17 Feb 1897
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Newspaper
The Winchester Times
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1897
Page
1
The passage depicts a woman seeking literary quotes from Browning Tennyson Shelly and Lang, honoring Shakespeare, then slamming the books. Snow falls again as buried fences vanish and a funeral train moves slowly across the plain meadows, casting fearful shadows.
The piece cites ornithology talk on feather farms for hats with suggestions like peacock and parrot farms to curb bird slaughter. It also promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy via a New England testimonial, notes safety for children, and advertises Times Office for envelopes and printing at reasonable prices.
The March Toilettes fashion issue leads with early spring designs for all ages. It boasts 213 engravings drawn from Paris originals, colored lithographs, and a low price of 25 cents. Published in New York by Toilettes Publishing Co at 126 West 23rd Street.
The bullet claimed to have caused Stonewall Jackson’s death is now held by B. Wheeler of Highland Falls New York. Wheeler has documents asserting the bullet’s authenticity and his cousin served on Jackson’s staff.
Massachusetts fisheries and game commissioners report successful propagation and distribution of Mongolian pheasants during the past season at the state aviaries. About 200 chicks were confined in a 28 by 60 foot enclosure where crowding caused losses. next year birds will be released immediately after trapping. A few birds were given to individuals to raise and release, with only three firms succeeding. The aim is to bolster a rapidly declining ruffed grouse population.
Advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion for grippe symptoms by combining cod liver oil and hypophosphites to strengthen the body and nervous system. It claims to lift despondency heal throat inflammation and improve blood and nerve resilience while warning to obtain the genuine product.
A plantation born worker serves a Southern master with rough candor. The pair trade confidences as the servant orders flowers for a sick woman and defends his cheap choice with a local dialect tale. The employer reflects on the trouble of trusting a servant who voices his own views.
The piece notes popular authors Rudyard Kipling Ian Maclaren Hall Caine and Stephen Crane will have stories and sketches in The Youths Companion The article also describes the Victoria Cross its rarity the act of valor required and Kipling’s vivid accounts of brave deeds by officers and sailors of Britain and other examples of heroism.
A reflective line urges not to reject work from home duties and to pursue wisdom by methods inherent to the individual. It emphasizes internal means to achieve insight and growth rather than external paths.
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