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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
4
The Star notes Judge Mann’s nomination and a strong county showing. Frederick County backed Mann with a handsome majority while Winchester supported Tucker by five votes. The paper urges acceptance, good humor, and unity in working for the nominees.
Street meetings and gospel services are held daily in front of the Court House every evening, drawing attenders from the city. The event continues as a community religious gathering with sermons and singing.
Mrs Queen wife of J L D Queen, in charge of the Hampshire Southern Railroad line, died in a sanitarium at Relay Maryland Sunday morning after an illness of over a year. Mrs J E Greiner visiting her mother at Berryville will return to Baltimore this week. Mr and Mrs Greiner plan to sail for Europe on August 17.
Rev John M Kline will preach next Sunday at Rockland 11 a m and Cedarville 8 p m Rev W A Lynch will preach at White Post 11 a m Madison 3 p m and Carpers Valley 8 p m
Briggs Virginia August notes report typhoid illness in Edward Zombro and Mrs Crampton, an ill horse owned by Hansucker after a ride near Berryville, and several residents at a White Post horse show. Dry weather limits plowing as locals attend the event and observe community health concerns.
Mr E M Houston who recently suffered a severe attack of vertigo before City Hall has recovered sufficiently to return to his duties at the Shearer establishment on North Market Street after several days in a serious condition at his East Clifford Street home.
Mr Harry C Stufffer of the Winchester post office has spent a month in the west including a trip to the Seattle exposition and plans to locate in Washington State early this fall.
An old promotional piece cites Dr John Fyfe and experts like Finley Ellingwood and R Bartholow praising Unicorn root Helonias Dioica and Golden Seal root as remedies for uterine weakness, catarrhal conditions, and general debility. It claims Pierce's Favorite Prescription combines these ingredients to cure related female diseases.
A list of recent deeds shows M M Copenhaver conveying a house and lot to John F Goss for 1100 dollars, Kent and Cecil streets. W P McGuire and wife gifting property to son Hunter H McGuire on Water and Stewart streets for 5 dollars. Joseph B Newlin selling to Charles P Pailey the Braddock Cecil corner stone house for 715 dollars.
President Taft will not attend the Confederate reunion at Fisher's Hill tomorrow. A telegram from M. Borum of the Southern Railway initially said he would be there, then another message corrected that TAft could not come. Taft signed the tariff bill yesterday and left for Beverley, Maryland, for the summer.
Poslam, a new eczema remedy, is now available in small quantities through local druggists like Franck Baker & Son in Winchester. The 50 cent size and $2 jar are distributed nationwide after labs began direct sales. The treatment claims quick itch relief, immediate healing, and potential cures in weeks, with overnight results for minor skin issues. Free experimental samples offered by Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
At a Romney stockholders meeting Farmers' Exchange decided to rebuild the mill recently destroyed by fire at once. The new mill will be an improvement over the old one and as fireproof as possible, occupying the same site. It will be financed with currently owed funds so no assessment will be imposed on stockholders.
Antonia Van Grotte and Emma Cottely European equilibrists jugglers and balancers opened at the Empire Theatre before a large audience. Contortion feats by Van Goffe on a revolving pedestal drew astonishment while Miss Cottely’s juggling earned praise. The pair, world travelers and hotel owners in Dresden, Germany, performed in circus style with notable pictures and an illustrated song.
Two men named Morton Davie and Clyde W. James were arrested on war rants for violating postal regulations and conspiracy to defraud. They plead identification defenses and were held on $2,000 bail each for a Monday hearing as federal officers pursue a nationwide bunco syndicate case with money orders seized.
Miller's Drug Store of Winchester Virginia advertises Hindipo a kidney cure and nerve tonic sold with a positive guarantee. It costs nothing if it fails to help and refunds are offered. The firm claims strong local interest and urges trial today.
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