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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1900
Page
2
The Evening Star Publishing Co announces election details with candidates for mayor recorder commonwealth's attorney city sergeant city constable justices of the peace ward magistrates and ward councilmen across four wards. Citizens are reminded of election day Thursday May 24.
The article lists candidates for the Common Council by ward: 1st ward Woman R Wils. 2nd ward M T Reep. 3rd ward C W Ramspura. 4th ward J Aas. Seabright is named as advisor.
R. E. Trenary announces his candidacy for City Sergeant to be decided in the upcoming May 24 election. He appeals to friends for support, citing the short time for campaigning.
I Frank R Harris of The Evening Star swears 29 800 copies were printed and distributed to paid subscribers for April 1900 with 1 192 daily average over 25 publication days and 1 150 daily average for March Notary Rupert Wossey attested May 2 1900 Also Norfolk convention notes no election at the convention to nominate a Congressman L A Huyert chairman executive committee
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway announces excursion tickets from all points east of the Ohio River to Washington for May 19 to 21 with a special round trip fare. Tickets valid for return to May 28, enabling members traveling to the Imperial Council Mystic Shrine event in Washington from May 22 to 24.
Orno the bulldog owned by Fred Gossert has contracted a pinkeye like disease. The text notes Orno earned glory in a recent scrap at Front Royal during a Shenandoah Valley Academy baseball trip.
May 17 observed as the 20th wedding anniversary of Rev W H Spiggle and his wife at Meadow Mills. Invitations issued the prior week were welcomed and the home decorated with evergreens, plants and cut flowers. The piece then shifts to a meeting of Great Council officers and appointments, noting elections and officers, plus a description of a large resort-like complex with amenities and a Baltimore hotel listing details and contact for rates.
Mr Haskard of Philadelphia is named chief machinist at Lewis Jones Knitting Mills. Mr Hillborn resigned to take a similar post in Wilmington Delaware. Mr Dengler of Union Special Machine Company Philadelphia has been temporarily filling the position.
Contractor E. M. Barr, brick manufacturer, reports production of about 200 000 to 300 000 bricks ready for the Rouss City Hall project. Despite minor delays last spring he continues to supply large quantities for outside parties.
The Ministerial Institute of Winchester District of the United Brethren Church will be held at the church on Tuesday May 22 and run for three days. About twenty ministers attend with papers on various subjects. Maj Conrad’s Excellent Chance sparks interest as a proposed commission on Spanish claims failed in Congress. Rev E E Fisher of Washington is assigned to the Shockeysville Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church and arrived to begin duties. Do you read Tax Sran Subscribe.
Partial text lists numbers and items including corn shelled and rye with scattered figures. The legible data suggest a catalog-like or market-style entry but lacks coherent narrative or full context. No identifiable persons or organizations are clearly present.
Multiple area churches announce service times and pastors. Episcopal Rev Nelson P Dame preaches morning and evening. Presbyterian Rev W C Campbell of Roanoke leads two services. Methodist, Holy Cross Sacred Heart schedule listed with sermons, Sunday Schools, and leagues. invitations extended.
A Frederick Maryland grower advertises 3 000 to 4 000 York Imperial apple trees two years old with full roots plus other varieties. It lists 5 000 to 10 000 peach trees, Keifer pears, assorted fruit trees, 10 000 Gregg raspberries, and 500 Carolina poplars 10 to 14 feet tall.
Thelma the Gypsy fortuneteller, previously in Winchester, is now conducting readings in Hagerstown offering forecasts and consultations to locals and visitors seeking guidance.
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