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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
4
About 1500 people gathered on an east Cork street near Confederate Memorial Day as a chimney fire at Hannah Colbert’s home sparked alarms. The blaze was quickly subdued by the Friend ship Company and caused only slight damage while several fire crews rushed to the scene.
Two concerts are held today at The Auditorium to benefit the General Turner Ashby Camp of Confederate Veterans. The Lyric Quartette and the Ladies String Quartette of Washington perform under Prof. Ernest Lent's direction with a matinee at 2 30 and an evening show at 8 15. The program includes the Fifi Gavotte by Major Eugene Baylor of this city.
Early freight trains on the Baltimore & Ohio brought about 200 visitors to Winchester from Charlestown and nearby points. The 9 o'clock passenger train added a crowd from the Valley estimated near 500. The Cumberland Valley arrival topped 600, with hundreds arriving by carriages and buggies for the event.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital are conducting a rummage sale today in Harris Hall on North Main Street. It is the second such event held to benefit the hospital after a successful prior sale. Funds raise support for hospital needs.
As visitors from Martinsburg West Virginia prepared to board the Cumberland Valley train in Winchester at eight this morning a blaze broke out in the stables behind the Valley Hotel on Queen Street. The stables and adjacent structures burned to the ground causing a loss of several thousand dollars.
Among today’s visitors is Mr. James E. Hawken of Williamsport Maryland. Hawkins has the honor of being the only Williamsport resident enlisted in the Confederate Army. He served in the Stonewall Brigade.
Mrs. John Fuller is critically ill at her home on south Kent street. Mr. Jas. W. Phillips of Richmond is the guest of friends here. Mr. Caleb Burns of Rippon Jeffeson county is in this city. Mr. Lee Watson of Midl sway is in Winchester for the first time in 20 years. Mr. Chas. A. Carr of Germantown is visiting the family of Mr. Geo. E. Jenkins on south Main street. Mr. Fred Anderson of the firm Horsey & Atwell of Woodstock is in this city today. Mr. Thos. Yowell of Charlottes ville is the guest of his brother, Mr. R. E. Yowell, at Hotel Evans. Mr. J. Frank Orndorff of Shenandoah county, popular candidate for sheriff, is in Winchester today.
In a letter to Tue Svar Rev. J. Ryland Murdoch of First Baptist Church reports a pleasant Philadelphia visit. He attended the commencement exercises of Docter Seminary, his alma mater, where he met two former Winchester church pastors Rev. T. D. D. Clarke and Rev. Mr. Hundley who inquired about the church and town.
Major Conrad of Winchester accepts invitation to deliver the commencement address at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington on Tuesday June 23. The chosen speaker is a notable figure from the region and is expected to draw attendees from the campus and local communities.
Colonel William FE Harness of Wardensville Hampshire county arrived in Winchester today to be present on the sixth. He drove through steady rain from Wardensville to attend.
Reverend T. Dunaway will preach at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the First Baptist Church. He will not preach tomorrow night due to a funeral he must conduct in Martinsburg tomorrow afternoon.
The Sarah Zane company meeting adjourned after a fire alarm rang out during the session. A death notice for John McCoy was adopted for the minutes. Lieut. McDonald secured hotel rates in Frederick for the Maryland State Firemen’s Association convention June 10–12 and plans for 35 to 40 men plus the drum corps.
A long tribute to Celia and her fidelity is carved on a grave marker. The poem extols woman’s strength and truth through eternal love, describing visitors reading the tale of two loving hearts and the gallant dead.
The renowned Clydesdale owned by J. N. Tewart and Robert Larrick of Middletown died after colic. a ruptured blood vessel caused its death within minutes. Weighing about 1,800 pounds, the horse left a strong progeny line in the Valley. The owners have acquired a new stallion from John Sours of Clarke County.
Mr. Harry Battle of Philadelphia spends the summer at Miss Sherrard’s Ambherat street and is confined to his room with a heavy cold but not seriously sick. Mr. Robert I. Kurtz of Charlottesville arrived in Winchester to visit friends for several days. Mr. Geo. W. Haines, editor of the Spirit of Jefferson, and Capt. Julius C. Holmes of the Independent Fire Company of Charlestown were in Winchester today.
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