Quarantine Against Charlestown Over Smallpox Adopted
Winchester Board of Health acts after Charlestown WV reports of smallpox. Dr. McGuire confirms mild, contained cases with 20 to 40 suspected. field hospital planned, three Marine Hospital Service specialists deployed. Winchester orders vaccination and strict quarantine to prevent spread.
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Charlestown
West Virginia
Winchester Board of Health
Hunter H. McGuire
McGuire
Board of Health
Washington
United States
Marine Hospital Service
Pocahontas
W. Va
Neill
Winchester
Winchester Boys Earn Degrees at University of Virginia
Three Winchester youths are named among UVA graduates announced yesterday. Ruel E. Ebersole and W Levin Powell receive doctor of medicine degrees, and Miflin W. Swartz earns a master of arts. Swartz heads to the University of Texas Fort Worth to take a Latin and Greek chair.
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University of Virginia
Winchester
Ruel E. Ebersole
W.levin Powell
Miflin W. Swartz
Ebersole
J. F. Ebersole
Winchester Lime Works
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Powell
William L. Powell
James R. Graham
Washington State
Miller Manual School
Farmville
University
Swartz
Laura B. Swartz
H. W. Clowe
University of Texas At Fort Worth
The Moon's Eclipse Observed from Winchester
The upcoming lunar eclipse will be visible across the United States, lasting eight minutes from 10 24 p m to 10 32 p m EST. Though immersion will be slight, observers may note the moon’s brightness, and it is a pleasant duty for young people to watch together in the night sky.
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Winchester
United States
Luna
Baptist Yard Party Closes After Weekend Yard Event
The Baptist lawn party at the Lewis Jones Knitting Mills lawn ended after two Saturday and Sunday nights. Organizers cited upcoming commencement exercises this week as the reason to close the event to avoid conflicting with future activities.
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Baptist
Lewis Jones Knitting Mills
Miss Glass Describes Yosemite Valley Travels in California
In a letter from California Miss Kate Glass describes Yosemite Valley sights including the Merced River, the three falls totaling 2,500 feet, the Great Grizzly Tree with a 33 foot trunk diameter, and a drive through giant trees named after states and notable figures.
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Kate Glass
California
Yosemite Valley
Sentinel Hotel
Merced
Yosemite
Columbia
Logan
Tod
Meuroh
Lee
Jackson
New York Newspapers Hit By Major Night Fire
A fire on the fifth floor of the New York Tribune building forced printers to evacuate, with some using ropes from the eleventh floor. The Tribune houses the Journal office as well, while the Sun and World buildings sit nearby across the alley as crews battled the blaze and the Journal rushed to publish.
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New York
New York Tribune
Tribune
The
New York Journal
Journal
Sun
New York World
Friendship's New Band Reorganizes After Year
After a year of inaction the Friendship Band met last night and reorganized with eighteen signatories. Capt. Jas M Haymaker elected president, Fred Striker secretary, and Stewart A Shiner treasurer. Thomas Keating returned from Cumberland.
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Friendship Band
Jas. M. Haymaker
Fred
Striker
Stewart A. Shiner
Mrs. A. E. Carroll Wins Damages Against City
In Winchester Circuit Court, a jury awarded Mrs. A. E. Carroll $1,200 for injuries from falling on a North Main street sidewalk in front of Valley Female College. The verdict matched a prior similar award two years earlier. jurors averaged individual wishes to reach $1,900.
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A. E. Carroll
Winchester
North Main Street
Valley Female College
STAR
W. L. McCann
Mesars
H. S. Larrick
R. M. Ward
McCann
Mrs Gertrude Huff Dies in Keezletown Va Burial Held
Mrs Gertrude Huff wife of John Huff died at home in Keezletown Virginia after a year of ill health. The 44 year old Christian woman was buried in Keezletown yesterday at 4 PM. She was a daughter of the late John Williams of Stephens City and leaves five children, brothers and sisters, and husband John Huff. Huff is a cattle buyer and brother of Mrs George Robert Henry of this city.
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Gertrude Huff
John Huff
Keezletown
Huff
John Williams
Stephens City
George Robert Henry
Evening Exercises at Episcopal Female Institute Hall
The preliminary exercises of the Episcopal Female Institute were held in the institute hall last evening with a large attendance. Prof. A. M. Smith presided as students performed a varied program of marches songs readings duets and solos featuring Miss Eleanor Crawford Miss Sarah Bushnell Miss Belle Harrison Miss Larrick Miss Huyett Miss Virginia Fuller and many others in a display of grace and proficiency.
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Episcopal Female Institute
Institute
A. M. Smith
Eleanor Crawford
Sarah Bushnell
R. Parks
L. Zirkie
Belle Harrison
P. Larrick
E. Huyett
Elizabeth Cooper
C. P. Lewis
M. Marshall
H. Seabright
Virginia Fuller
the Innocent Drummer
Grace Cooper
M. Hays
B. Harrison
Anne Douglas Williams
My Fernando
Constance Strickler
Inez
Celeste Williams
Jack Oxford
Lucy Mason
Margaret Oxford
C. Strickler
Dorothy Howe
Phyllis Ashton
Miss Oxford
Virginia Baker
Virginia McCandlish
Zachariah Barnstable
Sophronia Price
R. Stribling
Edna Huyett
Ellen
Mary
R. Maupin
Turner Ashby Camp to Attend Martinsburg Trip
Gen Turner Ashby Camp accepts invitation to attend event at Martinsburg on June 14. The camp will assemble at 2 PM to board the 2 45 PM train with round trip fare of 70 cents. If 100 go, a special train will run back from Martinsburg about 9 PM. Citizens may obtain this rate. By order of Commander R T Barton. P W Boxp Adjutant.
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Turner Ashby
Martinsburg
Belated Acorn Publishes Three Cakes Celebration Invite
The Acorn, printed June 8 in Three Cakes Michigan, declares Miss Helen Miller Gould will attend the village June 28 celebration for the Dewey cannon dedication with Admiral Dewey invited. In circuit court, Towers versus Stone argued over a $500 note price.
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Tux Star
Berrien County
Michigan
Helen Miller Gould
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Towers
Stone
Decoration of John Kerr's Grave at Public School Exercises
Next Friday afternoon the closing exercises of the John Kerr public schools will be held with diplomas for graduates and roll of honor certificates. The highlight is the annual decoration of John Kerr's grave in Mt. Hebron cemetery, weather permitting, honoring the philanthropic donor whose benefaction to Winchester schools grows more important over time.
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John Kerr
Mt. Hebron
Winchester
Our New Typesetter Miss Maude Matthews Joins Tux Star
Miss Maude Matthews of Martinsburg has taken a compositor role in the Tux Star rooms. She is noted as Winchester’s only woman compositor, with a history of handling type and editorial writing in local papers. Advertise now—be quick.
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Maude Matthews
Martinsburg
Tux Star
Matthews
Winchester
Crane
Fifty Thousand Votes Cast In Winchester Pageant Contest
The campaign reports over 51 588 total votes with an average of 716 daily across 72 days. Just sixteen voting days remain as top contestants like Julia Jenkins and Fanny Gray gain hundreds of votes daily, with tally details listing scores for numerous entrants in Frederick County.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Julia Jenkins
Poulse Redman
Nellie Herring
Susie Stover
Virgie O'Neal
Carrie Lowery
Lela Dame
Georgie McDonald
Lillian Grim
Lela Baker
Bessie Shull
Ethel Smoke
Octa Frye
Seer
Helen Dean
Bessie Ebersole
Ethel Anderson
Nellie Huber
Edith Dinges
Tula Cooper
Grace Cooper
Vernie Ritter
Ceesees
Mamie Fries
Lula McKee
Mismated Couples Secure Divorces
A Circuit Court judge granted Charles W. Hardy and Millie Mardy a divorce “a vinculo matrimonii” in a pending case. In the Corporation Court, Elizabeth E. Johnson was granted a divorce from William H. Johnson. Both couples are county residents. the latter pair are African American. A further suit, Mallith versus Watson Smaith, is underway.
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Court of Justice
Court of Qupid
A. J.tavenner
Charles W. Hardy
Millie Mardy
Harrison
Elizabeth E. Johnson
Wm. H. Johnson
Mallith
Watson Smaith
A Novel Form of Investment
Mr. M. H. Davis has become an agent for the Mutual Fidelity Company of Baltimore. The bond contract calls for $1.25 weekly for 104 weeks totaling $130, redeemable for $240, with a call option after 20 payments at $40 per contract. This yields $15 profit on $25 invested for 20 weeks.
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M. H. Davis
Mutual Fidelity Company of
Baltimore
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Winchester Board of Health Act
Levin Powell, Ruel Ebersole
Miflin Swartz
Baptist Yard Party
Miss Glass
Scenic
Friendship
Thomas Keating
Cumberland
E. F
Ashby Camp
R. T. Barton
P. W. Boxp
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