Memorial Day at Winchester National Cemetery
Memorial services honor 4500 graves as Mulligan Post 27 and the Ladies’ National Memorial Association organize a solemn observance. Ministers lead prayers and addresses while flowers and small American flags mark each grave reflecting the Civil War’s enduring memory.
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United States
Winchester
National Cemetery
Virginia
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Passar-By
Thomas H. Savage
Mulligan
Grand Army of the Republic
Ladies’ National Memorial Association
E. M. Houston
8. D. Skelton
United Brethren Church
Mulligan Post
Whch
F. A. Cupp
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
W. L. Seabrook
Grace Lutheran Church
E. B. Jackson
First Baptist Church
Powhatan College Hosts Public Commencement in Charlestown
Monday evening Powhatan College in Charlestown held public commencement exercises. A musical number featured Ada B. Goode performing Spring Song, a local performer from the county.
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Powhatan College
Charlestown
Ada B. Goode
Evening With Maurice Thompson Prominent Author Discussed
The Epworth League Braddock Street Methodist Church South hosts an eight o clock literary social on Maurice Thompson life and works. The program honors the recently deceased Southern author and naturalist born September 9 1844 in Fairfield Indiana with ties to Kentucky and Georgia and Civil War service.
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Epworth League
Braddock Street Methodist, Episcopal Church South
League
Maurice Thompson
Fairfield
Ind
Kentucky
Georgia
Crawfordsville
Lew. Wallace
Ben Hur
New York Independent
Tallahassee
Louisiana
Folly
Old
Vincennes
Court rules against employee in back wage dispute
Justice Bragonier ruled in favor of Eddy Bros. against Thomas M. Hiltzheimer who quit after three days of work at $2.50 daily. The verdict states quitting employees are not entitled to back wages and must finish the week to receive pay.
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Justice Bragonier
Thomas M. Hiltzheimer
Eddy Bros
Hiltzheimer
Peculiar Wrestling Match At Shenandoah Valley Academy
Yesterday afternoon Victor Bonelli and Archie McGregor wrestled in a friendly bout at Shenandoah Valley Academy. Bonelli suddenly fainted but recovered after Dr W B Love’s intervention. doctors reported his heart and pulse normal and said he is in good health. Dr T Y Brown of Kerneitown was in town.
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Victor Bonelli
Archie McGregor
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Young Bonelli
Love
Spellman Exonerated In Winchester Fire Case
Thomas Spellman is freed after a crowded Winchester Police Court hearing. Prosecutors presented threats and tampering during the Old Dominion Paper Mills fire, but Justice Bragonier dismissed the case at 3 PM amid a relieved crowd. The trial featured Carpenter and Patterson testimonies on sabotage risk and Spellman’s conduct.
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Thomas Spellman
Old Dominion Paper Mills
D. H. Bragonier
Reuss City Hall
Thomas B. Spellman
Winchester
Spellman
Went Spellman
Edward Spellman
Power House
Messrs
Wm. L. McCann
Harry RB. Kern
Commonwealth
Holmes Boyd Jr
R. E. Byrd
Philadelphia Strawboard Company
Boyd
Byrd
Justice Bragonier
Carpenter
Patterson
Wm. Zirkle
Sim Dobson
Dobson
Mr. Patterson
Porter Hayslett
Peter
Winchester Firemen Eye Confederate Memorial Day Parade
The Charley Rouss Fire Company debated joining the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association parade on June 6. A two member committee will survey turnout. if twenty firemen participate, the company will attend. Firemen are urged to join to uphold a quarter century tradition and boost the parade’s appeal for visitors.
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Charley Rouss Fire Company
Ladies’ Confederate Memorial Association
Old Winchester
Soldier Dad
Winchester Fire Department
Lieutenant Commander Rogers Visits Winchester
Lieut. Commander Charles C. Rogers United States Navy arrives in Winchester to visit family at Mrs General John G Walker's on South Washington Street He recently departed the Battleship Massachusetts as navigator and awaits a new Navy Department assignment During the Spanish American War he served on the Resolute and later was transferred to the Massachusetts He is a son of Col Rogers formerly on Gen John C Brown's staff and a West Point graduate who was a classmate of Gen G W P Custis Lee He is Virginia born with family now in Nashville Tennessee
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Charles C. Rogers
United States Navy
Massachusetts
Washington
Navy Department
Winchester
John G. Walker
Suth Washington Street
Rogers
Col
John C. Brown
Hardees Corps
Army of the Tennessee
Col. Rogers
West Point
G. W. P. Custis Lee
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Nashville
Tenn
Illness Reverberates Through Two Families
Mrs. Lowrey is ill in Wilmington Cal and Agnes Lowrey rushed from Chambersburg Pa to Wilmington due to the sickness of her sister-in-law Mrs J C Lowrey.
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Lowrey
Wilmington
Agnes Lowrey
Chambersburg
Cal
J. C. Lowrey
Winchester Loses One Institution As Seminary Moves
Winchester faces the closing of Valley Female College as the Southern Seminary consolidation with Bowling Green is imminent. Buena Vista, Virginia, seeks to attract the colleges pledging cash and support to secure the move, promising substantial economic benefits to the town.
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Winchester
Southern Seminary
Bowling Green
Tar Star
Bowling Green Institution
Valley Female College
E. H. Rowe
United Institution
Star
Bowling Green Seminary
Rowe
Hyde
Buena Vista
R. W. Winbourne
The
Colleg
College Athorities
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Miss Goode
Inside Price
T. Y. Brown
Kerneitown
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