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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
1
The piece argues that expanding population has left many country schools underfunded and ineffective. It proposes consolidating multiple rural schools into centralized graded institutions to cut costs, extend terms, improve teachers and equipment, and raise overall educational efficiency.
A Berryville special tour notes Dr Scott and Martin Noland sent back the key used in their jail escape. Jailor Lupton found no damage. Mrs Scott denied involvement. The key, made from wire with a lead brush, fit all locks. A $25 reward for recapture is offered.
Dolly the Shetland pony owned by Mr. G. Ashby Swanson of the Pony Grocery team died after showing poisoning symptoms. Dr Hott examined the animal to confirm poisoning as the cause while two other ponies were sick. Swanson suspects poison in the feed and believes the intent was to kill all three animals.
Snowfall measured thirteen inches from early yesterday morning to this morning. Residents spent the day shoveling and clearing sidewalks, with the belief the snow will not linger long.
In the Virginia circuit court Judge T W Harrison postponed the case until the June term. He ruled the jury must determine actual damages and that attorney fees cannot be included in breach of contract damages. The judge also limited issues to whether the property exceeded the agreed sale price, leaving only possible nominal damages.
Indications point to a successful Winchester meeting at Court House Hall at 8 PM to discuss forming a business men's association. Attendees include town officials county officials and prominent residents as speakers present opportunities for Winchester to attract new enterprises and location prospects.
Charles E. Aulick will not contest the will of his sister Cordelia Aulick. R E Byrd to be appointed trustee of the estate on the upcoming Monday.
A northeast Winchester family, mother and two daughters, face dire need as illness leaves them with no food or fuel. The father is absent. factory work kept them afloat until sickness halted earnings. A groceryman provided flour, but further charitable relief is required to sustain them.
A Newport News insurance agent named Charles Lewis Marshall died suddenly yesterday afternoon after swallowing two headache powders. Several inquiries reached The Star about his identity, clarifying that he is a different man from Lewis F. Marshall, who visits Winchester and works in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight department in Washington, D. C.
Mr B L Slasher a north Market street grocer has introduced electric light in his store and is the only businessman with lights in front. Two incandescents shed bright light on the sidewalk making goods visible from a distance. Mrs Mary Haymaker remains ill at her South Market Street home.
The Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond announced it would grant an appeal on a writ of error in the Southern Railway Company versus Commonwealth of Virginia. Bond set at $500 for the appeal, to be heard at the September term. The Strasburg Junction connection dispute involves Judge T. W. Harrison's orders to restore schedules, with the Baltimore & Ohio complying and the Southern appealing to the Court of Appeals.
Mr James H Longacre receives a notice from W G Milburn of Baltimore reporting his brother Dr Jas A Milburn of this city is desperately ill for nine days and cannot take nourishment. The ailing physician formerly worked with J C Wheat Drug Co and led Milburn & Co before joining a Baltimore firm. Friends in Winchester hope for his speedy recovery and return to health.
Bishop J. W. Hott of Dayton Ohio will preach at United Brethren Church next Monday night at 7 30 as he travels to the Virginia annual conference in Harrisonburg Virginia on the 21st inst. He will stop over for the night here and invites all to attend. Read pages two and three of today’s STAR.
Fire company committees meet to discuss erecting a monument to General Morgan in the city. Temporary officers chosen, funds to be received later, and a permanent organization to be formed next Friday night with broad cooperation and national veterans groups to be contacted.
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