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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
2
A candidate announces renomination for the office of Commissioner of the Revenue in the city subject to democratic party decision. The statement pledges faithful performance of duties if elected and is signed J. E. Corretu.
W C K argues Fairfax did not die in Winchester but at Greenway Court describing the clapboard house built in 1748 and later replaced. He claims local lore misidentifies Fairfax’s death location and criticizes rival claims as false.
Advertises Queen Lenora a Baltimore medium offering life readings from cradle to grave. Focus on business love courtship and separated friends. Readings priced 25c 50c and 1. Office hours 9 am to 8 pm. Ladies only. Dated 24 6t.
The Census Bureau reports Virginia had 8 245 manufacturing establishments in 1900, up 89 percent in the decade. Total capital reached 103 512 855 dollars, wages averaged 72 527 workers, total wages 22 396 060 dollars, with materials cost 74 762 dollars.
The Union Mascot presents a loving remembrance of Winchester’s Charles Broad Way Rouss. The piece extols a life spent in kindness, praising his good heart and tireless aid while noting the deep nationwide grief his passing caused and the belief that he is now at peace.
Local store announces new rooms on North Market Street and a fresh stock of trunks, suit cases, satchels, harness and robes. Open at night until 9 o'clock and lit by electric lighting. Call to visit.
The Washington annual Conference of the Colored Methodist Church meets today at Asbury M E Church in Washington DC and continues to the 12th. Presiding officer is Bishop J W Joyce of St Louis MO. The conference covers most of Virginia West Virginia east Pennsylvania the District of Columbia and Maryland and includes 150 ministers and 3000 members.
The marriage occurred at 7 o clock last evening at the bride’s mother home near Hayfield with Rev. Elkanah Hott officiating. The bride is the sister of Mrs. Charles Boxwell and Miss Laura Anderson of the city.
The Hagerstown Operatic Society will present The Mikado at the Academy of Music in Hagerstown in April. The group also considers performing the opera in Frederick Chambersburg Martinsburg and Winchester with Frederick as the likely venue.
Col. Harry Baker on the governor's staff is reported by the Times as having bought the Jordan Alum Springs but will learn his deed is for the Jordan White Sulphur Springs. The note appears in the Richmond News edition.
The Reuss Hook and Ladder Company received an invitation from Liberty Fire Company No. 1 of Newport News to attend its seventh annual ball at the Casino on Easter Monday night March 31.
The pastor of John Mann M E Church delivered his final sermon last Sunday before attending the conference. Church officers presented the year’s financial report at the service.
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