Pretty Wife Defends Husband in Arrest Warrant Case
Mrs. Duartes Fisher, wife of Frederick County farmer Charles A. Fisher, denies that he assaulted her. She says the arrest warrant was sworn by her estranged father who has not cared for her since she was a child. Fisher is held in jail. she asks release as enemies plot to separate them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lefant
Charles A. Fisher
Frederick
Kiler
Harrisonburg
Joseph H. Fisher
Meadow
Duartes Fisher
Narrow Escape on Valley Pike Brings Revolver to Autoists
Rural carrier Ha Pink faced two chases by autos near Vaucluse on consecutive days. A mule pulled the mail cart into a field after one encounter. On the second meeting Funk drew a revolver, causing the car to stop abruptly and injuring no one. Bravo Mr Funk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tune
HA. Pink
Valley Pike
Vaucluse
Funk
David
Stickley
Mr. Funk
Mr. Fank
Convention Meets At Greensburg Pa
Rev Q H Crowell of Roanoke and his daughter Mrs Minnie Garwood visited Winchester then left to attend the biennial United Brethren Church convention at Greensburg Pa. Crowell’s daughter will stay a week visiting friends here. Rev Mr Huber, president of the convention, is related to the Hott family through marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. H. Crowell
Roanoke
United Brethren Church
Minnie Garwood
Staunton
Winchester
Jacob Streit
Town
Crowell
Greensburg
Garwood
Huber
Hott
Bishop Hott
Miss Eva Taylor Secures Springfield Teaching Post
Miss Eva Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Taylor of this city has been appointed as a teacher in Springfield Massachusetts. The Springfield schools are among the finest in the United States and Miss Taylor has taught in Connecticut for several years including Stafford. She will spend part of her vacation at her home in Winchester and is expected to arrive here next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Taylor
J. William Taylor
Springfield
Mass
United States
Taylor
Connecticut
Stafford
Winchester
Mrs S H Hansbrough Heads Pacific Coast Tour
Mrs S H Hansbrough and her daughter Miss Ethel Hansbrough, wife and daughter of Win chester banker and real estate dealer S H Hansbrough, left this morning for a Pacific coast tour lasting several months. They will visit Washington Oregon and California with Garland Hansbrough joining in Washington state late June as he visits his uncle Wirt Hansbrough in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Hansbrough
Ethel Hansbrough
Winchester
Pacific Coast
Wirt Hanssbrough
Alaska
Not With U. B. Church Denies Clergy Links
United Brethren Church members state Rev. Dr. We Ff. Shinn is not connected with their denomination. Shinn arrived from Des Moines Iowa and says he belongs to the Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
We Ff. Shinn
Shinn
Des Moines
Iowa
Congregational Church
Miss Irene Copp Returns Home After Gainesboro Visit
Miss Irene Copp returns to her Fisher's Hill home this morning after a brief visit with the Misses Whitacre at Gainesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Copp
Fisher’s Hill
Whitacre
Gainesboro
V. A. Students Win Shenandoah Scholarships 1906 07
Four Robinson Scholarships of fifty dollars each were founded by the late R A Robinson of Louisville Ohio? endowment to Shenandoah Valley Academy. Winners this year include Henry Clay Hodgson J Horace Lacy Jr Fred M Alexander and Robert T Barton Jr with a tie for first in their class. Additional awards to preparatory Virginia and Washington W Lee candidates pending announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Shenandoah Valley Academy
R. A. Robinson
Louisville
Winchester
Frederick County
Henry Clay Hodgson
J. Horace Lacy, Jr
Fred. M. Alexander
Robert T. Barton
He Wants To Buy Summer Home Here
Mr and Mrs Frank Mottet of Tacoma Washington spent a month at Winchester Inn and left for Oakland Md en route to their western home He is a wealthy retired Tacoma businessman originally from New York and expresses interest in purchasing a summer home here The couple made many friends during their stay in the city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mottet
Tacoma
Washington
Winchester Inn
Oakland
Mottet
Winchester
Mr. Mottet
Bridal Couple Spent Night At Hotel Evans
Miss Mary E. Hinkins daughter of Peter Hinkins of Tom's Brook and Silas Keller of Fisher's Hill were married at the bride’s home yesterday afternoon. They spent last night at Hotel Evans and left this morning for Atlantic City. Mrs Keller has in the past visited Miss Etta Herrell. They will reside at Fisher's Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Hinkins
Peter Hinkins
Tom’s Brook
Silas Keller
Fisher’s Hill
Hotel Evans
Atlantic City
Keller
Etta Herrel
Foes Crazy On Subject of Religion
Sheriff Marshall of Front Royal and Edgar Strother from Warren county escorted the man to Harrisonburg. Strother, about 35 to 40, has lost his mind over religion and drew a large crowd with his insane ravings. He was taken to Western State Hospital in Staunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Marshall
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Linden
Warren County
Edgar Strother
Strother
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Funk & Son Improve Office with New Paint and Paper
Funk and Son undertakers and furniture dealers are improving their office with fresh paper and a coat of paint making it more attractive. Place your ad in The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Funk & Son
Virginia asks price probe into school books
A Virginia committee led by Richard Evelyn Byrd to investigate if public school books cost more in Virginia than other states. The panel will examine publishers under oath, with witnesses inside state and may publish economies. A price table shows Virginia books costing more than in North Carolina Alabama Texas Georgia and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Evelyn. Byrd
Winchester
E.P. Ponnemherst
Frank B. Watkins
T.E. Owens
Virginia
Exorbieee Mor EM
Byrd
Corporation Commission
North Carolina
Alabama
Texas
Maury
Holton Holton
Georgia
West Virginian Rhodes Scholar Tops Oxford Honors
O F Tucker Brooke of St Johns College Oxford won the final examination honors at Oxford University School of English Literature. He was the only competitor to obtain this high distinction. Brooke is the son of Prof Geo T Brooke of West Virginia University and nephew of Judge D B Lucas and Col Forrest W Brown of Charlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of English Literature
Oxford
England
O. F. Tucker Brooke
St. John’s College
Brooke
The
West
Virginia University
D. B. Lucas
Forrest W. Brown
Charlestown
Local Florist Erects Iron Fence on Braddock Street
Florist C. E. Aulick has a new iron fence installed around his property on South Braddock Street marking a visible changes to the block and drawing neighborhood attention to the updated curb appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Aulick
South Braddock Street
Good Man Dead in the County
Jone county reports the death of Mr Jone Clark aged 55 after several weeks ill with rheumatism He died Friday night at 9 15 o clock and was buried Sunday at Chestnut Grove Rev J A Shockey officiated Clark had two marriages and five children from his first union and one son from his second He belonged to the M F R Church for 35 years and was a class leader known for steadfast morals and regular church attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeHaven
Jonecounty
Star
Chestnut Grove
J. A. Shockey
Clark
Hannah Manor
Berkeley County
Wm. Smith Clark
Nain
Bwma Williams
Kernstown
M. J. Williams
Stephenson’s
Anna. L. Boyce
Winchester
Latie
Mary Hutzler
Lalse
David T. Clark
M.fr. Church
Saved His Little Son From Drowning
June 21. Mr. Carroll DeHaven and his young son near Lew, Virginia, narrowly escaped drowning when a flood in Brush Creek overturned their buggy during a severe evening storm. Thefather swam to shore with his child as the horse and buggy were swept downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
DeHaven
Mr. Carroll DeHaven
Little Son
Lew
Brush Creek
Alex. DeHaven
Mr. DeHaven
J. M. Clark
Degrees Awarded to Rev James Gray McAllister
Washington and Jefferson College in Washington Pennsylvania confers Doctor of Divinity on Rev James Gray McAllister president of Hampden Sydney College A similar degree is conferred by the Central University of Kentucky
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington, Pa
James Gray McAllister
Hampden-Sidney College
McAllister
Central University of Kentucky
Little Boy Dead In County of Spasms
The 2 year old son of F B and Mrs Martha A Stephenson died yesterday evening at home near Chambersville from spasms. Funeral Friday at Memorial Chapel near Lamps. Survived by parents and one brother. Mr Jas B Russell is in Washington today on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Stephenson
F.B
Martha A. Stephenson
Chambersville
Memorial Chapel
Lamp’s
Jas. B. Russell
Washington
Blue Ridge Hunt Club Plans July Horse Show and Steeplechase
The Blue Ridge Hunt Club will hold its spring horse show at Carter Hall Grove Millwood on the Fourth of July starting at noon. Seven entries, a steeplechase for member horses, and a three mile course highlight the event, with a $100 silver cup trophy to be won three times for final possession. An ere Tandem feature pairs driving and riding over jumps, plus money prizes in key classes and a $5 prize for the suckling colt class open to all farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
Carter Hall Grove
Millwood
Edward Keating Completes Law Course at Chattanooga
Edward Keating of Winchester, once a Cumberland post office clerk, studied two years at the University of Chattanooga and will receive a full-course law diploma ranked third in a class of forty three. He plans to open an office in Cumberland with friends James Clark and John Keating who run Clark Distilling and Cumberland Brewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Keating
Winchester
Cumberland
University of Chattanooga
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga University
South
Bat slung by pitcher shatters hotel room window
Johnson, a Staunton baseball pitcher who played for Winchester last summer, demonstrated bat throwing in his Hotel Evans room when a bat flew from his hands and smashed a window. Eyewitnesses mistook it for a fight as excitement spread briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Staunton
Winchester
Evans
Tmne
Byrd Family Heads to Virginia Military Institute Finals
Mrs Richard E Byrd and son Thomas Byrd travel to Lexington Virginia for the finals at the Virginia Military Institute where their son Richard E Byrd Jr is a cadet on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Byrd
Thomas Byrd
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Richard E.byrd, Jr
Visitors Triumph 7-3 Over Winchester In Pitcher Battle
Staunton edged Winchester as Johnson and Feiser each delivered strong starts. Feiser held Staunton to one run through eight innings and Johnson steadied Winchester, while Shields and Sellman made key plays on defense. Clancey’s hand injury dampened Winchester hopes but the game showed solid play from both clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Feiser
Staunton
Johnson
Shields
Sellman
Brown
Sandy Baker
Foard
Clancey
Baker
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Teweee Re Ee Husband
Pretty Wife
Chas. A. Fisher
H. A. Fonk
Greensburg, Pa
Massachusetts
U. B. Church
V. A
R. E. Byrd
Oxford University
Jonathan M. Clark
Mr. McAllister
Hunt Club
Carter Hall
Reservoir Park
Field of
Waterloo
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