Winchester Loses opener to Walbrook in foggy debut
Winchester’s baseball team under Manager Baker hosted Walbrook of Baltimore at Reservoir Park. Shiner and Woodward formed Winchester’s battery while Graham and White pitched for Walbrook. The visitors won, despite a strong local effort. A second game was scheduled for 8:30 this afternoon with the final game of the series set for tomorrow at the same time.
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Reservoir Park
Walbrook
Baltimore
Beto
Winchester
Local residents return from Jamestown Exposition and reunions
Mr Fawcett returns to Fawcett Gap after an extended visit to Richmond and the Jamestown Exposition. George Baetjer leaves for Baltimore to spend time in the country for health. Miss Blanche Mit er of Pennsylvania visits Aunt Mrs Brumback in Fawcett Gap. Beulah White of Baltimore attends the E F I finals with Miss Ramsburg on North Main Street and returns home. Thomas P Spates returns from Richmond and Norfolk, where he attended the Confederate reunion and the Jamestown Exposition.
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Ne ‘Fawcett
Fawcett
Gap
Richmond
Jamestown Exposition
George ‘Baetjer
Baltimore
Will ‘Epend
Blanche “Miter
Pennsylvania
Jacob “Brumback
Fawcett Gap
County
Beulah ‘White
Ramsburg
North Main Street
Thomas P. Spates
Norfolk
Local Ships Officer Reported Returning to Duty
Chief Coxswain Claude Ryan of the battleship Maine has gone to Philadelphia to report for duty after visiting his mother, Mrs Nettie Ryan of this city. Rev Dr J A Hoffheins of Martinsburg WV, who attended Massanutten Academy exercises at Woodstock VA, was in the city yesterday en route home. Mrs Harriet Brent Wright of Jackson KY, a former Winchester girl, is staying at Mrs Calmes on Market Street for several weeks.
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Claude ‘Ryan
Vattleship
Maine
J. “A. Hoffheins
Martinsburg
W. Va
Massanutten Academy
Woodstock Va
Harriet Brent Wright
Jackson, Ky
Winchester
Death of Missionary Dr. Young J. Allen in China
Bishop W A Candler received a Shanghai telegram announcing the death of Dr Young J Allen at 72 after forty years as a China missionary. Surviving are Mrs Allen Awe sons and four daughters with most residing in China, while one married daughter Mrs Mary Turner of New York City lives there. Allen authored nearly 100 books, some published in Chinese and widely read in the country.
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W. A. Candler
Methodic
Episcopal Church
Shanghai
China
Young J. Allen
Allen Awe
Mary Turner
New York City
Children’s Day Service Postponed at Emanuel Church
Emanuel Church Stephensons postpones the children’s day service to June 5 at 3 5 31 6p. Local residents are advised to note the new date and time for the event.
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Emanuel Church
Stephensons
Weather Notes From June Heat And Ice In 1816 Remembrance
New York reports a cool June with 34 degrees in Yellowstone Park and widespread below average temperatures. A Monro county diary recalls June 1816, a month of ice, snow, and cold that killed corn, with fires and sable wardrobes, while a few church groups formed for solace. The forecaster predicts warmer days ahead in the East but warns of low pressure areas in the Southwest that could bring changes.
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Canada
Yellowstone Park
Mercury
Union
Minerva Nicholls
North Main Street
Churchville
Monro County
N. Y
New York
Will Rebuild Large Tannery At Petersburg
Advices from Moorefield West Virginia indicate the United States Leather Company plans to rebuild its tannery in Parkersburg after a fire destroyed the Petersburg plant. Timber is being prepared in the mountains near Petersburg and substantial bark is being peeled for storage, signaling early spring reopening.
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Winchester
Moorefield
Hardy County
United States Leather Company
Cover & Drayton
Parkersburg
W. Va
Petersburg
Winchester Knights of Pythias plan strawberry festival
A committee of Winchester Lodge No. 65 Knights of Pythias organizes a strawberry festival for their lady friends. The event will feature a musical program and speech making by prominent order members.
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Winchester Lodge ‘No
Knights of ‘Pythias
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Farmers’ Supply Co
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