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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
2
Notarized affidavit dated May 2 1900 sworn by Frank R. Harris with Rupert Woorsley as Notary Public. The text records the subscription and oath before the official.
Winchester Democratic voters are called to precinct meetings on Thursday May 31 1900 to elect delegates and alternates to the Congressional Convention in Harrisonburg July 18. Wards list numbers for delegates and alternates. J. P. Happox chairs the Democratic Executive Committee.
County Democratic Executive Committee schedules precinct meetings for June 2 at 4 p.m. to choose delegates for a Winchester convention on June 9 and a Harrisburg convention on July 18. Representation is one delegate per 50 votes or fraction of 25 from the last presidential election, listing delegate totals by precinct and noting a Dry Run delegation and a filled vacancy from Back Creek district by John M. Himelwright.
Democrats in Winchester vote in primaries to pick delegates for the Harrisonburg convention meeting July 18 to nominate a Congressman for Virginia's Seventh District. The event carries a solemn duty for party members as they select representation for the district.
Baltimore resident W T Nott, formerly of Winchester, reports buying five more brick houses on Parkwood avenue after already purchasing seven since arriving in the city. He traveled with Dr James A Milburn and Mr Hubbard of North Carolina, who lost a leg at Cedar Creek in 1864.
Harry E. Baker took hands to Winchester to do stonework on the new Masonic Temple front for Myers and Baker in this city.
The Baltimore and Ohio plans an excursion from Washington to a destination city next Sunday. Details on departure times and pricing are not provided in the readable text.
Justine shirt waists are promoted as fitting well and being cut correctly using choice materials. The ad claims ready to wear waists laundered and priced from 50 cents to 1.50, with styles offered at one third to one half less than regular prices.
At a Market Street M E Church meeting Epworth League members elected delegates Bernice Sartelle Etta Grim and Ernest Sloat to the Frederick District Baltimore Conference conven tion in Frostburg Md June 20 21 The district includes about 25 leagues with roughly 4000 members Officers listed include Lee M Bender Martinsburg president John B Newcomer Williamsport first vice president Ida M Leafe Martinsburg second vice president Allie R Hartzell Hyndman fourth vice president Nettie Baker Hagerstown junior league superintendent Bettie Day Clark Martinsburg secretary
The market shows prices for dairy butter three to nine one cent, butter rolls ten cents, dried fruits and apples, peaches, and cherries listed with various figures. Poultry prices include old and spring chickens, with figures in five to eight cent ranges.
Dr R B Warden of Mercersburg Pennsylvania a prominent local physician who is also known in Winchester became insane on Saturday and was taken to Baltimore for treatment. He had been unwell for months with rheumatism and four men were needed to restrain him. He is one of Franklin counties best known physicians.
Charlottesville assigns 16 delegates and Albemarle 32 to back Jas Hay the current Congressional incumbent from the district at the convention to be held in Harrisonburg on July 18.
In the Senate yesterday Mr. Daniels introduced a bill to refer the bill granting relief to Brannon Thatcher of Frederick county Virginia to the Court of Claims.
Robert Worsley, agent, promotes Parker fountain pens as the best writing instrument, touting quality and reliability in promotional notes.
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