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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
2
E C Jordan announces candidacy for re election to the Horde of Delegates subject to the Democratic Convention in Winchester on July 8. He pledges to faithfully fulfill duties to constituents if elected.
If the members of the Convention in Richmond are as great at everything else as at talking they will go down in history as the most remarkable body of men ever assembled.
The Woodstock Herald notes that determining who owns the brick pile in Winchester does not require military involvement. This suggests civil or local authority action will settle the dispute.
W G Everhart a well known Rippon resident died yesterday after a long Brights disease illness at age 58. Buckeye binder and mower repairs available at R T McVicar's Fair Ground Carriage Works with samples including a 6 foot binder at half price. Buckeye machinery always on hand.
Civil War veterans from Mc Neill's Rangers will gather August 21 at Moorefield for a reunion. H P Tabb of Opequon and Sam Maupin of Clearbrook are noted veterans of the command. Blackburn Smith seeks House of Delegates seat representing Clarke and Warren counties.
A newspaper notice invites shoppers to Baetjer's with a tempting sample of five cent items. Special bargains include ladies undervests and handkerchiefs at 5 cents each and dimity lawns by the yard, all marketed as regular ten cent goods bought cheaply for the sale.
Henry Bretjer 2 Co lists a complex timetable with departures and arrivals on B and O CV and other routes. The Star Routes show Romney Bloomery Marlboro Shockeyaville Mountain Falls Rock Enon Springs Capon Springs timings with mails closing 30 minutes before departure except 4am 530am and 6am closes 9:30pm.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers personally conducted tours to Boston from Washington and Baltimore on June 25 and July 16 1901. Round trip price is 28 dollars including all expenses with half day in Philadelphia and a full day in New York on the going trip. Tickets valid to return five days after departure. Trains leave Washington at 8 30 A M Camden Station Baltimore at 9 19 A M Mt Royal at 9 24 A M. Contact S B Hedge or B F Bond or Arthur G Lewis for details.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad announces six mid summer excursions to the Sea Shore. On June 20 July 5 18 August 1 15 and 29 and September 12, tickets to Atlantic City Cape May and other South Jersey resorts are $6.50 for a round trip. Trains depart Winchester at 7 30 a m on No 4 and tickets are valid returnable on any regular train within sixteen days, excluding the Pennsylvania Limited.
A kissing bug outbreak unsettles Martinsburg as Earle Thompson reports a lip bite and mail carrier Charles Grimes suffers severe lip swelling raising local health concerns.
James Fristoe, a notable Bentonsville resident in Warren County, died from injuries after falling from his horse. He was 63 years old.
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