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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1909
Page
1
Announcement of the death of Mrs. Mary J. Stayman 74 wife of Milton C Stayman of this city after a lengthy illness. She passed at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 5 pm yesterday. A native of Dillsbury York County Pennsylvania she was formerly Miss Bailey. (Continued on page 2.)
Walter S. Nicklin of Alexandria has been adjudicated bankrupt with a first creditors meeting set for May 15 in Alexandria. Principal creditor George B. Bushnell, formerly of Winchester, where Nicklin once partnered in a drug firm. Nicklin, a former Strasburg resident, attended Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church and is married with a family.
The May 5 1908 Star item notes a fire threat to Davis Johnson's home from a clothes room blaze. Rev D H Kern cancelled a debt of 3850 for the Southern Methodist Church. George C Wallace named president of Middle town Bank. Sheriff deputies chased rioters from Kearneysville stone quarries over wage disputes. Henry Jenkins, veteran B & O engineman, contracted blood poisons from burns.
Weekly at Market Street rink alleys players vie for a $2.40 prize for the highest scores. Patrons and bowlers fill the lanes as competition heats up and prize money is distributed among top scorers.
The passage discusses a potential major public highway linking Washington to Atlanta with Winchester as a possible hub. Promoters include the Good Roads Club of Georgia. Three route options are outlined, two of which run north into Salisbury or through Winston-Salem Martinsville Rocky Mount Roanoke to Staunton Winchester Harpers Ferry and Washington.
Announcement says G Casper Fries has sold his North Market Street grocery to Carson Clark and Leslie Fries. Fries plans retirement after more than 25 years in Winchester business. His son Charles Fries will run a general brokerage in the city.
Special to The Star reports Virginia expects local showers tonight or Thursday with warmer temperatures. Also notes a for sale item a day baler in good condition available by applying to The Star office.
In Baltimore society circles Robert Tarlton allegedly beat Marshall Winchester amid divorce rumors. Mrs Winchester plans to file for absolute divorce on cruelty grounds after a Bowdoin Knox wedding reception incident. The family faces public scrutiny as they consider an eventual European departure with the four children.
The Middletown State Bank held its first regular stockholders meeting on May 3 electing directors H. B. Kine EB. R. Sperry E. L. Heamston M. H. Rhodes BE. 0. Larrick E. M. Funk and G. B. Wright. The new directors then elected officers with Larrick as president Funk as vice president Sperry as secretary and Coffman as cashier.
Miss Sadie M. Terry Mr Henry B Terry and Mr Henry S Bunton of Hyde Park Boston Mass on a battlefield tour visiting Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia sites. Terry and Bunton are Civil War veterans and spent the day viewing numerous historical spots in the city.
A late evening casino event draws attention with promises of high stakes and entertainment. Patrons lined up for the doors as organizers advertised games, prizes, and a bustling atmosphere for tonight’s opening.
Relatives in Winchester learn of the death of William Henry who died recently at his Springfield Ohio home after many years there. He was brother to the late George R. Henry, a noted local newspaper man, born in Warren county Virginia seventy eight years ago. He married Miss Firth of Front Royal, who with several sons and daughters survives. One brother James Henry of Pennsylvania also survives.
Twenty years since electric lights were turned on in Winchester by the old Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company. Citizens recall a torch light parade with firemen, military and civic organizations participating.
A fragment notes the Virginia Woolen Company offering good earth for hawing at the Virginia Woolen Company, with unclear context and damaged wording. The readable portion implies an advertisement or notice about earth or land related use.
A Philadelphia woman, pursuing her career far from home, receives a telegram from Virginia announcing her mother’s death. The sudden news interrupts her day and hints at the origin of the Mothers' Day observance as described in a multi-page feature.
Several hundred attendees filled the New Skating Rink for its first anniversary night. Skaters and spectators crowded the floor from start to finish with a grand match as the feature event. The rink will stay open all summer with strong expected patronage. Also, Hugh Bradley Farm near Stephens City to be sold by executor on May 29, listed on page 3.
Six lots of the Wm Byrd property two on Washington Street four on Stewart Street are well located require no grading and have old shade trees alley at rear Shen Val Realty Co G C Miller General Merchandise
The system overseen by Hwin Brothers of Greenville Ohio directs sewer pipes under principal streets. The out fall sewer crosses the Baltimore and Ohio railroad southeast of town to reach the disposal plant.
Automobilist sues for damages after being thrown on the street Pedestrian safety on narrow sidewalks dominated the regular monthly council meeting Officials discussed porch projections cellar doors and similar obstructions reducing curbside passage and promised a formal performance evaluation by the next session
A city commission appointed by W Harrison awarded damages totaling 1525 dollars for land 20 feet wide along a proposed sewerage disposal site east of town. The Hollingsworths and Hook claim higher compensation. case to be read in 30 days with possible appeal to the Supreme Court, delaying project progress.
An advertisement urges installation of electric lighting at low cost with modern wiring. It touts lighting in homes already wired and promises satisfactory service from the Electric Company via phone contact.
Fragmentary notice indicates a request to buy platform scales with a contact reference likely from a 17th century Virginia Woolen textile context. The readable bits point to a purchase inquiry dated 1658.
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