Double drowning reported after tidal wave in Lost River
News from Wardensville West Virginia reports a buggy accident on Cuipon Iron Works site in Lost River four miles from Wardensville. A six foot wave swept the party, drowning Malinda Keller and her twelve year old nephew John McKeever. A man escaped and locals searched the river overnight, recovering the bodies a mile downstream Sunday.
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Winchester
Wardensville
W. Va
Cuipon Iron Works
Lost River
Malinda Keller
John McKeever
Winchester Society Players Stage Gibson Themed Show
Ladies of Winchester present an amateur musical at The Auditorium on June 27 to raise funds for the hospital. The program features fifteen Gibson tableaux new to Winchester, followed by the play All in a Fog. About fifty participants, with The Auditorium Orchestra and Mrs. H D Fuller as accompanist, perform after races at the Fair Grounds benefit. Tickets cost 35 and 50 cents, seats on sale at Horsey and Arrowell.
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Fair Grounds
Hospital Fund
Ladies of Winchester
R. T. Barton
J. Brad Beverley
H. D. Fuller
R. Gray Williams
Neilie Cover
Katharine Conrad
Gibsones
Winchester
Horsey & A‘rwell’s
Leaves For Old Ireland Sails for Ireland this Saturday
Rev. W A McKeefry pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church leaves for Philadelphia where he sails Saturday for Ireland to spend several months in the old country. In his absence Rev Gaston Payne of Warrenton will lead Sacred Heart services. Father McKeefry is accompanied to Baltimore by his brother Rev H I McKeefry of Richmond.
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W. A. McKeefry
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Philadelphia
Ireland
Old Country
Gaston Payne
Warrenton
Sacred Heart Church
Father McKeefry
Baltimore
H. I. McKeefry
Richmond
Hiram Lodge Installs New Officers In Formal Ceremony
Masons at the Temple conducted installation services for Hiram Lodge with the Master Masons degree conferred on a young professional. A large turnout included Judge Jordan and others from Maryland and Pennsylvania. officers named: Harry M. Baker worshipful master, B Mitchell Knight Jr senior warden, and more.
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Hiram Lodge
Temple
Judge Jordan
W.G. Muskroe
Brunswick
J. B. Hoyer
James J. Pollard
Arthur W. Gillan
Berryville Fails to Beat S. V. A. in Windy Clash
Berryville’s nine, led by Shiner Bonelli Wall and McGregor, fall 4 to 0 to S. V. A. in a rough field contest amid heckling and misplays. Sooner umpired oddly while Berryville players and fans vented, after a rare array of mishaps and hoof print imagery.
Hand Amputation Hazard For Berryville Undertaker
Mr John H Enders formerly of this city now an undertaker in Berryville Virginia met a serious accident this morning while operating a circular saw at his upholstery shop. His hand slipped and the saw cut across the space between the thumb and forefinger over three inches long but no bones were injured and the wound while serious should not cause lasting harm.
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John H. Enders
Berryville
Insanity Follows Husband Death in Railroad Disaster
Winchester reports a second Polhamus family tragedy after Theodore Polhamus conductor and his nephew were killed in the Lackawanna rail wreck on June 8. Mrs Polhamus, grieving widow, has gone insane and was placed in a state hospital.
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Winchester
Polhamus
Binghamton
New York
Theodore Polhamus
Lackawana
Bride Dies On Wedding Day After Mule Kicks Groom
Richard Miller 26, a teamster at Capon Springs West Virginia, was fatally injured when a mule kicked him on the day he and Miss Grove planned to wed. Surgeons operated unsuccessfully. Miller died that night as the couple’s wedding was postponed.
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Richard Miller
Capon Springs
W. Va
Charles F ‘Felson
Miller
Powell
R. E. Lee
W. 8. Love
Twain
Miss Grove
Captain Bryan Conrad Ready to Return Home
After three years in the Philippines Captain Bryan Conrad of this city, son of Mrs Holmes Conrad, is ordered home and expected in the United States within a month. He has served over fifteen years in the army and has acted as major of the Eighteenth Regiment. His fellow townsman Mr Lindsay Leafe also served in the regiment before transferring to the Gordon Scouts.
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Philippines
Bryan Conrad
Mss
Holmes Conrad
United States
Conrad
Lindsay Leafe
Gordon Scouts
Ill Aged Contractor Benjamin Marple Ill Whitacre
Aged contractor Benjamin Marple of Whitacre is reported ill. One of two Marple brothers famed for mathematical prowess in building, they read neither write yet frame barns with precision. He helped frame mills at Angers West Virginia and Whitacre. He once carried six bushels of corn and a man up mill steps after a wager and recently married Miss Pitman.
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Benjamin Marple
Whitacre
Marple
Angers
W. Va
Pitman
Charity Races Benefit at Memorial Hospital Fund drive
Henry Noonan announces teams will gather at Taylor Hotel on Thursday June 20 to transport passengers to the Charity Races. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Memorial Hospital Fund.
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Taylor Hotel
Hospital
Henry Noonan
Pianist and Composer Hand in Town for A. M. Ordway
Prof. C. M. Hand of Hagerstown Maryland visits for a few days promoting A. M. Ordway pianos and organs. A skilled pianist and composer, his march is played by Souza's Band and another work is in progress with strong promise.
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C. M. Hand
Hagerstown
A. M. Ordway
Prof. Hand
Souza
Cinderella in Flowerland at The Auditorium Friday
The play Cinderella in Flowerland will be staged at The Auditorium on Friday evening June 21 to benefit the Braddock-st Methodist Church organ fund. Admission is twenty five cents. Forty children perform under the management of Mrs. L. M. Nulton Mrs. M. M. Lynch Miss Nannie Herbert Miss Nannie Forsythe Miss Alice Gibson and others.
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Flowerland
Braddock-st
L. M. Nulton
M. M. Lynch
Nannie Herbert
Nannie Forsythe
Alice Gibson
Communion Services At United Brethren Church
The United Brethren Church in this city will hold communion services next Sunday at 8 p.m. Pastor Rev. S. D. Skelton will be assisted by Rev. J. D. Donavan of Martinsburg who will preach. The quarterly conference is set for next Saturday at 1 p.m. An all day meeting will be held at Mt. Olive near Hayfield on Sunday.
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United Brethren Church
S. D. Skelton
J. D. Donavan
Martinsburg
Mt. Olive
Hayfield
Will Attend House Party
Miss Helle Harrison left today for The Plains Virginia Fauquier County to attend a house party given by Miss Evelyn Turner.
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Helle Harrison
the Plains
Fauquier County
Evelyn Turner
Longest Day of the Year Marks Beginning of Summer
The day of June 21 will have the longest daylight with sunrise at 4 34 a m and sunset at 7 28 p m totaling 14 hours 58 minutes. Summer also begins on that Friday, as the year reaches its peak daylight.
Physician to Pioneer Automobile Use in Winchester
Dr W B Love plans to use a steam automobile to visit patients in town and county, purchasing a similar vehicle to the one already in Winchester. The move marks automobiles becoming a permanent fixture as they flock to the area and support ongoing medical rounds.
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Winchester
W. 8. Love
Harry Snyder reunites with Jolliffe show after mother's death
Mr. Harry Snyder left today to rejoin Jolliffe's Bright Light Show at Sewell West Virginia. He hurried home to Carlisle Pennsylvania last Saturday because his mother Mrs Kate M Snyder fell ill suddenly and died Sunday morning from stomach catarrh.
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Harry Snyder
Jolliffe
Bright Light
Sewell
W. Va
Carlisle
Kate M. Snyder
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Children Pass Through Town
A number of deaf, dumb and blind children traveled through town aboard the Baltimore and Ohio at noon today. They came from the State Institution at Romney.
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Baltimore and Ohio
State
Romney
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Old
Battletown
Winchester Boys
MR. Sooner
Shakespeare
Clarke County
Sooner
Shiner
Burchell
Mr. Sonner
Bonelli
Wall
McGregor
Harry Wall
Mcthan
Vick” Bonelli
Hans Stouffer
Capt
Aged Contractor III
Benefit of Memorial Hospital
Cinderella
U. B. Church
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