Workmen Unearth 1874 Keyser Newspaper on Wall
While razing the old Kinz building at Main street and Rous avenue workers found a wall copy of an 1874 Keyser weekly newspaper. The issue, printed in Western Maryland, includes an editor named James M. Cobourn and features an account of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plant's destruction, tied to a local merchant’s sale. Cobourn is credited with founding the first daily newspaper in Western Maryland.
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Main Street
Rousavenue
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National Bank
Nca
Keyser
Maryland Boundary Line
Daiy
Winchester
James M. Cobourn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Colbourn
Maryland
Sawmill Worker Recovers After Amputation Consideration
The injured mill worker chose to postpone amputation after doctors deemed the bone intact. He reports improving steadily with less rheumatism and expects a rapid recovery. In other notes, E Hoover finished repairs on Baker & Co warehouse damaged by a runaway freight train. Mrs. Williams plans a handsome iron fence on West Water Street. Pat Rollins, ex catcher for the Ester team, now plays for Lebanon, Pa., and Lancaster defeats Ester 9 to 2 with a home run and errorless catching.
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E. Hoover
Baker & Company
John J. Williams
West Water Street
Pat Rollins
Lebanon
Lancaster
Local Notices and Quick Updates From Winchester Area
Fresh Si Grocery offers strawberries at Schneider's and Eastman's Kodaks on sale at Chelf's Drug Store. Miss Florence Wilkinson visits Winchester. Mrs. T. K. Cartmell hosts Denver guests. Prof. Sticklin brings performing dogs to Woodstock. Tickets for A True Kentuckian are on sale at Hable's. Union Bank offers 3 percent savings interest.
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Hable’s
Thief Caught But Forgiven in Virginia Wareroom Heist
A thief entered George Garvin's wareroom in Boyce and stole goods valued at over $5. The items were traced to John Lindsay's camp where they were pawned for fifty cents of whiskey and later recovered. Garvin will not prosecute. Rev. Skelton travels to Ridings Chapel for a quarterly meeting and will preach there before returning to lead the United Brethren Church service. A street-performance by Moses Garner on Main Street, an unadvertised one-act comedy titled A Tumble for a Hat, features a lone performer who, despite a strong start, cannot bring the act back after stage fright and a mishap with a hat.
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Millwoop
George Garvin
Boyce
John Lindsay
Garvin
D. Skelton
Ridings Chapel
W. L. Childress
Main Street
Taylor House
Moses Garner
Mose
Prang
Funeral for Mrs Miller to be held in Berryville church
The funeral for Mrs John Miller who died in Berryville Virginia will be at the Methodist Episcopal Church South Berryville at two o clock Saturday afternoon instead of two o clock today. Interment will follow in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Also notes Fred Fugitt son of Mr and Mrs Byrd Fugitt convalescing after a severe quinsy attack and improving after recent illness. James Hill janitor mowed grass around City Hall this morning. Noonan handling Crabs soft and deviled. Phore 5.
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Fred. Fugitt
Byrd Fugitt
Hable Flats
East Water Street
Fugitt
STHAMBERRY GO ROOUNDS Vaudeville Fun and Voting Carnival
A welcoming carnival at the corner of Kent and Piccadilly presents nightly vaudeville by Prof McKenzie with three assistants. Tickets grant a vote for a preferred lady. the leading contestant will receive a prize.
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Sthamberry-Go-Rounds
Kent
Piccadilly Streets
Prof
McKenzie
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Western Maryland
Cobourn
Star
Schneider
Florence Wilkinson
Middletown
Mr. Ellis Maloy
Eastman’s Kodaks
Chelf’s
R. D. Griffith
Bailey & Boxwell
John N. Kitchen
Clarke County
W. E. Cooper
Washington, D. C
May Lanis
W. M. Atkinson
R. P. Louthan
Millwood, Va
F. J. Russell
Dick Dulaney
Loudoun County
Mrs. Arnold
Mrs. Spindle
Denver
Colorado
T. K. Cartmell
5. M. Sticklin
Woodstock
Upton Dorsey
The
Valley Candy Company
Cumberland Valley
Union Bank of Winchester
J. L. Humston
T. H. Sprint
Campbellsville, Ky
Mr. Fugitt
James Hillyard
Noonan
Phore
Bruce Cayenne
S. M. Kefauver
New York
Fred. S. Boyd
Cor Main and Water Sts
C. E. Huntsberry
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Nat. Bank
U.S
U. S
U. 8
Liabili
Coital
Leas
National Bank
National
United States
State OF
Virginia
County OF
Frederick
H. D. Fuller
Lanning
N. P. Morrect
Wu. P. McGuraz
Many
Porto Rico
Horsey & Atwell
Tree City Delivery
Jones’ Creamery
Copperas
Franck Baker & Son
Bushnell’s Drug Store
Virginia Lightning Conductor Co
D. R. Eskey
the Brummel Oxford
Florsheim
Florsheim Oxfords
Isoip
Winchester, VA
Thomas Keating
Agt
Tee
Cumberland Beer and
Braddock
Barwell Supplied
Cumberland Brewing Company
Telephone
North Main Street
H. W. Clowe, Jr
E. Bruce Capper, the Jeweler
B. Bushnell & Co
Winchester Ice Factory
C. L. Robinson
Prop
Patrick Mc
Glaize Bros
Joseph W. Leafe
Lily
Apa B. Thatouer
Market Street
Haliday
Hables
the Miller Supply Company
T.M Berr&Co
Hagerstown Ice Co
John O’ Rear
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