Public Schools to Close Friday Commemorative Exercises Planned
Public schools close Friday with diplomas conferred by Capt. M. M. Lynch. Graves of Capt. Van Fossen and John Kerr to be decorated. cemetery services follow. Memorial tablet unveiled at 10 30 a m in John Kerr School. Graduates listed: John Walter Bailey Frank W Bailey Hugh F E Clark and others. Tablet crafted by George W Haines of Valley Marble Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
van Fossea
Sohn Kerr
Sirena
Dr. White
Johr, Kerr Public Schools
A. m
M. M. Lynch
Tarnetary
van Fossen
John Kerr
C. 'T. Weede
C. T. Weede
J. &. van Fossen
H. M. White
A J. Tavenner
H. M. Whity
John Walter
Bailey
Frank W. Bailey
Hugh FE. Clark
Lindsie Fuller
J. Alan Maphis
Thomas Williams
Enla G. Hershberger
Ethel Td Rue Brannon
Katherine A. McFadden
Caroline Smith
Minnie H. Brown
Hildah Y. Forney
Beatrice D. Barr
C. Myrtle Hall
Mary F. Brown
Elinor L. Carver
Sadie M. Borney
Capt. van Fossen
George i W. Haines
The
Valley Marble Works
A Concrete Walk For Battletown Inn
The concrete pavement in front of the Battletown Tan Block will be laid as soon as weather permits. Old brick will be laid near the High School after removal. Rain delays push the paving to Friday. Local notes mention W T Lewis leaving for Baltimore on legal business and others attending the Bankers Association at Old Point Comfort. Elvira Moore returns from Baltimore where she attended school. Reverend James Gaver of Middletown visits his son Jas W Gaver.
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Berryville
Battletown
W. T. Lewis
Baltimore
Messrs
J. B. Neill
Jas. W. Foley
Bankers’ Association
Old Point Comfort
Elvira Moore
James Gaver
Middletown
Jas W. Gaver
Desperate escape as wanted man eludes officers
Walter Allen, a black man sought in Martinsburg for assault and by Winchester police for numerous offenses, escaped while being pursued. Witnesses Kurtz and Allen spotted him in Shawnee Hollow, a电话 tip alerted police, but he fled into the woods. A later chase by Officer McCarty and a citizen posse failed to capture him, and Berkeley County sheriffs continue to search, fearing he is heavily armed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Allen
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
Shawnee Hollow
Charles Kurtz
Mc@arty
al Jen
McCarty
Berkeley County
Allen
Kurtz
Mount Jackson Town Election Shows Progresive Water Works Push
In Mount Jackson on Friday a municipal power struggle concluded with a vote supporting Dr. C A R Moore leading a ticket seen as pro water works and electric lights. The slate with Moore received a range of tally figures from 21 to 60 for ten named candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrt
Jackson
Mount Jackson
Derstosa
C. A. R. Moore
C. A
Strasburg Girl Weds A Western Merchant
Miss Mary S Funk of Strasburg and Mr Alfred R Morton of Deloit Iowa were married Tuesday at 7 am in Strasburg. The ceremony was at the bride’s uncle C F Funk home, by Rev J D Hamaker. Mrs C F Funk was matron of honor and Virginia Brown served as flower girl. Ruth Tuck held the license. The groom is a merchant of Deloit, to which the couple will move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary S. Funk
Strasburg
Alfred R. Morton
Deloit
Towa
C.F. Funk
J.D. Hamaker
The
Christian Church
C. F. Funk
Virginia Brown
Ruth Tuck
Ground to death on railroad track near Berryville
George W. Wolfe, a Norfolk and Western brakeman of Hagerstown, died when he fell from the Blue Ridge Dispatch north of Berryville. He was struck by 27 loaded cars. his body was recovered and sent to Hagerstown for burial. Survived by wife Miss Ross of Chambersburg, two sons Daniel and Edward, mother, and brother Harry of Baltimore. Funeral Thursday at home with Rose Hill Cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wolfe
Norfolk and Western
West 1 Street
Hagerstown
Berryville
Wolfer
Blue Ridge Dispatch
Rudolph Beck
Jacob S. Mullenix
C. N. Jackson
Beck
Wolfe
Suter & Son
Brotherhood
Casulty
Mercersburg
Scott Wolfe
Rlagerstown
Entheran Church
Ross
Chambersburg
Daniel
Edward
Harry
Baltimore
Rose Hill Cemetery
Judge Nicol Retires as Sixteenth Circuit Judge
Judge Charles E. Nicol of Manassas who served the Sixteenth circuit for several terms is succeeded by Judge Edward Turner of Warrenton. Nicol will still preside in Fairfax Prince William and Alexandria Circuits. Loudoun bar members hosted Turner at a Leesburg Inn banquet Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Nicol
Manassas
Loudoun
Peereee
Edward § . Turner
Warrenton
Crete
Turner
Leesburg Inn
Couple Wed In Hagerstown At Evangelical Parsonage
A runaway couple from near Winchester, Miss Lillie Shreck and Mr. Dee E. Huff, married Monday afternoon at the Evangelical parsonage in Hagerstown by Rev. W. H. Lilley. The bride resides at Stephenson in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Shreck
Dee E. Huff
Winchester
Hagerstown
Evangelical Parsonage
W. H. Lilley
Stephenson
County
Jackson Sues for Accounting Over Fraud Claim
Miss Mary Jane Jackson sues Jonah Ix. Reese in Frederick County Circuit Court seeking to rescind a settlement and obtain an accounting of $2,500 allegedly invested and lost in a Johnson City boom. The case, before Judge Thomas W. Harrison, features claims of deceit and misvaluation of two deeded lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Jackson
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Jonah Ix. Reese
Reese
Miss Jackson
Mr. Reese
County
Thomas W. Harrison
R. T. Barton
Johnson City
Tenn
Charlestown Nine To Play Ball At Winchester
Charlestown arrives in Winchester for a scheduled Reservoir Park game with locals halted by rain. Winchester backs Hagerstown for tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. The Interstate League status is not in effect for this match.
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Charlestown
Winchester
Reservoir Park
Inchrdetts Fis
Berryville elects D. T. Jones mayor in quiet town vote
Berryville voters cast 44 votes in a calm election. D. N. Jones was re elected mayor over Joseph Hardesty. Town officers selected include H. W. Baker John Shackelford W T Lewis and Chas M Broun as council members with Dr George N Hardesty as recorder. Mr Tee Wis succeeds Conrad Kownslar after he declined another run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Star Bureau
Berryville
D. N. Jones
Joseph Hardesty
Jones
D.T. Jones
H. W. Baker
John
Red Men Elect Their Officers in Winchester Lodge
The Shawnee Tribe No. 2 Red Men of Winchester held its annual elections last night naming Charles Smith as sachem Harry Funk senior sagamore George E Copenha jrt prophet Taylor Jones keeper of records E Fottel keeper of wampum William J Whissen keeper of wigwam George Trenary and for Incohonee Tribe of Red Men Past sachem George B Bushnell Sachem A J Tavenner senior sagamore Charles Haines junior sagamore W W Tanquary prophet A Jackson chief of records Preston D Callum keeper of wampum W S Nicklin collector of wampum S A R Anderson keeper of wigwam J W Mort.
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Winchester
Sachem
Charles Smith
Sagamore
Harry’ Funk
George E. Copenhase
Taylor Jones
Fee of
E. (. Fottel
Wampum
William J. Whissen
George Trenary
S. A. R. Anderson
J. W. Mort
Miss Striker Weds Young Railroad Man
Wedding announcement from Winchester notes Miss Margaret V. Striker wed Mr. Hunter H. Kitchen on June 11 in Philadelphia. The couple, now on their wedding trip, will reside in Wheeling after June 26. Mrs. Striker, formerly of Winchester, has many friends in the city. The groom works for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Philadelphia
Margaret V. Striker
Rosa A. Striker
Hunter
Kitchen
Martinsburg
W. Va
Wheeling
Vanne
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Will Lecture On History Of Valley
Rev. William D. Smith rector of Christ Church will lecture on the History of the Early Settlement of the Shenandoah Valley. The talk is to be given Thursday at eight o'clock in the city court room at City Hall before the Century Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Smith
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Century Club
Fultz Couple Return From Visit
Mr and Mrs W TL Fultz have returned from a visit to New the ee UD.
New State Laws Take Effect June Thirteenth 1906
The 1906 General Assembly adjourned March 15. Laws enacted without emergency clauses take effect ninety days after adjournment, while appropriation and emergency acts effective June 13, 1906. An Attorney General letter explains the timing to Auditor Marye.
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General Assembly
Anderson
Morton Marye
Receiver Appointed for Carson Lime Company by Warren County
Judge Thomas W. Harrison, after returning from Front Royal, appointed Warren County Sheriff James Marshall as receiver for the Carson Lime Company with consent of stockholders and interested parties. Affairs to be wound up. The Judson Jett murder case, involving a Black man charged with killing another man over a woman, is postponed to the September term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Harrison
Front Royal
Harrison
James Marshall
Warren County
Carson Lime Company
Judson Jett
Berryville Briefs: local visits and returns
From Berryvilla June 38 Miss Lillian Jones and Maria Shugert return from State Normal School Farmville for vacation. Sadie and Ada Drake visit Middleway. Jessie Lupton returns from Winfield. Erl Drake from Stephens City visits Allen Drake. Annie Brown of Norfolk visits local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Star
Berryvilla
Lillian Jones
Maria Shugert
State Normal School
Farmville
Sadie
Ada Drake
Middleway
Jessie Lupton
Win
Erl Drake
Stephens City
Allen Drake
Annie Brown
Norfolk
Front Royal Triumph Over Martinsburg In Lopsided Match
Harry Grim returned from Martinsburg where he played against Front Royal. Front Royal defeated Martinsburg by a score of 11 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Grim
Martinsburg
Front Royal
Democrats Score Victory in City Council Elections
Voters in Winchendon elected six new city council members with Democrats winning the first ward and Citizens ticket taking the second. In the first ward William H Baker led with 151 votes, followed by J H Snyder 143 and J W Rosenberger 120. Democrats secured two seats, with one Citizen winner. In the second ward Citizens ticket swept, with W T Barr 178, W Smith 138, L Cooper 141. one Republican elected amid a split party vote. Total turnout 570, with 16 and 8 ballots discarded in wards one and two respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Baker
J. J. Snyder
JW. Rosenberger
W. T. Barr
J. F. Cooper
W. J. Smith
W. H. Baker
J. Ht. Snyder
G. KE. Jenkins
Meo
W . Kremer
MJ Seabright
Citizens
M.T. Reed
CW. Ramsburg
A. ©. Brown
W 2. Smith
L. F. Cooper
George BE. Jenkins
William T. ‘Barr
William H. Baker
Snyder
Cooper
Hunter H. McGuire
J. W. Rosenberger
Barnett
Reed
Hunter McGuire
Smith
Rosenberger
Mr. Cooper
Messrs. Baker
Barr
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Order OF Exercises
Battletown Inn
Iide
G. W. Wolfe
Nicol
Miss Mary Jackson
Ip Berryville
Uncle Bill
Fade
D. H. Jones
Miss Striker
Will
Virginia
News of Today
City of
Winchatte
William H. Bales
John H. Snyder
John W. Rosenbernberger
William T. Barr
William H. Smith
Lewis P. Cooper
MR. Barr
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