Mrs Annie Taylor dies after long illness at 76
Mrs Annie Taylor aged 76 died last night at about midnight at her home on North Market Street after a year and a half of illness. She suffered a lung infection that developed into consumption and died peacefully while seated in an invalid chair. Survived by three children two daughters and one son, two sisters, and a life of charity as a devout Christian. Funeral at 4 pm tomorrow from 521 North Market Street with Rev Charles D Bella officiating. interment Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Taylor
North Market Street
Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Annie Hunt
Eben Taylor
Mollie Lockhart
Baltimore
Julia Taylor
J. Ran Taylor
Mary Spurgeon
Eliza Hunt
Winchester
Chas. D. Bella
Pasto
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mt. Hebron
Stephen D. McDonald
R. L. Gray Edward Evans
D. H. Bragonier
J. I. H. Baker
Albert Brown
This Town Got Off Very Easy Mercersburg War Marks
The Mercersburg Journal notes the only visible Civil War trace in town. A rebel soldier tried to break in Druggist M. B. Krebs’s door on south Main Street with a musket butt. Mrs. J. W. Holman confirmed the room was empty, during Imboden's raid.
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Mercersburg
Krebs
H. Clay Krebs
Winchester
M. B. Krebs
South Main Street
H. L. Waidlich
Funeral Services for Mrs Lavania Willis at Braddock Street Church
Funeral services for Mrs Lavania Willis widow of George Willis were held this morning at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South. Rev C D Bulla officiated delivering an eloquent address to the mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavania Willis
George Willis
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
C. D. Bulla
Three Aged Men Register in Second Ward
At Reuss Engine House the Board of Registrars logged three of the ward’s oldest residents Maurice Lynch Sr Washington South and N Routzahn registering in a single session The trio ages total 261 years Lynch 92 South 89 and Routzahn 80 Their registrations brought the ward total to 187 with polling hours remaining over two nights 7 to 9 p m and Tuesday 12 to 9 p m
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Board of Registrars
Reuss Engine House
Messrs
Maurice Lynch
Washington South
N. Routzahn
Mr. Lynch
Second Ward
Shenandoah Valley Academy Football Practice Preview
The Shenandoah Valley Academy team showed well in a practice game against the second academy squad as Capt Edmund Terrell awaits selection of the first team after tonight’s session. Terrell, sidelined by a sprained ankle, hopes to play in Saturday’s game.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Edmund Terrell
Terrell
Death Notice for Mrs. Ella May Schafer Reaches Winchester
A Baltimore death notice for Mrs. Ella May Schafer, dated October 7, was copied by the Star from the Baltimore American but yielded few details. The Star learned she was a niece of Mrs. Elizabeth Huff of Middletown and that her father, William A. Schultz, of Baltimore, is well known locally and spends summers in Winchester.
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Star
Baltimore American
Ella May Schafer
Balmore
Winchester
Tur Star
Elizabeth Huff
Middletown
William A. Schultz
Baltimore
Valley Turnpike Co stockholders meet in Mt Jackson
Stockholders of the Valley Turnpike Co will meet in Mt Jackson on the 23d inst for the election of officers. Captain J G Neff of Mt Jackson serves as president and treasurer, with Moffett Newman and Charles Heltzel of Harrisonburg acting as secretary and superintendent.
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The
Valley Turnpike Co
Mt. Jackson
Capt
J. G. Neff
Messrs
Moffett Newman
Chas. Heltzel
Harrisonburg
Accident at Knitting Factory Injures 14 Year Old
Master Samuel Renner, about 14, suffered a severe arm injury at the Knitting Factory on Wednesday while working. The incident occurred when his arm became entangled in machinery.
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Samuel Renner
Renner
Eyesight Lost in Dynamite Blast at Lime Works
At Stephens City M J Grove Lime Works a dynamite blast badly injured Edward Black about 37. The colored worker lost sight in both eyes after firing a hole and adding a second stick. rocks struck him and he suffered multiple cuts. He was taken home and seen by doctors. his condition remained serious but hopeful.
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M. J. Grove Lime Works
Stephens City
Edward Black
Black
Hunter H. McGuire
Winchester
Reverend Cartpress Resigns Pastoral Post for Iowa Call
Rev W Lomax Cartpress announces he resigns from Frederick Charge U B Church Virginia due to workload and health claims. He accepts a pastorate in Letts Iowa and will depart October 22, expressing high regard for Virginia parishioners and asking for correction in The Evening Star report.
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Stephens City
Virginia
Letts
Iowa
Frederick County
W. Lomax Cartpress
Frederick
U.B. Church
Fire repair under way at Grace Lutheran Church
Contractor John W. Deffenderfer and workmen repair fire damage at the rear of Grace Lutheran Church. Fencing is replaced and the organ loft window bricked up. Other rear windows are fire proofed to prevent a recurrence.
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John W. Deffenderfer
Grace Lutheran Church
West Virginia UDC closes annual session in Huntington
Mrs. McSherry presided as about 100 delegates gathered for the West Virginia division annual session of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Huntington. The meeting concluded with attendees from various parts of the state.
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West Virginia
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Huntington
Virginia A
Notorious Negro Man’s Son Connected to Martinsburg Figures
The man known as John Doe and later Arthur Spenser, a boarding house thief and former convict, is identified as a mulatto born in Martinsburg. Dr. Joseph Muse confirms the boy who lived near his home and whose mother cooked for his family, Lucy Piper, is his mother. He recently married a white woman unaware of his past.
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John Doe
McCartney
Winchester
Hagerstown
Maryland Penitentiary
Martinsburg
Doe
Arthur Spenser
England
Joseph Muse
Dr. Muse
Spenser
Lucy Piper
Hay at Stephens City Draws Crowd in Tariff Speech
Congressman James Hay greeted by a good sized crowd of voters at Stephens City this county last night. He spoke on the tariff and was followed by Col. Robert L. Lewis urging party adherence. He also schedules talks at White Hall tonight and Middletown tomorrow night.
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J James Hay
Stephens City
Col
Robert L. Lewis
Hay
White Hall
Middletown
Poison Mistaken Dose Averted Tragedy For Mrs Leafe
On Wednesday night Mrs Joseph Leafe mistook carbolic acid for medicine and swallowed a teaspoonful. Antidotes were given at once and she suffered no serious illness. Mrs Leafe had been ill for a month and used the acid after reading The Evening Star.
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Jos. Leafe
Crazed Man Roy Adjudged Insane in Frederick County
This morning Lewis Roy a colored man dubbed the wild man was examined by a lunacy commission at the jail. Dr. Bell Dr. Stickley and Justice Locke found acute mania induced by religious frenzy and ordered admission to a Petersburg colored insane asylum with local jail detention until transfer arrangements are made. Roy raved last night and witnesses testified to prior violent acts.
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Lewis Roy Colored
Frederick County
Lodge
W. A. Bell
8.M.stickley
Stephens City
J. M. Locke, Jr
Cyrus Lewis
Roy
Little Washington
Petersburg
Rappahannock
Tragedy Narrowly Averted at B and C Station
A south bound passenger train near Winchester halted a catastrophe when engineer Acknowledged whistle and air brakes as Thomas Lupton stepped onto the track. Lupton, hearing impaired, stood on Kent street unaware of the oncoming locomotive and leapt clear just before impact. Crowds on the platform reacted with excitement.
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Winchester
Thomas Lupton
Piccadilly Crossing
Mr. Lupton
Kent Street
Mr. Sommerville Badly Hurt in Newport News Accident
James A. Sommerville a former Bell Bro clerk and now a real estate and insurance agent in Newport News Va met with a serious accident on the 25th street bridge from East End. His buggy was struck by Car 31 as the horse shyed at an approaching trolley car and he was thrown clear injuring his arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Sommerville
Bell Bro
Newport News
25Th Street
East End
Mr. Sommerville
Wife of Senator Keezle Dies in Rockingham County
The spouse of Senator Keezle from Rockingham County passed away a few days ago, prompting local notices of condolence and community mourning.
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Keezle
Rockingham County
Telephone Line Upgrades Planned for Winchester District
The United Telephone Company of Philadelphia will modernize district No. 13 known as Winchester line. Work already starts at Martinsburg with a total plant overhaul including poles wires phones and switches. Copper wire will replace old cabling this fall and improvements aim to reduce shared lines and outages, with Winchester upgrades pending until spring.
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United Telephone Company of
Philadelphia
Winchester Telephone Company
Martinsburg
Winchester
Hoover
Star
Bell Telephone Company
Board of Supervisors Hold a Busy Session
Frederick county Board of Supervisors met from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They ordered several claims paid, renewed building insurance, and paid hydrant taxes of 12.50. Bills from The Evening Star and Winchester Times for public notices were withheld for further consideration. The clerk was directed to prepare an annual county expenditure statement.
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Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Messrs
W. H. Dinges
H. P. Whitacre
J. W. Parish
Clark Cather
James Cather
Even the Star
Winchester Times
Seabright Weds Ritenour In Unconfirmed Ceremony
Miss Ida Ritenour of Market Street and James Seabright reportedly planned to marry Sunday night in Morgantown West Virginia. Seabright, son of James W. Seabright, is described as a rising contractor, though no further details have been received.
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Nellie Henry
South Market Street
Morgantown
W. Va
James Seabright
Ida Ritenour
Seabright
James W. Seabright
Governor Montague names delegates for Apple Growers’ Convention
Governor Montague yesterday afternoon named delegates from Maryland apple growing counties to the National Apple Growers’ Convention to be held in St. Louis Missouri on November 18 and 19. Among the delegates is Senator E Lucien Lupton of Frederick county. Frederick Man Chooses Clarke Bride. Flora L Dove of Clarke county Virginia and George W Hummer of Frederick county were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at White Post Virginia yesterday Rev D L Reid officiated.
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Woman’s Auxiliary
Protestant Episcopal Church of
Diocese of
Virginia
Christ Church
Winchester
Nelson P. Dame
Gibson
Ragged Mountain
F. W
Bishop Gibson
Morris and
Ridgely
Montague
St. Louis
Lucien Lupton
Frederick County
Frederick
Clarke
Flora L. Dove
Clarke County
George W. Hummer
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
White Post
D. L. Reid
Elopement Surprise as Boxwell Sanford Wed in Secret
The Winchester couple Clinton Boxwell and Daisy Sanford eloped to Stephens City and were married by Rev. W. L. Childress at 8:30 PM. The 18 year old bride and her groom, a chief lineman for the Winchester Telephone Co., returned to announce the ceremony and receive parental forgiveness to begin life together in Winchester.
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Stephens City
Star Bulletin
Clinton Boxwell
Daisy Sanford
Richard L. Gray
Charles R. Sanford
Winchester
Aaron Boxwell
Winchester Telephone Company
Boxwell
Looted a Buggy At Hitching-Yard
A thief entered the county hitching-yard at night under electric light and plundered Mr Bernard O Leary's buggy. Items taken include perfumery scented pins and a lap-robe. Stolen goods, except for some pins, were later found in a manger nearby with empty boxes in an adjacent yard.
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Bernard O’ Leary
Gilbert Bros. & Co
Baltimore
O’ Leary
Berryville
Pleasant House Party at Mr Boxwell's Winchester Visit
Mr. Charles Boxwell of north Brad dock street hosts a pleasant house party with congenial relatives and friends planning a stay in Winchester. Guests include Mrs. Fannie Parker of Romney West Virginia and Mr and Mrs H A Bishop taken of
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Boxwell
Charles Boxwell
North Braddock Street
Winchester
Fannie Parker
Romney, W. Va
H. A. Bishop
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South and
Routzalia
Mrs. Huff
Mr. Childress
Mrs. McSherry
the Auxiliary
Epicopal Women’s Order
Congressman Hay
Evening Star
Commission of Lunacy
Lewis Roy
Mr. Seabright
Miss Ritenour
Lupion
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