The Object of the Coming Census Panel
Supervisor John M Steck discusses the purpose of the federal census in a City Star interview. He outlines three objects: apportionment bases for representatives, tracking national growth, and studying social institutions shaping population and wealth. He notes marriage as a key indicator and explains birth rates and marriage duration through census questions.
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John M. Steck
Steck
Star
Congress
United States
India
Preachers Gather for Ministerial Institute in Winchester
Ministers from Martinsburg Stephens City Edinburgh Bayard and Berkeley gather at Winchester United Brethren Church for a two day institute. Rev. T. J. Feaster elected president Rev. L. W. Lutz secretary sessions cover Christian Evidence and spiritual growth with papers read on church matters.
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United Brethren Church
Winchester
J. D. Donovan
Martinsburg
W. F. Gruver
S. A. Crabill
Inwood
S. K. Wine
Stephens City
W. H. Sampsell
Youn’s Brook
L. W. Lutz
Edinburgh
T. J. Feaster
L. A. Racy
Bayard
T. J. Lawrence
Berkeley
C. M. Good
S. D. Skelton
Institute
W. T. Gruver
Rudy Wingerter
D. Skelton
K. Wine
Mrs Atterbury Dies in New York City
Information reached here of the death of Anne Cary Randolph Atterbury wife of John Turner Atterbury in New York City last Tuesday. She 45 and leaves a husband and several children. Funeral was in New York on Thursday. She was cousin to Mayor R T Barton of this city.
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Anne Cary Randolph Atterbury
John Turner Atterbury
New York City
Atterbury
Mary Eliza
W. Strother Jones
Vaucluse
Frederick County
R. T. Barton
New York
Evans and Taylor Tobacco Bridge Trip News
Mr. A. Evans of EK. J. Evans & Co. leaves on an extended West Virginia business trip with Mr. W. P. Cousine of J. N. Wyllie & Co. to advertise noted brands. Miss Lizzie Taylor and Miss Alice Taylor return to Strasburg.
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A. Evans
EK. J. Evans & Co
West Virginia
W. P. Cousine
J. N. Wyllie & Co
Danville, Va
E. J. Evans & Co
Lizzie
Alice Taylor
Strasburg
Gen Julian Carr to be orator at Confederate monument unveiling
Gen Julian S Carr ex Governor of North Carolina and noted orator will serve as the keynote speaker for the Stonewall Cemetery monument unveiling in Winchester on June 6. Ashby Camp selects Bettie Kurtz and Bessie Nurton as Louisville delegation to represent the camp with other Confederate groups expected to attend.
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W. F. Hottle
Turner Ashley Camp
Barton
North Carolina
Stonewall Cemetery
Julian S. Carr
Carr
Adjutant General of the United Confederate Veterans
Com. Hottle
Bettie Kurtz
Bessie Nurton
Ashby Camp
Louisville
Virginia
Miss Kurtz
Geo. Kurtz
Miss Nulton
Jos. A. Nurton
Ashley Camp
Winchester
Baltimore & Ohio
John B. Hyde
Wm. H. Taylor
Kurtz
W. F. Tt
J. Ogden Murraytes
H. B. Striker
Captaker
John McCoy
I. H. Faulkner
Excursion From Baltimore Announces Train to City
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans a Sunday excursion from Baltimore to this city arriving around noon. Mr. Newton Carpenter is suffering from a painful carbuncle on his left wrist.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Newton Carpenter
Brick Chosen for City Hall After Cost Review
Washington firm wins contract to furnish 110000 impervious brick at 27 per thousand for Rouss City Hall. The city switches to stone coping for the water shed amid higher costs and concerns over brick quality.
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Washington
Rouss City Hall
Building Commission
Messrs
J. E. Correll
James B. Russell
R. T. Barton
Edward R. Diggs & Coo
W. A. Mills
Mills
Diggs Company
Duquesne
Baltimore Brick Company
City Hall
The
Rees the Poli
Temperance Talk Draws Large Market Street Church Crowd
Henry W. Wilbur of New York, former Voice editor, lectured on temperance at Market Street Methodist Church. The audience and choir filled the church as he argued liquor's social harm and that ending legalized sale is the path to remove saloons and distilleries. Public sentiment, he said, is rising to sweep the traffic away.
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Henry W. Wilbur
New York
The
Voice
Market Street Methodist Church
Wilbur
Man Beaten After Elderly Man Stones Neighbor’s Cow
An elderly man named John Wiltz of Carper's Valley stoned Joseph Renner's cow for grazing in his yard. Renner allegedly struck Wiltz at Renner's spring. Dr. Miller treated Wiltz who was reported critical but expected to recover. Wiltz is over 60. Renner about 35.
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John Wiltz
Carper’s Valley
Joseph Renner
Renner
Miller
Waltz
Delegates Return From Synod Session
Rev. W L Seabrook of Grace Lutheran Church and Mr J E Cooper return from the Virginia Synod delegation to the United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the South in Winston Salem North Carolina. Seabrook chaired the delegation.
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W. L. Seabrook
Grace Lutheran Church
J. E. Cooper
Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church
United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the South
Winston- Salem
N. C
Seabrook
Man Attacks Blind Brother in Early Morning Quarrel
John Carr, a white resident of South Main street, returned home intoxicated and fought his blind brother Bennie Carr. He struck him, beating him severely about the head and face. No arrests had been made at the time.
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Bennie
John Carr
South Main Street
Bennie Carr
Winchester Round Club Special Meeting Tonight
A special meeting of the Winchester Round Club is set for tonight at 8 o'clock to address business of importance.
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Winchester Round Club
County Coup May Oggur Any Day
The Tri Star Times popularity contest in Winchester and Frederick counties shows nearly six hundred votes cast yesterday with county nominees gaining. county contenders steadily close the gap on town rivals and may soon dominate the rankings.
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Tri Star-Times
Winchester
Frederick
Big Gash Offer For Winchester Inn
Mr Charles St John bought the Hotel Winchester for 36800. Major Holmes Conrad of the Equity Improvement Company said a Washington capitalist offered 40000 in cash for the building. Harvey of Washington NC had sought a higher price but could not complete a purchase. The property and grounds cost nearly 100000.
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Charles St. John
Winchester
Holmes Conrad
Equity Improvement Company
Washington
Harvey
Washington.c
Fruit Growers to Meet for Annual Association Session
The Fruit Growers Association will hold its annual meeting next Saturday at 2 o'clock in Court House Hall. Officers will be elected. The notice mentions a rehearsal at 0 o'clock tonight.
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The
Fruit Growers Association
Court House Hall
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United Brethren Ministers
Julian Carr
Maid OF Honor
Contiilie
Mr. Wilbur
Oggur
Winchester Mine
Julia Jenkins
Louise Redman
Fanny Gray
Nee Rere Enee
Nellie Henry Pe Bee
Alma Lewis
Delhi
Baber G. Fost
Bessie Shull
Octa Frye
Maude Steele
Pave
Nellie Hawkins
Ethel Smoke Hoo Ree Ene
Kate Chamblin
Lily Tharpe
Leila Adams
Bee
Lena Gore
Owen
Helen Dean
Ay Ethel Anderson
Bessie Ebersole
Grace Cooper
Lula Cooper
Vernie Ritter Tee
Mamie Fries
Edith Dinges
Lula McKee
Nellie Huber
Maude Swimley
Winchester Inn
Union Ss
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