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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1906
Page
3
Effective October 9 1908 the Bluemont Branch will remove trains 125 126 129 130 and 119. train 127 will run daily except Sunday. train 124 will depart Bluemont 455 PM and arrive Washington 720 PM instead of 750 PM. Official signatures note the changes.
Commissioner in Chancery Herbert S. Larrick fixes March 28 1906 in Winchester Va for execution of an order of reference in the estate of Andrew A Robinson and Margaret Robinson. If not completed, proceedings will adjourn day to day until finished. R E Byno attorney.
By decree of the Frederick County Circuit Court in the case Jacob Good's heirs vs Jacob Good's heirs, special commissioners will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester Virginia courthouse on a date to be announced.
On Saturday March 24 1906 two tracts totaling 289 acres tied to Edward Crisman and Albert Crisman, including the 144 acre Ware property and the 145 acre Casper Rogers tract, are offered with dwelling houses. Terms require one third cash at sale and the rest in two annual payments with interest, secured by a deed of trust and bonds.
Rev ME Williams formerly Congregational minister in Winslow Maine performed a marriage at the parsonage after legal papers were presented. Four youths visited for the ceremony with two couples acting as bridal party. The groom whispered to the minister to bill the father, promising it would be all right.
Ladies discuss Mick Finnegan's patent road sweeper claimed to aid the unemployed. Mrs Malone defends the device as a benefactor to the race, while Mrs Finnegan questions its impact on workers and bread. The debate centers on employment and worth of the invention.
A Portland Oregonian note recalls Mr. Seth Low in Rome where a jovial New York friend teased him with a Roman joke about fleecing Americans. Low declined and the wit fled.
The bride recalls splendid wedding presents especially sterling from the Astorbilts. Miss Speitz notes their generosity. A separate exchange jokes about opera singers and voices in boxes, contrasting attention between performers and box patrons.
A light exchange reveals a wife with back troubles but more eager for a new spring coat than medical concern. The joke hinges on a pun about lumbago versus longing for fashion, reflecting domestic humor of the era.
The body of Henry Atkins, eighty five, found four miles south of Harrisonburg after a snowstorm disappearance. Searchers had scouted daily. coroner deemed an inquest unnecessary. Atkins formerly owned by the Strayer family of Rockingham County. Also includes unrelated 1886 Hall's Catarrh Cure a sworn affidavit for payment from F J Cheney & Co.
Farmer GEO H. EAGLE announces a public auction at 610 South Kent Street near Oylet's lime kilns on Thursday March 1906 at 10 am. Stock includes six horses 25 milch cows 24 hogs and various farming implements. Also 2500 lbs meat 100 barrels corn and several vehicles harnesses and milk cans. Terms cash under 10 credit 9 months on notes with bank security.
The Hu yette Clevenger wedding at High Banks near Charm sparked a refined ceremony with 118 witnesses. Miss Hattie Clevenger wore white chiffon over silk, with bridesmaids in white organdie, and groom William Huyette and Rev. Edgar Cooper led the Friends ceremony. A breakfast followed as the couple departed for a eastern bridal tour from Winchester after gifts in silver, linens, and cut glass.
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