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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
4
The Evening Star consolidates The News Item, established 1895, with The Evening Star on May 6 1907. The merged paper, led by H F Byrd, gains circulation surpassing 9700 daily, becoming Winchester’s sole published daily paper.
The fragment honors a writer described as generous and beautiful, noting that a person capable of such writing cannot be entirely bad.
Judge Loving, once presiding for six years in Nelson county Virginia, is imprisoned at the old courthouse bar after being charged with murder. He swears he cannot fairness in a county where he has always lived and where he recently killed Theodore Istes, leaving his former role starkly contrasted with his current distress.
The New York City police commissioner stores over two thousand revolvers seized in the last sixteen months. The piece notes that the west and south also see unlicensed weapons, highlighting nationwide firearm concerns.
The funeral of Aunt Lucresia Lewis, a prominent colored resident of Winchester, who died May 28, was held Thursday afternoon at the Baptist Church on South Braddock Street. Interment followed at the Grick Cemetery.
Frederick Robinson, rector of St. Thomas's Church in Middletown, moved with his wife to Manassas Virginia where their bright child has fallen very ill. Dr. Weaver of Middletown serves as agent. though gravely ill, recovery is hoped.
Apple Ridge Virginia June 1 Mrs M S Glaize returns to Connellsville Pennsylvania after family illness. Mrs J L Bond visits her brother Edward Lupton near Martinsburg. Miss Bessie Fries and grandmother Catherine Lewis visit Mr Lewis’s home. John W Glaize returns from Connellsville after visiting his daughter Mrs J T Lewis. Friends note Mrs Jesse Fries is improving after illness. George Lynn leaves for Richmond for the Confederate reunion.
Major Holmes Conrad of Winchester and former Speaker Marshall Hanger of Augusta visited the Capitol yesterday. Though offices were closed they toured the Senate and House chambers and rehabilitated buildings. Both men long served in the General Assembly and were noted for their influence and later federal service.
The article notes the groom Vredenburgh connected to prominent circles in New York. He is a floor manager on the New York Stock Exchange for Lewis and Vredenburgh and linked to clubs and business interests. His father James G. Vredenburgh is a leading New York lawyer financier and Pennsylvania Railroad attorney.
A nostalgic reminiscence outlines Theodore Tilton's death in poverty and isolation and his reflection on Southern Democrats. It recalls his 1856 views and his revised thoughts about political figures, including Sir Philip Sidney, as ideal gentlemen.
William Lickliter captured a homing pigeon in Kernstown yesterday morning. The bird had lingered in the area for days and bears a left leg inscription EB 32 898.
Miss Nellie Callahan of Newbury New York returns home greatly improved after six months in Winchester for health. She will be accompanied to New York City by Miss Emma Snapp who has accepted the superintendency of a church mission settlement on West Forty third Street.
Miss Baker is described as a sweet-tempered beauty connected to Virginia’s prominent Baker family. The notes praise her paternal grandfather William B. Baker of Winchester and Baker’s Sons Milling, a major South enterprise, and honor her father Alexander M. Baker as a leading figure in the company and social circles.
An old column mixes poultry feed advice with an ad for Hyomei. It promotes corn as a fine chick feed and suggests safe alternatives when corn irritates. It offers a guarantee from Ranel Baker & Son and describes Hyomei as delivering medicinal air to nose throat and lungs.
In the Fred erick County Circuit Court 1907 May 18 notice Agains t nonresidents listed creditors of Frank Brown must appear within fifteen days after publication to protect their interests. A weekly four week publication in Winchester Evening Star and posting at the court house front door are ordered. Clerk PHIL H GOLD R GRAY WILLIAMS vp q
A historical bank ledger from Winchester Warginda lists assets and items including overdraft tools notes paper currency and real estate related entries. Figures show totals and miscellaneous accounts such as due from national banks and state banks with various dates and values.
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