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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1902
Page
2
A fragmented note states a person aims to run for an elected position. The message mentions duties and preparation, requesting support or preparations for the campaign. No clear names, dates, or locations are identifiable in the text.
Notices warn that all election related communications must be paid at a rate of 24 cents per line. The directive outlines pricing for letters, notices, and campaign materials as the election approaches.
May 20 at Fawcetts Gap Virginia the writer visited Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Grubb who manage Mrs. Hollingsworth's farm. Grubb has rebuilt fences and repaired buildings, transforming the farm. Otto Proffitt and Dinkel Proffitt have taken jobs at a Pittsburg car and locomotive works. Willie Colvin plans to move to Columbus Ohio for work. Mrs. Jordan Stout is reported ill.
In Chamberlyville Virginia on Sunday a young man arrived to find his lady friend asleep and left disappointed after calling three times. Miss Stella Marker visits Miss Hattie Sherman in town. Charles Lupton works large logs at J W Spellman saw mill Gap Run. Charles Hook places a tombstone at his father's Bethel grave.
The village buzzed with activity as residents and visitors attended the Hopewell meeting on Sunday. A wagon wheel broke on Crim's wagon forcing a walk home. A. H. Borden adds a new fence and house addition while Lanham updates the front with new windows. Robt. Miller of Benday visits Washington and Baltimore, with Mig and Henry also noted in transit.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad offers one fare round trips to Harrisburg for the German Baptist Brethren Annual Conference, May 20 to 24. Tickets sold May 15 to 21 with return by June 2 1902, plus extension options to June 30 for deposited tickets.
Correspondence notes the marriage of Edward Brown and Mamie Shade by Rev. N. N. Hall at the Winchester parsonage. The couple resides with the groom’s family at Parishville, Va. Also mentions Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson visiting and Elder B. W. Power preaching at Timber Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday.
Mrs. Wm. Seal of Winchester visits her sister Mrs. N. W. Daugherty and Margarette Daugherty has been attending school there. Protracted meeting led by Rev. Haymaker and Rev. George Wilson at Jubilee Church. Many attend German Baptist meeting in Harrisburg. Monroe Shenk of White Post visits brother Frank Shenk in Bartonsville. Rev. D. L. Reid of White Post to preach next Sunday. Mr. Rodgers ill with typhoid fever, convalescing. Mrs. J. R. Bailey visits Mrs. John M. Silver. Hopewell well attended yesterday. Flavious Fries of Parkins Mill is very ill.
A Lakeview Virginia note from May recalls Burnt Factory being whitewashed to look healthier and more imposing. The piece mentions parade plans for a circus, a local phrase about Pawnee Bill, and Mr. Lewis Pidgeon cutting lumber for a new barn on the Bromley farm, with townsfolk at Hopewell church gathering on Sunday.
A stream of railway timetable updates and financial ledger items notes additional eastbound local trains from Chambersburg to Harrisburg Carlisle Mechanicsburg and Dillsburg with through coaches and Pullman service New York to Knoxville. The document lists banking items including deposits notes reserves and liabilities with regional bank names and director signatures.
Fragmentary timetable mentions stations such as Hagerstown and Harpers Ferry. It lists departure times, connections, and agent names B. MARTIN and B. Parrom with offices in Winchester, detailing traffic notes for passenger service.
Brief OCR fragment hints at a sale or auction with items described in scattered terms. No clear names, dates, or locations are readable. The readable portion suggests a list of purchases or offerings to be examined further.
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