Young Rosa Haines Dies After Brief Illness at 25
Capon Bridge WV February 25 Miss Rosa B Haines daughter of Mrs Drusilla Haines died Saturday night at her mother's home after a brief heart illness. She taught school the day before and grew up seven miles from Capon Bridge on Dillons Run. She leaves mother three brothers and six sisters Vance Whitacre and Mrs Harry Smalls among those married. Her father the late Noah Haines died two years ago. Burial was in the Quaker Graveyard near her home Rev Peter Miller of Rio officiated mourners.
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Capon Bridge
Wwe’ Wa
Rosa B. Haines
Drusilla Haines
Dillon’s Run
Vance Whitacre
Hanging Rock
W. Va
Harry Smalls
Halfway
Noah Haines
Peter Miller
Rio
Call For Rink Stock At Mutual Skating Rinks Company Meeting
Stockholders met as Mr Breckenridge resigned to become treasurer and R Gray Williams could not serve. E B Capper elected president H H Willis vice president. A contract bid committee was formed for the Baker lot rink with a five year lease. A call for 50 percent stock by March 10 and remainder on completion was approved. Correll and Williams to obtain the charter. Strong interest noted.
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New Mutual Skating Rinks Company
Breckenridge
R. Gray Williams
E. B. Capper
H. H. Willis
Lafayette Jackson
Baker Lot
J. E. Correll
Baltimore and Ohio earns rise in January edges December
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports January gross earnings of 5,177,120 a drop of 1 188 439 from December expenses 4 164 545 down 200 580 leaving net earnings 1 012 575 a fall of 987 850 from December.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Banquet Funds At Friendship Firehouse For Woodmen Event
A bazaar at the Friendship Fire Company last night offered many articles for sale and a mahogany parlor suit as the prize. The Woodmen of the World banquet is scheduled for tonight at 11 o clock with a later firehouse banquet honorary for the ladies tomorrow night.
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Bazard
Friendship Fire Company
Woodmen of the World
Noted surgeon Dr. Isaac Trimble dies after
Winchester mourns the loss of Dr. Isaac Ridgeway Trimble of Baltimore who died at St Josephs Hospital after blood poisoning from a finger infection during kidney surgery. A Johns Hopkins and Maryland trained physician, he was an emergency surgeon for Baltimore and a friend of Winchester’s Dr. S P Latane. Interment will be at Wye House cemetery near Easton after Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church services.
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Winchester
Isaac Ridgeway Trimble
Baltimore
St. Joseph's Hospital
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Archibald Magill Smith
Trimble
Maryland
I. R. Trimble
Onewall
Baltimore and Ohio
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland
University Hospital
S. P. Latane
Talbot County
Wye House
Easton
William M. Dame
Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church
Trimbler
Great-Granddaughter of Morgan Reveals War Chest Link
Mrs. Fighting Bob Evans, great-granddaughter of Revolutionary General Daniel Morgan, discusses her ancestry and Morgan’s war chest. Evans notes her Washington upbringing, a brick mansion in Alexandria, and hopes to someday donate the chest to a colonial historical group.
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Bob” Evans
Mount Hebron
Evans
Margaret B.dowling
Washington
General Morgan
Colonial Historical Association
Mrs. Evans
Mr Shearer Buys Harris Property
Deed records in the Corporation Court show A N Shearer purchasing the Harris Harris property, adjoining his south side, from R Gray Williams and Shirleye Carter for 9150 after it was sold last Friday. Also recorded is a sale by Mr and Mrs William M Jenkins of Baltimore to Farry M Seabright, meat merchant, of the northwest corner property at Main and Cork streets for 3500 cash.
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Corporation Court
Harris Harri
R. Gray Williams
Shirleye Carter
S.H. Hansbrough
A. N. Shearer
William M. Jenkins
Baltimore
Farry M. Seabright
Nine Hour Law Spark At Baltimore and Ohio Route
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers discuss the nine hour law now in force at several eastern points. The rule has not yet reached this division but orders to enforce it are expected soon. Some trainmen doubt its success but plan to follow official directives.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Entire Carload of Trunks Sold at Great Reductions
Mr. I H Faulkner received an entire carload of trunks weeks ago and has now placed the stock on sale at greatly reduced prices. The sale by Messrs Jones and Joliffe invites Winchester shoppers to take advantage as every article remains in stock for the people.
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I. H. Faulkner
Messrs. Jones & Joliffef
Winchester
Wfist
Real Closing Out Sale At Faulkner Store
Thousands visit the former Faulkner store on S Main street near the bridge to find genuine merchandise offered at liberal reductions. The notice urges shoppers to compare and see the difference between real closeouts and fakes.
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I. H. Faulkner
S. Main Street
Miss Carrie Yeakley Heads to Dayton From Canton
Miss Carrie Yeakley of this city has spent time in Canton Ohio and has now moved to Dayton Ohio where she will reside.
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Carrie Yeakley
Canton
Ohio
Dayton
Frosted Peet and Bunions Promoted by Ti Drug Store
A fragment notes Ti Drug Store advertising remedies for frosted feet bunions and chilblains with confident cures. The brief mentions the store as a source for cold weather relief products and health tonics.
Grieving Winchester Mourns Ill Baltimore Railroad Agent
Fred S Grim son of Hunter B Grim of this city has been ill in Baltimore for several days and is now in critical condition with spinal meningitis. His parents and relatives are with him. He is an assistant agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Curtis Bay. About eighteen months ago he married Miss Shenk et Baltimore. He is a popular young man and his illness has caused general regret in Winchester.
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Fred. S. Grim
Hunter B. ‘Grim
Baltimore
Grim
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Curtis Bay
Shenket
Harry J. Turtle
Winchester
Reception Tonight At Parish House
The congregation of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church hosts a reception at the new parish house behind the chapel tonight. Mrs Flora Tilford of Winchester erected and donated the building in memory of her sister Mrs Harriot Milton Hammond and a large crowd is expected to attend.
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Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Honel
Episcopal Church
Flora Tilford
Winchester
Christ Church
Harriot
Milton Hammond
James Wellman Dies in Emporia Kansas Life Story of a Civil War Veteran
James Madison Wellman died at his residence on the outskirts of Emporia Kansas after a year of illness. He was born September 30 1835 in Lyndeborough New Hampshire. He served in the Second New Hampshire Volunteers and later settled in Winchester and Harrisonburg before moving to Emporia with his wife Laura Sloat. He leaves a widow two children two brothers and two sisters in New Hampshire. He was buried in Maplewood Cemetery Emporia.
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Walter D. Sloat
South Market Street
Emporia
Kansas
James Madison Wellman
Maplewood Cemetery
Maplewood Cemetery,that City. Mr. Wellman
Lyneborough
N. H
New Hampshire Volunteers Infantry
Winchester
Laura Virginia Sloat
Wellman
Harrisonburg
Perley C
Jennie Carr
Mr. Wellman
New Hampshire
Walter Family to Leave Winchester After Funeral
Mrs Walter and her daughter Miss Sula Walter will move to Antinewick Georgia to reside with their son and brother Edgar Walter. Mr Carroll G Walter of New York and Miss Bertha and Ida Walter of Baltimore attended the funeral of their father the late Mr Dorgey Walter in Winchester. Nannie Walter will live with her brother in law and sister in this city.
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Carroll G. Walter
New York
Bertha
Ida Walter
Baltimore
Winchester
Dorgey Walter
Jose
Cena
Watter
Sula Water
Antinewick
Eidgar Watter
Nannie Watter
Christian Charity Shown By Friends
A gathering of friends and neighbors at the home of Mr and Mrs Percy Sibert on Valley avenue delivered an abundant supply of life’s necessities to relieve distress in their home. Mr Sibert was paralyzed last fall and unable to leave his room, and recently his wife has been ill. The couple thank their friends for the kindness shown and extend heartfelt thanks through The Star.
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Percy Sibert
Valley Avenue
Sibert
Woodmen of the World Banquet to Be Held Tonight
Woodmen of the World No 34 prepare a banquet for no fewer than 200 guests in the Friendship Fire Company hall. The event, held in Winchester and vicinity, aims to boost the order's popularity with speeches by Virginia State manager B Latham and local leader J J Bromley.
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Friendship Fire Company
Hickory Camp
Winchester
B. Latham
Virginia
J. J. Bromley
Clergymen to Restore Half Fare on Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio officials announce that clergymen may again claim half fare on this road. The rule, awaiting a formal ent ry on March 21, allows ministers to obtain permits at ticket offices to ride at half price until the end of the year. Passes were withdrawn earlier, but the reestablished rate will help ministers save money while traveling.
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T. B. Patton
Baltimore
Ratireat Point
Ohio
Cléereymen
Bright Little Boy Dies at Home in Virginia
Special to The Star Willacre Virginia February 25. Little Allen Snyder son of Mr Harry Snyder died about 3 o clock Monday morning at the home of his grandfather Lemuel Sirbaugh with whom he had lived since his mother died years ago. He was a bright boy but hindered by a deformed body and had been quiet for a week or two. death was sudden though not unexpected. His father lives in Pennsylvania and was with him at the time of death.
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Willacre
Little Allen Snyder
Harry § der
Lemuel Sirbaugh
Pennsylvania
Portrait of Lieut Col Austin E Smith Presented to Lee Camp
Major Robert W Hunter of Winchester presented to Lee Camp Confederate Veterans in Richmond a portrait of Lieut Col Austin E Smith son of Governor William C Smith. Smith survived a wound at Gaines Mill and died later. Hunter paid tribute to his un dying spirit of devotion as Rev Landon R Mason received the portrait with a brief eulogy and thanks.
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Robert W. Hunter
Winschester
Lee Camp
Richmond
Austin E. Smith
William Extra Billy Smith
Smith
Gaines' Mill
Hunter
Landon R. Mason
World Famous Skaters at the Rink Tonight
The World's Famous Team Skaters Prof Genno and Miss Patterson perform at the rink tonight. Admission is 100 and skates cost 15.
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Prof Genno
Miss Patterson
CPhe Invites Guests to Evening Meeting at City Hell
CPhe invites attendees to gather this evening at O'étock in City Hell for a social and discussion session with members and guests.
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Cphe
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Isaac R. Trimble
Morgan
Robley D. Evans
Bob
San Francisco
Floyd County
Daniel Morgan
Cer
Braddock
Arnold
Quebec
Burgoyne
Gates
Greene
Cornwallis
Dainty
Dresden
China
Washingtonian
Frank Taylor
Virginia Neville Sims
Alexandria
Fort Fisher
Shearer
Harris
Parish House
James Wellman
Miss Sloat
Long Hiness
Mrs. Walter
B. & O. Repy
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