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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1900
Page
4
Letters to Petersburg asylum urge admission of Christopher Garrison after repeated hospitalizations and bouts of drunken madness. Local doctors report him dangerous and unreliable, warning he could threaten the community if released. Meanwhile a sales pitch touts D. Wingerter & Son oil at seven cents per gallon.
A. L. Spurr remains quite ill with rheumatism at his home on South Kent Street. Friends hope for a speedy recovery. He is the last survivor in the city of the Stonewall Brigade Band, which served with General Stonewall Jackson during the Civil War, where Spurr played drums.
Mr. F. McIntosh of Alexandria Virginia has been elected vice president of the Commercial Travellers and Hotelmen's Anti-Trust League whose headquarters are in New York. He is an uncle of Edward L. McIntosh of Winchester.
Marquis McCautey fell badly while loading wheat at Vaulcluse. Willie Cadwallader improves after sickness. J H Club plans meeting January 15 at Barnett's cafe. Bananas advertised by Kremer Co. F A Pedicord visiting Taylor House. Frank Davidson's show at Willow Creek tonight. Rev W A McKeefrey to Front Royal for Catholic mission. Annie Taggart visiting Baltimore. A wandering knight stole a revolver from Michael Lillis at B&O watch box. Mrs. Pope and Miss Maryrim to Wadesville after wedding. Mrs. Edw J Beck and child move to Wilmington Del for work.
A fragment from a 19th century page touts grain market news and a sales pitch promising coal oil at 7 cents per gallon with a money back guarantee. It mentions housekeepers sending coal oil cans direct for filling and notes reductions in coal oil lamps.
Carpenter moves a two story frame addition at 18 South Market Street in Columbia owned by Mrs. J Edwin Boozer. The frame house was relocated to the rear of the brick residence with the structure raised several feet. One accident occurred as Arthur Grim suffered a bruised and torn thumb during lifting.
Local ad promotes Cooper Bros. best Independent Oil with a brief street address at 810 South Main. The message urges customers to buy the oil from A. 8. Reports, 1-138 -61.
Frank Davidson performs as Jeremiah Hopkins delivering a strong rendition of Farmer Hopkins to a large audience at Court House Hall. A lais Sonne is predicted tonight and tickets are moving fast. H R Bryarly & Bro offer fire insurance with close policy attention.
A man described as a crazy negro killed Rev. Mills Rayford an admired preacher and examiner in Southampton county on Wednesday. A posse pursued and shot the killer dead on Thursday morning. the assailant named Jon Laken had recently escaped from Portsmouth.
A reward is offered for the return of a pair of gold studs kept in a leather case. The items were lost on Main Street last Tuesday night and should be returned to the office for claim.
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