This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1902
Page
4
The 1901 records show Charley Rouss Company with 238 members, 22 meetings averaging 50 attendees, and debt down to 360. Fire losses included 2100 within city and 5000 at Allamong Planing Mills beyond city limits, highlighting Winchester fire department efficiency amid threats.
Mrs William Chapman and child ren visit her mother in Mill wood. Mr Harry Kremer employed at Haywood Bartletts foundry in Washington. Miss Mattie Shreckhise from Staunton returns home from Strasburg visit. Miss Sophia Baker to return from Cleveland Ohio after niece Elizabeth Powells wedding. Buy a guitar at L E Rices. Mrs T A Conlyn visits en route to VMI. Oyster sellers advertise fresh large oysters. Several local social updates follow including travel plans and visits. A fatal accident at West Virginia Pulp and Paper Mill injures four men including Whetsell. Other items report acquittal in Wallace and a land sale near Morgantown. Fire destroys Glen Elk brick plant in Clarksburg with $20,000 loss. A child named Russell Ridley Ridenour is critically injured by a random bullet.
Rev. W. J. Cocke of Woodstock was elected Chancellor Commander of King Author Lodge No. 75 K. of P. in Woodstock. He preached at Galilee in this county.
Rev. N N Hall lists Sunday services for January 5 with preaching at Lamp's at 11 a m and at Parton's at 3 p m. Evening relief is set for 7 p m.
Capt George W Kurtz left for Baltimore in interest of Headley Chocolate Co. Mrs Annie Robins widow of Rev W F Robins died yesterday at Kinsale West Virginia. Mr Adolphus H Tyree 70 native of Richmond died in Portsmouth. Mrs Nancy Arnott died Monroe County West Virginia aged 101 to 104. In Roanoke Charlee E Critzer collapsed at a dance and Mrs Mary A Hazelwood wife of Martin W Hazelwood died in Richmond.
During the year the company paid to its living policy holders in maturing policies and other cash benefits over.
Mayor M G Willis of Fredericksburg, ill for weeks, is able to sit up. A county court session looms as a large crowd is expected for the barn burning charge against McIlwee and Adams.
Market report lists wholesale prices for butter potatoes and wheat in a daily record dated Saturday January 4. The text shows garbled OCR with entries labeled Butter Potatoes Wheat and scattered numeric values. Key entities include butter and potatoes with unknown prices and a few illegible figures. The overall record conveys a low-fidelity snapshot of commodity pricing.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.