Virginia Supreme Court Rules On Local Option Voter Qualifications
A Virginia Supreme Court opinion addresses whether local option voters must personally prepay poll taxes six months before elections and clarifies the meaning of qualified voter. The decision preserves legislative power to set voter qualifications for local option elections while distinguishing registered status from poll tax payment.
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General Assembly
Ency. Law
Virginia
United States
People” &c
Terote Ae
Ens
Ladies Who Decorated Graves for Confederate Soldiers
A roster lists the women and families who led grave decorating at Stonewall Cemetery. Names span Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Maryland, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas, with multiple ladies and their kin named for officers and general graves.
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Stonewall Cemetery
Virginia
Shirley Carter
Lanta McGuire
Lillie Boyd
Holmes Harrison Boyd
Misa Bessie Conrad
Lillis
Virginia Thiurtz
Esther Lewis
Wm. D. Smith
May Lanis
Jot
North Carolina
James Hamilton
Emiline Wright
Flavius Farmer
South Carolina
George Kurtz
Robi. Dodd
Lucy
Elizabeth Muntz
M. ‘T.reed
W. M. Atkinson
Maggie Lanis
Deshon
Vernon Eddy
Georgia
Nannie Miller
Jennie Green
Mira
George Heist
Lillie Crum
Wm. L. Zirkle
John N. Bell
Edith Brown
Maggie
Laura
Mary Baker
Lillian Lewis
Tennessee
Kentucky
Lucy W. Russell
Jas. B. Russell
Hattie T. Russell
Emma Russell
Marshall Willis
Jacob Baker
Mississippi
Ellen
Sallie Boyd
Winchester Confederate Memorial Day Parade Observance
Winchester marks Confederate Memorial Day with a large parade along Market Street to the cemetery. Notables include Commander Kurtz, Hugh McGuire Camp, and Rev W D Smith, with addresses by R Gray Williams and an unveiling planned at the Virginia lot.
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Winchester
E. B. Stuart
Berryville
John W. Rowan
Charlestown
W. Va
Myers
Riddleberger
New Market
Ashby
Conkville
Jefferson County
Berkeley County
Hugh McGuire
Lebanon Church
Sons of Veterans Mounted
Jas. B. Burgess
W. S. Love
Ladies Memorial Association
Lucy Russell
Daniel. Anderson
Fire Department
Oscar Barr
Mra Deshon
Cork
D. H. Kern
Kurtz
J. P. Hyde
W. D. Smith
J. Horace Lacy
Shenanidoah County
Turner Ashby
Virginia
R. Gray Williams
Hyde
Camp Quarters
Leesburg Horse Show Opens First Virginia Circuit
The Leesburg Horse Show began today as the first event of the Virginia circuit. Grounds near Leesburg have been improved and the entry list tops four hundred across thirty seven classes. Notable attendees include A. Warden of Berryville and J. Hallen of Summit Point.
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Leesburg
Virginia
A. ©. Warden
Berryville
J. Hallen
Summit Point
Our Little Sprinkler Incident in Winchester Streets
Yesterday the white wings brigade cleaned a few more streets for the Sixth of June. In the morning the primitive sprinkler was used. For a healthy city one eye must be closed when that sprinkler appears. Messrs. Harry and Edward Brill of Star Tannery were in Winchester today.
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White Wings
Wince
Messrs
Harry and
Edward Brill
Star Tannery
Winchester
Court Dismisses Kidnapping Case Without Testimony
Judge Thomas W. Harrison in Frederick County Circuit Court dismissed the contempt charge against Frank Parker, former Winchester blacksmith, after ruling custody issues should await divorce decree. Parker, alleged to have kidnapped his child, retains possession as divorce proceedings continue. The child currently stays with Parker's father and new divorce actions are filed in Warrenton.
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Thomas W. Harrison
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Yestersday
Frank Parker
Winchester
R. Gray Williams
Alice Parker
Parker
Harrison
R. A. McIntyre
Warrenton
Vestibuled Cars In The Valley
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad runs handsome coaches on midday passenger trains and will vestibuled the entire train soon. Trains at 9 am and 7 pm are drawn by a new engine. The Valley Branch gains with new heavier rails now reaching Stephenson and headed to Strasburg.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Valley Branch
Stephenson
Strasburg
Quiet Wedding At Amherst Street Hometown
A quiet wedding occurred at 8 am at the residence of Mr C B MeComas Amherst Street. Olive MeComas became the bride of Mr G W Robb of Baltimore with Rev BE Northen performing the ceremony attended by close family. A large audience saw Tom Moore and his moving pictures at the Auditorium last night.
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C. B. MeComas
Amherst Street
Misa
Olive MeComas
G. W. Robb
Baltimore
BE. E. Northen
Robb
Tom Moore
Moving Pictures
I Auditorium
Rouss Hook Endorses Sarah Zane Plea For Horse-Drawn Track
The Rouss Hook and Ladder Company endorsed the Sarah Zane Company plea for an extra appropriation from the Common Council to continue using six horses for their fire track. They urged support to secure uniforms for Chief Fire Marshal J Willidam Sibert and badges for assistant marshals, noting council declined earlier funding. The firm pledged to lobby other fire companies for uniform funding.
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Rouss Hook and Ladder
Sarah Zane Company
Common Council
Hook and Ladder
J. Willidam Sibert
Quiet wedding ties two locals amid Confederate Memorial Day sights
Miss Lillian Williams and Randolph P. Russell were married at 5 30 yesterday afternoon at 220 East Cork Street with Rev. S K Wine performing the ceremony. The couple will reside in the county where the groom farms. They celebrated by spending their honeymoon in Winchester on Confederate Memorial Day, attracting attention in streets dressed for the holiday.
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Bennett Russell
East
Cork Street
Lillian Williams
C. F. Williams
Stephenson
Randolph P. Russell
S. K. Wine
United Brethren Church
Mrs. Russell
Winchester
Severe storm hits Frederick County near Opequon
A morning message reports a very severe rain and electrical storm in the eastern part of Frederick County along the Opequon around four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Torrential rain and thunder accompanied vivid lightning. trees and buildings were struck, and a horse owned by Mr Newton Carpenter was instantly killed in a field.
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The
Star
Frederick County
Opequon
Winchester
Newton Carpenter
City Council reviews finances and water extensions
City council meeting chaired by Shirley Carter reviews city finances, with a plan for a comprehensive audit before approving a 2500 extension for water. May revenues show growth. water pumping up by two million gallons from May 1905 to 1906. fines collected in May reach 46 dollars and 50 cents.
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Shirley” Carter
Treasury
Caseter
William H. Baker
Wagmeat
Ieee Oe Ee
Deahl
Russell
Snyder
Cameoter
Jones
Barrt
Boyd
BR. Gray Williams
EB. Hollis
Wilson
Carter
Piccadilly Street
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Judge Christian
Lynchburg
Genphppa
Alabama
Charles Clark
Mirs
Holmes Berry
S. Hansbrough
Ethel Hansbrough
West Grim
Texas
Annie R. Hack
Mary És Hack
Florida
Henry Dinges
Stephens City
Arkansas
Joseph Steele
Gray
Jane
Parade OF the Veterans
Market Street
Piccadilly
R. Bruce Muse
Aids
G. A. Yeakle
Mas
Robert Funkhouser
Sarah Zane
Rouss Hook and Ladder Co
Braddock St
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