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Winchester The Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1901

Page

4

Meeting OKs funds for Sarah Zane Fire Company and city bond

A record meeting approved a $10 appropriation for the Sarah Zane Fire Company, raising its annual allotment to $260 to match the Friendship and Charley Rouss Companies. Rouss Hook and Ladder receives $125 and South End Hose $85. A bond indemnity resolution for stock certificates was passed, funds from furniture sales were noted, and revised ordinances were not adopted.

Sarah Zane Fire Company Sarah Zane Friendship Charley Rouss Rouss South End H. D. Fuller Common Council City of Winchester Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike Company City of Winchester Seabright Heller Florida Fuller L. N. Barton

Weather forecast for Virginia Wednesday and Thursday

The United States Weather Bureau reports cloudy and threatening conditions tonight and Thursday in Virginia with probable showers.

United States Weather Bureau Today Virginia

Reverend Harris Reunites With Sister in Middletown

The Rev C D Harris traveled to Middletown Virginia yesterday to meet his sister Miss Sadie Harris who will return with him on Wednesday and reside at the Methodist Church South parsonage.

C. D. Harris Middletown Sadie Harris M. E. Church South Martinsburg World

Shenandoah Baptist Sunday School Convention Dates

Shenandoah Baptist Association hosts a Sunday School convention at Berryville Baptist Church on May 24 and 26. The First Baptist Church of this city will be represented at the event.

Shenandoah Baptist Association Berryville Baptist Church First Baptist Church

Excursion Tickets to Buffalo Offered by Norfolk and Western

The Norfolk and Western Railroad will sell excursion tickets to Buffalo from May 1 to September 30, 1901. W. B. Bevill, Gen. Pas. Agt., Roanoke, Va.

Norfolk and Western Railroad Buffalo W. B. Bevill Gen. Pas. Agt Roaroke

Woman's Christian Temperance Union Meets May 8

W. T. U. Mesting announces a regular meeting on Thursday afternoon May 8 at 3 p.m. A full and prompt attendance is requested.

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

Upperville Colt Show Set for June in Fauquier County

The Upperville Colt Show will be held June 12 to 16 this year. Updates mention civic figures and local deaths, including Pat A. Lupton's funeral and Union veteran Joseph Anderson’s burial near Martinsburg. Elizabeth Petrie and Cruikshank return from Scotland after seven months abroad. John H. Hetzel buys the Wisner home near Martinsburg. Joseph R. Hardesty visits Winchester from Berryville.

Upperville Fauquier County

Jacksonville Relief Drive Urges Winchester Aid

The Common Council forms a Ladies Committee to solicit money and material for Jacksonville relief. Ward representatives Ada Thatcher Maggie Lannis R M Ward J E Correll Kate McVicar F R Snapp Nellie Cover W M Atkinson will organize the effort. Mayor R T Barton calls a meeting at City Hall tomorrow morning at ten.

Winchester Jacksonville Common Council Ada Thatcher Maggie Lannis R. M. Ward J. E. Correll Kate McVicar F. R. Snapp Fourth Ward Nellie Cover W. M. Atkinson R. T. Barton

Angora Goat Craze Ends as Goats Leave Winchester

Two Angora goats owned by ex Council man Robin Gray departed Winchester for Strasburg at noon yesterday marking the end of the local Angora goat boom. The goats, noted for hearty appetites and can eating, were to Mr. B. F. Richards of Strasburg who purchased them.

Strasburg Robin Gray Winchester Gray Peter Pad B. F. Richards

Nineven Notes Special to Toe STAR

Miss Pearl Macartney of California visits Miss Virginia Macartney in Nineven. Mrs. J. McKay improves after illness. Miss Anna Jett and brother from Front Royal visit Mr. A. S. Jett. A. S. Jett introduces Spring goods. Miss Elsie Bieres hosts friends from Eastern Normal. Local residents visit and host at various homes. Mr. Degreat Hardesty ill with pneumonia in Barryville. Mr. Horace Jobe spends time at Brucetown. Mrs. Leopold Frenkel visits Berryville. Mrs. R. Gray Williams returns from Washington. Prof. Julius C. Dreher at Roanoke College in Winchester. Friendship Reel Team to practice Thursday night. Mrs. Wm. T. Burke and son Robert visit from Philadelphia. Rush Swanp travels to Martinsburg for business.

Anna Jett Brother Front Royal Jett Elsie Bieres Eastern Normal Thomas Gold Mary Claggett Wesley LeHew Cedarville Evelyn Cooke

Local Prices Published and Travel Notices Mentioned

The list records wholesale prices for produce and grain in the area. Miss Edith Heiler returns from a visit to Lancaster Frederick and Baltimore. Mrs Clarence Taylor heads to Orkney Springs for the summer months.

Edith Heiler Lancaster Frederick Baltimore Clarence Taylor Orkney Springs

Southern Railway Schedule Dec 4 1898 Washington to Harrisonburg

Westbound trains schedule between Washington Alexandria Strasburg and Harrisonburg effective December 4 1898. For details contact nearest Southern Railway agent or L.8 Brown Swet 706 Fifteenth St. Reference to grain bed repairs inhaie seer Was Ree Gen. Pasa. At.

Washington Alexandria Strasburg Harrisonburg Southern Brown Swent Fifteenth St. Gee Pasa Washin Alexana Manassas Plains Front Ryal Riverton Stresburg Woodstock Edinburg Mt. Jackson Royal

Winchester Gas & Electric annual stockholders meeting notice

Stockholders notice for Winchester Gas & Electric Light Company states annual meeting will be held at the company's office on Friday May 31. Ames B. Russell signs the notice with date 5-8-2w.

Winchester Gas & Electric Light Company Ames B. Russell

Pullman Sleeping Cars to New York and Knoxville via B&O

Train notices list Pullman buffet sleeping cars on trains 3 and 4 from New York to Knoxville via Baltimore and Ohio. Berryville departures 824 a m and 905 a m for Washington Baltimore and New York with rates and reservations available through agents. The page also records chancery filings in Frederick County involving Orndorff and related parties, with a notice for a fifteen day response period and a court order.

New York Knoxville Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Berryville M. Aily Washington Baltimore F. Braun J. B. Bevill Roanoke Raw Ouy Frederick Noor Orndorff Edith Miller Chancery Alfred Orndorff Philip Crpdork Anna Mumaw Louise Ridings Jane Steele Hattie Illis James Orndorff Jeph Orndorff Sales Hampton Orndorff Deceas Jackie Orndorff William Horden Journal Oradorff Bettie McFarland Massie Orndorff Wm. H. Orndorff P. C. Gore Frederick County Com Ida Virginia James En Saxoe James Cos

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Government Weather Report Norfolk and Western B. RB W. ©. T. U. Mesting Colt Show H. W. McVicar City Mexico Pat. A. Lupton Joseph Anderson Back Creek Valley Martinsburg Lizzie Petrie Cruickshank Bartonsville Scotland John H. Hetzel The American Leather Company Wisner Joseph R. Hardesty Berryville, Va Nineven Notes Nineven Pearl Macartney California Virginia Macartney J. McKay Phillippa Sommerville A. Degreat Hardesty Barryville Va That Place Horace Jobe Richmond Penitentiary Brucetown Leopold Frenkel Miss Blanche Hardesty R. Gray Williams Julius C. Dreher Roanoke College Wm. T. Burke Robert Philadelphia Harry Hillbourn Rush Swanp W. Va JBOYS Horsey and Atwell J W. Water Street Bruch Capper Pride OF Berkeley Purity Miller Supply Co Southern Railway Noriaki Wester Harrisburg Hagerstown Try Reardon Dai Coutly New York West New York Court Land Desbrosses Sts Faeelphia Org Carlisle Chambersburg Aragerstown Shen Junction Rouray Shenandoah Boena Vis “ Natural Bridge East Radford Morristown Chatanooga Ora Thomas Keating Agt Forks Cumberland Comany North Main Street Robert M. Henry North Market Street Errand A. Lyons Taylor, Hansbrough. & Garter Bldg Wain Street South Kent Street East Cork Street Market Kent Streets WM. R. Willis Routh Main Street Ney Tax Star D. Good Turner H. Frye Elij. Frye Eli Jrye Jas. B. Snapp Inchester Eli J. Frye Dec’d Steck Wm. M. Atkinson Attys Empire Drill Company Lineberg Et Als F. S. Lineberg Commissioner's Office Circuit Court Jem. Steck Sherwin ~ Williams GEO. E. Bushnell & CO Tae Tae Star Tae Star-Traes Jon
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