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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1906
Page
4
Fragment from a neglected sermon page reflects on forgotten graves near Main Street. It laments lost love and war dead, then shifts to marital finance urging fair earnings shares, French practices, and restrained divorce. It cites Cleveland and Miss Harland, lampooning club politics and a jailed ex mayor for embezzlement.
Notice invites sealed proposals by August 9 to sell to the United States a central site for a Winchester federal building. Plans call for about 120 by 130 feet with foundations and alleys. bidding to the Secretary of the Treasury via the supervising architect.
Notice to School Teachers. There will be a meeting of the School Board of Greenway District at White Post on Saturday, August 11, 1906, for the purpose of employing teachers for the term 1906-7 beginning October 1, 1906. Applications must be addressed to S A Dvette, Clerk of Board, White Post, Va. Aug. 4-6-7.
Crowds gathered as the Winchester and Martinsburg bands led a Pen-Mar outing on August 9 drawing about 1,500 from Martinsburg last year. Advertisements tout Old I W Herper whiskey sold by Ritter Spillman and products from Miller Supply Company. Attendees urged to visit Pow-Wow Pen-Mar on August 17 with fare 65 cents and August 16 with fare 1.25 dollars.
Hon. R. S. Smith and his bride return to their Berryville home The Kwnoll after a wedding tour through Northern cities. Various locals visit relatives and attend events including a Front Royal Horse Show trip and church services planned for the next day.
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