Fifteenth Anniversary Banquet of Union Cornet Band
The Union Cornet Band celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with a banquet at J. P. Sartelle's store on Main street. Members, guests, and the Union Fire Company officers attended, with speeches by Capt Kinzel and others, a rich program, songs and cigars, ending with Home Sweet Home as hours grew late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Cornet
J. I. H. Baker
Union Fire Company
J. P. Sartelle
Main Street
Harry Hilbourn
Kinzel
Reed
Wood
Thatcher
Homer
Beardsworth
Spurr
James C. Totty
State move to forfeit Winchester & Strasburg charter
State Railroad Commissioner Hill plans legal steps to revoke the Winchester and Strasburg Railroad charter over alleged failure to serve travelers. The line, part of the B and O system, was exempted in 1887 with a trackage agreement to Ma nassa Gap Road, a condition said to have lasted until December 1896. Since then trains allegedly stopped at Strasburg Junction, about a mile and a half from town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Winchester & Strasburg
Strasburg
Manassas Gap
Chicken Thieves Target Local Coop
A thief or thieves entered the chicken coop of Patrick MicFadden on South An a Street last night and relieved him of possessions. No arrests reported.
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Patrick MicFadden
COMMON COUNCIL MEETS IN REGULAR SESSION
The City Council met in regular session with President Krebs presiding. The February treasurer’s balance was 4 937.06 and a Braddock Street assessment was referred to the Street Committee. An electric light plant petition and hose carriage repairs were referred to special committees and Fire apparatus. An abatement of water tax was referred to the Water Committee. An ordinance appropriating 500 to Water Works was read first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krebs
Barr
Haymaker
Schneider
Kinzel
Hardy
Baker
Brown
Braddock Street
Huntsberry
Messrs. Hardy
Asial Committee
Union Steam Fire Company
C. M. Gibbons
Peyton Street
W. L. McCann
Lewis J. Barr
Finance Committee
P. W. Boyd
Comny
Boyd
Schra
Ladder Co
Third Rouss Anniversary Promises Notable Fire Company Celebration
The Union Fire Company named Lieut. Reed Jos Burger Rev. Dame C Hoover and Capt. George H to plan the Third Rouss Anniversary honoring Charles Broadway Rouss. A parade to Court House Hall will precede addresses music poems and resolutions. City and county officials and other citizens are invited. A bazaar and oyster supper will raise funds for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Fire Company
Comoe
M. T. Reed
Jos. Burger
Nelson P. Dame
C. E. Hoover
George H
Charles Broadway Rous
Sarah Zane
South End
Turner Ashby Cam
Camp Guard
House Hall
Mandolin and Guitar Club
Union Cornet Band
Rouss
Union Company
Union Boys
Reuss
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Union
Washington Post
Robin Barr
John Barr
William Andrews
Fred. Anderson
Orchadra
George Thatcher
Robert Barr
Medley
Uncle Tom’s
Schottische
Orchestra
W. B. Garton
March
Waltz
The
Winchester and Strasburg Railroad
Common Council Meets
Union Fire Co
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