Birthday Observed as Veterans Banquet Honors Lee
A drizzling rain marked General Robert E. Lee birthday in Winchester today with banks closed and schools taking a holiday. Turner Ashby Camp will host a 7 pm gathering at the veterans hall, proceeding to Harris Hall for a banquet served by J. L. Redmen. About 200 invitations issued. program features U. S. Senator John W. Daniel, General H. Kyd Douglas, Hon. A. Moore Jr., Rev. Dr. S. K. Cox. Rev. Dr. J. P. Hyde to read a poem. admission by card. Daniel arrives 6:38 pm by B&O R R. Douglas arrives 8 pm by Cumberland Valley RR.
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Robert E. Lee
Winchester
Virginia
Turner Ashby
General Lee
Harris Hall
North Main Street
J. L. Redmen
Harry Homer
United States
John W. Daniel
H. Kyd Douglas
Maryland
A. Moore, Jr
Berryville
S. K. Cox
J. P. Hyde
Senator Daniel
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Barton
General Douglas
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Mr. Moore
E. Holmes Boyd
Richmond paper exchange list cut by rival clipping
A rival newspaper allegedly copied and published clipped exchange listings from the Richmond paper as specials. The incident involves unauthorized use of another outlet’s material and raises questions of integrity and fair reporting.
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Richmond
Loudoun Street Church Services With Rev Dr Woods
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will hold services Sunday at 11:00 AM and 7:30 PM with Rev Dr F M Woods of Martinsburg presiding at both. Another grand double show at Court House Hall tonight tickets 10 cents.
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Loudoun-st
Loudoun-st. Presbyterian Church
F. M. Woods
Martinsburg Presbyterian Church
Court House Hall
Fairfax Club Formed in Winchester Business Social Circle
An initiatory meeting in Hansbrough & Carter's office drew fifty names for a new Fairfax Club. A five member committee was named to draft bylaws, arrange quarters, and secure a charter. The club will be a congenial social institution with reading rooms and billiard facilities and no drinking or gambling allowed.
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Winchester
Hansbrough & Carter
Fairfax Club
Messrs
J. B. Beverley
T. P. Patton
Bruce Worthington
Charles F. Nelson
Shirley Carter
Charlie's Check correction from Hagerstown Globe
The Hagerstown Globe misstates that Charles Broadway Rouss sent Winchester Virginia's Independent Fire Company a five hundred dollar birthday remembrance. In fact there is no Independent Fire Company in Winchester and the Independent political party is defunct. Rouss previously sent Charley Rouss Fire Company one thousand dollars and Charlestown five hundred dollars.
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Hagerstown Globe
Charles Broadway Rouss
Independent Fire Company
Winchester
Globe
Rouss
Tug Star
Independent” Leader
Independent
Inpendent Oil Company
Charley Rouss
Successful Home Building and Loan Association Sets May Payout
On December 23, 1893 Hansbrough Carter and directors launched the Home Building and Loan Association. It began with 600 shares, 300 more applied for, and will pay out $200 per share in late May or early June. Payments to shareholders stop in May as more shares may lapse.
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Messrs
Building Association
Aunt Charlotte Seeks Individual Names For Ailstock Notes
Aunt Charlotte Ailstock visits The Star to protest daughter Cora White’s police court troubles. She, a 56 year old nurse, fears the Ailstock name will mislead white readers about her work and asks future mentions use given names only. She shares tips from her life on staying out of trouble.
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Charlotte Ailstock
Star
Ailstock
Charlotte
Star Office
Marriage License Issued for Richard Flowers Minnie Dehaven
County Clerk Cartmell issued a marriage license to Richard P. Flowers and Minnie Dehaven yesterday. Charles Pingley, in Cumberland for a job with McMullen Brothers' Department store, will leave tomorrow to take the position in the carpet department. Branson Hall, son of Page Hall, colored, was laid to rest in a funeral from John Mann M. E. Church this afternoon. Children’s matinee at Court House Hall tomorrow, tickets five and ten cents.
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Cartmell
Richard P. Flowers
Minnie Dehaven
Charles Pingley
Cumberland
McMullen Brothers
Branson Hall
Page Hall
John Mann
Court House Hall
Dr Gold Recovers After Brother Reports Honduras Letter
Dr. William Wood Gold in San Pedro Honduras writes home to say he has recovered from a December shooting by Hernandez that killed Capt. Jack Imboden. A bullet fractured his right arm and he notes the Star of Winchester misreported his death. He plans a fuller account when able to write again.
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Philip H. Gold
William Wood Gold
San Pedro
Honduras
Dr. Gold
Hernandez
Capt
Jack Imboden
Even the Star
Winchester
Mexican newspapers show satire of foreign powers in 19th century cartoon
James Taylor received El Imparcial and a pictorial El Hijo de el Ah izote from Wm Myers. The cover cartoon titled outside politics depicts a Dom Paul style matador on a horse pursuing a huge bull labeled Great Britain. Uncle Sam looks glum while Chamberlin fans the Queen as nations react, with Aguinaldo in the background.
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James Taylor
Wm. Myers
Mexican Central Railroad
el Imparcial
el Hijo de
Politicaan Extravjera
Una Corrida En
Africa
Dom Paul
Rosenante
Great Britain
Sam
Chamberlin
Dom Pav
Aguinaldo
Cool Murderer Walks Free After Calm Kill At Home
Chas Robinson of near Spruce Creek Pennsylvania shot a man who had wronged him last Wednesday in his home. He dragged the body onto the street, returned to a Pennsylvania Railroad switch tower, telegraphed for relief, locked the door, and waited calmly before surrendering to police.
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Chas. Robinson
Spruce Creek
Robinson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Texas Deputy Marshal Claims Stonewall Jackson Relation
Mrs. Van Dusen, first woman sworn as a Texas deputy marshal, asserts kinship to Stonewall Jackson. She notes birth in Hillsboro North Carolina and lineage through her Irish father Robert O'Daniel of County Cork and a Virginia Jackson cousin of the Confederate general.
Marriage at Hagerstown Home Unites Lula Gordon and Walter E.
Miss Lula Gordon of Hardesty Virginia married Walter E. a of Milldale Virginia on January 17 at a Hagerstown residence. Rev. R.M. Moore officiated the ceremony.
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Lula Gordon
Hardesty
Walter E. A
Milldale
R.M. Moore
Hagerstown
Complete change of programme at Court House tonight
A last minute program alteration is announced for Court House events tonight with changes affecting performances and timings. Local residents are advised to check listings for updated schedules and venue details.
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Court House
Thursday Night Whist Club forms in Winchester social scene
Two social organizations formed by Winchester society last night at the Byrd home on Amherst street. An informal gathering elected no officers and planned weekly whist nights with prizes and a supper, attracting many local residents and notable names.
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Winchester
Richard E. Byrd
Amherst Street
Elsie Love
R. T. McGuire
Miss Gray
Miss Love
Virginia Cover
Leila McGuire
Mrs. Byrd
Frances Walker
Fannie Gray
Anne Byrd
Nellie Cover
Minnie Byrd
Catharine Cover
Mamie Russell
Anne Cover
Laura McGuire
Chas
F. Nelson
H. D. Fuller
Prof. Nelson
Messrs
T. B. Patton
Stuart Bell
Fred L. Glaize
Hunter H. McGuire
Harry R. Kern
Edward E. Stone
Chas. F. Nelson
A. R. Pendleton
Albert 8. Worthington
Geo. Byrd
Randolph T. McGuire
Harry Kerr Russell
Hogan Douglas Fuller
Jerome Swartley Arrested After Brunswick Shooting
Jerome Swartley, who shot Chas Seeberger in Brunswick, will move to Cumberland. He rents the house where George McCormick recently shot Victor Reynolds and fired at Reynolds’s wife. Swartley was sent to jail without bail after waiving a hearing in Frederick. He claims self defense and says Seeberger justified Swartley’s act, while Swartley bears scratches from the scuffle.
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Jerome Swartley
Chas. Seeberger
Brunswick
Cumberland
George McCormick
Victor Reynolds
Swartley
Frederick
Seeberger
The Value of a Lost Cause Reflections on Hope and Duty
A philosophical meditation on loss and virtue urging endurance and faithfulness. It argues that noble ideals endure beyond defeat, with references to bravery sacrifice and loyalty. The piece cites Kossuth and Browning to reinforce the belief that character outlasts battles and faithfulness crowns true effort.
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Kossuth
Browning
Crowley and Company Stage Farce at Court House Hall
Crowley and full company present a side-splitting farce at Court House Hall tonight. The lively troupe delivers quick wit and pratfalls as locals gather for an evening of entertainment.
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Crowley
Full Company
Court House Hall
Increase Travel of Business Men
Twenty five guests were registered at the Taylor House yesterday in addition to the regular boarders. The greater portion of the transients were salesmen and the sample rooms could not accommodate the travelling men’s samples, so a millinery salesman used the writing rooms to display his goods.
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Taylor House
To Be a Nurse Patsy Berry Heads to Philadelphia
Miss Patsy Berry departed yesterday for Philadelphia to enter Presbyterian Hospital for nurse training.
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Patsy Berry
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Hospital
Assessors Begin Work In City Property Appraisal
Messrs. E. G. Hollis and G. Frank Walter, the recently appointed assessors, have started the initial task of assessing city property.
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Messrs. E. G. Hollis
G. Frank Walter
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Lee
South
Veterans
Daniel
Fairfax Glub
Home Building and Loan Association
Stonewall Jackson
Mr. and
Mirs. R. &. Byrd
Gen. Lee
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