Woman Finds Brother's Long Lost Civil War Grave
Mrs. Young Pike of Washington DC and her daughter Isadore uncovered the grave of her brother C C Loard in Stonewall Cemetery after 41 years. Loard served in Company OC, Third Arkansas Regiment and died February 10, 1862 in Winchester. The grave was located in the Arkansas lot and fully marked, bringing closure to a long family search.
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Washington, D. C
Isadore Pike
Nancy Coble
West Water Street
Stonewall Cemetery
Loard
Winchester
Arkansan
Stonewall
Ladies of the Confederacy
Memorial Services For Odd Fellows
Madison Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will hold memorial services at the graves of deceased brothers on Sunday afternoon June 7 at 3 30 oclock. The rite of the order will be performed and graves strewn with flowers. Members meet at lodge quarters at 3 oclock.
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Madison Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Friendship Will Go To Staunton For July 4 Parade
Friendship Fire Company holds its monthly meeting with Capt. Jas M. Haymaker presiding. The group vote to attend Staunton’s July 4 celebration, plan Harpers Ferry picnic date via Baltimore & Ohio RR, order torch corps uniforms, and assess $99 tombstone damage claim against Mr. Orndorff. A tongue and seat for the hose carriage will be added and parade duty set for June 6. Bills totaling $22 approved. Elmer Haddox added to active roll.
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Friendship Fire Company
Jas. M. Haymaker
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Harper’s Ferry
Torch Corps
T. J. Orndorff
Chas. H. Hardy
Carrol Carver
Jack Breckinridge
Miss White Weds Norfolk Attorney at St Luke's
Miss Mary Bell White daughter of Maj L B White and Lucien D Starke a Norfolk attorney wed yesterday afternoon at St Luke's Episcopal Church. Rev W A Barr officiated. Attendants included Mrs J Leigh ton Habard Mrs Harry Rice bridesmaids Nelle Tucker Ella King Miriam Wilkinson Grace Jones maid of honor Litha Starke best man W W Starke. The bride is well known in Win..
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Mary Bell White
Maj. L. B. White
Lucien D. Starke
Norfolk
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
W. A. Barr
J. Leighton Habard
Harry Rice
Nelle Tucker
Ella King
Miriam Wilkinson
Grace Jones
Litha Starke
W. W. Starke
City Solicitor Re Gray Williams Addresses Randolph Macon Graduates
City Solicitor Gray Williams left today for Front Royal Virginia to deliver the commencement address to Randolph Macon Academy graduates tonight. He will return tomorrow.
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Gray Williams
Front Royal Va
Randolph Macon Academy
Cumberland Valley Railroad Relief Association Benefit Payout
In May the Cumberland Valley Railroad Relief Association paid $600 in death benefits and $176 in sick benefits to eligible members.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad Relief Association
Snow in Winchester on Confederate Memorial Day 1885
Eighteen years ago on June 5 1885 snow fell in Winchester as Confederate Memorial Day neared. The Sixth fell on a Sunday and early cold drizzle mixed with large snowflakes. The snowfall was brief and melted after contact with warm ground, giving way to a heavy rain that flooded streets and disrupted the day’s ceremony.
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Winchester
Gosorn and Collins Wed in Washington
Cards announce the marriage of Charles B. Gosorn formerly of Winchester to Miss Margarete Evelyn Collins of Washington D C. The ceremony occurred Monday evening June 1 in Washington. The groom, a Winchester native, is son of T A H Gosorn and grandson of David Gosorn, both former editors of the Winchester Leader. The couple will reside at 1108 Eighth Street Northwest Washington after July 1.
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Charles B. Gosorn
Margarete Evelyn Collins
Washington, D. C
Winchester
Washington
Eighth Street Northwest
Tah. Gosorn
David Gosorn
Winchester Leader
Millwood Firm Shiley Bros Makes Voluntary Assignment
George M. Shiley of Millwood Clarke county Va trading as Shiley Bros general merchandise made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of his creditors without preference. His brother John Shiley was named trustee. Assets including bank accounts total 4100 with liabilities 2700 likely to pay creditors in full.
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George M. Shiley
Millwood
Clarke County
Shiley
Shenandoah Valley Academy to Meet Charlestown Team
The Shenandoah Valley Academy baseball team faces Charlestown, West Virginia, in what is likely their last game of the season at Reservoir Park. The Charlestown club recently beat Martinsburg Royals 18 to 4, while the Academy edged them 5 to 4. Admission is 20 cents.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Charlestown
W. Va
Reservoir Park
Academy
Royal Blues
Martinsburg
Lineman Seriously Injured After Fall From Pole
Gardner Gibbs a Martinsburg branch lineman for Winchester Telephone Company was seriously injured near Martinsburg West Virginia Wednesday afternoon after falling from a telephone pole. He was unconscious and initially believed dead. He remains confined to bed.
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Gardner Gibbs
Martinsburg
Winchester Telephone Company
W. Va
His Holiness Is Not Infallible Letter Response
Rev Wm A McKeefry defends Catholic Church against accusations and emphasizes worship of God alone and salvation through Jesus Christ. He argues Catholics do not rely on the Virgin Mary and asserts the church’s true creed amid controversy, urging readers to understand rather than seek popular approval.
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Apostle
Catholic Church
Holy Catholic Church
Tur Svar
Jesus Christ
Hell
God
Jesus
Smoke Veils Sun in Winchester Forest Fire Plume
An unusual smoky haze shrouds Winchester from dawn throughout the day obscuring sunlight. Residents report a dry, brownish gray veil not like fog, likely carried from New York State forest fires by upper air currents and settling over the town.
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Winchester
New York State
New York
Boston
New England
Maine
Camp's Sponsor Returns From Confederate Reunion
Miss Annie Cartmell daughter of Mr and Mrs T K Cartmell returned yesterday from Roanoke Virginia where she had been visiting friends At the Confederate Reunion in New Orleans she acted as sponsor for General Turner Ashby Camp Confederate Veterans of this city and received much attention during the trip.
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Annie Cartmell
T. K. Cartmell
Roanoke
New Orleans
School Girls Leave Winchester after Institute Commencement
With the Episcopal Female Institute closing at The Auditorium last night, many Winchester schoolgirls departed on the southbound B&O freight. Most left on the early train, with later trains carrying the rest. By afternoon only one or two remained, with Winchester awaiting their return in September. Mr. Chas. H. Mullikin of Clarke county visited town.
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Episcopal Fenale Institute
Winchester
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Episcopal Female Institute
Wm. ©. Marshall
Burial of Dr. A. Byrne at Mount Hebron
The funeral for Dr. A Byrne who died yesterday afternoon at Winchester Memorial Hospital was held this afternoon at 3 from his widow’s residence on Fairmount avenue. Rev. Nelson P. Dame officiated with pallbearers W W Wall T T Wall Oscar Barr Wm A Bell W P McGuire G L Miller. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Episcopal rites at the grave. Dr Byrne, a Warren County native formerly of Rockland, had come to Winchester seeking hospital work and died shortly after arrival.
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A. ©. Byrne
Winchester Memorial Hospital
STAR
Fairmont Avenue
Nelson P. Dame
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
W. W. Wall
T. T. Wall
Oscar Barr
Wm. A. Bell
W. P. McGuire
G. L. Miller
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Byrne
Warren County
Rockland
Winchester
Confederate Memorial Day Parade At Winchester Today
Cloudy conditions forecast for Memorial Day as Winchester prepares for one of its largest postwar crowds. The parade starts 11 30, followed by ceremonies at Stonewall Cemetery. A veterans dinner runs 1 to 8 at Kent Street Church, with a Lyric Quartette at The Auditorium, a Reservoir Park baseball game at 2, and a Court House lawn band concert at 3.
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Virginia
Winchester
Stonewall Cemetery
Old Kent Street
Ladies Lyric Quartette
Reservoir Park
Court House Lawn
Flowers From Far Off Florida for Florida Monument
Mrs. W. B. Love, president of the Winchester Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy, received a letter from the Stonewall Chapter of Lake City Florida containing a check to decorate the Florida monument and lot in Stonewall Cemetery tomorrow. The Florida fund was sent by Mrs. Marion of Stonewall Chapter and will be used for a special care by local Daughters.
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W. 8. Love
Winchester
Daughters of the Confederacy
Stonewall
Lake City
Florida
Florida Monument
Stonewall Cemetery
M. ©. Marion
Rev Joyce Arrives in Winchester for Confederate Grave Decoration
Rev W H H Joyce of Luray arrives with Mrs Joyce to stay with Mr and Mrs Edw J Evans on North Main street in Winchester. He will speak in Stonewall Cemetery tomorrow during the Confederate graves decoration. Miss May Paxton departs to St Louis for a year.
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W. H. H. Joyce
Luray
Episcopal Female Institute Grants Diplomas at Commencement
The Episcopal Female Institute closed its term with diplomas awarded to six seniors Edna Brinham Huyett Stella St. Pierre Lewis Edith Bromley Maphis Elizabeth Jolliffa Robinson Mabel Robinson and Ada Bertha Streit. Medals were given for senior intermediate and junior achievements and Nina W. Brown and Annie Hopkins received music honors. Prof. Wm Marshall announced all teachers would return next September.
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Bowers
Edna Brinham Huyett
Frederick County
Stelle St. Pierre Lewis
West Virginia
Edith Bromley Maphis
Winchester
Elizabeth Jolliffa Robinson
Mabel Robinson
Ada Bertha Streit
Katie H. Copenhaver
Clarke County
Dorothy Carr
Nina W. Brown
Annie Hopkins
Accomac County
Episcopal Female Institute
Marshall
J. A
Bank Moves to New Building on Main Street
Removal of books papers currency and securities of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank began yesterday and continues today. The bank will open for business tomorrow morning June 6 in its new building at Main street and Rouss avenue, having previously been on North Main.
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National Bank
Strugtang
Main Street
Rouss Avenue
North Main
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Young Pike
Odd Fellows
Mack Noonan
Staunton
Elmer Haddox
Miss White
Chas. B. Gosorn
Eorror
Publi
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The
Rev
Wm. A. McKeefry
Julian
Sibley
Chas. H. Mullikin
Clarke
County
Mount Hebron
Dr. Byrne
Mr. Joyce
May Paxton
St. Louis
Geo. 8. Bowers
Grace Lutheran Church
Mit
Judith
Wright
Balfe
M. Hack
Wally
Schulhoff
L. Zirkle
M. Robinson
L. Milley
BE. Huyeat
Adelaide
Bethoven
A. Strott
Faust
BE. Lewis
Noonan
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