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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
1
Anna Gould resembling a romantic subject reflects on solitary burial options and recalls Hélen Hunt Jackson’s grave on Ghey enne mountain. The piece praises Jackson poetically linking her impact on red men injustice to memorable verse and a life of keen conscience.
The secretary of the commonwealth issued commissions yesterday. Dr. S. P. Latane of this city joined the State Board of Health. Hon. R. E. Byrd was named to a commission to devise a stable method for maintaining managing and expanding the state educational institutions. Appointments were made by Governor Swanson.
Charles Burns of Stanley Page county was fatally injured Thursday while helping remove a dwelling. Employed by J. R. Leakford, he climbed a telephone pole to clear an obstruction when a rebounding wire struck him in the face, knocking him down. His back and arm were broken and he sustained internal injuries. He leaves a wife and children.
A moldering unknown woman body was found by lake shore fishermen and buried after no clues surfaced. The coroner was called, and police fear the case may remain unsolved.
A white man in overalls, likely from the county, grabbed Miss Henrietta Fuller near the new skating rink on South Stewart Street. She screamed, causing him to release her. bystanders including pitcher Norman Johnson chased him but he vanished into the railroad yards.
In Wadesville Virginia on June 27 Miss Mary Pidgeon returns from Philadelphia to her home. The Home Literary and Musical Society met at Mrs. L. R. Hardesty. H Clendening and Leip, graduates of Washington and Lee, visit Miss Regina Kimmell. A storm caused telephone damage in Wadesville lime.
A block party will be held at the new rink on Stewart and Wolf streets this Saturday night. Weekly prize includes admission and a skate ticket. Autos available for hire at Huff's Livery.
The annular solar eclipse will occur Sunday with only three tenths of the sun visible in Winchester and nearby areas requiring artificial light for comfort. In Tampa Florida the sun will be completely eclipsed. The event begins at 9:38 a.m. with best viewing through smoked glasses as the sun, moon and earth align.
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train wreck near Lofty Station Hazleton Pa. results in engineer Aaron Raup Pottsville dead and eight passengers injured, several seriously. The baggage car and two day coaches derailed after spreading rails during the 5 30 morning run from Pottsville. The wreck occurred near a deep cut on the line used from Delano Junction to Hazleton and the train narrowly avoided a 50 foot embankment. Physicians reached the sparsely settled site hours later.
The Times of Harrisonburg notes Winchester firemen are expected to attend the state convention with friendly welcomes and prizes promised, inviting the visiting teams to a good time and a hearty reception.
The Adams Express Company bans shipment of fireworks effective immediately. The order may extend to the Southern Express Company. The move aims to reduce danger to express messengers and merchandise amid heavy seasonal volumes as makers produce high grade explosives in crowded train cars.
Reports and denials swirl as Winchester baseball owner and manager W A Baker contemplates moving the club to Petersburg Virginia next week. Petersburg suitors offer 2500 dollars cash free grounds and gate receipts if the team remains together for the season.
Police in Winchester spent days seeking 16 year old Emmett Seibert son of Mr and Mrs William A Seibert. He left on a Baltimore and Ohio excursion train last Sunday and did not return with the party. He spent a week in Philadelphia before returning home yesterday.
The Sunday school of Centenary Reformed Church invites all to a Children’s Day celebration in the church main auditorium at 8 o clock on Sunday evening. An attractive program has been prepared for the occasion.
Chief of Police S A Seabright returns to some duties after two months off due to paralysis like eye symptoms. He remains with double vision when patches are removed and must keep a patch over the left eye though the right eye improves.
Lee Dunbrad 31 of Keyser West Virginia was fatally injured while riding a Norfolk and Western freight train at Shenandoah City Virginia. He fell between two flat cars, crushed his left leg, and died after emergency amputation and shock. Undertaker John Enders prepared the body for burial and will ship it to Keyser.
A lawn mower cut into a flying squirrel nest at the National Cemetery in Winchester, startling a mother and five youngsters. Superintendent Lewis said it was the first such nest seen there, but the family escaped harm and returned to the shrubbery.
Mrs George Pros visiting her mother Mrs Lucy Swartz near Swimley. J W Symons and family spent last Sunday with ancestors near Gaylord. Lucy Horn of Charles Town visited Ethel Allen. Mapie and Brownie Carter traveled to Berryville last Wednesday. Grover Carter and Harry Pipher of Berryville called yesterday. Raymond Johnston and sister Ella visited sister Mrs J W Simons yesterday.
The ladies of Macedonia church will hold a yard party on July 4 at the church yard. Public invited. six o'clock? Plates likely available.
Stylish teams and automobiles to be offered at Huff's Livery. Braddock See me first. Old phone listed. Quick ee are.
Teheran June 27 Shah relents under British pressure and removes Persian troops from beyond the legation gates after a tense stand. The British envoy protests and order is restored as authorities resume business though soldiers remain in the city.
The Winchester Giants defeated the Brooklanders of Washington DC 6 to 0 at Reservoir Park for their fifth consecutive shutout win. Don McDonald opened the fifth with a hit and Scheller sacrificed him to second. Johnson continued.
The Market St. Rink announces a July 2 to 4 vaudeville bill with skating before and after. Admission is 10 cents and skating 15 cents. The rink shares time with Martinsburg and promises strong family acts from a top circuit.
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