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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
1
The Star reports a mysterious male figure nicknamed Jack the Grabber roaming the city at night. Bystanders describe him with Holmesian features, a cap and ulster, briar pipe, and a habit of asking directions to churches and offices. Several women fear him while men note his odd behavior.
A coroner's jury in Shenandoah county Va. finds Engineer Amos Johnson and Fireman J J Jones died in the November 9 1908 collision of trains Nos 174 and 268 at Pugh Run. It states Conductor Claude Yochum disobeyed orders and Dispatcher P B Peyton and Operator A P Bowers shared fault, but none were criminally negligent.
In Riverton Virginia three workmen were knocked into the Shenandoah when a top section of a new span on the Southern Railway bridge collapsed. All escaped with bruises after a brief bath in the river as repairs continued and traffic was delayed. The Virginia Iron and Bridge Company repairs the structure.
George Burwell Page 27 died at home Saratoga near Boyce after a month of illness. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs R Powell Page two brothers Nathaniel and R P Page Jr and sisters Agnes Mary and Susan Page all of Clarke. Funeral at Christ Church Millwood at noon tomorrow with burial at Old Chapel. pallbearers named.
The article traces Harvest Home or Thanksgiving back to ancient practices. It notes autumnal feasts in Exodus Leviticus and mentions boughs, greens, and festivals across civilizations including Herodotus Homer Apollo Vacuna and sacrificial rites. The piece ends with a reference to continued tradition and a continued discussion on page 4.
Winchester residents prepare for Thanksgiving with church services and feasts. The union service at 11 o clock in the Presbyterian Church features Rev. R G Hammond and a large choir. offerings go to Memorial Hospital. Christ Protestant Church holds a 4 o clock service for the holiday offering to a charity. Banks stores and offices observe holiday hours. public schools and institutions close as residents travel home for the holiday.
Col Oliver H Payne of New York gave an unconditional fifty thousand dollar gift to the University of Virginia endowment fund. President Alderman announced the donation to the faculty noting Payne's admiration for Thomas Jefferson and the university and his impression of its work.
Mr Joseph W Leafe and his sons Lindsay and Norman Leafe with Mr Edward Kitson of Portsmouth Va accompanied the remains of Miss Lillie Leafe to this city and left this morning for their homes.
Miss Martin-Hair Dresser will be here for several days offering sham pooding singing bleaching dyeing hair making switches puffs pompadours from combings scalp treatment at Mrs Noonan's 33 N Braddock St 6p eod K C Kern of Valley City Tydae registered at Hotel Evans yesterday.
The Berkeley Traction Company, backed by investors from Brooklyn, Norfolk, Wheeling, and New York, won a franchise to build and operate an electric trolley in Martinsburg. A heavy cash bond is to be filed to begin by April 1 1909 and finish within a year. The plan includes a belt line to Winchester via Charles Town and Shepherdstown over 50 miles long, costing about 1 million dollars to carry passengers and freight through Berkeley and Frederick counties.
Tens live turkeys are awarded to the top masquers and four to skaters or spectators with lucky coupons. Everyone gets a chance with many clever costumes. Tomorrow night a pony race option offers admission refund if unsatisfied. No moving pictures tonight.
Sixth to eighth grade pupils at the colore Tyl Ise schools presented their teacher Prof. John H A Quiett with a large fat turkey and the usual trimmings for Thanksgiving. The professor was surprised and grateful for the thoughtful gift from his pupils.
The wedding took place in Nineveh Virginia at the home of James Elkins on Wednesday evening. Bertha Virginia Elkins married Daniel Lynch of Uniontown Pennsylvania with only Pearl Houser and Archie Clevenger as attendants. The couple left for Uniontown after a supper for relatives and friends.
The ElRey Sisters, champion child skaters, perform at Stewart St. Rink on Tue Wed Thu nights with a Thanksgiving matinee at 4 pm. Admission 10c, children 5c. No morning Thanksgiving session. Faulkner spending Thanksgiving with his parents. McCartney travels to Harrisonburg, Va.
Governor Claude A Swanson urges Virginians to observe Thanksgiving Day, designated by the President for November 26, as a day of gratitude. The proclamation, issued in Richmond on November 11, 1908, calls for reverent and appropriate expressions of thanks to Providence for the commonwealths blessings.
John Thomas Blackwell an 84 year old former slave walked to Mt Vernon New York on route from Cape Breton to Winchester Virginia seeking his Civil War era brother who escaped to Canada. He plans to continue to New York and then onward possibly to England.
An advertisement announces Cooper Bros. selling 160 test Water White O's and nothing else. The note includes fragmented phrases about filling orders and mentions names Orndorff and MeVicar in a dated line.
Intelligence from Buena Vista Virginia reports Rev James Battle Avirett the long serving Confederate Army chaplain is improving. His wife Mrs Mary Avirett died last week and was buried in Winchester. He could not attend the funeral due to illness. His son Col John W Avirett and daughter-in-law returned to Cumberland Maryland after attending the service and have brought him home.
J Woodworth of Washington and G M Rogers of Baltimore won the event at Market Street Rink in Winchester. An immense audience cheered as skaters glided on mirrors along the fairylike rink praised as among the finest in the United States. Prof J Henkel Henry and his brother Emmett were highlighted as wizards of the rink.
The Virginia Masonic Journal reports the Grand Commandery Templar event in Winchester with Eminent Sir A. M. Mae praised for leadership. The renditions of the work by Winchester Col заним are highlighted as exemplary and memorable for witnessing officers.
Silas Milleson of Romney West Virginia caught and killed a full grown deer in the Long Ford river crossing after the animal swam across. He rode his horse into the water and wrestled the buck, subduing it and bringing both to shore.
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