Brevities From Town Including Travels And Local Events
City notes G Frank Headley visits town and others travel to Baltimore Martinsburg New York Staynton Stayton Mrs Floyd Legaie visits Norfolk W H Taylor returns from Staynton drunken arrest Sol and funeral arrangements Rev Harper in city Wigwam meeting Shawnee Tribe 2 Impr O R M E prep gathering weather and local happenings include church progress and patient improvements
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Frank Headley
Baltimore
Miller
Martinsburg
Ross
New York
Charles Campbell
Middletown
Ie Ae St. M. E. Chirch
Hay Baci
Min P. Pletcher
Cornelius Gibbens Ee
Luther Kremer
Kent
W. H. Taylor
Staynton
Floyd.Legaie
Pe Walters
Norfolk
Fannie
Feinder
Neghay
Bill
Sheelainia
D. Harper
Braddock-st. M. E
Mr.g
W. S. Tove
Unclear Night Street Incident Reported
Fragmentary OCR text describes a morning event on a Main Street involving Mr. Byock and a wagon. Details are garbled with names and actions not fully legible. No clear outcome or identified individuals beyond partial mentions.
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Byock
Fatal accident near Capon Bridge leaves Barrowe dead
Barrowe employed at Cover's tannery Capon Bridge died after a tree limb snapped during a misadventure about Saturday. He and a younger companion began work and cut trees, a large limb from a second tree struck his head. death was instantaneous. His brother found him at the scene.
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Barrowe
Capon Brimet
Rather
Unique Yaparese wedding entertains at Braddock Street church
A rare program at Braddock Street M E Church South features a Japanese wedding performed by thirteen participants in traditional dress. The event includes music from an orchestra, solos, duets, quartos, and a poem recitation Loss of the Atlantic. Proceeds support a local cause.
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Braddock St. .M. E
Arenes
Atlantic
Contest Over an Estate in San Francisco
In San Francisco on November 30 a contest was filed over the $3,000,000 estate of Jacob Davis who died in Philadelphia. Rev. Joseph P. Wilson, a Winchester Virginia Methodist minister, and Mrs Catherine Lee, nephew and niece of Davis, claim kinship and challenge the will on grounds of mental unsoundness and undue influence. They allege a name change when Davis moved to California and that the estate was left to his wife’s nieces Lizzie Muir and Belle Curtis.
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San Francisco
Jacob
Davis
Philadelphia
Joseph P. Wilson
Winchester
Catherine Lee
Dan
Dediker
California
Lizzie Muir
Belle Curtis
Obituary notice for Raj Alph died at age unknown
Obituary item records the death of Raj Alph, son of Mr and Mrs Realpha by, with details unclear from the damaged OCR. The notice indicates a death in Monmouth and mentions a ship or port context. No final ages or dates are readable.
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Raj Alph
F . Realphaby
Monmouth Sry
Railroad feud halts B and O traffic across Shenandoah region
A B and O railway dispute with the Southern Railway disrupts schedules from Woodstock to Strasburg Junction. Cattle and freight trains are delayed after the Southern blocks the B and O line, depots and water stations are affected, and workers report shifting plans as midnight schedules loom. Officials foresee further retaliatory actions and uncertain service across Harper's Ferry, Quicksburg, and Lexington corridors.
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Hole
Southern
Harper’s Ferry
Strasburg Junction
Harrisonburg
Lexington
O’connor
Strasburg
O’ Connor
Thorling Weramen
Orga
Stras Junction
School Board Meeting and Enrollment Figures
The School Board met last night and heard the John Kerr School report showing total enrollment 546 with 188 in the colored school and average attendance 172. The principal was authorized to close the school on the day before Christmas and reopen after New Year. Teachers may employ substitutes paid $1 per day with half salary by the Board and half by the teacher.
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John Kerr School
Assault on elderly man on Market Square after drinking
An elderly man, well known and liked, was assaulted and severely beaten by a young man of tough character after a dispute on Market Square around 2 am. The victim, drunk and unable to defend himself, was taken home by a cab. no arrests reported.
Musicale in Honor of Miss Minnie Wilson at Miss Ella Sibert’s
Miss Ella Sibert hosted a delightful musicale at her North Kent Street home honoring guest Miss Minnie Wilson of Baltimore. The evening featured jovial music and pleasant company.
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Ella Sibert
North Kent Street
Minniie Wilson
Baltimore
Parlor Meeting of the W. G. T. U. at Hodges Residence
The Parlor Meeting of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will be held at the residence of Mr. William V. Hodges on the corner.
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William V. Hodges
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Blue &O
Pantie
Musicale
Ladies
Ee of
Doruy
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