Daisy Fete Plans and Local Notices in Brief
Wheat price at 72 cents today. Clarence Engle of Martinsburg spent last night here. A Daisy Fete at Brucetown church lawn on the 18th and 14th of July. The Friendship Reel Team meets tonight at 8 at Friendship Hall. Maude Anderson sick at South Braddock Street. Superintendent P W Boyd moved his office to the former Palace Bar building. The Friendship Reel Team thanks Lewis Jones Knitting Mills for racing shirts. Mrs Henry Gilkeson and two sons from Minnesota visit Mr Smith Gilkeson at 323 North Braddock Street. Deputy Grand Chancellor L N Barton installed the officers of Winchester Lodge No 65 K of P. Reese Arnold of Glyndon, Md, to visit sister Mrs Riley Grim and brother Prof Edgar Arnold this Saturday with daughter Mary. Arnold works at the United States Custom House in Baltimore.
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Reese Arnold
Glyndon
Maryland
Riley Grim
Edgar Arnold
Mary
Arnold
United States Custom House
Baltimore
Winchester
Torrid Weather Persists with Breezes and Warm Night Forecast
Temperatures ranged from 92 at 9 am to 98 by noon and 96 at 3 pm but the heat felt milder than yesterday due to a pleasant breeze. Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies and continued warmth tonight with a possible rain.
Japanese Weighing Party at Braddock Street Church
The Braddock Street M E Church women host a Japanese Weighing Party on Thursday July 12 at Mrs KE J Evans residence 321 North Loudoun street. Music and recitations will be provided. Refreshments are 15 cents and admission is 10 cents. The public is invited.
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Braddock-street
M. E. Church
KE. J. Evans
North Loudoun Street
Moling Advances New North Main Street Brick House
Contractor James Seabright and a crew of bricklayers push the nearly finished two story brick residence for Mr. James Moling near the end of North Main Street. The house is described as handsome and substantial, matching the neighborhood’s pretty dwellings.
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James Seabright
James Moling
North Main Street
Pension increased for Joshua Barnett in city
The Pension Bureau raised Joshua Barnett, a colored resident, monthly pension from six to twelve dollars. Barnett, aged and well known, had a son who served in the regular army in Cuba during the Spanish American War and is now in business in Winchester.
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Joshua Barnett
Barnett
Cuba
Winchester
Martinsburg Couple Wed in Martinsburg Ceremony
Lilly McKinney of Martinsburg wed Charles J. Fisher of Harpers Ferry yesterday afternoon in Martinsburg.
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Martinsburg
Lilly McKinney
Charles J. Fisher
Harpers Ferry
Tinsburg
Womans J Bryan Nominated by Democratic Convention
The Democratic National Convention in Kansas City unanimously nominated Hon. William Jennings Bryan for President. The platform denounces imperialism, favors free silver, calls for popular election of Senators, labour reforms, and arbitration, and endorses the Nicara gua canal under U.S. control. It opposes foreign alliances and the Hay Pauncefote treaty.
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Kansas City
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Bryan
Committee On Revolutions
Louis Bell Dies in Martinsburg Barbershop Era
Louis Bell a well known colored barber in Martinsburg West Virginia died after a short illness of stomach trouble. He ran his shop on North Queen Street and was highly esteemed by travelers. He was 55 and survived by a widow.
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Star Today
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Louis Bell
North Queen Street
Bell
Winchester
Harrison- Boyd
Mountaineers are always free motto on West Virginia seal
An unnamed business man recalls seeing the West Virginia state seal motto Mountaineers are always free over a penitentiary door in Charleston. He says the line contradicts the reality of mountain prisoners and calls the claim a lie. Also notes bogus unroasted coffee berries made from oat rye flour and corn meal with added aroma.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Montana
Cincinnati Enquirer
St Andrews Gazette Report On Domestic Strife
Domestic tension centers on Larry Be highway end and Denni s around a disputed attack claim. The article suggests a possible motive linked to a household dispute with mentions of a planned carpet laying. Local context remains unclear.
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Larry
Dinnis
St. Andrew’s
Traditional Japanese dress described in historical note
The native dress of the better class of Japanese is a loose wrapper open at the chest and waist with a girdle. It is estimated that an average of eight matches are used daily by every man, woman and child.
Shooting and bloodshed on the Boer front reported by correspondents
Reporters including Mr Burleigh Mr Villiers and war artist describe British fire as largely ineffective with many Boer casualties from artillery. Dr von Gernet notes minimal effect of British rifles while Boers sustain injuries from shelling. The piece cites frontline dangers and uneasy morale. The second excerpt notes the Triad society in China with power over members and a motto Drive out the Tartars dating to 1664.
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Burleigh
Villiers
The
Daily News
Times Mafching
Howard Vincent
von Gernet
China
Triad Society
Sam Hop Hui
Why He Ate Salad
Dialogue excerpt shows Mrs. Greene-Charles remarking on her spouse eating salad tonight. Mr. Greene explains he ate it despite previously claiming to detest salad, noting she prepared it in a new way. Location is Boston, source is Transcriber Boston Traveler.
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Mrs. Greene
Charles
Mr. Greene
Boston
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Clarence Engle
Brucetown
Friendship Hall
Miss Maude Anderson
South Braddock Street
P. W. Boyd
Palace Bar
Friendship Reel
Lewis Jones Knitting Mills
Henry Gilkeson
Minnesota
Smith Gilkeson
North Braddock Street
L. N. Barton
Winchester Lodge No. 65
K. of P
Mr. Moling’s
Wmn. J. Bryan
Horsey & Atwell’s
North Main St
KERN
Berryville
Inchester
Holmes Conrad
Cc. B. Hancock &c
Circuit Court of
City of Winchester
B.T. Hancock
CU. B. Hancock
R. Gray
Dorsey Walter
Iat
Barton & To
John M. Stec Walton & Walton
J. S. Souenzercer & Co
Winchester Gas & Electric Light Co
Kwairine Factory
John G. Crisman
Laprobes
Wesi Water Street
Lutheran Church
Wright's
Jos. Wheat, Jr
West Peyton Street
Gro. S. Warre
S. Main St
Thomas Keating
Agt
Cumberland Beer and
Braddock
Barwell Supplied
Cumberland Brewing Company
S. H. Hable
Main St. Star Clothier
Main and Water Streets
Ace
Jos. Schlitz Milwaukee Beer
Robert M. Henry
North Market Street
J. Robert Doran
Wilson
Gibson
Finch
Welty
Ohio Valley
L. Hosten Brechrna Company
Miller Supply CO
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