry C. Stouffer
Geo. H. Kinzel
Harpers Ferry to Light Brunswick Md in Electric Plan
Harpers Ferry electric light company contracts with Brunswick to supply lights and power. Negotiations reportedly ongoing with Charlestown and Winchester. The move ties to a broader Harpers Ferry development plan previously denied by locals.
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Harpers Ferry
Light Brunswick
Brunswick
Charlestown
Winchester
Star
Stephens City Pastor Resigns for North Carolina
A Stephens City dispatch reports Rev. J. W. Strickler tendered his resignation to his congregation at the close of morning services and will leave April 10. He has accepted a call to Cord, North Carolina due to ill health in his family. The move surprised locals who hold him in high regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STAR
Stephens City
J. W. Strickler
Concord
N.C
Strickler
Mohair Season Attention on B M Dawes Estate
Notice to all debtors and claimants of the B M Dawes estate via L A Deitra agent and administrator. Also a Mohair season tease from Russell & Green noting first arrivals and inviting visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Dawes
L. A. Deitra
Admr
Russell & Green
Mrs. Savage Laid to Rest at Hebron
A large throng attended the funeral of Mrs. Hester Savage wife of Joseph H. Savage held at Kernstown. Rev. Dr. James Grammer and Rev. Dr. Henry M. White led services with committal at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers from Winchester Aerie of Eagles included T. P. Spates J. T. Brown and W. L. Fultz. Interment followed, with floral tributes from relatives friends and Winchester Eagles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester Savage
Joseph H. Savage
Tor Star
New Braddock Street Sunday School House Dedicated
The Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South dedicated its new Sunday School House completed February 1 at a cost of 9000. Rev Dr Horace M DuBose of Nashville led the dedicatory services, delivering an address to a large crowd after weeklong observances starting February 5. The ceremony followed a morning service and featured broad denominational attendance.
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H. M. DuBose
Braddock Street
Nashville
Tennessee
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Horace M. DuBose
Methodist Church
DuBose
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Printer Weds Martinsburg Girl In Quiet Ceremony
Miss Clara Mae Kline daughter of D W Kline of Martinsburg and D Edgar Bush a member of The Evening World composing room were quietly married Friday evening at St Josephs parochial residence by Rev Father Donahue in the presence of a few friends. The attendants were Miss Dessie Kline and Garfield Yontz. They will reside on East Race Street Martinsburg.
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Clara Mae Kline
D. W. Kline
Martinsburg
D. Edgar Bush
Composing Room
Evening World
St. Joseph's
Father Donahue
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Dessie Kline
Garfield Yontz
East Race Street
Mock Trial in Mt Airy Debating Society
The Mt Airy Debating Society held a mock trial Friday night at that place over the murder of Robert Slocum. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to death by Judge Theopulus F. Fawcet. Prosecution attorneys were J. W. Richard and John Bywaters, with defense by Tilden Snapp and Emory Snapp.
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Mt. Airy
Special Black Goods Sale Notices
A forthcoming Black Goods Sale advertised by Russell and Green is set to begin next week with expected promotional ads to follow.
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Russell & Green
Orator Dr DuBose Enthralls Audience at Dedication Services
Dr Dubose delivered a powerful sermon and drew praise for his eloquence and command of language. The dedication schedule spanned February 5 to February 7 with interdenominational greetings from Winchester ministers and addresses by notable pastors from Lexington Martinsburg Middletown Baltimore and Mount Vernon Place.
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DuBose
Epworth League
Dr. DuBose
J. O. Knott
Lexington
Winchester
Braddock ‘Street
C.D. Harris
Martinsburg
W. 8. Hammond
Middletown
This County
H. H. Sherman
St. Paul’s Church
Baltimore
E. V. Regester
Trinity Church
F. J. Prettyman
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
Severely Hurt in Fall on Ice
Ernest Leatherman, 15, son of R. B. Leatherman, fell on the ice yesterday in front of the Presbyterian Church and was unconscious for fifteen minutes. He received medical aid from Dr. W. A. Bell and was later taken home in a carriage. His condition improved the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Leatherman
R. B. Leatherman
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Bell
$10,000 Suit Put Off to May Term
Mrs Edith McDonald of Shenandoah City sues Norfolk and Western Railway for $10,000 damages in Clarke County Circuit Court over the death of her husband Freight Conductor Alex McDonald killed near Boyce. Case continued on defendant motion to May term. counsel include Robert F Leedy and O Flaherty and Falcon of Front Royal. railway represented by Marshall McCormick of Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith McDonald
Shenandoah City
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Clarke County
Alex. McDonald
Boyce
McDonald
Robert F. Leedy
Luray Bar
O’ Flaherty & Falton
Front Royal
Marshall McCormick
Berryville
Rev Gill Preaches as Presiding Elder Visits Martinsburg
Rev A J Gill pastor of the First Methodist Church of Martinsburg preached two sermons at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He exchanged pulpits with Rev C T Weede the local pastor who preached in Martinsburg. The visit marks the Presiding Elder's arrival though Rev Dr W L McDowell remains unable to attend due to a knee injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Gill
First Methodist Church
Martinsburg
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
C. T. Weede
W. L. McDowell
Local Markets Report with Steady Prices
Wheat 1.10, rye 0.60, corn 2.50, butter 0.22, eggs 0.24. Eld hens 0.08, old roosters 0.05, turkeys 0.14. No changes recorded for more than a week as markets remained featureless.
Grand Lecturer Arrives for Winchester Royal Arch Week
William J. Hubard Grand Lecturer of Virginia arrives in Winchester to instruct John Dove No. 12 R A M. He will confer degrees each evening at 7 30 oclock starting tomorrow, as the chapter conducts a series of lectures and ceremonies this week.
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Royal Arch Masons of
Winchester
William J. Hubard
Virginia
Hubard
John Dove
Spring fashions entice with bold new mohair styles
G. G. Adams of Gainesboro appeared in town Saturday with a colossal 765 pound hog. The Star notes a Special Mid-winter White Sale ongoing at Russell & Green's and urges readers to try an ad.
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Gainesboro
Russell & Green’s
Secret hearing in Faulkner suit heard in Winchester
The courtroom was closed to the public as Effie Beitsch and her father sue Oliver Faulkner for damages claiming an insult and assault in Faulkner’s Main Street store. Witnesses for both sides testified, with opening statements by counsel and testimony from Beitsch, her companion Mabel Ford, and Faulkner’s clerk C R Smithey among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Beitsch
John Beitsch
Oliver F. Faulkner
T. W. Harrison
Harrison
Faulkner
Winchester
Virginia Woolen Company
Main Street
R. T. Barton
Marty R. Kern
R. BE. Byrd
H. 8. Larrick
Mesars
W. Trussell
G. W. Branner
Jas. W. White
Chas. B. McIlwee
Thomas Dick
G. Boyer
P. Bailey
Kern
Byrd
Beitsch
Effie Beitech
Mr. Byrd
Mabel Ford
C. R. Smithey
Model Orchard in Frederick County Promises Big Apple Output
The U S Department of Agriculture forms an experimental model orchard on Mr B L Lupton’s 40 acre Frederick County farm near Winchester to advance apples amid the Hagerstown to North Carolina fruit belt. Varieties include Ben Davis York Imperial Grimes Golden Jonathan Stayman Wealthy and a few Ambrosia Pippins. Lupton cites cost uncertainties and aims to learn actual costs from purchase to bearing while following department guidance on culture and packing for later markets.
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Department of Agriculture
Virginia
United States
Department
8. L. Lupton
Frederick County
Winchester
Ben Davis
York Imperial
Grimes’ Golden
Jonathan
Stayman
Frederick
Lupton
Washington
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Fince the
Happy Banquet Board
Mr. Flood
Major Hunter
Hal Staples
Philadelphia
DR. DU Bose
Mr. Gill
M. E. Church
Mr. Lupton
America
Pomological Society of Connecticut
Hartford
Connecticut
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