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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
4
A Winchester Virginia notice discusses advertising honesty and consumer protection. It mentions avoiding deceptive stock schemes and requiring verification before accepting ads. The text references advance preparation timelines of twelve and three months.
A Baltimore Sun excerpt criticizes a Virginia Sunday drinking restriction as a blow to old hospitality. It cites Colonel Carter and Mr. Bushrea Silcott, fined fifty dollars, who faces jail to contest the law and defend sociable, neighborly drinks on Sunday.
Mr J J Giffin and family will relocate this week from his brother Co Fenton Giffin’s to property owned by Mr Tw Herrelly near Winchester. Friends here are glad they are not moving far. J Frank Chapman of Hayfield visited home. Ada Kerns visited her parents near Gore. John R Giffin and family visited daughter Mrs Angus Spaid near Capon River. Mrs Meredith Lockhart and Mrs D ae Chapman visited Mrs J HW Orndorff near Capon Bridge. KE J Hookard and son visited parents Mr and Mrs J Mob ES Adams near Gainsboro.
Mrs Alfred Wright and her daughters Helen and Frances Wright of Welltown visit Mrs Charles Funkhouser in Greenway. Mrs Thomas Reardon and Mrs Bes sive Richards and Mrs William Richards shop in Winchester. G W Petilian of Winchester visits Mr Charles Neil. Mrs John Gardiner visits Mrs J D Rey. Mr Cougilk of Stephens City stops in village. Ella Neil returns home after weeks in Winchester.
A ranch worker wrote that heavy meals upset his stomach and nerves until he switched to Grape-Nuts. After using the cereal, he reports weight gain to 184 pounds and improved energy, sleeping better, and renewed strength. He cites neighbors noticing his improvement.
Ariel Virginia April 16 residents record a sequence of social calls visits and relocations. Chas Piper visited a retail area while Miss Viola Armel returned from Herastown after a week with relatives. Mrs Gramer’s house occupant Maria Anderson moves to Mrs McCaw’s for summer.
In Winchester and surrounding counties of the lower Shenandoah Valley Virginia the saloon era ends as Wednesday's vote completes the dry transition. Winchester long viewed as a sabocon stronghold, where opposing claims that it would ever go dry were mocked as asylum-worthy.
The Star will raise prices only for those not paying in advance while subscribers who pay in advance in January and July keep the former rate. Pay now to secure a large discount. Mr and Mrs R Gray Williams left yesterday for Washington. Master Clifton Byrne of Berryville visits his grandmother Mrs Evie Byrne on Fairmont Avenue.
Pare and core large firm apples and bake in a pan until tender. Fill centers with sugar and a dab of butter, add boiling water, cover and baste. Remove cover and brown. Make a syrup from the juice with sugar and cinnamon, boil briefly, pour over apples, chill, and serve with cream.
Market reports show wheat and hay price ranges with per barrel and per bushel figures, noting bale hay per ton prices from $10 to $13. The fragment references various commodity quotes and headings typical of a historical price column.
Concrete pipes for water under pressure built as long continuous tubes several hundred feet long. Diameters range from two to three feet with the longest section about sixty feet. The inside surface is smooth due to planed lumber forms used during construction.
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