Newspaper Tidbit: Manassas Items (1914)

Richmond Times (Va.)
11 January 1914

MANASSAS
[Special to The Times-Dispatch]

Manassas, Va. January 10 -- Miss Florence Lion returned on Tuesday from Pittsburgh where she has been the guest of Mrs. Will Hall.

Misses Amelia and Daisy Hill Brown are the guests of friends at Charlestown, W. Va.

The Manassas German Club will hold an important meeting next week, and officers for the coming year will be elected. Arrangements will be made for the number of germans to be given this year. The club has increased greatly in membership, and has had an excellent year financially.

The Misses Lillian and Alice Brand entertained friends at 509 at their home in Manassas Saturday evening.

Miss Dorothy Johnson was the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. Weir Waters at their home in Culpeper.

Miss Thedia Waters of Washington was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Lipscomb on Sunday.

Eastern College began its winter term on Wednesday with an increased enrollment. The first chapel exercises were held on Wednesday.

Mrs. R. S. Hynson returned Monday from Upperville, where she has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. James Kincheloe.

On Thursday evening the local medical profession was entertained at a stag dinner given by Dr. B. F. Iden at his home in Manassas. The guests were Drs. W. A. Newman, R. E. Wine, J. C. Meredith, J. Marye Lewis, W. F. Dowell and Surgeon John Hooe Iden of Annapolis. During the evening the physicians organized a temporary organization to be known as the Medical Society of Prince William County, which will be permanent at the next meeting on Friday night, January 16. Officers were elected temporarily, they being Dr. B. F. Iden, president, and Dr. J. M. Lewis, secretary. The membership at present consists of the local medical profession, but after the organization is made permanent all physicians of Prince William County will be asked to join.

Richard Kelly, of Marshall, spent Sunday with friends here on his way to Marshall.

Mr. and Mrs. Silas Lillard, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Merchant, have returned to their home in Danville.

Misses Anna Merchant and Miss Bessie Merchant are the guests of friends and relatives in Washington.

Miss Helen Burtless has returned to her home in Roanoke after visiting Miss Francis Spies.

Newspaper Tidbit: Prayer Week Observed (1917)

Manassas Journal
5 January 1917

PRAYER WEEK OBSERVED

Manassas Churches Unite in Nation-Wide Service -- To Close Sunday

A week of prayer is being observed this week in the Manassas churches. The schedule follows:

Monday - At Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, sermon by Rev. J. F. Burks, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church. Subject, Thanksgiving and Humiliation.

Tuesday - At Trinity Episcopal Church, sermon by Rev. Alford Kelley, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Subject, The Church Universal The One Body of Which Christ is the Head.

Wednesday - At the Presbyterian Church, sermon by Rev. J. Halpenny, pastor of  Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church. Subject, Nations and Their Rulers.

Thursday - At Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, sermon by Rev. T. D. D. Clark. Subject, Missions Among the Moslems and the Heathen.

Friday - At Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, sermon by Rev. E. A. Roads, pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. Subject, Families, Schools, Colleges and the Young.

Sunday - At the Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m.; sermon by Rev. Dr. Mervin U. Roop, of Eastern College. Subject, The Constraint of Christ's Love.

Those Places Thursday: Prince William Hotel

May 19, 1905 Manassas Journal

1912 Postcard

The Evening Star (Washington, DC)
March 20, 1909

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE - THE PRINCE WILLIAM HOTEL at Manassas, Virginia, one hour's ride from Washington, D.C., on the main line of the Southern railway.  Erected in 1904 at a cost of $47,500.  Contains about thirty rooms, exclusive of large parlor, writing room, lobby, rathskeller, large room formerly used as a bar, dining room capable of accommodating one hundred guests, storerooms, kitchen, barber shop and cellar.

The building is equipped with modern plumbing, porcelain bathtubs, hot and cold water, steam heat and is lighted by acetylene gas, the gas plant belonging to the property.  The furniture is complete in every detail and of the very best quality.  There is abundance of household and table linen, china of a special design, silverware, kitchen utensils, etc.

The kitchen is equipped with the best hotel range, steam table, warming closet, etc.  The water supply is excellent in quality and abundant in quantity.  The lot on which the hotel is built contains over three acres.  The lawn in front of the house is well shaded and is very prettily decorated with flower beds and shrubbery.

For terms apply to American Security and Trust Company, Cor. 15th and Pa. ave., n.w.

The Evening Star (Washington, DC)
December 15, 1910

PRINCE WILLIAM HOTEL AT MANASSAS BURNED TO THE GROUND

MANASSAS, Va, December 13 -- The Prince William Hotel caught fire this morning about 6:30 o'clock, and by 8 o'clock was entirely destroyed.  This hotel was built several years ago by the late Robert Portner, the millionaire brewer, and equipped at a cost of $10,000.  After his death the property was sold to Eastern College for school purposes, but two months ago it was leased to W. R. Lucas of Warrenton for hotel purposes.  There were thirteen guests in the hotel this morning, and although no lives were lost, most of them lost their baggage.  All the Eastern College buildings at Front Royal were destroyed by fire two years ago, after which the college moved to Manassas.

The origin of today's fire is unknown.  The loss is partially covered by insurance, and will reach between thirty and forty thousand dollars.