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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
5
A promotional notice claims Pape's Diapepsin cures fermentation indigestion by digesting 3000 calories of food in minutes. It describes symptoms from sour stomach to heartburn and promises rapid, scientific relief without laxatives or liver regulators.
Eben Richards announces a public sale on Thursday May 14 1908 starting at 10 am at Carter Hall Millwood Clarke County Va. The sale includes 18 horses and colts plus 2 heavy draft mares with a foal, 3-year-old draft horses, 3 standard bred mares with foals, numerous cattle calves and milch cows, about 20 cows with calves, 65 hogs including 7 brood sows and a purebred Berkshire boar, and 20 plus mostly bred sheep with 73 lambs on the side.
Two 2-horse farm wagons in good condition along with an Osborne binder two McCormick mowers an Osborne Wheat drill and multiple plows including Oliver chilled and double shovel varieties. Also offered are hay corn furniture and a 12 month credit option with notes required. Sale conducted by Heflebower West and F B Neville with H J Watkins as manager.
Bids are invited for quarrying crushing hauling and spreading stone on sections of the Berryville Turnpike from Berryville to Shenandoah River Berryville to Opequon and Opequon to Winchester for 1908 1909. Bid price per perch required. Submissions to Secretary by 10 am May 2 1908. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. Proposals to P McCormick Secretary Berryville Va.
The article traces the origins of Market Street Methodist Church in Winchester, noting early missionaries and circuit riders, from 1760s arrivals by Robert Strawbridge to the 1793 establishment near Fontax Inn. It highlights key figures, conferences, and the church’s growth, crediting reforms and the spread of Methodism in Virginia, Maryland, and surrounding areas.
The Market Street Church founded July 5, 1858 grew into a major religious society in Winchester. Pastors from Baltimore conferences served here and the church has strong finances, vibrant meetings, and a large auditorium. Rev J W Wisole leads a respected ministry as the controversy over the local pastorate nears resolution.
Rail schedule card lists trains serving Cumberland Valley route with departure and arrival times for March 12 1908. Includes key stations, passenger service details, and timetable order for the day.
Local notice urges advertising to attract customers on days excluding Sunday. It promotes reaching daily readers and boosting storefront visibility through regular classified listings.
A compact railcar notice outlines westbound schedule codes 1t 181 and 188 for the Eastern Timb Ex daily run. Details appear in a transportation brief from the San Sun paper, indicating service patterns and routing.
The timetable lists departures for Harrisonburg Staunton Lexington Harpers Ferry Hagerstown Frederick Washington Baltimore and other way stations with multiple daily times. It notes arrivals at several destinations including 12.06 night 11.55 am 7.00 pm and 8.25 pm among others and specifies exceptions on Sundays and Mondays.
A simple dessert combines English walnut meats figs and JELL O. Dissolve JELL O in boiling water then cool and thicken folding in figs and nuts. Serve with whipped cream. Walnut figs and JELL O are pantry staples and the recipe yields enough for a large family.
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