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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1900
Page
2
A political critique denounces American occupation in Cuba as military repression under General Wood. It condemns taxation without representation, heavy levies on unpaid taxes, and forced sales of delinquent lands, arguing these measures burden a war-weary and impoverished population.
Desiring to retire from business we offer our bicycle livery complete stock at a reasonable price. c Lewis Bros 30 East Piccadilly St.
The Valley Sunday School officers and scholars invite the public to a yard party for the benefit of starving natives of India. Events will be held July 12 and 13 at Mrs. Wm. H. Myers residence near town. Proceeds support relief efforts. Nearby notes: Mrs. Gove M. Ainslie and Miss Marie Fountaine, from Washington, visit Woodstock. Local fishermen seek rain to muddy the river. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian Church elected officers for six months: Herbert F. Miley, president. Adelyn Gale Miley, vice president. Herbert M. Artz, secretary. Mrs. W. J. Cocke, treasurer.
Howard Lyon faces a preliminary hearing in White Post after being accused of stealing a flock from C. J. Meade of Clarke county. Judge S. A. Duling presides as witnesses from Winchester test to Lyon’s involvement. Policeman C. E. Neville testifies that Madison Chris more, arrested and discharged, exonerates Lyon and indicates Lyon sold the sheep to a local butcher believing them legitimate.
Amelie Rives is reported in northern papers as ill and mentally wrecked but a Charlottesville correspondent for the Richmond Dispatch says she is in very good health. She lives at Castle Hill and is actively engaged in literary work though specific projects are not announced.
Fragment mentions grain market and commodities with odd spellings and misplaced terms. No clear events, prices, or dates. Reads as a damaged OCR snippet referencing wheat eggs butter and chickens with uncertain values.
Mr. Geo W Hershberger near town lost about 75 dollars worth of wheat and straw when sparks from a passing locomotive lit the shocks along the Valley Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Miss Mary Eva Taylor and Aston C Pruden eloped from Newport News and were recently married. Judge Weddill of the United States District Court in Virginia sentenced W H Richards of Newport News to one year in the penitentiary for counterfeiting.
Schedule notes list daily northbound departures from B and O CV and other lines at 4459m and 812 am 910am 1144am 1285 pm 643 pm 780 pm and 900pm, indicating connections to destinations via B&O and CV services.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad sets July 5, 19, August 3 and 16 as excursion dates to the Sea Shore with sixteen day validity. Tickets to Atlantic City Cape May and South Jersey resorts cost 6 50 round trip on No 4 from Winchester at 7 30 p m. Tickets good on reg trains back to Philadelphia within sixteen days. Inquire at local ticket agents for details.
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