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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1908
Page
1
A Star essay recounts a modern siege at the Alamo where a lone woman leader, Miss De Zavalla, and factional Daughters split over control. A deputy sheriff was used to steady the dispute as readers learn of the quarrel amid the Alamo's storied history.
The remains of Eugene Blockley who died yesterday morning at his daughter’s home in Chambersburg arrived in the city at noon and were taken to Mrs. Luther Kremer’s residence. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 30 PM at the Kremer home with Rev. George S Bowers of Grace Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
The people know the difference as thousands visit the former store of Mr. I. H. Faulkner on Main Street near Janae to take advantage of a liberal price reduction on select goods.
Circuit Judge T W Harrison ordered local option elections in three Shenandoah county districts. Lee district including New Market votes April 28, Madison district including Edinburg votes April 28, and Stonewall district including Woodstock votes April 7. All districts have been dry for two years.
The Woodmen of the World in Winchester will hold their annual banquet Tuesday evening at the Friendship Fire Company hall. The Hickory Camp No 34 will host Tuesday night and the bazar continues Monday. About 200 invitations issued with speeches by Virginia State Manager S B Latham and toastmaster J J Lumley.
An educational meeting will be held at Court House Hall in this city at 11 o clock next Saturday February 29. Every school city is expected to attend and Prof. Charles G Maphis will speak. The conference will address important educator concerns and arrangements for the district educational conference planned for the last week of March.
The Ladies Aid Society of Greenspring Methodist Church schedules an oyster supper at White Hall on the evenings of February 25 and 26. Proceeds benefit church work and community outreach.
An old Miller's Drug Store advertisement promotes Ti tus Peerless Lotion claiming quick relief for frosted feet bunions and chilblains priced at 25 cents. The short 1p-tf ad emphasizes cure with a single product.
A fragment notes a comedy act called Jack the Kisgers at a palace venue tonight with admission details unclear.
Noted Woodstock lawyer Mr M L Watston was among business visitors in town today.
R Gray Williams argues Washington's farewell address should guide modern policy. He warns against entangling alliances and foreign adventures, urging a return to democratic principles and national self reliance in domestic and foreign affairs.
An elaborate reception for Mr. Edward L. Bond and his bride, Hannah Lt. Peaskee, was hosted last evening at the grooms parents home in Frederick county. The event followed their February 12 marriage in Clarkboro New Jersey and featured gifts, a course supper, playful fortune events, decorations in green and white, and music. bridesmaid Miss Sarah Richardson of Byberry, Pa attended.
Stockholders of the Mutual Skating Rink Co. will hold an important meeting at the Elks Hall Monday night at 8 o'clock to conduct business of significance.
Sunday school begins at 9 20 a m with the pastor Rev FB FP Northen preaching at 11 am and 7 30 pm Morning subject Right Words Evening subject The Bruised Reed A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Mayor Baker allows masked guests at the Skating Rink but bans masked faces on streets after unmasking at So'elock. Entry requires name at the door. Objectionable costumes refused. Admission ten cents. Skates available.
Mr T J Faulkner recently stocked an entire carload of trunks with no plan to sell. Now the full stock is being sold at greatly reduced prices by Mer Jones & Jolliffe. No articles withdrawn from the stock for the public. Opportunity for shoppers in Winchester.
A fine weather evening saw Fort Loudoun hold its winter recital in the auditorium. The program featured two parts with piano and vocal numbers, a whimsical later phase with tableaux and moving pictures, and several standout soloists and choral pieces. Notable participants included Ruth Guyer, Mary Browning Keller, Virginia Smith, Lucille Faulkner, Isabel Wilson, and Dakota Best, with cadets from the Shenandoah Valley Academy assisting as ushers.
A mass convention of the Republicans in Frederick county will meet in the courthouse hall in Winchester on Friday March 6 at 1 o clock to elect five delegates and five alternates to the congressional convention at Luray on March 12 and five delegates and five alternates to the state convention at Lynchburg on April 5. The convention will also elect a county committee composed of a chairman and a representative from each divided with the Republican party.
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