The Passing Pageant of Local Events 1900 May June
A sprawling year-in-review listing daily local happenings across Winchester and neighboring towns. The timeline notes births marriages deaths fires public notices and notable incidents from May through June 1900, with numerous names places and events including church and school matters, accidents, and community milestones.
Timeline of Local News and Notable Events
A rundown of incidents and notices across Winchester and nearby towns: suicides and deaths in Harpers Ferry Front Royal and Clarksburg, marriages including Lizzie Noakes with Walter Stine and Lean Guard wed in Winchester, a Southern Railway bridge fire near Timberville with $2,000 loss, and various church, school, and political items. Includes centennial Presbyterian events, fair openings, and public notices from 1896 through recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Hollis
Charles Haines
Greenlane
Winchester
North Carolina Monument
Owen Knight
Clara Angeline Reed
St. Joseph
Lula P. Smith
Hotel Evans
R. H. Stebbins
Chas. B. Riley
A. E Carroll
City of Winchester
John Kerr
Sarah Kiger
Martinsburg
Eliana Kaweett
Newton Hedges
Charlestown
W. Va
Tucker
Lexington
Mad Dog
Stephens City
D. C. Quinn
Harrisonburg
McKinley
Roosevelt
Webb Richardson
Berryville
Julian L. Sibley
Atlanta
Presbyterian Church
Mie Hlain ‘Love
J. Wilton Hope
Harpers Ferry
Sarsh Parlett
Downing
Front Royal
Lizzie Noakes
Walter Stine
Lean Guard
Jas
Pangle
New York
Joshua Marple
Albin
J.S. Sibley
John Summers
Southern Railway
Timberville
Charles B. Rouss
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Presbytery
John B. Hart
Clarksburg
Lutheran Church
Diffenderfer
Seabright
the Star
C. M. Gibben
Congress
Earnest Magalis
Guy Seabright
B.gray Williams
John Hawkins
C. M. Gibbees
Conness
Hunter McGuire
Richmond
Rouss
E. Jolliffe
Clearbrook
James Catlett
George Grandeteff
Lavina Swartz
Brucetown
F. King Meade
Ines
Fi B. Petrie
Dragged to Death by Runaway Horse in Paw Paw
Mrs. McCool of Whitacre was killed when a horse pulling a buggy ran away near Paw Paw West Virginia across the Frederick county line. The driver, a young man, suffered multiple injuries and a broken collar bone. Passersby found him and the woman after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Gold
Rebecca Clayton
Samuel Ginn
Katie Copenhaver
Elmer F. Johns
Tom’s Brook
Lucy B. Haymaker
H. KE. Kirk
Baltimore
H. St. George Tucker
Lexington
John Hoover
Chas, Miller
Elizabeth Shepard—Neill
Kearneysville
Maggie McCauley
Robi. Galloway
Len
W. Slusher
Lula V. Cougill
Mulligan Post
Frank Gould
Lula Effinger
Harrisonburg
G. W. Cadwallader
Emma V. Cougill
Whitacre
Plot That Failed at Strasburg Va
A horse stolen from Zirkle's livery stable Sunday night was found tied near the Southern Railway tool house in Strasburg. The tool house had been broken into and tools stolen yesterday, prompting belief that a wholesale robbery was planned but thwarted or that further evil intents remain hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
Southern Railroad
Zirkle
Southern Railway
Tocal House
Captain John Glaize Ill Veterans Leader of Valley Society
Captain John Glaize longtime Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society vice president lies dying at his home after heart trouble. Civil War quartermaster with Jackson, he served as magistrate, high sheriff, city council president, railroad director, merchant and lumber dealer. Survived by three sons Edward Will Robert and two daughters Mrs Harry Snyder and Miss Glaize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manaiey Crafteas
Robert Barron
Washington
Front Royal
Star
Mr. Fuller
Kernstown
R. C. Crum
Ohio
A. D Henning
Florence
Rebecca Lewis
Rev.c N. Tyndall
Mise Ella V. Blankner
Harvey Anglinbaugh
Chambersburg
Elma Blockley
Lovettsville
Stanley Harmer
Mulligan Post
Walter Kelsoe
California
Minnie Lockart
Gore
Charles Kremer
Mattie
Carpers Valley
Winchester Dye
Rouss
William Sibert
Alsdorf
New York
Harvey D. Dehaven
Daniel Mellinger
Mary Daugherty
John Lockley
Col’d
Berryville
Mathew de Rouville
Albany
N. Y
Mamie Fuller
Emily Jackson
Marion Dorset
Cora Hillyard
Ollie Bright
Reformed Church
Martinsburg Falls
W.H. Maury
Malachi Pugh
EK. A. Miller
Dag
P. Hyde
Staunton
Geo. W. Grits
Bishop Partridge
Kyoto
Japan
Christ Church
Patrick Cavanauzhs
W. W. Davison
Middletown
Blacksburg College
Wreatha Mac Fuller
Henry Newman
Louis Jefferson
Philadelphia
Adam Peacemaker
Whitacre
H. E. Shull
Sarah Clagett
Marlboro
Wm. L. Wilson
Washington and Lee
Lexington
Harriett Mayers
S. G. Ferguson
Baltimore
J. S. Lupton
Imogene Smith
Clarkesville
Tenn
James Baker
Ida V. Kern
Robi Jones
Mary Burwell
Ellis Jones
Hattie Luttrell
Harry Rainsberger
Hattie Lake
Murphy Fuller
Fannie Ritenour
Winchester
Louis McDonald
Fannie Chapman
John Williams
Emma Clarke
Hagerstown
Frederick County
Wm. Snapp
Fawcetts Gap
Cornelius Hanks
White Post
Ashby Camp
C. C. Peery
Sallie Toomey
John Renner
Pauline Dawson
John S. Castleman
Gen. Walker
W. G. Hardy
W. L. Seabrook
Va. Lutheran Synod
Elizabeth McClintic
Mr. Wright
Hot Springs
Dr. Craig
Va Presbyterian Synod
W. T. Bargett
Annie Lyt
John Glaize
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Captain Glaize
Jackson
Edward
Will
Robert
Harry Snyder
Miss Glaize
County Court Clerk Theodore Luman Found Dead in Cumberland
The 35-year Cumberland County Court clerk Theodore Luman was found dead yesterday in Cumberland. His face showed signs of beating and authorities suspect murder. A New Year greeting is extended to friends and patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Luman
Alleghany, Md
Cumberland
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Boughieries
David F. Ward
Navasota
Texus
W. R. Shifflette Rockingham
Maggie Hall
Barbara Kay
Shepherdstown
Noah Sowers
Bertha Newlin
Lamp
J. H. Barnett
Sherrard
Savannah
John Mason
Florence Braithwaite
Robert Lustrell
Morgan and
Mollin Lyster
Nannie Bartlett
C. E. Timberlake
Charles Offut
Caponbridge
Gerrardstown
Sarah Russell
Clarke Co
Jno
Pugh
Capt. Pugh
Capon
Rachel Barton
Oranda
Alpheus Young
Eaton, Hil
Abyss City Hall
Emily Trenary
Boyce
Anne C. KR. Atterbury
JW. Fravell
Hopewell
Lela Baker
Ethel Smoke
Bessie Shull
Julia Jenkins
Elmer Hodges
New
D. D. Smith
Bryan
Charley Rousa
Fred Forney
Jef
Susan Matthews
Nathan Kenney
George Calvert
Western Union Telegraph Office
Huntington
William, Gearing
Davis
En Borden
Wadesville
H. D. Flood
Nannie R. Taylor
Carl Carlisle
Dudley Pierce
Hackwood Farm
Marburge
Solomon, M
John Pickeral
Vaucluse
Judge Handley
Scranton
Miss Mackintosh -Cruikshank
Scotland
David Petrie
Bessie Venable
Andron Samuck
F. Dehar
Gainsboro
Bat
Jennie Mastic
Inwood
W. M. Brown
Atlantic City
Geo. Washington
Joseph Keleford
Riverton
Joseph Sumption
City Hall
J. L. H. Baker
Convention of * Christian Church
Saumaville
Edith Tavenner
Loudoun County
Thos. W. Wall
Carthage
Sarah Hawkins
Wm. Perry
Brunswick
Grant’s Wooods
Sons of Veterans
Wm. J. Fultz
Star Tannery
Judge Riely
Houston
Troop A
Maryland National Guard
Brad. Johnson
Nina Pennington
Haymaker
Virgie Alexander
Gui
Annie Payne
Welltown
Ashby Pugh
Lyn
Shenandoah Baptist Association
Luray
Viola Brown
Daniel Williams
Carrie Unly
Rouss Hook and Ladder Co
Charley Rouss Fire Co
Richmoni
Jacob Richards
Thomas Wheelright
Chicago
Charles Shaffer
Jas. H. Richard
Taylor B. Yeakley
Perry McCool
Strasburg, Va
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