Mayor Baker lands lucrative Baltimore refinery post
Friends and supporters congratulate Mayor Baker on securing a high paying role as Baltimore representative for the American Sugar Refinery of New York. He will open offices and work from Winchester when not in Baltimore, with acting mayor William H. Baker stepping in during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry . Baker
Baltimore
Baker
American Sugar Refinery
New York
United States
Havemyer
Baker & Company
American Sugar
Court of Appeals Begins Long Session
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals opens a spring term in Richmond. It is expected to be lengthy and busy with many major decisions, including rulings on the Ward special election law drafted by Senator Robert M. Ward of Winchester, amid challenges to local option elections under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Richmond
Court
Robert M. Ward
Winchester
Captain Cowles Returns With Kentucky Crew in Tow
Captain Walter C. Cowles commanding the battleship Kentucky arrived for a short family visit after a world cruise with the fleet. His relatives have been in Winchester and Frederick county for a year and are well known to local friends.
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Captain Cowles
Walter C. Cowles
Kentucky
Winchester
Frederick County
Weather report for Washington March first
Fair and warmer tonight with increasing cloudiness and rain in the west portion.
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Washington
Eve Faulkner Plans Washington Visit During Inauguration
Eve Faulkner will travel to Washington to visit friends during inauguration week. The trip centers on social visits and time in the capital during the events surrounding the inauguration.
Novel Innovation in Valley Travel on Southern Railway
Passengers on a Southern Railway route near Quicksburg walked a damaged high trestle when a span stringer failed. Track foreman Jefferson Huddle detected the issue, condemned the bridge, and trains were moved across with passengers boarding after the cars crossed. No lives were lost, only property damage, while the trestle stood eighty feet above ground.
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Southern ‘Railway
Strasburg Junction
Southern
Jefferson Huddle
Quicksburg
Mayne No
Miss Lillian Talbott Loses Her Father
Dr Arry Talbott of Charles Town WV dies after long illness in Charles Town He is survived by his daughter Miss Lillian Talbott Fort Loudoun Seminary graduate Winchester his parents and sister Mrs John Buckner of Washington DC Funeral held in Frederick with burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery
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Arry Talbott
Charles Town
Talbott
H. C. Talbott
Lillian Hedges
Frederick
Lillian Talbott
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Winchester
Mrs. Alice Callaham Dies in Lynchburg
A Lynchburg Virginia message reports the death of Mrs. Alice Callaham after a long illness of consumption. It is expected her remains will be brought here for interment. She was a daughter of Harrison P. Whitacre of the county, who with his son Stephen and daughter Elizabeth Whitacre recently went to Lynchburg.
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Lynthburg
Alice Callaham
Funeral Attendance for William Lichliter in Strasburg
Mr. Jacob Hilliard attended the funeral of 80 year old William Lichliter at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Strasburg Virginia on Sunday afternoon. Lichliter died suddenly after a long illness.
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Jacob Hilliard
Strasburg
William Lichliter
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Lichliter
Mother Admits Birth In Alley Murder Case
Rebecca Good a 24 year old black woman is held for murder after a newborn girl was found crushed under a fifty to sixty pound stone in an alley near Main and Market streets. The coroner’s inquest returned a verdict of violent death by the mother. Good confessed to the coroner and jury that the child was hers but denied placing the stone or harming it. The case proceeds to grand jury with potential first degree murder or second degree penalties.
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Rebecca Good
C. W. Wilson
James P.reardon
Commonwealth
Hodgson
Main
Market
Reardon
Nneke
Grand ‘Jury
Corporation Court
Seabright
Massey
Mastey
J. W. Taylor
William Good
Mr. Athey
Rouss Avenue
Rev John McCormick May Become Bishop
Dispatch from Grand Rapids, Michigan reports Right Rev George de N Gillespie bishop of Western Michigan is dangerously ill at home with a general debility. He is in his early 90s and has led the diocese for 33 years. Last night his condition was slightly improved but his age raises questions about recovery. It is probable Rt Rev John B McCormick may succeed.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
George de N. Gillespie
Episcopal Diocese
Western
Michigan
Gillespie
Gille
John B McCormick
Popular Comedienne Filorente Davis in Woodland Comedy
Woodland Auditorium hosts Filorente Davis and her company led by Eliott Dexter in the New York and London comedy Under the Greenweed Tree. The charming rural woodland farce aims for strong laughs with songs by the advance cast, expected to draw a full house.
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Comedienne
Filorente Davis
Eliott Dexter
New” York
London
Mrs J H Henry’s Wife Passes After Long Illness
Mrs. Eme Leeberta Henry wife of Winchester printer and skat ing rink manager J H Henry died at 5 pm Saturday at 23 West Cork Street after a lingering tuberculosis. aged 28. She was born in Silver Virginia and moved to Winchester with her family after her father died. She leaves husband two daughters Thelma and Buzzella and a mother Maggie Whitacre plus sisters Mrs Samuel Triplett and Miss Nese Whitacre. Funeral Tuesday at 3 pm at Market Street Church with Rev J W H Beale officiating. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Eme Leeberta Henry
Henry
George W. Whitacre
Silver
Methodist Episcopal Church
Winchester
E. Olin Eldridge
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Thelma
Buzzella
Maggie ‘Whitacres
Samuel Triplett
Nese Whitacre
Judge Harrison to Hold Court in Front Royal This Week
Judge Thomas W. Harrison conducts sessions in Front Royal this week, with courtroom proceedings expected as scheduled. Local residents and attorneys plan to attend where publicly listed dockets and rulings may be announced.
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Thomas W. Harrison
Front Royal
Will Make Nearly $500 For Ball Team
Saturday night marked the wind up of the ten day baseball fair at Reuss engine hall. Receipts totaled about 100 with the Friendship Fire Company and band present. The treasurer said accounts were not yet audited but the fair would raise funds for the ball team. A minstrel show is planned at the Auditorium on Easter Monday April 12 with the men’s rooters club organizing and local talent appearing.
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Reuss
Friendship Fire Company
R. T. McGuire
Earl
Big Plant Burns For Second Time In Berkeley Springs
The West Virginia Sand Works plant at Berkeley Springs burned late Friday night, destroying glass sand preparation facilities and employing many workers. Estimated loss exceeds 306000 with $20000 insurance on buildings and machinery. Fire source unknown. the plant had been rebuilt two years earlier after a prior blaze.
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West Virginia Sand Works
Berkeley
Syrinias
Berkeley Springs
Firemen Attend Church Services and Red Men Attends
The Charly Gass Fire Company members marched to Presbyterian Church for a plain practical sermon by Rev. Dr. Me Lacy who also serves as fire company chaplain. After offertory soprano Miss Belle Emsmonger sang a solo. Shawnee Tribe No. 2 of the Red Men attended Market Street M. E. Church for a sermon by Rev. W. Beale.
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Charly Gass Fire Company
Me Lacy
Reuss Company
H. C. Stouffer
Lacy
St. Paul's
Belle Emsmonger
Pennsylvania
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Order of
Red Men
Presbyterian Church
Market Street Modist Episcopal Church
Dj. W. Ji. Beate
Beale
Williams Appointed Master Commissioner to Settle Accounts
The February term of Frederick County Circuit Court adjourned after Judge T. W. Harrison presided. Attorneys for Bushnell Stephenson and Ward appeared as the case of Bushnell versus Stephenson lingered unresolved. On motion, the court named R Gray Williams master commissioner to settle the accounts and report to the court.
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Frederick County
T. W.harrison
Bushnell-Stephenson
Harry R. Kern
George B. Bushnell
Margaret- Bushnell
Robert M. Ward
W. Roy Stephenson
W. M. At‘kinson
David 8. Glaize
R. Gray Williams
Taster
Unclaimed Letters at Winchester Post Office Week
The list for the week ending February 27, 1909 shows unclaimed letters. Recipients must pay one cent per letter received. Names include Barton, J Joake, Rasch, George Washington, and Bentley Kern P. M.
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Winchester Post Ofice
Barton
J. Joake
Tizzie
Rasch
George
Washington
Bentley Kern
P. M
Vernon Garney Returns as WM Railway Agent
Mr A Vernon Garney of Charles Town rejoins the Western Maryland Railroad as agent and telegraph operator at Oldtown Maryland a familiar figure in Winchester and surrounding communities.
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A. Vernon Garney
Charles Town
Winchester
Western Maryland Railroad
Oldtown
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Weather Report
Negro Baby
Limaler
womThn
Jerry Brown
John McCormick
MR. J. H. Henry
Rev
J.W.H. Beale
Williams
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