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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1911
Page
4
James Anderson representing the Remmington Company will compete in a professional shoot in Winchester tomorrow. He is a noted professional marksman.
Rev. Dr. Samia Gray McAllister of Louisville Theological Seminary preached at One Church on Sunday. The congregation attended with evident interest and enjoyed the sermon and fellowship.
Hayfield reported Guy and Paul Glynn along with Robert E. Worsley killed a five and a half foot blacksnake and captured a four and a half foot rattlesnake with sixteen rattles and button. The rattler rests in a barrel as townsfolk view the exhibit.
Chicago beat New York 6 to 5 and Brooklyn defeated St. Louis 7 to 2. Cincinnati crushed Boston 26 to 3 while Philadelphia edged Pittsburg 3 to 4. New York toppled Chicago 8 to 4 and St. Louis beat Brooklyn 9 to 7. Detroit won over Washington 7 to 2. Cleveland triumphed over Philadelphia 4 to 3. Chicago defeated Boston 4 to 6 and St. Louis beat New York 3 to ?
The Modern Woodmen of America will hold a lawn party on the old premises. Residents are cordially invited to attend on the nights of June 23 and June 61.
A male student deciphers a secret hidden in a paper balloon at a college junior prom. The balloon bears a violet token on a left shoulder signaling the sender. He traces the sender through playful social intrigue, leading to a romance that ends in marriage and a family that now sees their daughters watched.
Logan Waller Page director of the federal office of public roads says the United States will spend about a million dollars daily on roads this year. Expenditures for roads and bridges rose from 80.6 million in 1904 to about 140.2 million this year, with states showing strong momentum for improved highways and bond allocations boosting southern funds. Rural Retreat Virginia and Maurertown Maryland are mentioned in connected notes.
Reverend C. W. Cassel, pastor of the Lutheran Church in Stephens City Virginia, has been granted a lease of absence for the summer. He and his family will leave to take a rest from duties and travel.
Edgar Marple felled timber in the western mountains near Winchester and killed a large rattlesnake with stones. The eight year old snake was then presented with its rattles and button to Ran McGuire, assistant cashier at Farmers and Merchants National Bank of this city.
Dr Julian F Watt et arrives for a general meeting of surgeons of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in session several days this week. Mr C W Heater of Middletown visits friends in Loudoun County and spends today in the city.
In a colonial tavern near New York to Boston, a mysterious somber guest pays for lodgings in No 12 while locals wager on a ghostly outcome. A night of shrieks ends with an empty room and a vanished visitor, leaving the bettors with a puzzling swindle.
Samuel Goldheim 62 a Baltimore tailor died after a ten day illness at his home 2200 Brookfield avenue. Born in Trenton he came to Winchester over 40 years ago opening a shop at Main and Water streets later selling to S H Hable and moving to Baltimore. He belonged to King David Lodge A F and A M Royal Arcanum Loyal Association and Federated Charities. He is survived by widow Elizabeth and three sons Ralph Leonard and Isidor. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM conducted by the Masonic lodge with interment at Oheb Shalom Cemetery.
Col and Mrs James F Thompson of Martinsburg announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Ima F Thompson to Leon H Ware Martinsburg Gas Company local manager. The ceremony will be June 21 at the bride home with Rev W D McCurdy officiating.
West Virginia officials in Charleston reviewed a proposed lease of Berkeley Springs to New York parties proposing a $100,000 hotel and other improvements. Senator A McIntire and Vernon E Johnson, Berkeley Springs board members, will present the contract to the Grahams for signature on approval of the long term lease.
The corporation clerk records recent conveyances in Winchester. Deeds list M Lohr Capper and wife to Fannie Yost for house and lot on North Kent street at 400 dollars. Clark H Purcell and wife to S N Widdup for house and lot on Highland avenue at 2500 dollars. S N Widdup and wife to J Ross Miller for house and lot on Poppland avenue at 10 dollars. Charles L Henry to James W Taylor and Minnie H Taylor for lot on West Cecil street at 950 dollars.
The Mount Hebron United Brethren Church near Whitacre in the county will be dedicated on Sunday June 18 by Rev. A Se Hammack superintendent of the Virginia conference. Rev. George A. McGuire is pastor of Mount Hebron Church.
Bishop T. C. Carter of Tennessee preached at United Brethren Church and dedicated the new parsonage on Northvenue. A large crowd attended the ceremony following morning services. He spoke on matrimonial mistakes at a later lecture and will join Confederate Memorial Exercises in Manchester Tomorrow and visit Carter Hall near Minwood in Clarke County Wednesday.
A Saturday automobile trip ended in tragedy when a tire burst on a curve near Richmond. The car skidded and overturned, burying three passengers. Miss Calisch died on the scene while the others were hospitalized with injuries.
Idaho Senator Heyburn, angry over Memorial Day dec oration of Robert E. Lee statue in Statuary Hall, may voice strong opposition in the Senate. He criticizes the flowers placed by Joel Grayson of Vienna, torn down by a Capitol policeman, and questions whether the flowers should have been removed and restored.
The June bulletin expands beyond fertilizer tests to include timely farming topics. Commissioner Koiner ordered changes and Chief Clerk Charles A. Miller prepared the material. It covers insects harmful to crops and pests affecting potatoes cabbage grapes and tomatoes.
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