Bazaar closes after $850 raised for Friendship Hall funds
Crowds filled the Friendship Fire Company hall for the bazaar closing night. Raffle prizes included a quilt won by Grace Haymaker and a doll named Laura. proceeds after expenses total about $850 to be used to alleviate debts and improve the hall.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Brook Baker
Mayme Hough
W. B. Garton
J. P. Haddox
R. M. Henry
Adam Forney
Wm. Deschon
Committee On
Memorial Service for Miss Frances E Willard
A memorial service for Miss Frances E Willard will be held in the Market Street M E Church lecture room tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock under the auspices of the W C T U. Several ministers will address the gathering with other exercises. The public is invited to attend.
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Frances E. Willard
Market St. M. E
Se’ Y
Sunday School Entertainment at Brad dock Street M E Church
The Brad dock Street M E Church Sunday School classes hosted a successful evening with music including quartets, solos, duets and tableaux. Teachers Mrs John W Rice and Miss Alice Gibson led a large group of participants and the event raised pleasing proceeds for the ladies.
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Braddock Street
M. E. Church
John W. Rice
Alice Gibson
Jno. W. Rice
Maggie Crisman
Jno
I. Sloat
D. Willie
Nelson Farr
Purity
Susie Davis
Harry Ebersole
Lelia Shull
Nannie Jenkins
Ida Walter
Esther Harris
L Conner
Washington Literary Society marks eighty sixth celebration at Washington and Lee
George Washington's Birthday was observed with a day off at VMI and Washington and Lee University. The Washington Literary Society held the eighty sixth annual evening program in Lee Memorial Chapel with speaker George Cuthbert Powell of Washington DC presenting Liberty Hall Volunteers.
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George Washington
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Washington and Lee £ University
Washington Literary Society
Washington and Lee University
Lee Memorial
University
Washingtonians
George Cuthbert Powell
Washington, D. C
Liberty Hall
Powell
Washington and Lee
Winchester
Randolph T . McGrulre
Farmers Institute Opens With Singing and Papers
The Farmers Institute session opened with local singers. Capt Pifer read on good roads, Samuel L Pidgeon spoke, O F Walliban discussed Clover and Hogs. Prof Atwood spoke on pruning and culture of orchard fruits. Attendance and interest grew, with many ladies present.
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Farmers’ Institute
Capt.Pifer
Samuel L. Pidgeon
O. F. Walliban
Atwood
E. M. Ebbert
Alwood
San Jose
Prowler Alarm Triggers Fear In West Cecil Street
Frances Moulton a young colored woman returning from revival at John Mann M E Church encountered a rough white man in her doorway last night. She screamed and fled to a neighbor while George Gray pursued the intruder who retreated after being ordered to stop. Local concern rises over safety for women in the western suburbs.
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Frances Moulton
West Cecil Street
John Mann M. E
Miss Moulton
George Gray
Death of Mrs Mary Conner in Washington
Mr Lewis Conner receives word of his mother Mrs Mary Conner passing in Washington last evening. Aged about 65, she had run a milk business for more than twenty years. He will travel to Washington this afternoon to pay last respects.
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Lewis Conner
Mary Conner
Washington
Atwell Couple Posts From New Orleans Mardi Gras
Mr S R Atwell and wife, honeymooning in the South, left Jacksonville for New Orleans and will stay several days at Hotel Grunewald. He reports grand Mardi Gras preparations drawing large visitor crowds and recalls meeting ex Confederates who praised Winchester hospitality and shared fond memories of 1896 visit.
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S. R. Atwell
South
Jacksonville
Hotel Grunewald
New Orleans
Atwell
Mrs. Atwell
Winchester
Shawnee Tribe S. O. R. M. Entertainment Next Wednesday
Shawnee Tribe S. O. R. M. holds an entertainment to advance the Order with special music recitations and short talks. Grace Morris of Charlestown, an elocutionist, will assist. All members and friends are invited to attend.
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Grace Morris
Charlestown
Ash Wednesday signals Lent and spring season start
The piece notes Ash Wednesday as the first day of Lent marking the end of the winter social season. With Easter Sunday on April 10 the spring season opens as society abstains from gaiety and concentrates on churchgoing, having long approved superficial observance of the season.
Norfolk judge resigns after twenty four years on Eastern District bench
Judge Robert W. Hughes of Norfolk has tendered resignation to the President after twenty four years as judge of the United States Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Judge Edmund Wad Dell is named as his successor possible.
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Robert W.hughes
Norfolk
United States Court of the
Eastern District of
Virginia
Edmund Waddell
McGill Finds Metal Filings Form Hard Bars
At McGill University in Montreal the discovery shows metal filings can be compressed into bars that endure severe tests, resembling ur inal bars used for fillings.
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McGill University
Montreal
Quebec
Havana Carnival Dampened by Mourning and Poverty
Last night Havana displayed cheer along Prado and Princi streets but the carnival felt subdued as many residents mourn and others face poverty. The mood contrasted with prior celebrations, reflecting broader hardship in the city.
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Havana
Prado
Princi
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