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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1901
Page
2
A proposed ordinance would bar any man from voting who does not pay taxes on $300 of property. It would shrink Winchester's eligible voters to about 400 and Frederick County to about 1100, creating a local oligarchy that residents vow to resist.
The public tolerates the adjournment but questions the pace and motives. Voters elected delegates to finish work quickly and resent political maneuvers during August, urging timely action in the constitutional convention.
A colossal struggle unfolds between J P Morgan’s billion dollar steel trust and its workers. Morgan vows to outspend the labor force to crush the strike while workers back a government policy that sustains and protects the trusts, blaming themselves for pulling behind triumphant capital.
The piece notes Alabama and Virginia pace in constitutional work, with Montgomery warmer than Richmond and Alabama’s convention advancing on a suffrage article. It says the grandfather clause is deemed the best solution, reflecting shared difficulties and cautious progress in both states.
In a Norfolk oriented discussion the committee on suffrage urges active work during the convention recess to accelerate the constitutional framing. They warn political drift could hurt November outcomes and emphasize saving the Commonwealth money and advancing the suffrage cause. An Alabama comparison notes progress toward a restricted suffrage and economical government. Also, the G A R encampment in Cleveland offers reduced B&O rail fares Sept 8–12 with return extensions possible to Oct 8.
Hines Folding Mattress Company advertises the Foupine FreatHEeR mattress, praised as the only sanitary, self ventilative unit with summer and winter sides. Described as light, easy to handle, and recommended by physicians for invalids, at No. 1078 Kent St.
All goods displayed in baskets. Listing of prices for boys caps 1c, blue flannel 5c, silk twist 2c dozen, ladies handkerchiefs 2c, hairpins 3c, socks 4 7c, hose 4c, cotton drawers 303, gowns 390, tucked and trimmed 623, corsets 48 de, embroidery 340, vests 5c, and more. Includes lots, samples, and various quality tiers.
The executor M. R. Ruble will public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester on eleven oclock. Two tracts: first a 2244 acre farm on Babbs Run with a dwelling barn timber and outbuildings near Shirley Parcell Isey Dehaven. second a 119 acre Frederick County farm near the first with house barn timber and cove pine. Cash on day of sale or within four years by bond deed of trust. possession given to purchaser.
Ada Rogers and two children of Piedmont West Virginia visit her mother Mrs M C Holland in Gainsboro Virginia. Wheat yields poor due to drought. Hay crop is good and corn looks well. Eden Powell of Urbana Ohio visits relatives in town.
A historical newspaper snippet lists mixed sale items with prices: ribbons 1c, jewelry 15c, belt buckles 5c, pocket books 16s, calicoes and lawn fabrics in various low prices, paper goods 24 sheets crush bond 64c, Duchess paper 94 sheets 24 envelopes, cheese cloth 14c, pearl buttons 1c per dozen, spools of cotton, silk, linen napkins 4c, towels 34c, table damasks 224c per yard, colored sateens 5c, remnant wool for school dresses 124c, paper back novels 3c, floor oil 18c, men’s gauze vests 1c.
Fall term begins September 2 at Central Commercial College Cumberland Maryland or Winchester Virginia. Instruction emphasizes Gregg shorthand and cataloging. Dancing all day at Island Park on August 3 with activities from 7 to 29.
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