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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1909
Page
6
The pupils of Mises Henrietta Price's school held a vacation picnic at Spout Sprints on the Opequon five miles east of town along Berryville road. Accompanied by their teacher the group enjoyed a delightful time on the riverbank. The trip was in Liveryman Evans's largest bus.
The note mentions going to the auditorium for the Talking Pictures show tonight at 6 pm. The writer has visited downtown venues all week and praises the performances.
Inivw Orgeans reports seven men killed and several wounded in a political clash near the city. Separately, Philadelphia workers strike the street car line and stoned a car after orders to walk out. Former Missouri Governor Crittenden dies of apoplexy in St. Louis as Taft visits Pittsburgh for a memorial event.
Miss Lena Hershberger has returned home after an extended visit to relatives in Newark Ohio. Judge Thomas W. Harrison has returned from Berryville where he has been presiding over the Circuit Court.
Miss Alice Baugher of Baltimore, who attended a college commencement at Buena Vista Virginia, is the guest of Miss Amy Spurrier at her North Main Street home.
The fragmentary notice hints at an illustrated song event at Audi tcocium tonight with a title phrase Stop. Making 3 at Me and mentions a change of program. No clear dates or full names are readable.
United States Army War College officers travel through Virginia visiting key Civil War sites. Major Eben Swift leads the group camping near Middle Town after brief stops in Winchester and Stephenson. General J Warren Kiefer, a former House speaker, accompanies the party and gives lectures.
At a meeting held last night in the hall the Friendship Fire Company discharged the horse and automobile committees and voted to purchase a brand new set of uniforms for the members. The group rejected the idea of an automobile hose carriage.
Southern Bell announces a sub-license toll line contract with Royal Telephone Co of Front Royal to connect Front Royal via Washington to Ben Venue and link with the Winchester exchange. The route opens territory not previously served by Bell lines.
A concise note from the Washington Sunday Star and Sunday Magazine signals a broad family friendly newspaper era where dealers sell it as a complete package.
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