Local Theatre Shows and Acknowledges Accidents
The program on Wednesday night drew a small crowd but performers delivered solid tableaux and dances despite claims. Hugh Bradley suffered a broken rib and head injuries from a straw stack fall. Clyde Lemley was hurt when a horse trampled one foot near D W Williams' house. Reverend Strickler was assaulted by church members before last. Staney Clevenger left for Cumberland Maryland for B&O work. I J Lemley and wife returned from a southern trip.
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Ste
Kymond
Winchester
Hugh Bradley
Legal Battle Over Railroad Connection at Strasburg Junction
Commissioner Hill sues Baltimore and Ohio Valley Branch to force a connection at Strasburg Junction as ordered. The case, before Judge Harrison at Woodstock on the 28th, features leading state and local counsel including Gen. Williams and Capt. Bumgardner. A highly anticipated legal confrontation with top attorneys is expected.
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Hill
Baltimore & Ohio Valley
Strasburg Junction
Harrison
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Baltimore & Ohio
Gen. Williams
Bumgardner
Staunton
Maryland
Big Bluff Oil Guarantee Promises Brightest Bri
Advertisement touts its oil as best safe and brightest at 7 cents per gallon from D Winglerter & Son 302 N Market St. Meanwhile news notes enlistment of Lindsay Leafe, son of Joseph W Leafe, now at Bedloes Island and in Co E 17th U S reg., set to sail for Manila on the 15th after serving in the Third War Regiment. Also shipping brick to Harpers Ferry for W haplon & Bro building. E M Barr ships two carloads from Winchester Brick Works. George Longecor, former local, contracted to erect the building.
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D. Winglerter & Son
N. Market St
Sam
Lindsay Leafe
Jos. W. Leafe
Bedloes Island
New York Harbor
Lindsay
Co. E
17Th U. S
Philippines
Manila
Third War Regiment
E. M. Barr
Winchester Brick Works
Harpers Ferry
Whaplon & Bro
George Longecor
Hard Times Ads Offer Cheaper 160 Test Oil
An advertisement from Haymaxer on South Main Street promotes 160 test coal oil at 7 cents a gallon as a cheaper alternative. The note also mentions Alice Hager returning to Charlestown this morning.
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South Main St
Alice “Hager
Charlestown
Metzenth Century Clock Debate Sparks Century Clock Logic
A Stephens City young lady argues century timing differs from calendar years. She asserts the 19th ends at midnight December 31 1899 and the 20th begins immediately on the 1900 strike, with each century passing at each hundred, not after 101. She details how a century ends at the moment numbers reach 100, 200, etc, and applies this to year 1919 implications.
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Stephens City
Wayfaring Man
Fire department invites reach Friendship meeting
The Maryland State Firemen's Association and Chambersburg Fire Department sent invitations to attend events in Baltimore next June and a fete on February 22. Both invitations were referred to the Captain and Lieutenants for report at the next meeting.
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Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Baltimore
Chambersburg
Coal oil can fitting offer for housekeepers
Ornporrr & Co invites all good and sensible housekeepers to send coal oil cans for repurposing. Cans will be fitted for 7 cents per gallon with a money back guarantee if quality is not matched. A notable reduction in coal oil lamps is promised alongside the service.
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Ornporrr & Co
Herz’s
Duffey’s
J. P. Haddox
N. Main St
Winchester
Boer Emissary In Town Sparks Speculation
A young man who believed a Boer agent was recruiting for Dom Pauls forces may have been mistaken. A man asking how one would like to go to South Africa does not prove intent to enlist.
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Dom Paul
South Africa
Coal Oil War Lowers Price to Six Cents a Gallon
In Winchester a coal oil price war has begun as the Standard, Independent and Southern Oil Companies clash. Oil now sells for six cents per gallon and the duration depends on rival tenacity as the public profits.
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Winchester
Standard
Independent
Southern
Epworth League Plans Braddock Street Church Meeting
A Braddock Street Epworth League business meeting is set tonight at 7 30. Officers will be elected and other important business will be transacted. A fall attendance is requested.
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Epworth League of the
Braddock St
Ms E. Church
Not Dead, but III: Moses Garner Rumor and Illness
A rumor spread that Moses Garner had died, but by noon he remained alive though very ill. The notice notes public attention to his condition and the surrounding talk.
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Moses Garner
Garner
Frederick County Board Raises Clerk Salary and Grants Consent
The Frederick county Board of Supervisors ended its session and ordered city authorities to seek their consent before changing Frederick Square’s grade. Clerk of the Circuit Court Philip H. Gold received a temporary raise of 150 dollars, higher than the usual 30 dollar annual salary, due to increased workload and feeless business.
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Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Frederick Square
Circuit Court
Philip H. Gold
Harrison
Byrd to Respond to Virginia Banquet Toast
Mr Byrd travels from Cumberland Valley Railroad to Martinsburg for a West Virginia Bar Association banquet tonight at Hotel Berkeley where he will respond to the toast Virginia He will return tomorrow the association is in annual session in Martinsburg also noting 8 cents per gallon Stanparp O1 no experiment at Pentzs Faulkner s Corner
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Byrd
Virginia
R. E. Byrd
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Martinsburg
West Virginia Bar Association
Berkeley
Bryd
Pentz’s
Faulkner’s Corner
Sale of Valuable Realty by Special Commissioner
By decree of the Frederick County Circuit Court entered in June 1899 in Geo. W. Kurtz vs Maria R. Jordan, the undersigned special commissioner will sell at public auction in front of the Court House in Winchester Virginia on.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Geo. W. Kurtz
Maria R. Jordan
Court House
Winchester
Piccadilly Street
Kent Street
East Lane
Frank Robinson
R. E. Byrd
R. BE
Byrd
Maria RB. Jordan
H. Gold
J.D. Kiger
Coal Oil Sale Ad by Jas L. Athey
Advertises coal oil at 7 cents per gallon, lower than the 9 cents previously charged. Claims same quality and urges customers on East Piccadilly Street to switch suppliers.
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JAS. L. Athey
East Piccadilly Street
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Maryland Casualty Co
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Star Shoe House
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Rey Byrd
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Fred Hable
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X. L. Swavutt
Kremer
East Picea
Washington St
Chase
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Piccadilly St
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