Baltimore Conference to Enlarge District and Add 12 Churches
The Baltimore Episcopal Conference heads into Madison Avenue Church on March 28 with plans to enlarge its district and appoint two new presiding elders. Twelve Alexandria Virginia Conference churches and several West Virginia charges will join, with Rev. Dr. C Herbert Richardson and Rev. Dr. H S France due for reassignment. Bishop Fowler will preside, with visiting bishops expected, including Bishop McCabe of the Wilmington Conference. Rev. J St Clair Neal organizes the session as Laymen's Association prepares resolutions.
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Baltimore
Fowler
Bishop McCabe
Wilmington
Pocomoke City
Alexandria
Virginia
West Virginia
W. L. McDowell
Frederick
Mr. McDowell
J. St. Clair Neal
Conference Church
City Council Set To Convene Tonight At City Hall
The regular monthly city council meeting will be held in the council chamber at City Hall starting at eight o'clock. Several matters of importance are on the agenda as council members expect a busy session. Rev Dr J Horace Lacy, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, has returned from Martinsburg.
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J. Horace Lacy
The
Presbyterian Church
Martinsburg
Case Settled in Police Court
A case against B. H. Smith of alleged appropriation from Moler Organ Co of Hagerstown Md was dismissed with costs to the complainant. Smith, a travelling salesman, faced conflicting testimony but a receipt showing funds went to the Moler Company led Magistrate Wilson to dismiss the charge. Smith is now in business locally and well regarded.
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Wilson
B. H. Smith
Moler Organ Company
Hagerstown
Smith
Moler Company
Berryville Rural News Circulated Social Visit Notes
Mrs James Elwell and daughter Connie returned home after visiting relatives in Buena Vista. Hugh Owens left Berryville for Little Washington to start a new job. Harriet Russell returned home after visiting the Lupton family. Lucy Agbogas returned from Buena Vista and Marie Philips of Charles Town is visiting here.
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Evening Star Bureau
Berryville
James Elwell
Connie
Buena Vista
Hugh Owens
Little Washington
Harriet Russell
J. M. Lupton
Lucy Agbogas
Marie Philips
Charlestown
Investigators Sworn to Secrecy After Committee Meeting
At yesterday afternoon's legislative committee session, which investigated the corporation commission, chairman R. E. Byrd of Winchester oversaw formal incorporation of the report. Each committee member took an oath not to divulge its contents before presenting the report to the legislature.
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Corporation ‘Commission
R. E. Byrd
Winchester
Deed Transfer of Two Lots on Kent and Germaine Streets
A deed filed in the city clerk’s office transfers a lot and building on North Kent Street and a lot and building on West Ger main Street from Clarence W. Robinson and wife to John W. Rosenberger for $550. Mrs. Alexander Barrie and her young son, who have been in Philadelphia, have returned to Winchester.
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Clarence W. Robinson
John W. Rosenberger
North Kent Street
West Germain Street
Alexander Barrie
Little Son
Philadelphia
Winchester
Bottled Lightning Bids Inquiry Into School Book Prices
The Virginia House passed a measure by Delegate Byrd to investigate school book prices. A joint five member committee would sit during recess to probe pricing with foreign publishers possibly summoned. The same session also approved an inquiry into the Eastern State Hospital.
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Eastern State Hospital
House
Byrd
Virginia
General Assembly
Assistants Named for Charley Rouss Fire Company Chiefs
At a meeting of the Executive Board of the Charley Rouss Fire Company the following assistants to the four chiefs were named. Chief Hoseman Oscar H. Lewis with assistants Jos E Kiger Alert F Curl Chas L Henry Philip Williams Chief Pipeman H B Thatcher with assistants B B Baker J R Doran W S Summers P D Callum Chief Engineer R F E Griffith Jr with assistants Jno H Barnett J Frank Eddy W E Warner Geo E Jenkins Chief Fireman H B Markel with assistants Frank Brown Jas W Hillyard Hyde Harper Wm H Slagle A G Swanson was elected janitor.
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Charley Rouss Fire Company
M. T. Reed
H. C. Stouffer
D. F. Haines
W. E. Huntsberry
John P. Sartelle
Jos. E. Kiger
Oscar H. Lewis
Alert
B. Thatcher
B. B. Baker
J. R. Doran
W. S. Summers
P. D. Callum
R. F E. Griffith, Jr
Jno
H. Barnett
J. Frank Eddy
W. E. Warner
Geo. E. Jenkins
H. B. Markel
Frank Brown
Jas
Jas. W. Hillyard
Hyde Harper
Wm. H. Slagle
A. G. Swanson
A New Minister At Hebron Church Gore Virginia
Rev W A Pearson of Lebanon Virginia has accepted a call to Hebron Church at Gore. His first sermon as a youth was from the same pulpit. He comes well recommended. Mr Joseph Downing and wife of Fauquier County visit the latter's sister Mrs William Mahomney. Willie Anderson shows slight improvement from tonsillitis. Mrs Mary C Lewis of the Double S is ill. Miss Myrtle Cooper visits Miss Lena Potts.
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Gore
W. A. Pearson
Lebanon
Russell County
Hebron
Joseph Downing
Fauquier County
William Mahomney
Willie Anderson
Mary C. Lewis
Myrtle Cooper
Misa
Lena
Potts
A Skirt Dance After The German Summit Pont
A surprise party honored Miss Cora DutTon at her parents’ home near Swimley Virginia. Music by Connie Pierce and an impromptu german led by Wilber Gaunt and Eliza Bassett followed a evening of games and a farewell skirt dance by Grover Carter and Ned Davis. Mr H S Hughes of Trenton New Jersey registered at the Hotel.
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Summit Pont
Cora Dut- Ton
Swimley
Connie Pierce
Wilber Gaunt
Eliza Bassett
Grover Carter
Ned Davis
H. 8. Hughes
Trenton, N. J
Banquet Honors Friendship Fire Company Helpers
The Friendship Fire Company bazar was celebrated at Cork Street Hall with nearly two hundred in attendance. Prosecuting Attorney James P. Reardon spoke, thanking the ladies and others for their assistance, praising their role in the event’s success.
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Friendship Fire Company
Cork Street
James P. Reardon
Weather by Devoe for March Forecast
March will be cold and stormy with drifting snows and rain in the northern United States. A sixth to seventh cold wave on the 10th followed by a great Missouri Valley storm moving southeastward, then 13th to 14th cold wave, 15th to 18th rain and snow, 21st to 22nd cold and cloudy, 23rd a Gulf of Mexico front advancing northward bringing snow rain and local thunder, then warmer showers finishing the month.
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United States
Missouri Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Democratic Primary Election in June in Virginia
Notice of a Democratic primary for Virginia's 7th Congressional District to nominate a candidate for the 60th Congress. The June 2, 1906 election runs sunrise to sunset across several cities and counties. Candidates must file notices of intent with Chairman R. T. W. Duke Jr. in Charlottesville by April 2, 1906.
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Virginia
United States
R. T. W. Duke, Jr
Charlottesville
R. T. W. Dung
Staunton Compositor Denies Printers Forcing Exit
D Edward Bush a Staunton compositor on the Di vas denies being bullied to leave Washington by union printers. He says he joined the union voluntarily and left with his wife and child. the family has returned to Staunton.
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D. Edward Bush
Staunton
Notable Students Named From County at Por Loudoun Seminary
At Fort Lordous entries include Ruth Rudolph and Mamie Hamilton from the county, Minnie Stonaker daughter of A C Stonaker Gainesboro, and Ruth Rudicill daughter of Rev L A Rudicill Mountain Lake Park Md for the last term.
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jAmong
Por Loudoun Seminary
Ruth Rudolph
Mamie Hamiiton
The
Minnie Stonaker
A.C. Stonaker
Gainesboro
Ruth Rudicill
L. A. Rudicill
Mountain Lake Park
Little Girl Born to Missionaries in Flowery Kingdom
A message from Winchester reports Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Tucker Shields, missionaries in China, welcomed a daughter named Evie Tucker Shields last month. The couple, both cited for their work with the Southern Presbyterian Church, plan to continue living in China for several years.
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Winchester
China
Randolph Tucker Shields
Kingdom
Evie Tucker Shields
Shields
Southern Presbyterian Church
Coupland R. Page
Miss Shields
Mr. Glaize to Wed A Michigan Girl
Announcement lists the coming marriage of Clarance Hurn Glaize of Marion Indiana and Abigail Ester Morley of Saginaw Michigan. The wedding is set for March 15 at the bride’s parents home in Saginaw with over 400 invitations issued. Glaize, head of the Chicago Art Company, is highly regarded and is grandson of Mrs. George Glaize.
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Clarance Hurn Glaize
Luther A. Glaize
Winchester
Marion
Indiana
Abigail Ester Morley
Saginaw
Michigan
Gleize
Chicago Art Company
Chicago
George Glaize
North Toudoun Street
Supervisors Grant Telephone Privilege in Frederick County
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors, in bi monthly session, adjourned to meet again on Saturday. Considerable routine business was handled. Applications from the Opequon Telephone Company and the Blume Telephone Company for rights to construct telephone lines along certain roads were heard and granted.
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Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Opequon Telephone Company
Blume Telephone Company
Went Out On Town Landed In Lockup
Berkeley Springs West Virginia dispatch reports several young men went out on Saturday night and were jailed after making a loud disturbance. Deputy Sheriff Cross found them early Sunday trying to escape by digging through a wall with a stove poker.
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Berkeley Springs
Valley People Flock to North Dakota for New Homes
A party of eight departed Mount Jackson yesterday for North Dakota with plans to settle there. The group included Noah Estep and family, John Wolf, Tucker Moore, and Miss Mary Zirkle, accompanied by Mr and Mrs Tucker Hammond longtime Shenandoah residents who have lived in North Dakota for six years.
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Mount Jackson
North Dakota
Noah Estep
John Wolf
Tucker Moore
Mary Zirkle
Tucker Hammond
Shenandoah County
Death of Robert A Steele in Winchester at 34
Robert Alexander Steele of Winchester died last night at his home on the northwestern turnpike after a months long illness from Brights disease. He was 34, native of the city, survived by three sisters Julia Mamie Katharine and brother Thomas. Funeral Thursday at two p.m. at his home, burial Mount Hebron. Father Alexander Steele, a landscaper and florist, died recently aged over ninety.
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Robert Alexander Steele
Alexander Steele
Winchester
Northwestern Turnpike
Steele
Bright
Mount Hebron
Chas. D. Bulla
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
South
Mr. Steele
Julia
Mamie
Katharine Steele
Thomas Steele
Scotland
Washington, D. C
Mount Airy Library set to discuss climate and empire
Mount Airy Library Association will meet Friday March 9 to debate two questions on topics of climate influence on national character and European expulsion of American indigenous people. The meeting follows a surprise party for Miss Blanche Snapp and notes several local visits and travels.
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Opequon Telephone Company
Claggett
Mountain Falls
Bessie Snapp
Annie Smith
Paul Crabill
Connelaville
Three Years Work Of The Winchester Memorial Hospital
At a board meeting in Winchester the hospital presented Dr. Hunter H. McGuire’s three year report praising its low mortality rate of 2.70 percent from 622 treated cases and 404 surgical operations with 394 cures. Directors seek annual city funding to support charity patients, noting past reliance on public contributions and the need for outside aid to remain solvent.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hunter H. McGuire
McQuire
Winchester “Memorial
Tal
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Alexandra
City Council
Hebron Church
Ee Hall
Devoe
G. W. Kinsey
Fort Lordous
Star
Flowery Kingdom
Mr. Glaize
Robert A. Steele
Ethel Jenkins
Millwood
H. T. Talbott
Te Ach Council
Fire Department
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