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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
5
Harry St. George Tucker delivered the oration in Stone Cemetery on Saturday. He was visiting the home of Mrs. W. P. McGuire. He left Sunday evening for Lexington.
Judge E D Newman leads effort to launch an amoter car service along the Valley turnpike between Winchester and Staunton. Motor cars to be tested within 60 days with plans to stop along the line to pick up and drop off passengers. Prominent backers include E W Carpenter S H Hansbrough and F S Pennypacker with Valley Turnpike Company agreeing to a 20 year graduated toll rate.
Miss Anne Magill Fauntleroy niece of Major Holmes Conrad resigns as lady principal of the Virginia State Normal Farmville Va to take a similar post at Smith College Northampton Mass Her friends regret her departure while Massachusetts seeks the Virginia educator for a key position Her energy tact and refined character are noted as she leaves Farmville for Northampton
Visit by Robert W Wooley Washington correspondent of the New York World at the Atkinson home in Winchester highlights his upcoming duties He will cover the National Republican convention in Chicago this month and the Democratic convention in Denver in July After nominations he will travel with a presidential nominee as World special correspondent He is married to Marguerite Trenholm of his city.
Dr. Frede H W Baetjer, who lost an eye at Johns Hopkins last Monday when struck by a ball, has left the hospital for home at 714 Park Avenue Baltimore and is expected to depart for Europe soon.
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