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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
4
Mount Jackson Virginia faces a council split after a major fire over whether to build a municipal water works or buy fire equipment. Supporters argue a water system ensures ample supply, lowers illness, and reduces epidemics, while opponents fear the cost and precedent set by Woodstock and Winchester comparisons.
Five of the alleged chicken thieves were found with five dead birds, apparently strangled. The men, kept in cells after a restless night, will face a hearing when the owner arrives. A year earlier, four black men from the same area were captured in Winchester and sent to the penitentiary.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers excursion tickets for the McKinley Roosevelt inaugural ceremonies in Washington D C The round trip fare applies on March 1 2 and 3 and returns are valid through March 8 1901 Tickets may also be sold March 4 from points within 150 miles west of Washington Contact T B Parton agent for times and sleeping car accommodations
Invitations will be issued today or tomorrow for a dance to be held at the Hart Hotel on Tuesday evening.
Mr Duffey of a Grand Rapids Michigan furniture house is installing new opera house chairs.
Brief notices report items from Virginia and West Virginia including court sessions, travels, illnesses, social visits, and business updates. Notables include Judge John Roller in Winchester, ex-Senator William Evarts death in New York, and Mrs. Armstrong guests in Romney. Ongoing sales and local business mentions appear alongside social events and communications.
The bulletin lists northbound arrivals at 4:45 am 8:12 am 9:10 am 11:44 am 12:85 pm 6:43 pm 7:30 pm 9:00 pm with B&O CV and other lines and corresponding departures. Southbound arrivals from the Valley at 9:01 am and 6:04 pm with departures 11:44 am and 6:43 pm. Star routes include Romney Bloomery Hockeysville Marlboro Mountain Falls times. mail closes 30 minutes before departure except some early trains.
Fragmentary notice from Harpers Ferry lists personnel and roles including General Manager D, Dd. B. Mabe III, and Agent T. B. Patton. Details are incomplete but reference to traffic operations and West district connections.
Rev H A Dulaney returned to Washington yesterday. Rev Lafayette Fox preached last night. Twenty inversions have been recorded. Mr Steinman Scapp is visiting his cousins the Misses Byers at Rose Knoll near Shepherdstown.
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