Mysterious nightly yells spark city fears and burlesque reveal
For days residents near Market Street and Rouss Avenue report terrifying noises from a building near the city hall. The mystery ends as a reporter learns the sounds are a Shawnee Tribe of Red Men dress rehearsal for a burlesque adoption at Court House hall on June 6, with a parade earlier in the day. Other notes mention local visits and a jail release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
Rouss Avenue
City Hall
Court House Hall
Court House
Winchester
City of Winchester
C. M. Gibbens
John Ray
Small Case Draws Big Crowd in Local Court
In North Frederick County a $2 damages and trespass suit between Jesse Fries and Lewis Harrisan drew a large crowd. Four magisrates attended as testimony proceeded under Justice J. W. Keffer with lawyers M. M. Lynch and A. J. Tavenner presenting the case. Witnesses included James Buncutter and Henry Brill among others. dispute over manure sale and farm rental framed the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Fries
Lewis Harrisan
Tresspass
Frederick County
J. W. Keffer
M. M. Lynch
Fries
A. J. Tavenner
Hartman
James Buncutter
Chas, Adams
Jacob Miller
Howard Stottler
Ed. Klina
M. L. Buncutter
Mr. Hartman
Polk Shade
Joseph Robinson
Henry Brill
Presley Mcdonald
Lewis Hartman
Brill
Local Notes Reflect Dry Weather and Community News
The column lists neighborhood events and gossip from Davis Johnson’s sister's illness to croquet at Miss Bess Frye's party. It notes illnesses including Maud Gardner’s pneumonia and Charles Alkire's baby, a tannery accident, and various visits and travels among residents. The piece mentions clergy sermons by Rev E McCauley and Rev Dr Webster, a marriage at a groom’s home, and upcoming literary and commencement events at the Normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Johnson
Jack Tharpe
Bess Frye
Maud Gardner
Charles Alkire
Ed. Perrill
James Cline
North River
Robert Hook
E. McCauley
Cold Stream
Dr. Webster
China
Harvey Sirbaugh
Margerey McKeever
William
Webster
Fahny Smith
Romney
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W.S. Hargest
Harrisburg
Hargest
Rockingham
Ross Blake
Capon Springs
Bessie Schindell
Elizabeth Swimley
Haggerstown
Ida Russell
Luray
B. M. Jobe
John C. Wheat
New York
Christopher Garrison
Capon Bridge
J. H. Myers
Farmville
Coupland Randolph Page
Louisville
W. B. Snyder
K. L. Sheetz
Chas. Rodeffer
Wood‘stock
Pittsburg
Edward Redman
Washington
North Main St
Oxfords
Rosenmyer’s
Shen
Valley Not’l. Bank
Jefferson Davis Birteney
MO W. Rice
Earnest Griffith
John Griffith
W. H. Taylor
M. B. Murnan
Baltimore and Ohio
C. E. Edmondson
Middleton
Our City
Thomas Keating
Agt
Cumberland Beer and
Braddock
Barwell Supplied
Cumberland Brewing Company
North Main Street
Hable
S. H. Hable
Star Clothier
SSS
Belle OF
Nelson
Robert M. Henry
North Market Street
Union Bank OF Winchester
Jefferson Davis
Willie
Madison Lodge
Rudy A. Wingerter
Press of
J. Robert Doran
MP EE
Wilson
Gibson
Finch
Welty
Ohio Valley
L. Hester Brewing Company
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