Flag Baptized in Fire Carried by Stonewall Brigade
The damaged but treasured Confederate flag of Stonewall Jackson’s men, scarred by shell and burn, was spread for admirers in Louisville during a reunion. CG Frank Galaber urged tokens to handle it tenderly as crowds, led by Mary R Hack, touched the relic symbolic of the bravest fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Stonewall Brigade
Jackson
Virginia
Louisville Courier Journal
Frank Galaber
John W. Rowan Camp
Louisville
Mary R Hack
Winchester
Turner Ashby Camp
Stonewall Brigade
Stonewall Jackson
Chancelloraville
Promotion for Lieutenant Louis M Nulton
Lieutenant Louis McCoy Nulton United States Navy will be promoted to lieutenant commander on July first next. He has spent days with his family in Winchester before reporting to a torpedo station in New Jersey and is recognized for efficient service. He is the son of the late Colonel Joseph A Nulton and Mrs Virginia Nulton, and his wife is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J Evans of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis McCoy Nulton
United States Navy
Winchester
New Jersey
Lieut. Nulton
Joseph A. Nulton
Virginia Nulton
Local Markets Report With Simple Wholesale Prices
The markets posted wholesale prices for wheat at 90 cents, rye 60 cents, corn 2 dollars 55 cents, butter 1 dollar 20 cents, eggs 1 dollar 40 cents, old hens 10 cents, old roosters 5 cents, turkeys 12 cents. Miss Minnie Glaize of Charles Town Virginia visits Miss Luella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Glaize
Charles Town, Va
Luella
The Star Recovers From Press Setback In Heat
The Star apologizes for a late appearance caused by extreme heat melting its rollers. Baltimore and local allies lent support, including The Hagerstown Daily Mail and The Strasburg News. Despite refusals from some quarters, the paper resumed print at 7:45 p.m. with help from peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evextvn Star
Jane
SrTar
Baltimore
Friends of the Star
Star
Hagerstown Daily Mail
Richard J. Hamilton
Mail
Messrs. Bushong & Bushong
Strasburg News
Strasburg
John Henkel Henry
Win‘cheater
Evening World
the Statesman
Martinsburg
Free Press
Charles Town
W. Va
Community Notes From Middletown June Social Visit List
June 23 reports a string of visits and travels in Middletown with clergy and residents. Rev W. 8 Hammond preached in Lexington to VMI Misses Hardy and friends. Several locals hosted and visited kin in Winchester Staunton Harrisonburg Front Royal Strasburg North Carolina and Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Lexington
Hardy
Winchester
Blanche Gordon
N. Cartmell
Richmond
Emma Figgleston
David Harris
Staunton
Lineweaver
Bennell
Harrisonburg
J. W. Rhodes
Rufus Robinson
Hattie Dull
Lillian Jenkins
North Carolina
John Mowray
Pittsburg
E. A. Hoenshel
Dayton
M . Church South
Palestine
Isaac Russell
J. G. McAllister
W. G. Eggleston
Mary Johnson
Strasburg
Charles Campbell
Clarence Venable
Front Royal
Elliott Wright
Business College
Photograph Social at Brad dock Street church event
The Epworth League of Brad dock Street Methodist Church plans a Photograph Social. Members will gather for a social event featuring photography and fellowship at the Brad dock Street church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League of
Braddock Street
Methodist Church
Roll of Honor at the Public School
The John Kerr Public Schools list pupils who passed final examinations and earned promotions across grade levels. Names include Paul Haldcoman, Howard Schindel, Eva Clowser, Irvin Snapp, Katharine Bietsch, Allie Affleck, Ruth Whitlock, Leona Steele, and many others under teachers Beulah Cline and Nannie Walter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr Public Schools
Promo
Paul Haldcoman
Howard Schindel
India Mason
Paul Kremer
Byrne Timberlake
Eva Clowser
Milton Hodgson
Eston Larrick
Lillian Henry
Lewis Snapp
Daisy Bowers
Elsie Renner
Mattie Lou
Whitsmore
Irvin Snapp
Elwood Snyder
Katharine Bietsch
Miller O’rear
Bennie Lyons
James Seabright
Mildred Venable
Ollie Grim
Persell Plank
Ronnie Lonas
Lewis Trundel
Allie Affleck
Cora Whitacre
Lewis Quantz
Ruth Whitlock
Carlin Gray
Grace Hines
Camille Graber
Marcus Copenhaver
George Spates
Lula Brill
Eva Adams
Harry Ford
Willie O’rear
Charles Carr
Bob Haines
Richardson Kremer
Louise Carter
May McDonald
Miss Beulah Cline
Thomas Watson
Lester Ritter
Ida Fisher
Warder Jenkins
Sadie Haymaker
Paul Spellman
Frederick Mort
Daniel Metz
Ralph Pifer
George Hiner
Lillian Haines
Pearl Brown
Margret Mort
Helen Brown
Belle Watson
Gertrude Snapp
Vaughan Harford
Olga Compton
Harper Murnan
Hilda Frank
Ira Dodson
Maurice Shiner
Agnes Bowen
Margeret Sea
Pearl Waters
Leona Steele
Stuart Steele
Carroll Grim
Waldo Anderson
Minnie Adams
David Carter
Howard Taylor
Lohr Brill
Blanch Hoover
Ethel Hoover
Lillian McDonald
Zadie McFarland
Grace Waters
Brent Brill
Dorothea Krempin
Mary Gray
Pearl Boxwell
Lillie Clark
Theodore Legg
Bertram Spurr
Ralph Venable
Ethel Haymaker
Harry Womeldorph
August Graber
Belle Dan
Dassie Henry
Margaret Curl
Hilda Groves
Athey Johnson
Boyd Haines
Graham Conner
Nannie Walter
Fourth of July At the Cemetery
Superintendent E. J. Lewis of the National Cemetery invites about fifty volunteers to shoot blackbirds gathered in the cemetery trees on July 4th evening. The bombardment is planned to start at 7:30 PM as part of a local Independence Day celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. L Wis
National Cemetery
Lewis
Eloped Affair In Shenandoah County Pa Ends In Woodstock Jail
Deputy Sheriff arrests Jack Wetzel and Mrs. Craig after a telegram reports a wife fleeing Summerset with Wetzel. Mrs. Craig says her husband threatened to shoot her. Wetzel claims he acted to save her life. Craig returns to reclaim his wife and children as they await court. Continued on fourth page.
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Caig
Summerset
Craig
Wetzel
J. W. Wenger
Shenandoah County
Jack Wetzel
Jas
Orata
Wenger
Woodstock
the Herald
Columbia Furnace
Commonwealth Attorney
Qwe
Last Tribute to Colonel Kennedy Held in Chambersburg
Funeral services for Vol Thomas B Kennedy were conducted at his Chambersburg residence with Rev Dr John Grier Hibben of Princeton and others assisting. Officials from Cumberland Valley Road and Pennsylvania Railroad attended. trains stopped for two minutes in his honor. Kennedy had ties to Wilson College Chambersburg Academy Valley National Bank and Chambersburg Hospital. Interment followed at Falling Springs Church Cemetery. Notables from Winchester included Holmes Conrad Richard Byrd and Harry Baker among others who rode a special train back after the ceremony.
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Cumberland Valley Road
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Col. Kennedy
O. W
Wilson College
Chambersburg Academy
Valley National Bank
William M. Atkinson
T. J. Cooper
J. B. Beverley
A. BR. Pendleton
Thomas P. Spates
Centenary Reformed Church Corner Stone Planned for July
Contractors work on the new Centenary Reformed Church structure at Market and Cork streets. The corner stone likely to be laid in July with many well known clergymen expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Haymaker
Market and
Cork Streets
Centenary , Reformed Church
Weems family to spend summer in Europe
Mrs. BE V Weems with her sons and daughter have left for New York to sail for Europe for the summer and return to Winchester in autumn. Misses Emily Clara Lucille Weems are already in London. The father may stay due to business engagements.
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BE. V. Weems
New York
Europe
Winchester
Emily
Clara
Lucille Weems
London
Major Murray Orator to Speak at Lebanon Yard Party
Hugh McGuire Camp of Confederate Veterans in Lebanon plans a yard party on Saturday July 8 with Elmer Godlove as manager. Major J Ogden Murray of Winchester selected as orator for the occasion. Miss Mary Faulkner left for Jacksonville Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McGuire
Lebanon
Elmer Godlove
J. Ogden Murray
Winchester
Fought Fiercely Over Young Lady Leads to Arrest and Fine
In Gainesboro County two young men, Jerry Bennett and Carroll Hoover, fought over a county beauty at a yard party. Bennett pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and was fined 8 dollars 25 cents by Magistrate Luther Pannett, with Hoover reportedly bearing the worse of the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Bennett
Luther Pannett
Mark
Bennett
Pannett
Carroll Hoover
Gainesboro
Hoover
Young Hoover
Flowers adorn grave of Alfred Thraston Rader at Mount Hebron
The casket of the late Alfred Thraston Rader lay amid a profusion of flowers at Mount Hebron Cemetery where mourners gathered. Mrs. Pence of Timberville and her daughter Lizzie, pallbearers including Lieut. L. M. Nulton, and Dr. W. H. Rader aided by Mr. H. J. Evans arranged flowers for the grave.
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Alfred Thraston Rader
Mount Hebron
Wm. Pence
Timberville
Lizzie Pence
L. M. Nulton
W. H
Respected Resident Dies at Middletown
Frederick Maury aged 57 died at Middletown in the county last Friday June 16 after a long illness. He was a good husband father and neighbor known for exemplary habits and quiet helpful conduct. He was widely respected for his unobtrusive life and generous acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Maury
Middletown
Pastor Cremer Visiting City on Church Project
Rev T K Cremer of Centenary Reformed Church Winchester was in town Wednesday consulting architect Whitsong on the new church building Mertinsburg World. Mr and Mrs L Fritts of Jersey City are guests of Mr J W Rosenberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Cremer
Centenary Reformed Church
Winchester
Whitsong
Mertinsburg
Mrs. L. Fritts
Jersey City
J.W. Rosenberger
Mr Boyd Weds Cincinnati Girl in Quiet Ceremony
Mr Fred B Boyd, returning from Cincinnati, served as best man at his brother Henry W Boyd’s wedding to Olive Jacoby at the bride’s home. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Hays of Hyde Park Presbyterian Church with a small gathering. The couple plans a wedding trip and future home in Cincinnati.
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Fred
Mr. Hays
Hyde Park Presbyterian Church
Cincinnati
Misa Minnie Jacoby
Alice Brennerman
Florence Boon
Philadelphia
Misa Ellen Boyd
Winchester
Boyd
P. W. Boyd
Chicago
Mesars, Cover & Drayton
Home After Thirty-Six Years Absence
After thirty six years Mr BR BB Hayslett of Grand Rapids Michigan returns with his wife and daughter to visit his old home. He is hosted by his brother W BE Hayslett near Hill. Born two miles southeast of the place he went West 36 years ago and now serves as deputy sheriff at Grand Rapids National Bank. He proclaims the Valley of Virginia the most beautiful spot in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. BB. Hayslett
Grand Rapids
Michigan
W. BE. Hayslett
Hill
BR. B. Hayslett
Grand Rapids National Bank
Virginia
Funeral for Mrs. Susan Sumption Set at Grace Lutheran
Funeral services for Mrs. Susan Sumption who died Wednesday night will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. George S. Bowers officiating. Interment follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers are T. Windle, M. Lynch, W. Hite, Edward Cooper, William Sumption, and Henry Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Sumption
Grace Lutheran Church
George 8. Bowers
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Messrs. T. ©. Windle
M.M. Lynch
W. ©. Hite
Edward Cooper
William Sumption
Henry Schneider
Children's Day at Valley Avenue Mission Chapel
The undenominational Sunday School at Valley Avenue Mission Chapel hosts a children's program Sunday at 4 PM. Rev. C. T. Weede of Market Street M. B. Church will deliver the address. Miss Margaret P. Dame leaves for Ossining New York for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Avenue Mission Chapel
C. T. Weede
Market Street M. B. Church
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Nulton
Photograph Social
J. E. Craig
Colonel Kennedy
Will
Maj
Murray Orator
Mary Faulkner
Jacksonville
Florida
MR. Boyd
Jacoby
Henry W. Boyd
Margaret P. Dame
Ossining
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