Joulands Witness Unveiling Ceremony Honors Confederate Dead
In Stonewall Cemetery Winchester Tennessee and Florida memorials were unveiled amid a large crowd. Mayors, fire units, veterans groups and Daughters of Confederacy attended the ceremony with Miss Isabel Daniels and little Gertrude Barton unveiling the Florida and Tennessee stones respectively. The event included a procession, prayers, and Maj. Albert Akers speech praising Confederate sacrifices and Southern resilience.
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Tennessee
Florida
Stonewall Cemetery
Confederate Memorial
Winchester
Old
Mare
Arestown
W. Va
Hough
C. D. Bulla
Maj
Albert Akers
Camp Bugle
Little Gertrude Barton
Isabel Daniels
Comrey
Williams Lot
J.C. Moore
Rouss
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Independent Fire Company
Citizens Fire Com
Compa
Charlestown
South
Misses Russell
Marshall Willis
North Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Maryland
Kentucky
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Reception to Major Akers in Winchester
James B. Russell hosted a reception for Major Albert Akers the day’s orator at Stonewall Cemetery. Winchester’s prominent citizens attended with May Russell Virginia Cover and Eliza Willis assisting. Union Band serenaded him and Turner Ashby Camp members joined in. Refreshments were served as anecdotes of the war circulated and the event pleased all.
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Mary Tucker Magill
Winchester
Stonewall Cemetery
South
Turner Ashby
Virginia
Aker
Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee
States Rights
Jefferson
Madison
Mason
James B. Russell
Albert Akers
Major Akers
Russell
Miss May
Virginia Cover
Eliza Willis
Union
Turner Ashby Camp
Runaway Horse Causes Panic in Market Street Standoff
A horse-drawn buggy with a man, a woman, and two children dashed down North Market Street at 8 am, frightening hundreds. The horse, spooked by a bicycle, was stopped by Charles Henry after the driver, Mr. George Ashwood of Clear Brook, lost control. The woman fainted and was taken to the hitching yard, while the others remained unharmed.
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North Market Street
Market
Water Streets
Charles Henry
Ep Episcopal Female Institute Finals Draw Large Audience
A large audience gathered at The Auditorium for the closing exercises of the Episcopal Female Institute. The event featured elaborate performances by white clad pupils, diploma presentations led by Rev. Nelson P. Dame, and medals for proficiency awarded to several students from local and distant cities.
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Episcopal Female Institute
Nelson P. Dame
Christ Episcopal Church
Dame
Carrie Beckham
Culpepper
Gracie Cooper
Winchester
Susie Donohoe
Fairfax
Helen Holliday
Marion Jones
Raccoon Ford
Virginia McCandlish
Saluda
Sallie Montgomery
Fredericksburg
Anna Seamon
el Paso
Texas
Lizzie Skinner
Fauquier County
Reudy Smith
Nena Walter
Laura Ward
Laredo
Elizabeth Whitacre
Gainesboro
Celeste Williams
Culpeper
Mary Meade
Topeka
Kansas
Louise Zirkle
Miss Manning to Be a June Bride
Mr and Mrs Francis Jack Manning of Charlestown West Virginia announced the marriage of their daughter Miss Amelia Davenport Manning to Mr Preston Smith. The ceremony is set for Monday evening June 16 at Zion Church Charlestown at six o clock. The bride is a cousin of Mrs Holmes Berry of this city and her father serves as vice president of the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society of Winchester.
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Francis Jack Manning
Charlestown
W. Va
Amelia Davenport Manning
Preston Smith
Zion Church
Holmes Berry
City
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society of
Winchester
Notable Civil War Veteran and Daughter Visit Nearby Kin
Mr Robert G Lobb and daughter Sallie of Hardy County West Virginia visit cousin W W Glass near the city. Lobb served in McNeill's Rangers and aided in the capture of Generals Crook and Kelley at Cumberland Maryland February 21 1865. Miller Supply Co advertises harness whips sheets robes stock 5 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Lobb
Miss Sallie
Hardy County
W.va
W. W.glass
Mr. Lobb
McNeill’s
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Iida
Oderate Memorial Bay
Major Aker
Market Reet
Piccadilly
T. J. Adams
J. O. Murray
John Chapman
W. M. Jefferson
R. Gray Williams
Tonewall Jackson
Sons of Veterans
C. Reenler
Fre Company
Mry Kyd
Douglas Camp
R. T. Banks
Compeandane
Somrey
Martinsburg
Geo. W. Kurtz
Huy
Vohialuss
J. E. B. Stuart
Berryville
J. C. Moore
Strasburg Daughters of Confederacy
Alice Funk
Stover
Strasburg
R D. Funkhouser
Nandoah
Woodstock
Millroy Rhodes
Neff-Rice
New Market
C. Shirley
Lee
M. Nall
Berkeley Sons of Veterans
John E. Boyd
McGuire
Lebanon
Miller
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Rriages
Agen
Wm. Forney
Wm. Deshon
James Tracy
J W Sibert
Rouse, Hook and Ladder Company
Friendship Band
Friendship Fire Company
Ior Bandire Company
South End Hose Company
Sarah Zane
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Market Street
Pare
Sa Aean
Elans
Daughters of
Florida Monument
Valley Marble Company
Cieo. W. Haines
Tennessee Memorial
Honor
T. J. Orndorff
Capt J C Stuart
Sergio Colins
James Atkins
M M Grumlin
W P Howard
Alonzo Keen
A M Furgison
Hutcheson
Thomas Shark
B H Lee
E Green
W P Ward
C L Owens
J G Siers
Henry Flowers
J Y Oynin
M Deane
A M Collins
James Farrell
J Thompson
M Ritter
P Lenney
P Poppell
J W Reynolds
J H Brooks
J Cardle
Higgins
A Walker
D HC
R Turner
J B Cooper
G Bell
C Buntelle
J Woodson
E Burnside
Black
M Burnley
F McDonald
Annan
A L Johnson
J L Bunyan
Hailey
Albert Caton
Whitaker
L Pinkerton
McBay
W H Grove
Jacob Waller
Felix Auric
T P Phillips
J W. Rennow
D Morton
M Shawn
J H Moxley
G C Gramwell
David Settle
Godfrey Bard
W A Regan
I Farringsworth
J H Balden
Vincent
L West
Confederacy
Hercules
Shenandoah
Grant
Ashby
Dean Sabreur
Stonewall Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Res
Ader
Pennsylvania
North
E. F
Miss Manning
Miller Supply Co
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