Tragedy on Bull's Hill Behind Winchester House
In the Shenandoah Valley near Pine Grove Chapel a long ago tale recounts Dr. Ball killing Isaac Brannon and then taking his own life on Bull's Hill. The story centers on the Brannon homestead, Dr. Bull's hillside farm, and a restless memory of a fatal feud between two men long since dead.
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Nemo
Thia Tagic
Pine Grove Chapel
Winchester
Bull’s Hill
Isaac Bragnon
Dr. Ball
Brandon
Back Creek
Ireland
Pennsylvania
Shenandoah Valley
Brannon
Dr. Bull
Isaac Brannon
Autoists Cape 16 Dirt in Virginia Valley Tour
A Pittsburg party of four autoists in a touring car visited Hotel Evans in Virginia seeking fresh air and scenery. They toured Berryville Millwood and Winchester along the Valley Pike enjoying the rain soaked journey and noting the weather as the main drawback.
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Pittsburg
Virginia
Hotel Evans
Messrs. W. 8
N. A. Hard
A. O. Spendier
Howard Simms
Firth of Pittsburg
Old Virginia
Philadelphia
Berryville
Millwood
Winchester
Hammond Will Leaves Estate to Relatives at Charlestown
The 1900 will of Kate H. Hammond of Charlestown is probated. Mary Jane Mason receives most securities and cash except $3000 which funds a trust for Nellie Tunstal and Orra Turner via Wm Brook Tunstal. Augusta Campbell gets 122 acre Cherry Meade farm near Middleway. Residual legatees are Campbell and Mason. Provisions cover graves at Green Hill Martinsburg and Middleway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate H. Hammond
Charlestown
L. C G. Janney
Mary Jane Mason
Wm. Brook Tunstal
Nellie Tunstal
Orra J. Turner
Augusta Campbell
Cherry Meade
Middleway
Testatrix
Green Hill
Martinsburg
Luch Wysong
James Streit Dies At Home
Mr. James Streit died at his residence in this city at 4 30 o'clock in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Streit
Local Markets Reported Wholesale Prices
The local markets posted wholesale prices for grains and poultry. Wheat 90 cents a bushel, rye 60 cents, corn 2.55 dollars, butter 12 cents, eggs 14 cents, old hens 10 cents, old roosters 5 cents, turkeys 13 cents.
Farmers Take Notice Wheat Hay and Straw Sale
Farmers told to secure wheat hay and straw anywhere on the farm for any length of time and to call for details. The notice emphasizes storage and pickup options for agricultural transport and sale.
Pennsy May Absorb Cumberland Valley Railroad
Report suggests the Pennsylvania Railroad may absorb the Cumberland Valley Railroad after the death of Leee Valley Railroad Company president T. B. Kennedy. Neither side has confirmed, but traffic ties and past engine transfers indicate growing integration as Cumberland Valley serves as a feeder and access route to Harrisburg.
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T. B. Kennedy
Leee Valley Railroad
C Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Cumberland Valley
Pennsylvania
Pennsy
Harrisburg
Mulberry Street
Winchester official sings praises of Campbell Co Virginia
Superintendent John B. Shull of the Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company, returning from a visit to Mr. B. Wisecarver near Rustburg, praises Campbell County Virginia. He notes healthy residents, prospects for crops like corn and tobacco, cheap productive land, and mentions reading The Evening Brain for local news. Wisecarver is identified as son of Martin Wisecarver of Winchester.
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John B. Shull
Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company
Wisecarver
Rustburg
Campbell County
Callahan
Charles Baker
John Hinkins
Shenandoah County
Winchester in the Fifth Circuit Inspector Map
The board of education divides the state into five subdivisions with an inspector for each. The Fifth Circuit includes Winchester, Frederick County, and counties such as Spottsylvania Louisa Fluvanna Albemarle Orange Greene Madison Rockingham Shenandoah Page Warren Rappahannock Culpeper Fauquier Stafford Prince William Alexandria Fairfax Loudoun Clarke Frederick and the cities of Charlottesville Alexandria Fredericksburg and Winchester. Charles S. Maphis of Charlottesville serves as inspector.
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Board of Education
Winchester
Frederick County
Spottsylvania
Louisa
Fluvanna
Albemarle
Orange
Greene
Madison
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Page
Warren
Rappahannock
Culpeper
Fauquier
Stafford
Prince William
Alexandria
Fairfax
Loudoun
Clarke
Frederick
Charlottesville
Alexandris
Fredericksburg
Charles S. Maphis
To Spend Summer Here
Mrs. Mary Copenhaver of Baltimore, mother of Miss Eula Copenhaver, sails for Europe this week and will spend summer in Winchester. She is the widow of the late Francis Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Copenhaver
Baltimore
Eula Copenhaver
Europe
Winchester
Page County Court Clears Docket With Varied Verdicts
Judge Thomas W. Harrison resumes the June term in Page County Circuit Court. Jurors return a $800 verdict for the seduction of Helen Nichols and a $5,000 claim for J. D. Nichols. Several indictments on liquor violations lead to acquittals, continued cases, and fines, with others moved to August term.
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Thomas W. Harrison
Page County
J. D. Nichols
J. Omer Murray
Helen Nichols
User
David
Marcus Dofflemeyer
Doc Comer
Henderson
Ingham
21St
A.s of
Ween Tnen
Ceiees
Shenandoah
Jasper Kite
John Lucas
Abel Totz
Charles Q. Pratt
Annual Sermon To Shawnee Tribe
The Shawnee Tribe No 2 will hear Rev. E E Northen preach at First Baptist Church tomorrow evening at 8. Red Men should assemble at the Wigwam by 7 30 o clock. An orhstral music program is promised. A memorial service by Shawnee Tribe Sunday July 8 at 3 30 at the Wigwam with Rev C D Bulla delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Northen
First Baptist Church
Market Street
Ebrouss Avenue
C. D. Bulla
Sunday School Time Change at Braddock Street Church
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church shifts Sunday School from 2.15 pm to 9.45 am. The pastor asks parents of Sunday School scholars to accept the change and cooperate with officers and teachers in this effort for the children.
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Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Dry Victory Sustained in Page County Local Option Vote
Judge Themes in Page County Circuit Court upheld Shenandoah City local option election. Temperance supporters won by four votes over opponents, who challenged the result.
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Page County
Jadge Themes
Luray
Circuit Court
Shenandoah City
Temperance People
Funkhouser Family Returns From Ten Day Visit
Mr. Joseph E. Funkhouser his wife and granddaughter have returned from a ten day visit to Maryland and West Virginia.
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Joseph E. Funkhouser
Maryland
West Virginia
Final Sermons Planned as Bailey Preaches
Rev. 8. R. Bailey, who has supplied Christ P E Church pulpits, will preach his last Winchester sermon tomorrow evening at 8 at Market Street M E Church. He will also preach at Christ Church tomorrow morning at 11. Bailey, an earnest eloquent preacher, has been well received in Winchester.
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R. Bailey
Christ P. E. Church
Fredericksburg
Wm. D. Smith
Christ Church
Market Street
M. E. Church
Bailey
Winchester
Kennedy May Succeed Father as Railroad President
Cumberland Valley Railroad directors plan to declare the annual dividend next week and may elect a successor to President Kennedy. The board will adopt resolutions on Col. Kennedy’s death, with M. C. Kennedy, son of the late Col. T. B. Kennedy, likely to become vice president and acting head.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad
Kennedy
M. C. Kennedy
Col
T. B. Kennedy
They Talked Long Over School Lot
Stephens City June 24 The Opequon district trustees and citizens committee met at Q F Mayers to secure a new school site after selling the old building to the Episcopal Church They postponed final action and kept the old lot for another year amid general agreement. Wheat damage from rains and a fine corn crop were noted. Marriage cards issued for Paul Lampeell and Anna Statesman of Pennsylvania with a June 28 wedding at the bride’s home.
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Stephens City
Opequon
M.M. Lynch
Citizens’ Committee
Q. F. Mayers
Newsschool House
Episcopal Church
Paul Lampeell
Anna Statesman
Pennsylvania
Epworth League Elects Officers At Cumberland Convention
The Epworth League convention closed at Cumberland on Thursday. Berkeley Springs was chosen as next convention site. Elected officers include Lee M. Bender president Martinsburg West Virginia Bets Day Clark secretary Wheeling West Virginia James A. Young treasurer Cumberland Junior League Work superintendent Miss Lizzie Roberts Frostburg First Vice President Edgar R. Moore Frederick Maryland Second Vice President H H Pitter Mt Savage Massachusetts Third Vice President Miss Vivian Parker Eckhart Maryland Fourth Vice President Mr G W Smith Hancock Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Cumberland
Berkeley Springs
Lee M. Bender
Martinsburg
W. Vsa
Bettie ‘Day Clark
Mar W. Va
James A. Young
Lizzie Roberts
Frostburg
Edgar R. Moore
Frederick
H. H. Pitter
Mt. Savage
Vvivian Parker
Eckhart
G. W. Smith
Hancock, Md
Miss May Faulkner Heads South to Florida Home
Miss May Faulkner has left for Florida and will establish her residence in Tampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Faulkner
Florida
Tamps
Torches To Light Old Tammany's Way Parade Planned
The Friendship Fire Company votes to hold a July 4 parade at 7 30 PM inviting sister companies Rouss Hook and Tedder and the arper. Capt A B An invitation extended to Capt E J Lewis National Cemetery may not be feasible. Chief Fire Warden J W Sibert and four wardens to attend. The parade features a hose carriage and engine drawn by four Black horses.
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Friendship Fire Company
Winchester
Charley Rouss
Sarah Zane
Rouss Hook and Tedder
Arper
A. B
E. J. Lewis
National Cemetery
Lewis
J. W. Sibert
Where The Master Trod lecture by Rev Hoenshhel
Rev Elmer A Hoenshhel principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music Dayton Va will lecture Where The Master Trod at Brandock Street Methodist Church tomorrow at eight preceded by Epworth League song service at 7 30 The public is invited He will describe biblical sites as seen in November 1900 centuries after Christ's presence including Bethlehem Nazareth Jordan Galilee and Jerusalem
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Elmer A. Hoenshhel
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music
Dayton
Brandock Street Methodist Church
Bethlehem
Christ
Nazareth
Jordan
Wilderness
Oana
Sea of Galilee
Jacob’s Weill
Samaria
Gethsemane
Jerusalem
Bethany
Knight Returns to Old Home in Winfield Missouri
Mr Owen Knight of St Joseph Missouri is at his old home in Winfield. The notice notes his residence and travel details as part of a local community update.
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Owen Knight
St. Joseph, Mo
Win
Deluge of Rain Soaks Old Town in Virginia
A long and heavy rainfall drenched Winchester and surrounding Frederick County Virginia from about seven PM to six AM totaling two and one eighth inches. The floodwaters swamped Main Street turning it into a river while power lines went down in part of town. Farmers report wheat damage and overripe grain, gardens washed out, and swollen streams. Weather forecasts predict more showers and cloudy conditions.
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Winchester
J. S. H. Baker
South Main Street
Virginia
Opequon
Main Street
Attorneys Arguing Over Injunctions On Martinsburg Road
Lawyers argue over injunctions between Martinsburg Turnpike Company and United Telephone Company before Judge Harrison. United Telephone seeks restraint against Winchester and Jordan's Springs Telephone Company. Mrs Joseph W Leafe and children are in Portsmouth under care.
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Martinsburg
United Telephone Company
Harrison
Winchester & Jordan
S Springs Telephone Company
Joseph W. Leafe
Chil.de
Portsmouth
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S. R. Bailey
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