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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
2
In a letter to his parents Roy Dinges of Middletown reports his travels in the Philippines. He describes funeral customs with a box of the corpse in a church, skull heaps, bamboo houses, dogs and pigs, and a climate like spring with abundant fruit and nuts.
Correspondence from Caron Springs West Virginia notes an all day gathering at the Christian Church last Sunday with a large crowd. Attendees included Misses Ella Grove Della Ritter and Volonta Kump and Messrs Roger Anderson Geo Lowery Sidney Curl and Edward Carper of Winchester. Rain Monday improved the corn crop.
The Cosmopolitan plans sketches of sixty leading industrial figures chosen by experts. The Wilson vs Luray suit costs the town about 3000 dollars in fees and expenses, with Wilson facing 1500 to 2000 dollars in addition to his recovery. The town views the expenditure as well spent.
The Surgeon General may curb Captain Richmond P Hobson’s public talks if rostrum work worsens his sight. Secretary Moody ordered Charles Lambden released after meeting Judge Bragonier’s demands and facing a potential jail hold.
Freight and passenger timetable notes list Welch Norton Bristol East Radford Roanoke Hagerstown Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York arrivals and departure times. Sleepers Welch to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to New York are described with overnight departures and connections via Roanoke Martinsville Winston Salem and Charlotte. W B Bevitt General Passenger Agent Roanoke Va.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad schedules annual mid summer sixteen day seashore excursions on Thursdays June 26 July 10 24 August 7 and 21 and September 1 with train No 4 from Winchester at 7 30 am for 6 50 round trip. Tickets are good on any regular train within sixteen days. Southern Railway also offers a Knoxville Tenn return option at first class fare with multiple sale dates and a possible extension to September 30 1902.
Beginning Saturday May 24 and continuing each weekend, Southern Railway ticket agents at Somerset Warren ton Harrisonburg Front Royal Bluemont and intermediate stations to Alexandria will sell round trip tickets to Washington DC at one fare with return limited to the Monday after sale. General Agent L B Brown announces the offer.
The Western Maryland Railroad Co will offer excursion tickets to Gettysburg Pennsylvania from July 11 to 19 with return by July 21 at one fare for the round trip. This facilitates visits to the encampment at Gettysburg, described as the largest in years. Also notice of St Pauls M E Church first quarterly conference at 8 pm with a reception at 9 pm in the church basement, Rev J C Williams presiding.
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