Reminiscences of the Sixties by Mrs Williams
The article recalls a wartime Winchester memory by Mrs Flora McD Williams of Louisville. It recounts General Cluserat a French Union commander in Winchester before Milroy and milder acts by other commanders, Milroy’s harsh reputation, and a thwarted attempt by Mrs Williams and her sister to depart with a pass. Milroy’s return to Winchester is noted with humorous remarks about the era and people involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora McD
Williams
Louisville
Winchester
Cluserat
Milroy
Washington
Herod
Thad
Stevens
Seward
Lincoln
McClellan
Flora
Mikey
McGee
Richmond
Seven Die in Tenement Fire
Fire in a tenement killed seven residents as residents fled to roofs and windows. Miss Cecelia Shapiro alerted tenants, enabling many to escape. Rescue efforts saved many, but several perished in beds. names include Mrs Hanna H. Graynor and Isidore Gaynor among the dead. Acting Fire Chief Devanney was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia Shapiro
Jacob Levine
Hanna H. Graynor
Isidore Gaynor
Clara Greenburg
Sarah Schlaska
Devanny
John Stuart Wins Fine Scholarship at Shenandoah Valley Academy
Shenandoah Valley Academy principal Dr B M Roszel announced today that the academy has awarded a fine scholarship to John Alexander Stuart of this city. Stuart, a graduate of the academy, will attend the University of Virginia. He is the son of Dr and Mrs C Stuart and his achievement is greeted with warm congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Roszel
Shenandoah Valley Academy
University of Virginia
John Alexander Stuart
C. Stuart
Stuart
Sixth Will Be Shown In Movies At Empire
A film crew recorded Confederate memorial day events in Winchester including the parade Stonewall Cemetery an oration by Colonel James Morris Morgan school exercises at the Unknown Dead Monument and cemetery soldier monuments. Manager Henry will show the films at the Empire theater tomorrow and Friday. The Pathe news service may pick up these pictures for nationwide use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moving Picture
Winchester
Stonewall Cemetery
James Morris Morgan
Henry
Empire Theater
The
Empire
Pathe People
Automobile Stage Notice From Winchester To Bluemont
Winchester Berryville and Bluemont stages depart Hotel Jack at 8 a m with morning trains at Berryville en route to Bluemont. Afternoon round trips Tue Thu Sat at 2 30 p m. Horse stage from Berryville arrives 9 a m departs 11 a m returns to Berryville and reaches Bluemont by 5 p m with baggage. WANTED Good cook Mrs W A Baker 311 Fairmont avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Berryville
Bluemont
Jack
Castleman
W. A. Baker
Fairmont Avenue
Notice of Charley Rouss Fire Co Meeting
Meeting of the Charley Rouss Fire Co. Thursday night at 8 o'clock called by order to H C Stouffer Captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Rouss Fire Co
H, C, Stoufphr
Bride’s Sister Arrives For June 17 Beverley Nuptials
Miss Nannie L. Dupuy, maid of honor to her sister Nelia Dupuy Beverley, and Mr. James B. Beverley Jr., are in Winchester to attend the wedding set for June 17 aboard the Shenandoah with Shenandoah Spe?line draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie ‘L. OulPuy
Nelia DuPuy
James B. Beverley, Jr
Winchester
Shenandoah Spe
Young Roosevelt Weds Belle Willard in Madrid Ceremony
Kermit Roosevelt son of former president marries Belle Wyatt Willard daughter of the American ambassador in a civil ceremony at the Buena Vista police prefecture Madrid. The religious ceremony follows with Duke of Alba and Senor Osmay Scull witnessing. The wedding party, including Colonel Roosevelt and Ambassador Willard, travels in five cars amid crowds and newsreels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Kermit Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Belle Wyatt Willard
Joseph E. ‘Willard
Willard
Buena Vista
Duke of Alba
Senor Osmay Scull
Alfonso
Prefecture of Police
Toledo
Middletown News Brevities Update
Misses Helen and Cora Keith return from Blackstone Virginia to Middletown. Mrs Arthur Rhodes of Topeka Kansas guests of Mr and Mrs. Mattie Canter. Prof J O Beard returns home near Harrisonburg Virginia. Mrs C M Venable of Front Royal visits Mr C E Edmonson. Miss Mary Rhodes from Mount DeSales Maryland returns to Wayside Inn. Mrs John Smeltzer and Miss Ella Smeltzer visit Kline House. Miss Emma Larrick visits Winchester. Miss Mabel Frye returns home after teaching in Clarke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Helen
Cora Keith
Blackstone
Arthur Rhodes
Topeka
Kansas
Mattie Canter
William Dinges
J. 0
Beard
Harrisonburg
C. M. Venable
Front Royal
6th June Pictures At Empire Tomorrow
The largest and most expensive local pictures ever made will be shown at the Sacosa theater Thursday and Friday with six other fine reels. Filmed here last Saturday by an expert cameraman it includes the parade street cemetery and many scenes with thousands of local faces. Adm. 10c.
President Wilson signals new anti trust plan shift
President Wilson favors a radical change in his anti trust program. He proposes amending the Covington bill to grant the Interstate Trade Commission broad control of national industries akin to ICC power over railroads. Louie Brandeis and others announced the position, as Thomas Byrd left the Byrd home on Amherst street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Covington
Senate
Interstate Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louie Brandeis
Thomas B. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
Winchester Proclaims Dog Muzzling To Prevent Rabies
Mayor Ward of Winchester orders all dogs muzzled after 6 PM June 10 1914 to curb hydrophobia risks after several local deaths. Police will shoot unmuzzled dogs on streets. officials cite a confirmed rabies case and a letter from the U S Department of Agriculture confirming rabies in a dog head sent for testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Pasteur Government Institute
Washington, D. C
Winchester
FU. F. Ward
Carter Conrad
BE. W. Miller
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
John 8. Buckley
Quiet Wedding for Miss Walter and Mr Case at Winchester Home
Miss Sarah M Walter daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Walter of Winchester and Mr Raymond Case son of Mr E W Case of Upperville were quietly married at 8 am today at the bride’s South Market street home. Rev Dr J Horace Lacy officiated with only family present. A wedding breakfast followed and the couple left for a honeymoon. They will reside in Purcellville where the bride has taught for two years and the groom is in business in Loudoun county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Mlayks Walter
Frank Walter
Winchester
Raymond Case
W. Case
Upperville
Loudoun County
South Market Street
J. ‘Horace Lacy
Presbyterian Church of
Mire
Walter
Farmers Meet Next Saturday at Lemsey's Hall
The Central Frederick Farmers Club will hold its regular meeting in Lemsey's Hall on Saturday evening, June 13, 1914. The program includes alfalfa and mixed grasses by Prof. C. E. Koontz, a discussion on organizing a cooperative creamery at Stephens City, general discussion, good roads report, and a question box. Members and all creamery interests are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Frederick Farmers Club
Lemsey
Stephens City
C. EB. Goughl
Good Roads Committee
C. H. Schenck
C.H. Sohnok
Officers Assigned To Maneuver Camps For Summer Duty
Central department commands will assign officers to maneuver camps this summer. Colonels Sickel Read Roberts Barth Chatfield Burnham Cameron Grierson Tate named for cavalry and infantry roles. Several may come to Winchester if the camp is established there. Exhibition building bid opening postponed to Tuesday at 2 pm. C R McCann Chairman Shen Val Agric Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Department
Horatio G. Sickel
Cavalry
Robert ‘D. Read
Harris L. Roberts
Infantry
Charles H. Barth
Walter H. Chatfield
Twenty-seventh Infantry
William P. Burnham
George H. Cameron
Charles H. Grierson
Daniel L. Tate
Fifth Cavalry
Winchester
Frederi ck motoring party visits Winchester for breakfast
A party of motorists from Frederick Maryland touring the Shenandoah Valley reached Winchester in two large cars this morning for a late breakfast at Hotel Jack. The group included Dr and Mrs R S Tyson and child, Mr Jacob B Tyson, Mrs Mum, Mr and Mrs F D Thomas, Miss Worman and Mr Guy Mateny as they resumed their journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Hotel Jack
R. S. Tyson
Jacob B. Tyson
Mum
D. Thomas
Worman
Guy Mateny
Closing Notice From Brothers Baker & Co On Saturdays
During June July and August we will close our places of business on Saturdays at 3 o'clock Brothers Baker Co. 10 Sp 31 Mia G QO Miller and her daughter Miss Mary Miller left this visit to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brothers, Baker & CO
Mia
G. Qo, Miller
iMiss
Mary Miller
Miser's Reversion and Odd Drama At Night Show
Ciné notes advertise three parts including Miser's Reversion and a man monkey role and Memories that Haunt with a 2 part ship wreck scene. Comedy What Clothes Did and Wart Williams Hellen Maurice Costello appeal to fans. Henry Brooke Gilpin, visiting his son in Winchester, returns to Baltimore this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miser
Wart Williams
Hellen
Maurice Costello
Henry Brooke Gilpin
Boyce
Strikers clash as Westinghouse hires strikebreakers
Six carloads of white and Black strikebreakers arrived at the Westinghouse plant, crossing Turtle Creek to reach the site amid jeers. Strikers rallied in a large parade toward Swissdale to disrupt a subsidiary plant, while company guards appeared armed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Turtle Creek
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Company
Swissdale
Union Switch and Signal Plant
Herr
Fred Jones Sentenced to 60 Days on City Streets
Fred Jones, a Black man, was arrested on theft charges and after a hearing Judge Sibert ordered him to 60 days of work on the streets, reflecting a punishment aimed at public assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Jones
Fred, Jones
Thiesia
Sibert
Civic League Extends Flower Distribution in Winchester
The Civic League announces plants available for contest prizes another week. People may apply to Miss Bessie Conrad at 230 W. Water Street to receive flowers. The league aims to beautify Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic League
Six Reel Show at Auditorium Tonight
Six wonderful reels for 5 cents play at the Auditorium tonight. Vitagraph entries include Maister of the Mine and Master of the Mine. Lubin and Selig films The Dredger's Claw Miss Milley's Valentine and Reconciled In Blood round out the program.
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Maister
Vitagraph
Vitag
Lubin
Miss Milley
Essany
Selig
Sulzer Again Runs for New York Governor
Ex governor William Sulzer announced his candidacy for the New York governorship. He said backers would field a full ticket with a liberty bell emblem and a platform to beat the bosses stop graft and halt stealing. Sulzer will campaign in every state nook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
William Sulzer
New York
Sulzer
Virginia forecast and meeting notice for June 11
Fair tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the southeast. The West Virginia? no. W. U. meeting will be held Thursday morning June 11 at 9 30. Members are asked to note the summer session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Ryan Chosen Councilman in Second Ward
The article reports the recent election in Chester with 219 ballots cast of about 1,100 registered. Dr. Julian F. Ward was elected mayor without opposition. In the first ward J. Fred. Goss led with 80 votes. in the second ward candidates J. L. C. Janney and A. T. Sibert trailed, while Ryan received 73 votes and Janney 70. The elected councilmen will serve four years starting September 1, with party composition shifting to ten Democrats and three Republicans after September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian F. ‘Ward
R. T. McGuiry
G. W. Ramsburn
Will
J. Fred
Liam A. Bell
John H
Connall
J. L. C. Jannay
A. T
Walliam B
Sibert
Ryan
Janney
Ney Tent
Licans
Snyder
Goss
H. C. Sheets
Mesara
Jones
Jamney Lewis F. Cooper
Crat
W. A. Bell
Shirley Ca’ Snyder
J. Fred. Goss
Te Kremer
Dr. Hunter TH
First Ward
Aml
Homecoming Notes From College Visit In Virginia
Miss Cornelia S Rutherford returns home from college with certificate this year. Her brother Master Abe A Rutine will spend time at their home on street. Mrs T J Orndorff arrives after visiting friends in Rockingham Virginia and recitals nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia S. Rutherte
Abe A. Rutine
Cation
T. J. Orndorff
Rockingham
Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Williams
Gen. Cluserat
Wire ! the Star
John Stuart
Bride
Young Roosevelt
Miss Willard
Nicholas Longworth
Philip Roosevelt
Tare
Empire Tomorrow
Julian FF. Ward
Miss Walter
C. E. Koontz
C. R. M'Cann
Shen
Val. Agri. Society
CpiPeer
Wire
Independent
J. C.sanwey
Chester
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