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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
4
Judge Kimball of Washington ordered Leo Wheat the renowned pianist to sixty days in the workhouse for habitual intoxication. He is to be housed at the Washington Asylum Hospital for treatment and recovery. Wheat had earlier been arrested on the same charge but released after friends urged aid.
Letter from D W Grazy of Woodstock Va states B O railroad will run a special Fourth of July train with special rates from Harper's Ferry 7.10 am to Winchester 8 15 am linking with Southern Railway, potentially through to Woodstock. He asks for reporter confirmation and notes previous corrections were incorrect.
Mr William Jobe of Brucetown and Squire Lockhart of Gore spent the day in this city. Ms S M Timberlake of Staunton visits her brother Harry Timberlake. Mrs Maria Worthington and Miss Annie Cartmell depart for Atlantic City. United Brethren Church services moved to 3 30 p m next Sunday with special music and no evening service.
Mr Button of Appomattox county was elected permanent secretary of the Constitutional Convention at Richmond yesterday. He is well known in Winchester and often visits the family of Mr R E.
The Richmond Times shows portraits of Constitutional Convention members in Richmond Virginia. Notables include Judge T W Harrison of Winchester Frederick and Judge Hunter Chapman of Woodstock Shenandoah counties with brief biographical details and career highlights.
The article lists numerous honors awarded to graduates and attendees including Miss Nora Clowe, Miss Elizabeth Kern, Master Early Fox, Miss Sadie Richards, Miss Ethel Curry, Miss Maude Miller, Miss Bessie Young, Miss Lily Brown, and others. Medals for penmanship orthography elocution and art are noted, along with honorable mentions in music, language, and mathematics, culminating in diplomas for the graduates.
The city saw a graduation ceremony with addresses by Rev. A. M. Cackley and Rev. Henry P. Hamill. Miss Young performed The Twentieth Century Woman, with quartettes, piano solos, and diplomas presented by Rev. Hamill and Rev. Harris, marking a formal completion of studies.
The ceremony featured Mrs Fuller on the organ and Mendelssohn's wedding march. Bridesmaids wore white organdies with yellow sashes and daisies. The bride in white satin with orange blossoms carried white carnations. A large reception followed at Mrs. Susie Conrad’s West Water street home. The bride, daughter of Cuxies F Conrad of California, has Virginia noble lineage. the groom is a New York journalist with Scripps-McRae, a Fort Wayne native now in New York. Honeymoon planned in Canada before returning to New York. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Samuel Benedict, Mrs. Franklin Randall, and others from Savannah, Fort Wayne, Jeffersonville, Danbury, Norfolk, and Paganamnobeedy.
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