Marker marks Woodson's heroes on New Market field
Graphic account recalls the Battle of New Market on May 15 1864 with Virginia Military Institute cadets and Woodson's 72d Regiment. Confederate veterans W B R Fallis and J H Dwyer, wounded multiple times, erect a limestone marker in New Market Virginia to honor fallen comrades and recall the day.
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Newmarket Shenandoah Valley
Newmarket
Virginia Military Institute
W BR Fallis
J. H. Dwyer
Missouri
Stoneman
Richmond
Sigel
Breckinridge
62D War Regiment
Woodsen
Fout Mit
Pea Ridge
Arkansas
Springfield
Newaber
John C. Breckenridge
Franz Sigel
Woodson
Dwyer
Cadeta
62D
Hannah
Harrisonburg
New Market
O.bicirley
J. E. Bushong
Bushong’s
Wharton
Maj. Shirley
L. M. Henkel
Battle of
Ada Sprinkle
Fallis
McNeil’s Rangers
Cumberland
Crook and
Kelley
Sallie Gay
Mattie O. Giles
Nelson County
Hinton
Rockingham County
Fallin
Children’s Day Service at White Hall Church
The pastor and congregation invite the public to a Children’s Day service at White Hall M. E. Church on June 11 at 7 30 p m.
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White Hall
M. E
Memorial Day Observed at Front Royal With Large Crowd
Memorial Day events in Front Royal drew the largest turnout since the Confederate monument was unveiled years ago. The procession included the Warren Light Infantry Lu ay Militia Front Royal Fire Company schoolchildren Confederate soldiers Daughters of the Confederacy and Memorial Association members who hosted a dinner for veterans at the Afton Inn. Several former Confederates attended among them Capt. Samuel Simpson Capt. C Grimes Capt. F W Lehew Lieut. R W Blackmore and many others.
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Evening Star Bureau
Front Royal
Warren Light Infantry
Lu Ay
Front Royal Fire Company
Daughters of the Confederacy
Ladies of the Memorial Association
Afton Inn
Samuel Simpson
Capt
C. Grimes
F. W. Lehew
Lieut
R. W. Blackmore
Thos. W. Timberlake
W. A.buck
J W.jennings
I.£&.Wharton
Samuel E. Macatee
W .O.rust
Geo. W. Bowman
E. L. Hefflebower
E. H. Compton
J. H. Derflieger
Charles N
Wright to Panama Canal project after Winchester visit
Dan Wright, a civil engineering graduate with high honors from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, leaves Thursday for Panama after a month’s vacation in Winchester with his aunt Mrs. S. R. Baldwin and relatives. He calls the canal the era’s greatest engineering feat, estimating up to five hundred million dollars and twenty years to complete, and notes offers from a Bogota railroad syndicate. An ancestor reportedly first built a roadway across the region.
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Dan Wright
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Panama Canal
Panama
Winchester
S.R Baldwin
Wright
Republic
Bogota
Memorial Day Observance in Winchester Program Details
The sixth of June memorial day in Winchester features Rev. J Gray McAllister delivering the address at the cemetery. The march line includes Music Chief Maralial and J Newton Carpenter with riflemen from Luray and Front Royal, Confederate veterans from Turner Ashby Camp, visiting 87th Pennsylvania, and numerous camps and civic groups. Fire department, marshals, bands, and student volunteers participate in the second and third divisions with Oscar Barr as marshal and Mrs DeShon guiding public school scholars.
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J. Gray McAllister
Maralial
J. Newton Carpenter
Luray
Warren Shape Spees
Front Royal
Turner Ashby
GW. Kurtz
87Th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Stover
Strasburg
Berkeley County
Martinsburg
William Richardson
J.E. Beee
Berry- He
Shenandoah
Woodstock
Conkville
Roeser Gibbons
Neff-Rice
New Market
Hugh McGuire
Lebanon
Fire Department of
Winchester
Oscar Barr
Horse Hung On Edge Of Precipice At Harper's Ferry
A horse pulling a buggy, driven by a colored man, slid down a steep declivity behind Storer College near the Shenandoah River Friday night and hung 40 feet above the road. Mill workers found he clung to a rock ledge and cedar bushes until rope rescue and detachment of the buggy saved him. Owner Mr Kerr of Percellville offered a liberal reward.
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Harper’s Ferry
Storer College
Shenandoah River
Kerr
Percellville
Brave Sire's Scion Ventures Through Bogota Peaks
A rugged heir follows a fearless father into the steep bog of Bogota's mountains. The trek through rugged terrain tests endurance and resolve amid dramatic scenery and uncertain weather.
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Bogota
Week's Repertoire At The Auditorium
The Bennett-Moulton Company opens a week at the Auditorium with Run Ii or play A Daughter of the People. High class socialties and illustrated songs accompany Reed's Moving Pictures. Matinee today features The Belle of Virginia. tonight's play Outcasts of Society. Mrs. W. A. Bradford of Clarke County stays with her mother.
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Bennett-Moulton Company
Gen. F. Carroll
Nick Judels
Reed
Virginia
Local Markets Without Feature Reported Prices
Market notes list wholesale prices for wheat at 90 cents rye 60 cents corn 2.55 butter 12 cents eggs 114 cents old hens 10 cents and turkeys and other items, with no notable market features reported.
Newsy Notes From Niacvah June 6 Nia
June notes from Niacvah report Meadows visiting Page county and several locals ill or traveling. Mrs Walter Neville ill, Mrs Wm Jacobs returns from Washington with her daughter Margy visiting their brother Irwin Bierer. Mrs Von Ringhart visiting Maryland friends. Miss Annie Smeliie visiting Maryland. Eugene McCauley in Washington DC. Joseph Miller Jett returns from AMA with gold medal and other prizes.
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Page County
Walter Neville
Wm. Jacobs
Washington
Miss Margy
Front Royal
Irwin Bierer
von Ringhart
Maryland
Annie Smeliie
Eugene McCauley
Washington, D. C
Joseph Miller Jett
A. M.A
Mrs Lynn Dies At Washington
Mrs Mary Knox Lynn a frequent visitor at Mrs M B Spotts Winchester home died in Washington recently. Born in Iowa she lived most of her life in Washington and was daughter of Geo W Knox founder of the Knox express business now run by brothers William S and G V Knox an uncle J O Knox She leaves a daughter from a prior marriage a husband and an aged mother in Maine
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Mary Knox Lynn
M. 8. Spotts
Winchester
Washington
Lynn
Iowa
Geo. W. Knox
William S
G. V. Knox
J. O. Knox
Maine
Coming Marksman Visiting Old Home
Mr. Claude Ryan returns home on a short visit after serving as a seaman gunner in the U S Navy aboard the Prairie Siren and Hornet in West Indian waters and the Bahamas He will depart Friday for New York to join the Hancock and then the Maryland gallery cruiser list
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Claude Ryan
Uncle Sam’s Navy
Siren
West Indian
Bahamas
New York
Hancock
Maryland
Ryan
Navy
Minister Potter Praises Freder ick Circuit Members
Rev L. Potter new Methodist minister of the Frederick Circuit says the people are first class. He expresses hope for Zion's prosperity and a refreshing season, praying for many souls and a full report when traveling to Cumberland next spring.
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L. Potter
Frederick Circuit
Zion
Cumberland
Mr Goldman Enters Glove Trade With Baltimore Partner
Winchester friends learn Sol Goldman joins Samuel Sachs in Baltimore to start a glove business. Goldman formerly operated at the White Front on North Main Street.
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Sol. Goldman
Winchester
Samuel M. Sachs
Baltimore
Goldman
White Front
North Main Street
Miss Mary Clark to Wed This Month in Michigan
Mr and Mrs John Peyton Clark announce the wedding of their sister Miss Mary Johnson Clark daughter of the late Judge William L Clark formerly of Winchester to Mr Theodore Megaarden on Wednesday evening June 21 at St Luke s Episcopal Church Ypsilanti Michigan The couple will reside at Northport L I.
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John Peyton Clark
Mary Johnson Clark
William L. Clark
Winchester
Theodore Megaarden
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Northport
L. I
Classis to Meet At Mt. Crawford
The Virginia classis of the Reformed Church decided to hold its spring meeting next year in Mt. Crawford Virginia. Rev. Dr. J. H. Hoffheins and Elder H. J. Seibert of Martinsburg were elected delegates to the Potomac synod meeting in Newport Pennsylvania in October.
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Virginia Classis
The
Reformed Church
Harrisville
Mt. Crawford
J. H. Hoffheins
H. J.seibert
Martinsburg
Potomac Synod
Newport
Local Notes From Gainesboro And Nearby
June 6 With Matched names and places readers learn of Stephen Whitacre returning from Lynchburg V A College Ollie Adams Georgia Darlington visiting Welltown Hutch Adams visiting H O Adams Howard Darlington and family from Hagerstown visiting here W B Johnston of High View visiting J C Tharp on Fairmont Avenue
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Stephen Whitacre
Lynchburg
V. CO. College
Ollie Adams
Georgia Darlington
Welltown
Hutch Adams
H. O. Adams
Howard Darlington
James
Hagerstown
W. 8. Johnston
High View
J. C. Tharp
Fairmont Avenue
Unusual coincidence observed in Winchester event
The note records a man named Turner Ashby Rutherford of El Dorado Kansas enrolling as a subscriber. He was born in Shenandoah Valley on the day General Turner Ashby was killed June 6, 1862, and the date is being observed in Winchester.
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Stak
Turner Ashby Rutherford
el Dorado, Kanga
Rutherford
Shenandoah Valley
Turner Ashby
Winchester
Miss Louisa Clark Visits Miss Elizabeth Leve on Water Street
Miss Louisa Clark daughter of the late Judge William L Clark of Winchester spent yesterday with Miss Elizabeth Leve at her Water Street home. She departed this afternoon for the naval hospital at the Presidio San Francisco California.
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Louisa Clark
William L. Clark
Winchester
Elizabeth F. iLeve
Water ‘Street
Clark
Naval Hospital
Presidio
San Francisco
California
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J. G. McAllister
Stonewall. Cemetery
W. A. Bradford
Clarke County
John H. Dean
Newsy
Niacvah
Nia
Marksman
Mr. Goldman
Mary Clark
N. H. Skyles
T. K. Cromer
T. J. Hacker
Hoffheins
G. A. Everharat
Guy
W. B. Shulenburg
W. E. Hoy
Japan
China
Gainesboro
Mount Hebron Cemetery
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