Normal School Session Closes After Week of Music and Exams
Winchester Summer Normal closes a month of lectures and exams with a musical reception at Rice and a teachers reception at Fort Loudoun Seminary. Prof Harris and assistants conduct the examinations. Raymond Campbell and Ada Harford star in performances. final exams run Wednesday to Friday under Harris, Cool, Cooke, and Settle.
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Rice’s
Fort Loudoun
Harris
Settle
The
Normal
Winchester
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Mal
Cool, Cooke
Final notice on Mr John Jobe death in Hampton
Mrs Samuel Purcell reports the death of her brother Mr John J Jobe in Hampton Virginia at 63, a native of Brucetown with ties to the woolen mill business in Brucetown and Baltimore. He leaves a widow and six children and was interred in Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Jobe
Baltimore
Laura Huyett
Mary Richey
Hampton
William E. Jobe
Rippon, W. VI
Richard Jobe
Jobe
Wood
R. J. Yates
Washington
Culpeper County
Has Sold His Place Mr Robert M Henry
Mr Robert M Henry recently opened a soft drink establishment on North Matna street and has sold the place to Mr William Baker. It is understood Baker will continue to conduct the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Henry
Matna
William Baker
Baker
John Wood Heir to English Property Worth Million
Roanoke dispatch reports John Wood formerly of Roanoke and 1902 Harrisonburg editor now in Greenville South Carolina has inherited English property valued at one million dollars. Wood is a known figure in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
John Wood
Newpaper
Greenville
S. C
England
Wood
Harrisonburg
Daily News
Carnegie Family Narrowly Escapes Car Crash in Inverness
In Inverness Scotland on July 28 Andrew Carnegie his wife and their young daughter Margaret survived a collision between their tour car and another. Both cars were demolished though no one seriously injured. The Carnegies were shaken but safe after the accident.
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Inverness
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Margaret
Carnegien
Frederick Defeats Winchester In Pitchers Battle
The Frederick (Md) baseball team beat Winchester 3 to 1 at Athletic Park Frederick in a strong pitching duel. Maher and Johnson dominated, with Frederick breaking through in the late innings. Ebert hit a two bagger and Scheller Sacrificed. ten men left on base for Winchester. umpire was Robert E Brown.
Visit to Harrisonburg Firemen's Meet Invites Guests
Letters from Winchester show many people invited to visit friends in Harrisonburg Virginia for the State Firemen's Association convention to be held in the city during the last week of August. The Friendship reel team has already decided to attend the festivities.
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Winchester
Harrisonburg
State Firemen’s Association
Neffstown Mayor Showcases Champion Potatoes
Neffstown mayor George Noakes displayed prize potatoes at the Star office. He planted two potatoes in slices in early spring and recently harvested 76 bushels from the seed he sowed.
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George Noakes
Neffstown
Star Office
Going To Europe Aboard Lusitania For European Tour
Mr and Mrs James B Russell sail from New York on August 12 for an extended Europe tour with Mr Vernon H Brown and Miss Marie Brown. They travel on the Cunarder Lusitania and expect to return aboard the Maurietta leaving Liverpool September 5 on the same line.
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James_ B
Russell
New York
Europe
Vernon H. Brown
Marie Brown
Liverpool
Mutual Skating Rink to Improve Facilities This Fall
The Mutual Skating Rink announces that reports of its closure this August are erroneous. The owners state they will begin improvements next month including steam heat and sealing parts of the building, while evening sessions continue. They urge patrons to ignore rumors and promise forthcoming attractions.
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The
Mutual Ska@&ing. Rink Corporation
Stewart and Wolfe St
Evening of music and readings at Pidgeon home
Members of the Home Musical and Literary Society gathered at Mrs. Lewis Pidgeon’s Seville home for a rich program. Miss Helen Hardesty read The Clover Leaf, Miss Regina Kimmell performed in costume, and Miss Rebecca and Lewis Pidgeon presented Uncle Zeke. A buffet supper followed as officers were elected and guests lingered into the Weesma hours.
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Pidgeon Home
Bers
Home Musical and Literary Society
Lewis Pidgeon
Seville
Star Circle- Eq Notions Literary Society
Mem
Seody Company of Bright People
The
Clover Leaf
Helen Hardesty
Murrill of Virginia Tech in town on school business
Mr. Murrill representing the Virginia Polytechnic Institute visited The Star office this morning on school business and was a pleasant guest in town.
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Murrill
Virginia’ Polytechnic Institute
the Star
Virginia Weather: Showers Tonight and Wednesday
A weather notice reports showers in Virginia tonight and continuing into Wednesday. Rain could impact outdoor plans with cooler, unsettled conditions.
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Peper
Virginia
Market Tonight at Black Ferry Event Details
Fragmentary notice mentions a Market and Lowneys with a mentioning of tonight and a caught event. Limited readable items prevent full context or participants.
Frog Buried Fourteen Feet Recovers in Virginia
Wardensville Virginia July 28 Hugh L McKeever while digging a well at his residence dug out a frog fourteen feet underground embedded in hard clay. The frog was flat and pale but after a few hours out of its deep den it revived and escaped that night. Heavy rains soaked the ground and grasses look green. Lightning struck a barn near Benjamin Gochenour causing a heavy loss of grain and hay. Affleck Winkley and Wheatley left Winchester after poor luck fishing but made friends here. Mrs Husong of Chattanooga visits her mother Mrs Martha McKeever. James Hahni and wife of Summit Point visit friends. Misses Viola and Madgeey visiting Shenandoah relatives. Dr P W Boyd of Winchester operated on Garfield Morgan again. Morgan needed a second operation. Postmaster J P Heltzel and wife welcomed a daughter born July 4. Walton cof Woodstock was ill from Friday to Monday. National agents in town temperance efforts found no targets in this dry county.
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Wardensville
Hugh L.mckeever
Benjamin Gochenour
Dr. Husong
Chatanooga
Tenn
Martha McKeever
James Hahni
Summit Point
Viola and
Madgeey
Shenandoah
Winchester
Garfield Morgan
Morgan
J. P. Heltzel
Lester
Walton
Woodstock
Carry
Dry
Boy Saves Mother's Life in Blood Transfusion
Utica New York July 28 Mrs Joseph Derrick of Rome received a blood transfusion from her 23 year old son Ham as she collapsed from hemorrhage. In other items Judge Landis faces a false imprisonment suit by Daniel Keller over a Fort Leavenworth sentence. Major crop talks in Mississippi hint at cotton boycott. Typhoon warnings rise in Hong Kong with heavy damage and drownings. A Brooklyn bride Katherine Kelley dies after ingesting cyanide. An Oke train wreck in Hemlo Ontario kills two, injures seven. Counterfeiting charges touch Fayettesville Arkansas. Scotty the Death Valley miner reportedly broke in Paris.
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Utica
Joseph Derrick
Rome
N. Y
Hams
Landis
Chicago
K. A. Landis
United States District Court
Daniel W. Keller
United States Army
Fort Leavenworth
New York
Barrett Heads to Philadelphia for Brain Tumor Treatment
Mr Calvin Barrett son of Mr and Mrs Jonas Barrett of White Hatch left this morning for the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia for treatment of a brain tumor.
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Calvin Barrett
Jonas _ Barrett
White Hatch
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Barrett
Yard Party Planned by Burnt Factory Church Ladies
The Burnt Factory Church ladies announce a yard party at the church on Thursday and Friday to raise proceeds for benevolence. Proceeds will benefit church missions and local helpers with funds raised through the event.
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Cal
la. Rice
Raymond Campbell
Ada Har
Ford
Prof
Kenney
Miss Harford
Tainment
J. H. Lacy
Nor
John Jobe
News of
Brucetown
Brucetown, Va
Samuel Purcell
Intelli
Hampton, Va
Fort
Mr. Jobe
Mary and
Corrie Swimley
M. M. ‘Swimley
Clarke County
William
Moliie Cunningham
Paynes' Chapel
Apent
Charles Jefferson
Zannie Pitman
Miss Amy
Roanoke, Va
Samuel Swimley
Ernest Tharp
Miss. Ebersole
Senseney Road
Bertha Travers
Romney
Ness
Andy
Winchester . Tea Co
Henry Baetjer
Frederick, MD
Swift Maryland
Frederick (Md
Baseball
Athletic Park
Frederick
Creager
Winchesters
Maher
Innnings
Ebert
Eliza Pidgeon
Mr. Mélver
Mrs
A. J. Kimmell
Mary Pidgeon
Dence
Regina Kimmell
Dorothy Pidgeon
Zeke
Rebecca
V. P
Thos. Keating
Benjamin Godenour
Affleck
Winkley
Wheatley
Holmes Baker
Fairmont
W. B. Baker
United State Court
Telegraph
Evening Star
Hearst News Service
Jackson
Miss
Farmers’ Union of Mississippi
Upfe
Hong Kong
North Bay
Ont
Oke
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Hemlo Station
J. Magfiormick
Belfast
Ireland
Millie Davis
South Dakota
Fayettesville, Ark
L. W. Blanchard
J. ©. Wilcoxson
Federal Grand Jury
Scotty
Tan ‘Francisco
Deatht Valley
Paris
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