Busy City Council session hears petitions from committees
The regular monthly meeting drew many visitors as committees from Winchester Memorial Hospital, Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company and Friendship Fire Company presented petitions. The gas company sought relief on coal shortages and requested night operation limits. the fire committee asked repairs for a storm damage pump and engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Fuller
Fourth Ward
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester Gas and Electric Light Company
Friendship Fire Company
James B. Russell
Russell
W. B. Baker Sons
Light Committee
Gas and Electric Light Company
R. Atwell
C. L. Carver
W. L. Wood
Mr. Wood
Aged Christian Dies in Winchester at 81
Mrs. Lavania Willis died at her daughter-in-law’s residence on North Main Street at 9 this morning. She was 81, born March 4, 1821, and had lived in Winchester for nearly sixty years. A native of Koonesboro Maryland she married George Willis and raised three daughters including Ida Brown of New York. A longtime member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South her funeral plans await Mrs. Browns arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavania Willis
Daniel Willis
North Main Street
Koonesboro
George Willis
Winchester
Willis
Ida Brown
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Brown
Visiting Home From Far West Returns to Winchester
After over two years away in Lemars Iowa B Brooke Kern eldest son of Postmaster Bentley Kern returns to Winchester for several days He will later manage his father's Berryville farm Virginia Kern praises the town noting progress and calls Winchester the best place on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemars
Iowa
B. Brooke Kern
Bentley Kern
Winchester
Kern
Berryville
West
Earth
Aged Colored Woman Dies In County
Eliza Lee, colored, died yesterday after a brief illness at the residence of her son Otto Lee near Leetown in the county. She was eighty four years old. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 10 o clock and the burial will be near Brucetown with services conducted by a colored minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Lee
Otto Lee
Leetown
Brucetown
Street in Strasburg Va painting sells for 175 dollars
Miss Bertha von Hillern of Middletown has learned her work Street in Strasburg Va on exhibit at the Fifth Avenue Art Rooms New York was bought by F W Ames of Chicago for 175 dollars. von Hillern is noted for high quality work and her paintings appear in major private collections. Mr E Blake Martin of Nain has gone to Richmond Va
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha von Hillern
Middletown
County
Strasburg
Fifth Avenue Art Rooms
New York City
F. W. Ames
Chicago
Miss von Hillern
Prostration From A Madcat Bite At Cape Springs
Mrs. Sallie Oates of Cape Springs West Virginia, mother of E J Oates, lies critically ill with intense arm pain traced to a cat bite. Doctors say virus remains in her system and future death is possible as the condition worsens amid speculation on the bite’s lasting effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Oates
E. J. Oates
Cape Springs
W. Ve
Mrs. Oates
Council Delays Registration Bill Payments Over Costs
City Council postponed payment of about 160 for printing registration notices and dodgers citing doubt whether the city or the State must cover registration expenses. Bills from News Item and Tax Revenue Star were filed with Clerk Hollis three days before the meeting. The Claims Committee will investigate and report at the next Council session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claims Committee
Evenue Star
Hollis
Man Found Sleeping on Tracks Near Shawnee Trestle
A well known local man was found lying with his head on the Baltimore and Ohio rails a short distance north of the Shawnee trestle. He was intoxicated and unconscious when discovered by passersby. A freight train passed the spot about five minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Peck's Bad Boy at the Winchester Auditorium
The Peck's Bad Boy troupe arrives from Harrisonburg Virginia and performs in Winchester hailed as the most comic version of the famous escapades. The production is recommended by a noted producer and promises laughs for audiences familiar with Peck’s mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck
Harrisonburg
Winchester
George Washington Returns to Boston to Work as Hotel Waiter
George Washington, who spent the summer with his family away, returned last night to Boston Massachusetts where he takes a job as a waiter in a fashionable hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Boston
Mass
Dying Man’s Death Bed Repentance A Corder Story
A Frederick News correspondent details the death bed repentance of Warren Corder of Knoxville. Illness moved him to seek baptism, and Rev John I Yellott baptized him and his household, following guidance from a Catholic lady. The piece appeals to mercy and God’s promise whiter than snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. H
Frederick
Corder
Ansaer Putation
Winchester
The
Star
God
Warren Corder
Knoxville
John I
Yellott
Installation of Rev Scanlon at Stephenson Presbyterian Church
Rev D H Scanlon will be installed next Sunday evening at 8 oclock as pastor of the Stephenson Presbyterian Church with Rev H M White presiding and preaching. Rev J B Sibley and Rev J E Triplett will conduct charges to the people and the pastor respectively. The church organized less than a year ago and plans to build a house of worship at Clearbrook on land donated by J G Whetzel. The congregation is preparing the foundation and quarrying has begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Scanlon
Presbyterian Church
Stephenson
H. M. White
D. D
J. 8. Sibley
J. E. Triplett
Mr. Scanlon
Schafer Death Notice From Baltimore 1902
Obituary item notes the death of Ella May Schafer wife of Charles J. Schafer. daughter of William A and Martha Shultz, with ties to Winchester Virginia and Chambersburg Pennsylvania. Funeral arrangements listed at 407 North Gilmore Street with invitations to friends and relatives. A request for Winchester papers to verify identity is mentioned.
Voter Registration Questions Stir Racial Tensions
A Millwood registration scene shows a registrar testing a Black applicant with questions about definitions such as pauper and convict. The exchange highlights racial tensions in the registration process as the man responds he has not heard the terms, prompting further probing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Darkey
Winchester Hospital Wins City Support for Piping and Frontage Work
At the Winchester council meeting the hospital received approval for a two inch water pipe from the main to the building to support fire systems. The plan also includes paving sidewalks on Stewart and Clifford streets with brick gutters or concrete gutters. Estimated costs range from 266.40 to 337.07 dollars, and the measure was referred to the street committee for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Stewart and
Clifford Streets
Hunter H. McGuire
W. P.mcguire
W. A. Bell
J. F. Ward
Love
P. W. Boyd
P. Latane
McGuire
Stewart
Clifford Street
Clifford
City of
Winchester
L. N. Barton
County Couple Weds While on the Wing
Miss Annie E Berkeley and Edward Basye both of New York married in Staunton Virginia after securing a license and minister at the clerk's office. They were united within half an hour and then rode the next train to Washington. Basye's wife is a native of Frederick County Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie E. Berkeley
Edward Basye
New York
Cincinnati
Staunton
Washington
Basye
Frederick County
Popular Young Lady Frederica McKericher Dies at 25
Miss Frederica McKericher dies in Washington at 3 50 PM after a lingering illness of consumption. She spent summers in Winchester with relatives the Misses Steele and left a wide circle of friends. She is survived by her mother Mrs Frederica McKericher and three siblings. Funeral tomorrow with interment in Glenwood Cemetery Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederica McKericher
Washington, D. C
Miss McKericher
Misses Steele
Winchester
Geome
Alexander McKericher
Washington
D. C
Baltimore
Glenwood Cemetery
Winchester Boy Sustains Broken Rib in Football Game
The Martinsburg team played the Hagerstown eight V A s next week when Percy Elliott, a former Winchester resident and Hart Hotel owner’s son, was knocked out in the first half. Dr Sperow found a broken rib, set it, and he continued playing after bandaging it. Elliott works for Crawford Woolen Mills in Martinsburg and continued after learning of the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Percy Elliott
Winchester
Hart Hotel
Elliott
Sperow
Crawford Woolen Mills
Fairfax Girl Wedded Today
A quiet wedding took place in Covington Virginia this morning uniting Almyr Clemmer native of Augusta county with Georgie Hardy daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Hardy of Covington Miss Hardy about eighteen years old educated in Winchester Fairfax College under the late Miss Mary Billings tutor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Almyr Clemmer
Augusta County
Georgie Hardy
George W. Harty
Veterans Arrive as G A R Encampment Guests in Winchester
Veterans from the G A R Encampment arrive in Winchester by train and pass time visiting local battlefields. A large excursion is planned to the city tomorrow for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Meeting Set
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will hold its regular meeting Thursday afternoon October 9 at 3 o clock. Members are urged to attend and participate in the scheduled program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Ant Aenean Is Ie
Winchester Board of Health reports on hog pen nuisance and city sewer plan
The Winchester Board of Health and the City Council Sanitary Committee clash over authority to ban hog raising within city limits. The Board urges a modern sewerage system and abolition of hogs to curb nuisances, but the Sanitary Committee balks, defers to the Board, and the report is filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
City of
Winchester
Sanitary Committee
Jenkins to Race The Champion
Edward Jenkins of Clarke county accepts a challenge from B F Roberts of York Pa for a ten mile bicycle race in Richmond on November 8 with a $65 purse. Jenkins is the son of Mr and Mrs David Jenkins of Clarke county and was formerly a member of the Phiadelpha Bay team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jenkins
Clarke County
B. F. Roberts
York
Richmond
Jenkins
David Jenkins
Phiadelpha Bay Te Clay Andas
Philadelphia
Big eel brought to town by Clarke County man
One of the largest eels seen in years was brought to town today by Mr. F. Shumate of Clarke County. The eel measured over three feet in length and appeared unusually thick for the species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Shumate
Clarke County
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Council
Christian
Far West
Baltimore American Today
Mr. George Goes
Washington, D
Fairfax
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