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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
3
Local grain deaters quoted buying prices for cereals and farm produce. Notable figures include corn per bushel and hay per ton, with other items like potatoes apples and chickens listed at varied rates. The document reflects daily market values and farm product prices.
Syracuse builder Ww. A. Ennis praises Mi o na Stomach Tablets as a quick cure for indigestion claiming the remedy helped him return to work after a long illness. The ad offers a 50 cent box from Franck Baker & Son with a refund guarantee if not effective.
Supt. G. E. Roy of Front Royal visits friends in the area. Miss Kemp of Winchester and Miss Sallie Cabell of Cedarville visit Wheatland. Attorney A Fletcher Kearney of Richmond guests of cousins J. A. Miller. Mrs. Albert Walker improves after illness. Mrs Mauck of Bartonsville visits Success. Mrs. James Rouzee sick but improving. John Jett of Front Royal in the neighborhood. Mrs. Charles Heater visits Russell Neville. Miss Kya McCauley returns from Uncle Robert Atkins in White Post. Amherst Painter to move his saw mill to Berryville. Lola Beaty improves. Miss Lucy Hicks visits Mrs. Lee in Stone Bridge. Village residents to attend Presbytery. A. S. Jett suffers a severe cold. Rev. Mr. Webster of Capon Bridge W. Va. preaches strongly at Nineveh Presbyterian Church.
Prof J H Brown formerly directed the Friendship Military Band in this city and now resides in Hagerstown Maryland. He is spending a few days with friends here.
Walter Miller was shot dead on a Staunton street late last night. Police seek Ashby, who vanished after the incident at a house where women and men had gathered. Officials believe jealousy prompted the shooting. Miller leaves a wife and children.
Among Winchester residents employed in Washington who came home to vote in today’s local option election were Harry T. L. Woods Scott Erates connected with the Government Reform School and Abner Ferguson. The latter returned to Washington this morning.
Mr. A. H. Snyder editor of the Harrisonburg News spent the day with friends in Winchester. He said he came to see the fun in connection with the local option election.
Decree of the Corporation Court of Winchester dated March 20 1908 directs the sale by auction of two properties in Winchester Virginia and Frederick County. Assets include a N Fairmont Avenue house fronting 96 feet and a 150 acre Round Hill tract with timber and out-buildings. Auction set for April 25 1908 at 12 o'clock noon in front of Gourke House. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments with 6 percent interest. Officers: J M Steck attorney and executors John Randall George L Streit W C A Bowen auctioneer.
In the Antes Valais region an auto mishap left a woman with a large basket supposedly to be cared for. The basket contained a beautifully dressed infant, clothing, and notes totaling £720. The notes said to care for the child and that the car would return in ten years.
Mr 8 R Atwell travels to Charles Town West Virginia this morning for business engagements.
Mr and Mrs ER B Sheetz and their daughter traveled to Baltimore this morning to stay several days for a visit.
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