Electric Light Trial Delays as 72 Examinees Testify
In the Julius Fire County courtroom the case of Lewis Price s administratrix against the Witchester Gas and Electric Light Company proceeds with 22 witnesses examined by 4 30 this afternoon as the trial continues. Evidence places the body east of the sycamore tree near the Holliday residence supporting a direct route to Price s dray. The defense claims a circuitous path. Witnesses describe body position and wounds from a live wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Price
Witchester Gas and Electric’ Light ‘Company
of Price
Sycamore Tree
Price
Kille
Tar Star
H. H. Baker
John A. Kern
Preston Callum
John M. Nulton, Jr
Thomas Lavender
Col. Baker
Mr. Kern
Mr. Callum
Lavender
Philip Williams
William
Wagner
A. D. Henkle
J. M. Long
L. F. Cooper
Robert L. Mitchell
Robert Orrick
Robert Mitchell, Jr
Richard L. Gray
Corporation Court
City of Winchester
Maria Price
Lewis G. Hollis
Samuel Boden Dies at Brucetown After Illness
Samuel Boden, 28, of Brucetown, died this morning at 11 o clock at his home after a lingering illness from consumption. Hemorrhages of the lungs caused his death. He was a Brucetown native and employee at Brucetown Moden Mills. He is survived by his parents and wife. The funeral is set for tomorrow at 3 PM at Brucetown Methodist Church with Rev. D F Entsler officiating and burial in Brucetown Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Boden
Brucetown
Boden
Brucetown Cemetery
Corner Stone Laying For Mount Hebron Mortuary Chapel
A Masonic service marks the laying of the corner stone for the Mortuary Chapel at Mount Hebron Cemetery this evening at 7. Past Grand Master R T W Duke of Charlottesville will deliver the oration. The lodge gathers at 6 30 in the Masonic Temple and proceeds to the cemetery with the Friendship Band leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae Star
Mount Hebron Cemetery
R. T W. Duke
Charlottesville
Masonic Temple
Friendship Band
Main Street
Duke
Hiram Lodge No. 21
Winchester
Te Lodge
Hiram Lodge
B. M. Knight
Wm. E. Cooper
Vernon Eddy
John Ray
J. E. Correll
Joseph Leafe
Harry R. Homer
J. P.,hyde
R. T. W. Duke
Isa
Misattribution of Confederate Cross Presentation At Martinsburg
Be stowal of crosses of honor to Confederate soldiers in Martinsburg West Virginia last Tuesday was misattributed to Mrs J W McSherry. The correct presenter was Mrs Peyton R Harrison whose husband fell at Manassas. Harrison is mother of Martinsburg resident Peyton R Harrison who married Nannie Boyd of Winchester. General Committee adjourned to 8 pm Monday due to poor Fourth of July attendance. Jos E Kicer, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
J.W. McSherry
Peyton R. Harrison
Manassas
Harrison
Nannie Boyd
Winchester
Jos. E. Kicer
Warren and Carroll Sumption Illness Improvement
The two young sons of Mr. Joseph Sumption of north Main street were seized with convulsions Thursday night and are somewhat better today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren and
Carroll
Joseph
Sumption
North Main Street
Driving Party Honoring Mrs Reading Attracts Dozen Couples
Mrs R Byrd hosted a driving party yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs Reading. About a dozen couples took part in the event staying for a social gathering afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. &. Byrd
Reading
Life Saved by Horses After Gun Accident
A four person pleasure party to Beaver Dam narrowly escaped disaster when a loaded gun exploded in a carriage. A Pennsylvania girl leaned on the muzzle as horses bolted, the right barrel discharged, leaving a four inch wound and splintered carriage. The driver recovered and the group steadied the frightened horses. Names were withheld as they recover from the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Dam
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Graves Receive Flowers at Mount Hebron Cemetery
Flowers were laid on several graves at Mount Hebron Cemetery including Judge John Handley and Gen. Daniel Morgan. A cross of flowers rested on Handley’s mausoleum honoring his philanthropy and the future library project in Winchester. A lone bouquet marked Morgan’s broken slab, placed by a Pennsylvania lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr
Mount Hebron
Judge John Handley
Daniel Morgan
Judge Handley
Winchester
Pennsylvania
Bulla to Preach at Braddock Street Church South
Rev. Chas. D. Bulla will preach at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South tomorrow morning and evening. Morning topic The Reversal of Human Judgments Evening topic The Christian's Coronation Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. D. Bulla
Braddock-street Methodiat Episcopal Church
John Bromley Dies in Clarke County Home
Mr John Bromley a respected Clarke county farmer died at his home near Lake View at age 80 after a long illness. He was born in 1822 on the same farm where he died and served as Clarke county school supervisor and magistrate. Funeral Monday at ten o clock from the house with Rev Julian Broaddus officiating and interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. He leaves a widow and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bromley
Clarke County
Lake View
Julian Broaddus
Baptist Church
Berryville
Mount Hebron
John Rutherford
Frank Clevenger
Charles Tanquary
Frank Jackson
M. J. Hardesty
A. Byers
Bromley
Mr. Bromley
Virginia
John Morgan
Aho
Brown
Mattie
Elizabeth Bromley
Messrs
William Gromley
Edward Bromley
Ridgeway
W.va
J. L. Maphis
M. L. Capper
North Main Street
Held Her 80th Anniversary
Yesterday Mrs. Jane Hott observed her eightieth birthday at Cedar Grove in this county. She is the mother of the late Bishop Hott of the United Brethren Church and wife of the late Jacob Hott. A family reunion brought Rev. Geo Hott and another Hott family from Dayton Virginia, and Mrs Chas Hott, widow of a pastor, among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Hott
Hott
Bishop Hott
United Brothern Church
Bright Pupils of Kerr Schools Listed in Public Examinations
A partial list of John Kerr Public Schools graduates from the closed Kerr campus details many named pupils across Sixth, Fifth, Fourth, and Sixth Grade groups. The record shows male and female students including Benjamin Davis, Virginia Athey, Viola Brown, and Elsie Skelton among others, with the note the list will continue daily until complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr Public Schools
Benjamin Davis
Henry Seal
John Seal
Earle Steele
Roger Jones
Brandell Brill
Basil Henry
Benjamin Leatherman
Fred Forney
Otto Anderson
Leonard Copenhaver
Howard Lamp
Charles Hoover
Ernest Leatherman
Maurice Murnan
Alfred Henkel
Carl Cather
Henry Moling
Robert Sibert
Glenn Ryan
Avenel Beverley
James Streit
George Clowe
Lindace Fuller
Ashby Sprint
Elbert Skelton
Roy Gearing
Thomas Williams
Fred Hodgson
Charles Randall
Grover Cooper
Frank Swartz
Nellie Haines
Elsie Skelton
Beulah Kline
Mary Harford
Elinor Carver
Ava Darlington
Minnie Brown
Mary Brown
Beulah Rogers
Alan Maphis
John Murnan
Georgia Metz
Hattie Hodgson
Agnes Miller
Mary Lillis
Mary Shryock
Virginia Haines
Margaret Walter
Bertha Johnson
Marjorie Krem
Harry Knight
Luther Lowery
Virginia Athey
Lillian Dicks
Bessie Sartelle
Gertrude Schneider
Mary Calmes
Nannie Murnap
Sara O’connell
Ernest Boyd
William Copenhaver
Joseph McDonand
Warren Sibley
Hazel Brown
Irene Palmer
Harry Fansler
Matilda Flemister
Bessie Ritter
Selia Chrismore
Lily Seabright
Reginald Darlington
Joseph Miller
Helen Solenberger
Unger Murnan
Clyde Schuler
Howard 8Lenberger
Edwin Harford
George Skelton
Clifford Grim
Willie Albin
Laura Fawcett
John Bushnell
Virgie Grant
Harry Ritter
Joseph McFadden
Clyde Sibert
Bertie Dicka
Frank Quantz
Mamie Boehm
Mary Jones
Nellie O’ Rear
Viola Brown
Harry Carl
Beasie Fansler
Mary Ky
Verney Knight
Ada March
Thela McDonald
Edith Sanford
Ralph Snapp
Ray Sartelle
Roy Yingiing
Freda Dodson
Irene Haldeman
Eva Carper
John McDonald
Lizzie Cain
Metal Trenary
Alda Leatherman
Jessie Kern
Stanley Anderson
Paul Latham
Alice Shryock
Lelia Mason
Dora Hodgson
Libbie Kremer
Harry Ebersole
Chas Worthington
Leslie Brown
Holmes Ritter
Douglas Brown
Lily Tracy
Agnes Henry
Mabel McIntosh
Nellie Cleveland
Kent Taylor
Mabel Ford
Clinton Athey
Dorsey Allen
Rebecca Hamilton
Virginia Redman
Grace Conner
Willie Forney
Sylvia Grim
Lillian Spurr
Byrnes Cook
Prize Drillers To Attend Fourth of July Event
Secretary Joseph E. Kiger reports Friendship Fire Company No. 1 of Chambersburg Pa will attend the Fourth of July celebration and enter the prize drill contest with four drum corps. The company has won multiple first prizes in drills across Hagerstown Winchester Frostburg Cumberland Newville Annapolis and Chester from 1894 to 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Kiger
Friendship Fire Company
Chambersburg
Hagerstown
Winchester
Frostburg
Cumberland
Newville
Mae Sen
Annapolis
Chester
Thousands Unable to Come to Winchester Fourth of July
The Winchester Fourth of July plans suffer as Cumberland Valley Railroad blocks extra trains and rejects favorable rates. Only the 9 am train can bring thousands along the line, leaving crowds largely unable to attend. Fire departments from towns along the line cancel trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Wincheaster
Cumberland Valley
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Carlisle
Chambersburg
Martinsburg
The
Cumberland
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Chas. E. Hoover
Wingheater
Washington, ( Pa
Samuel Boden
Lodge
Marshal
M. EB. Church South
Clarke
Kerr Schools
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